BioPlastics
Over 100 Female Leaders Featured in New Report Celebrating Canadian Natural and Bio-Based Companies
Natural Products Canada releases first female-focused Game Changers report for International Women’s Day
(March 8, 2023 – Toronto, Ontario) – A new list of over 100 companies provides an interesting look at the women leading Canada’s growing natural and bio-based industries. …
INCA Renewtech funded $10M for Alberta hemp-based composites facility
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is putting $10 million into INCA Renewtech’s hemp fibre processing and composites manufacturing facility under construction in Vegreville, Alta.
The funding was announced as part of a $58 million investment from ERA in 10 projects across the …
INCA Renewtech awarded $10 million to invest in commercial biocomposites facility
Under Alberta’s Circular Economy Projects, INCA will construct and operate a facility for processing and manufacturing waste hemp into BioPlastics and Biocore composite materials for wide industry use.
The government of Alberta (Canada) is advancing the province’s global leadership in the circular economy …
INCA Awarded $10M Grant from Emissions Reduction Alberta for INCA BioCore™ – Hemp-based Substitute for Rainforest Balsa Wood and PET Foam for Composite Boats and Wind Turbines
The world’s first vertically integrated manufacturer of hemp-based composites for the automotive, marine, wind energy and consumer products industries.
INCA Renewtech will be building a 167,000 square foot fiber processing and composites manufacturing facility on an 18-acre industrial site in Vegreville, …
Alberta Announces $58 Million for Circular Economy Projects Worth $528 Million in Public and Private Investment: INCA Renewtech Awarded $10M
“This funding will enable INCA Renewtech to significantly accelerate construction of our state-of-the-art hemp processing and composites manufacturing factory. We will purchase waste straw from farmers currently growing hemp for plant-based protein and transform this renewable resource into advanced bio-composites …
Turning Biomass into Business™
By Camille Saltman, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer, INCA Renewtech
Powerful market forces are leading industry to adopt more environmentally friendly, domestically sourced materials in their products. These include government regulations to reduce plastics pollution, sequester carbon, and achieve higher lifecycle …
Opinion: Hemp is growing into an Alberta success story
by Tim McPhee
One hundred kilometres to the east of Edmonton, a small town is making its mark in a fast-growing sector many have never heard of — industrial hemp. Vegreville is emerging as a global investment destination for the processing …
Alta. sees hemp investment
The Alberta government says hemp is part of an agri-food investment and growth strategy developed under its economic recovery plan. | File photo
Two companies will receive a maximum of $900,000 to transform Alberta’s hemp industry.
“I really mean it when I …
Tradewinds blow for INCA Renewtech
In Canada, biocomposite developer INCA Renewable Technologies Inc (INCA Renewtech) has divulged plans to manufacture a “high-performance, cost-competitive” alternative to tropical balsa wood and fossil polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoplastic foams used to construct wind turbine blades and boats.
The biocomposite …