Nemho is Broadview Holding’s innovation center, created in 2019 to develop technology for the group’s surface-material businesses. From its headquarters in Weert, the Netherlands, a team drawn from more than 20 countries works across an international research network to improve materials and reduce their environmental impact. Its laboratory is also home to Bloom, a lignin-based resin technology that cuts phenol use by 50 percent in certain panels.
Lignetics GroupFor more than 30 years, Lignetics Group has turned wood waste into sustainable consumer and industrial products, from heating and BBQ pellets to animal bedding and engineered materials. The company operates 29 plants across the United States and Canada and processes more than 5 billion pounds of wood residuals annually. Its Broomfield headquarters also houses an Innovation Lab researching new uses for lignin, wood flour, and other residual-based materials.ARCADE, NY
Lenzing AktiengesellschaftFrom its Upper Austrian headquarters, Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft turns renewable wood into cellulose-based fibers for textiles, nonwovens and technical applications. The Lenzing site is the only production facility worldwide making all three generations of cellulose fibers—lyocell, modal and viscose—and also serves as the Lenzing Group’s central research and development center. Its biorefinery concept uses every component of the wood, producing pulp, fibers, co-products and bioenergy rather than leaving valuable material to waste.New York, NY
Okeanos Group, LLCOkeanos Group is a science-driven materials company with a global operating footprint and an Innovation Center in Cincinnati, where a largely women-led team develops lower-plastic packaging materials. Its Made From Stone™ compound is designed for brands and converters that want to reduce plastic and CO₂ while continuing to use existing manufacturing lines.CINCINNATI, OH
Material MaximMaterial Maxim is a collective of specialists organized around the idea that the built environment can become regenerative rather than extractive. It helps global brands and other businesses rethink material lifecycles and develop practical routes toward circularity, using hemp-based solutions as one way to connect carbon reduction with new manufacturing systems.ONEONTA, NY