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Greenville, Wis., company aims to develop biodegradable fabric from wood pulp.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2004
By Pete Bach, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 7--GREENVILLE, Wis. -- A wood-based source of raw material rather than an exhaustible fossil fuel like oil isn't a hard sell for the state Department of Commerce.
Turns out it doesn't take much to excite the research chief at Biax-Fiberfilm Corp., N992 Quality Drive, either.
"Eight billion disposable diapers are landfilled each year," said Ron Zhao, Biax's director of research and development. "So if a company can develop a product that makes a diaper that's biodegradable, that's very good for the environment."
And, potentially, for Biax. The company designs and makes advanced machines for customers who produce microfibers which, in turn,...
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