€40.3M
EU Innovation Fund support
100%
Biogenic and fossil-carbon-free material, company-stated
23.000 t
Planned annual capacity at full ramp-up (2030 target)
The opportunity
Industry needs materials that work. And can circulate.
Papershell aims to replace fossil-based plastics, aluminium and glass-fibre composites with a high-performance biobased material.
The opportunity is to make lower-impact materials viable in demanding industrial applications, not just niche sustainable products.
Material Substitution
Replace selected fossil-based and metal components while meeting design and performance requirements.
Design + engineering
Work with industrial customers to validate real products, not just material samples.
Industrial scale
A modular, flexible production system is designed to serve several sectors.
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Why it works
Design appeal only matters if the material works in industry.
Papershell’s proposition combines material performance, attractive design and a production system that can adapt across applications.
The potential advantage is not biobased content alone: it is a material customers can use, manufacturers can produce, and recovery systems may be able to handle.
Bankability indicators
Invest to fit into existing infrastructure
By combining paper-based materials with existing manufacturing and recovery infrastructure, PaperShell offers a potential path to scale circular materials without reinventing the entire system.
Industrial validation and
customer adoption
Strategic capital
for industrial scale
Prove profitable unit
economics at scale
“Success is art and engineering in combination.
When these materials can be integrated into industry and existing recovery chains, that is a good investment.”
Stena Metall