If the traditional markets for flax fibers are TEXTILE industry and PAPER (pulp) production, there are nowadays multiple new markets in which the natural fiber could be used to replace the fiberglass or the synthetic fibers or even the plastic compounds.

Non-woven fiber mattress

• Construction
• Isolation materials

Thermo-molded pieces

• Inside light panels for electrocars’ manufacturing

Bi-components (fiber/resin)

• Sport equipment (tennis, fishing rods, bicycle)
• High resistance pales (windmills, helicopters)
• High performance transport equipment (bodies of F1 cars, America’s Cup sailboats, front parts of high-speed trains, tests being underway at Airbus and Boeing…)

Reinforced molded or extruded pieces

• Doors, windows, long pieces (curtain tracks), fences

Directly used (or granulated)

• Animal bedding
• Gardening / Composts
• Isolation

Brickets/Pellets

• Biomass for energy (e.g.: replacement of coal in Polish power plants)

Agglomerated (with glue)

• Panels for building “passive houses” (low consumption of energy)
• Panels for packing or furniture manufacturing

Use of cellulose content

• Paper pulp
• Methanol (gasification) / Biofuel
• Gunpowder