Plant Fiber Technologies is the source for Natural Fiber Innovation.We help scope, trial, and deploy fiber technologies worldwide with the right partners: faster, cheaper, and with confidence.
ABOUT US
Plant Fiber Technologies is a company that was developed to connect businesses to technologies, to connect fiber processors to buyers, and to add value to natural fiber supply chains. We believe that materials made of cotton, flax, hemp, jute, cellulose, wood fiber, pulp, agricultural residues, and recycled textiles have the potential to reinvent every facet of our manufactured world.
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Automotive, agrotextile, building material, molded fiber, composites, and more represent the landscape that natural fibers are poised to be integrated within. Across the world, everyday materials are being strengthened, lightened, and made more sustainable with natural fibers.
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With core competency in nonwoven technologies, PFT can help you design new nonwoven materials. We can assist in ideation, fiber sourcing, product development trials, OEM trials, and connecting the dots to give you a head start in a rapidly evolving industry.​
Plant Fiber Technologies Philosophy:
We believe that materials made of cotton, flax, hemp, jute, cellulose, wood fiber, pulp, agricultural residues, and recycled textiles have the potential to reinvent every facet of our manufactured world.
Matthew Mead
Matthew Mead is the Founder Plant Fiber Technologies, and is the CEO of Hempitecture Inc. Through his work at Hempitecture, he has developed innovative nonwoven hemp fiber materials for a range of applications, with a focus on the built environment. In this capacity, he also has managed multi-million dollar CapEx manufacturing projects in nonwovens, as well as in fiber enhancement, fiber chemical optimization, and end-market conversion processes such as packaging. From product concept to OEM process procurement, to commissioning and go-to-market, Mead has a unique skill set in the natural fibers domain.
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During the process of scaling Hempitecture, Mead identified a pain point: machinery manufacturers employ "agents" to represent their systems. These agents are incentivized to sell machinery that they represent, meaning you have to engage in the same process with multiple OEM agents, wasting time, energy, and money.
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With Mead's rolodex of contacts, and no exclusive agent agreements, he isn't incentivized to sell you the wrong technology for your application. He's incentivized to see you succeed by connecting you to the right OEM for your application, as well as the fiber suppliers you need to grow and scale your vision.
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