Growing Our Future
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD WITH HEMP-BASED COMPOSITES
Our Partners
First we made cars lighter and stronger with plant fibre
For decades INCA's innovation team has created and manufactured bio-composite auto interiors that make cars lighter, safer and more energy efficient.
Good for our planet
Our bio-plastics will be made from hemp grown in the Canadian Prairie. Hemp sequesters three times more carbon than trees. It grows fast and doesn’t need much water. We’re using the hemp stalk leftover from hemp grown for plant-based protein. That’s good for our planet.
We help save Amazon rainforests which are vital for our planet and reduce the need for plastic
Our manufacturing will be based in North America. We will be waste free and radically reduce manufacturing emissions, in comparison with the raw materials that we’re replacing. That means we help save the Amazon rainforest - which is vital for a healthy planet - and replace petroleum-based plastics which are polluting our beaches and leaching toxic chemicals into the environment.
What’s not to like?
INCA BioPlastics™
Our hemp based BioPlastics, when made with bio-based polymers, are a direct substitute for polystyrene and glass reinforced, petroleum-based plastics - typically polypropylene or polyethylene. Our ability to compound precisely dimensioned hemp fibre with bio-polymers improves the structural performance of the final products by 2 to 3 times. Manufacturers can use the resulting pellets in their existing injection molding equipment to make strong, cost competitive furniture, toys, cutlery, automotive parts and more.
23%
less carbon
emissions
68%
less waste
production
18%
less water
consumption
76%
less carbon
emissions
89%
less waste
production
82%
less water
consumption
INCA BioPanels™
Did you know most RV sidewalls are made from Amazon rainforest plywood? North America manufacturers use more than 600 million square feet a year! Instead of cutting down the rainforest which is important for carbon sequestration for our healthy planet we’ve developed a way to use hemp instead. We make RV sidewalls which are stronger, lighter and more weather proof than wood frame construction. That means your RV will sequester carbon, have much lower gas mileage and last longer!
INCA PrePregs™
We’ve built on our decades of experience developing and manufacturing natural fibre composites for the automotive industry to create the next generation of sustainable materials. Our first customer, Toyota, has confirmed that INCA’s PrePregs can produce stronger, lighter, safer car interiors.
27%
less carbon
emissions
30%
less waste
production
68%
less water
consumption
INCA BioCore™
We are transforming the soft inner core of this renewable plant into a light-weight core material to replace rainforest balsa wood and petrochemical foams used in boats, planes and wine turbine blades.
Compared to Balsa Wood
107%
less carbon
emissions
93%
less waste
production
4%
less water
consumption
Compared to PET
164%
less carbon
emissions
99.6%
less waste
production
93%
less water
consumption
“We believe economic performance, social responsibility and environmental integrity are key metrics of success.”