At Weidmann, we put sustainability at the core of our activities. It is part of our missions and passion to develop sustainable alternatives to plastics and to reduce our ecological footprint, starting with the packaging of our materials. Weidmann Fiber Technology...

Being able to characterize microfibrillated cellulose is not only essential for understanding the material but also to guarantee a reproducible and constant product quality. At the moment, there are no standardized methods available (the ISO working group TC6/TG1 has...

The search for the perfect name - every parent has gone through it – has occupied our team the last few months. At first it sounds quite simple: Organize a meeting, let creativity run wild and after a few hours of mind mapping you will be enlighted and have found the...

Twice a year the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) organizes a free event called «Treffpunkt Science City». This science programme offers an insight into recent developments in research and shows emerging technologies that could have a big...

It is Christmas time. Everywhere it is festively decorated and Christmas songs are played up and down on the radio. And most importantly, everyone is baking cookies 😉 However, it is not always easy to eat healthy during this time and a lot of vegans struggle to find...

Usually, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is used as an additive. To reduce shipping costs the material can be thickened up but is not dried due to issues with hornification (read more about this in Water and MFC – An inseparable combination?). However, also the dried...

Paper conservation is an exciting and challenging field that involves the examination, interpretation, analysis and treatment of cultural, historic and artistic paper objects. Among paper objects, a large part includes graphic, photographic and film artworks and...

After 5 years, the National Research Programme “Resource Wood” (NRP 66) was completed. The project, with a budget of CHF 18 millions, had the goal to establish basic scientific knowledge and practical methods in order to enhance the availability of wood as a resource...

In a way, water is microfibrillated cellulose’s best friend. The water molecules interact with the hydroxyl groups on the surface of the cellulose fibrils and prevent the fine network structure from agglomerating, thus the MFC can unfold its unique properties to the...

Just last month Weidmann celebrated its 140 years jubilee. The company is the world leader in electrical insulation materials for transformers and has amassed an immense amount of knowledge about cellulose in these years. But how did Weidmann get from producing...