Uncategorized

2026-07-06 NEWS 7 SIBANNAC – The Spiral Labyrinth This summer one of FibRe’s industrial partners, Clara Norell at Svensk Hampaindustri, is presenting her work at the Kivik Art Centre. Her work is a part of this year’s temporary project, Beyond Concrete – Nature as a Building Matter where exibitions ”explore the possibilities of hemp at […]

2026-07-02 NEWS Cellulose International Summit Last week, some of our FibRe members participated in the Cellulose International Summit, held at the LGP2 laboratory in Grenoble, France, from June 29 to July 2. The conference brought together researchers working on cellulose and cellulose derivatives, new advanced cellulosic materials, and their sustainable end of life. The event

2026-07-01 News FibRe summer workers Fibre would like to take the chance to highlight our summer workers on the Demo project: Henrik Laursen-Jonasson (Polhemsskolan, Lund) who will be at Tetra Pak and Michele Moretti (Politecnico of Torino, Italy) who will be at Chalmers. Both summer workers will screen the new modified cellulose materials that were developed during

2026-06-17 NEWS Marie-Louise Lagerstedt Eidrup joins FibRe Management Team As many of you already know, Philip Gillgard will be leaving his role as Innovation Manager at FibRe. While we are sorry to see him go, we are excited about his next chapter as he takes on a position as Business Developer at GU Ventures, where

2026-06-09 WEBINAR Treesearch/FibRe webinar: César Själsö You can watch the seminar on Treesearch’s Youtube.

2025-05-29 NEWS Podcast: Can bioplastics and wood replace plastic? In a new episode of ”Om Vetenskap” from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SFF) vice Director of FibRe, Eva Malmström, is one of the guests and discusses whether plastic be replaced with another material and how much better is plastic produced from biomaterials compared to

2026-04-17 NEXTGEN Congratualtions to Johanna Sjölund On April 17th Johanna Sjölund successfully defenced her thesis ”Cationic cellulose fibers – Modification, properties, and potential applications”. Below you can read the abstract and find the link to the thesis. As we strive towards a more sustainable society, there is a growing demand toreplace fossil-based products with materials

2026-04-09 WEBINAR Treesearch/FibRe webinar: Giada Lo Re You can watch the seminar on Treesearch’s Youtube.

2026-03-17 NEXTGEN Interview with Sami Zeliouche Can you tell us a little about yourself? I come from the south of France, from a city called Sète. I did my master and PhD in Montpellier and I arrived in Sweden in 2024. I am a fan of football and rugby which I have played for some

2026-03-17 NEXTGEN Interview with Nicole Abdou Can you tell us a little about yourself? I come from a small town in northern Lebanon called Kobayath. I grew up there before moving to Montpellier, France, for my studies. In 2023, after completing my Ph.D., I moved to Sweden to begin my first postdoctoral position.I enjoy reading,