TiFiber, CycleWood Solutions Picked for 2015 International Plastics Showcase
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Innovate Arkansas client firms and UA startups TiFiber and CycleWood Solutions have been selected as two of just 12 com panies to participate in the Startup Garage program at the 2015 International Plastics Showcase in Orlando this March.
CycleWood moved its corporate headquarters to Dallas but maintains an office at the UA's Arkansas Research & Technology Park, where TiFiber is based. TiFiber is a portfolio firm of VIC Technology Venture Development.
Here's more from the park's latest newsletter:
The program, Startup Garage, is a program developed by SPI in partnership with the new-venture tracking firm Startup.Directory to provide startups with prominently located exhibit stations at the show, which takes place March 23-27, 2015 in Orlando, Florida.
Innovations such as bioplastics, recycling, 3D printing, polymerization, resin processing, and antimicrobial polymers are just some of the fields being highlighted to date.
ARTP affiliate cycleWood Solutions produces 100% compostable trash bags by harvesting compostable and sustainable resins produced from lignin in tree byproducts generated during papermaking.
TiFiber is currently working on anti-moctrobial polymers that exhibit broad-spectrum activity against bacterial species, including drug-resistant strains such as MRSA. Potential applications include medical devices and disposables, synthetic textiles, and consumer goods.