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From Field to Paper

New Ways with Straw Fibers

We make unused fiber resources from fast-growing plants usable for the production of high-quality, high-performance alternatives for paper and packaging. We close hidden loops and consistently align our economic processes with resource-efficient product design. Every fiber is a piece of future security and our proof that there is always an alternative. There is a Plan(t) B.

Our Papers

We take on the challenge of developing high-performance alternatives to conventional papers made from fresh wood and recycled fibers – based on fast-growing, plant-based raw materials. The result is materials designed for the best possible environmental compatibility while remaining economically viable.

Best Practices

Numerous packaging solutions on the market already rely on our alternative fiber materials, which are used proportionally in papers and packaging. These fiber materials are obtained from fast-growing plants grown in Germany.
They represent a material choice that saves wood resources and show how innovative solutions are already a reality today.

Our Fibers

While conventional fresh wood fibers are becoming scarcer and the call for resource-saving solutions is getting louder, OutNature is developing innovative alternatives – based on fast-growing plant fibers.

Rooted in the
future.

The primary raw material for paper is pulp. This is mainly obtained as fresh fiber through the industrial management of forests. Volatile markets often result in long transport routes and thus high CO2 emissions. In the further process, wood processing also requires a high input of energy and chemicals. At the same time, the demand is growing, as paper-based packaging is increasingly being used as an alternative to plastic packaging and is already being successfully used in the food retail sector.

But how can paper be produced more sustainably to offer a real alternative?

Our solution:

Alternative, fast-growing raw materials such as the already available Silphie fiber and future developments from straw and paludi biomass offer great potential for the paper and packaging industry.

Our strength lies in recognizing these previously little-used plant fibers as high-quality resources and refining them specifically through modern technology. In close cooperation with our partners, we open up innovative plant-based fiber raw materials and actively drive their development for industrial applications.

Our Raw Materials

Silphium

As the world’s only producer of Silphie fibers, OutNature has developed a special biothermal process that extracts high-quality fibers for paper production from this regionally grown energy crop. Silphie paper is characterized by a special feel and color. At the same time, it represents a more resource-efficient alternative for packaging solutions.
This ecological advantage results from the fact that Silphie is grown locally, grows back quickly, and requires no complex chemical processing.

Straw

A raw material everyone knows: straw has accompanied us since childhood in fields and in country life. This “old acquaintance” is now becoming part of the solution for modern environmental problems. OutNature transforms agricultural residual material into high-quality fibers for paper and packaging applications, combining nostalgic memories with forward-looking innovation.

Paludi Biomass

Tradition meets future: Paludiculture combines old knowledge of peatland use with state-of-the-art research. As part of the toMOORow initiative, OutNature is currently researching sensible use paths for rewetted peatlands in order to preserve or restore these valuable ecosystems as natural climate protectors. Reeds and cattails are being examined as potentially valuable raw materials, while endangered ecosystems are protected at the same time.