Three-year results from the field study EN 12037 for OrganoWood Nowa
Organowood Nowa is currently subjected to one of the toughest standard field tests available for wood above ground, EN 12037! The test runs for 5 years in Malaysia and Denmark and now we publish the three-year results.
To find out if wood above ground is durable, you can do various standardized tests to see how it resists fungal degradation, most of these are lab tests. But we also wanted to see how it performs in a natural environment outdoors in one of the world's toughest environments for wood, the Malaysian rainforest.
The independent external institute Dansk Teknologisk Institut therefore carries out the EN 12037 field test with Organowood Nowa in both Denmark and Malaysia.
The references, which consist of untreated pine wood and the wood impregnated with CCA (chromium, copper and arsenic), which has been banned for 20 years, were also included in the test. The scale for assessing degradation ranges from grade 0–4, where 0 meas that the wood is unaffected and 4 means that the wood is completely degraded. The untreated reference in Malaysia was completely degraded after 3 years, by rot fungus but also in some cases by termites. Pine pressure-impregnated with CCA was, as expected, unaffected.
But also Organowood Nowa was completely unaffected with grade 0 on the scale! The result shows a very good wood protection even in the warm and humid environment that a rainforest offers. The field study will continue and we will continuously report results from both Denmark and Malaysia.
For more info please contact:
Jens Hamlin CEO OrganoWood AB
08-684 001 14 jens.hamlin@organowood.com
About OrganoWood AB
OrganoWood was founded in 2010 by OrganoClick AB (publ) and Kvigos AB and is based on scientific breakthroughs in methods for modifying biofibres. OrganoWoods products are produced in OrganoClick's production facility in Täby and by the company's industrial partner Bergs Timber Bitus in Nybro as modified works. OrganoClick is listed on Nasdaq First North and was named by the World Wildlife Fund - WWF as a "Climate Solver" (www.climatesolver.org) in 2010, as one of Sweden's 20 most innovative companies in 2011 by the Swedish Institute and has been included in NyTeknik's and Affärsvärlden's "33 list" of Sweden's hottest technology companies in 2012 and 2013. For more info please visit http://www.organowood.com
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About OrganoClick
OrganoClick AB (publ) is a public Swedish cleantech company listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. The company develops, produces and markets functional materials based on environmentally friendly fiber chemistry. Examples of products that are marketed by OrganoClick are the durable water repellent technology for textiles OrganoTex®, the biocomposite material OrganoComp®, surface treatment and maintenance products for villa and property owners under the brand BIOkleen®, biobased binder under the trade name OC-BioBinder™ and the flame and rot-resistant timber OrganoWood® (through the joint-venture OrganoWood AB). OrganoClick was founded in 2006 as a commercial spin-off company based on research performed at Stockholm University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences within environmentally friendly fiber chemistry. OrganoClick has won a number of prizes, such as "Sweden's Most Promising Start -up" and "Sweden's Best Environmental Innovation", and has also received a number of awards, such as the WWF "Climate Solver" award, listed as a SUSTAINIA100 company and has also appeared for two years on the Affärsvärldens and NyTekniks list of Sweden's top 33 hottest technology companies. OrganoClick has its head office, production and R&D located in Täby, north of Stockholm. OrganoClick's Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North Growth Market is Mangold Fondkommission AB, tel: +46 (0)8 503 01 551, email: ca@mangold.se.
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