Spinnova developing environmentally friendly yarn thread technology based on spruce and pine fibres
Launched in January, research and product development company Spinnova Ltd. is the latest spin-off of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. Spinnova is developing fibre to yarn (F2Y) technology which is totally different from traditional textile yarn production. F2Y technology uses no dissolution chemicals to dissolve wood fibre to a polymer level and regenerate cellulosic filaments. Instead the technology allows the production of novel, low cost and environmentally friendly textile yarns for filaments made directly from wood fibres through a wet spinning process. Spinnova's