We develop microfibrillated cellulose based on waste streams of root vegetables.
About CelluComp
CelluComp is a Scottish-based company located in Fife, near Edinburgh. Our team of scientists and business professionals work on the development and commercialisation of sustainable materials. Our principle activity is to develop and commercialise Curran®, a material developed from the extraction of nanocellulose fibres of root vegetables, primarily from sugar beet pulp, a by-product of the sugar industry. Curran® offers exceptional mechanical and rheological properties for numerous applications, such as paints and coatings, inks, personal care, home care, paper, food, concrete, drilling fluids, composites and other potential applications.
Products
Although we are working on many product options for the future, our principle product is a range of materials under the name Curran®. Curran® has a unique set of features and benefits that make it a valuable option for many applications. Some key features of Curran® are that it is light, strong, can form a film, provides sheer-thinning viscosity, has good suspension properties, is stable regardless of pH. It can be used as a composite in its own right or as an additive for many water-based formulations.
See Our Applications
The CelluComp team is working on incorporating Curran® into many different applications. We are not in a position to disclose ALL the work that is going on in our labs but we can tell you that we are actively pursuing many different opportunities for our product, Curran®. Outside our existing commercial activity in paints & coatings , we are active in personal care, home care, paper, food, concrete, drilling fluids, composites and other potential applications.
Latest News
2/05/2019
Vegetables beat graphene and carbon fibres
Every child learns that vegetables are part of a healthy diet. Who would have thought, however, that vegetable foods not only make us healthier, but...read more Click here to read the full article.
11/03/2019
Novel engineered high performance sugar beetroot 2D nanoplateletcementitious composites
CelluComp's director's Dr David Hepworth & Dr Eric Whale were co-authors of an article published by Research Gate entitled "Novel engineered high performance sugar beetroot 2D nanoplateletcementitious composites" Click here to view the full article.
21/02/2019
CelluComp Ltd team are co-authors of Biomacromolecules Article on Nanofibers produced from Agro-Industrial plant waste using entirely enzymatic pretreatments
Some of the CelluComp team were co-authors of an article published by BioMacromolecules entitled "Nanofibers produced from Agro-industrial plant waste using entirely Enzymatic Pretreatments, Click here to view the full article.
19/10/2018
Carrots could be key to making greener buildings
CelluComp's Christian Kemp-Griffin is featured in Reuter's article on using cellulose fibrils to successfully strengthen concrete. Click here to read the full article.
