Finland: Destamatic develops composite products from building waste

Finnish Destamatic is developing new recycled products together with the Lappeenranta University of Technology, such as wood-plastic and wood-cement made with the Destaclean concept. The company says it is the first in the world to make recycled composite products from building waste. The first product patented by the company is a garden stone of wood-stone composite. The product contains 30% wood from building waste and the remainder is stone. Destamatic plans to sell licenses for its patented produ

October 6, 2014 Read time: 1 min

RSSFinnish 7900 Destamatic is developing new recycled products together with the Lappeenranta University of Technology, such as wood-plastic and wood-cement made with the Destaclean concept.

The company says it is the first in the world to make recycled composite products from building waste. The first product patented by the company is a garden stone of wood-stone composite. The product contains 30% wood from building waste and the remainder is stone.

Destamatic plans to sell licenses for its patented production system for recycled composite, and is looking for partners from Finland and the EU markets.

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Making clean water from waste water

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Marmomacc Digital Lithic Design Show in Milan

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Aggregates operators lead the way in generating renewable energy

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