AN INNOVATIVE
NATURAL POLYMER TECHNOLOGY
Turning natural polymers into an industrially processable material
Nature already knows how to build with natural polymers. Cellulose, starch, and proteins have been used as nature's building blocks for millions of years.
They're biodegradable by design, but in their raw form, these natural polymers are brittle, water-soluble, and lack the thermoplastic properties that industrial manufacturing needs.
That's the gap traceless® set out to close: making nature's material logic industrially processable, without losing what makes it natural in the first place.
By combining nature's material logic with industry's processing logic
Cutting-edge process technology
The process technology has been developed in-house and sets new standards for sustainability and efficiency:
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Circular economy: closed-loop principle and full raw material valorization, resulting in virtually zero waste.
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Renewable Sourcing: Based on renewable raw materials, fostering local supply chains.
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Carbon Reduction: Reduces CO2 emissions by 91% across both production and disposal phases.
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Electrification: Process designed for 100% electrification at full industrial scale.
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Cutting-Edge Cleantech: Utilizes state-of-the-art, sustainable heating and cooling systems.
With our patented process technology, we extract natural polymers from agricultural residues. Through this process, we rearrange the natural polymers so they gain thermoplastic properties, without chemical modification or synthetic polymerization.
The result is a new category of materials: the first thermoplastic, natural-polymer materials on the market processable using the plastics industry's standard machinery. That means traceless® materials can be integrated into existing production lines, from injection moulding to extrusion and paper coating.
The traceless® materials are produced as granulates -
bio-based, home-compostable, and by definition not plastic.
Our patented extraction process
OUR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR NATURE-BASED MATERIAL INNOVATION
Neuland - production at commercial scale for global partners
Our production facility in Hamburg-Harburg, located in the fittingly-named district of Neuland, is where traceless® materials move from technology to industrial reality.
Spanning approximately 4,000 square meters, the facility brings together production, sales, product and technology development, as well as logistics and administration. With a capacity of approximately 3,000 tons of traceless® material per year, the facility will serve renowned pioneering customers, such as the paper and packaging manufacturer Mondi, the e-commerce company OTTO, and the distribution partner Biesterfeld.
The facility officially opened in May 2026 in the presence of almost 200 stakeholders from across industry, science and politics, including Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and Senator for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture Katharina Fegebank.
OUR CERTIFICATES
traceless® base material is certified biobased (DIN geprüft), Home Compostable (DIN Geprüft), plastic-free (flustix). Furthermore, it is tested marine degradable and tested on PFAs, pesticides and gluten.
Specific applications are approved for food contact.
Certificate Nr. 8C318
Certificate Nr. 9R0047
Certificate Nr. FPP059