NON-WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES: A POTENTIALLY HUGE MARKET FOR COIR FIBER IN AUTOMOTIVE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

摘要

Whole Tree Inc (WTI) is a triple bottom-line company that was incorporated in November, 2008 to commercialize technology developed and patented at Baylor University. WTI seeks to identify abundant renewable resources in under developed countries thatcan be grown by poor farmers but are underutilized at present. Using research and development, WTI creates innovative applications that provide large markets at good price points for these currently under-utilized renewable resources. In this paper, theresearch and development work that has been done to create large new markets for coir fiber will be presented.