FibriTech wants to replace fossil-based materials such as plastic foams and petroleum sorbents with shaped blocks of wood fibre. FibriTech, a Warsaw company that the EIC's award list names as OrganicDisposables, bonds cellulose fibres into three-dimensional materials with controlled density, which it says makes "100% eco material with external shapes and internal densities which have not been possible yet".
The European Innovation Council granted €2,500,000 towards a €3.57 million project, which built a demonstration production line and two products, FibriAgri, a peat-free growing substrate, and FibriSorb, an oil and chemical sorbent. In August 2026 FibriTech published a tender for crop trials of its hydroponic substrate under the Polish AGROSTRATEG research programme. It names no customers.
Company file
- Legal entity
- FibriTech sp. z o.o., KRS 0000754586, NIP 9522188214, Warsaw
- EIC listing
- OrganicDisposables Ltd
- Technology
- 3D-structured materials from bonded cellulose fibres
- Products
- FibriAgri (substrate), FibriSorb (sorbent); packaging inserts
- IP
- 1 patent granted, 2 pending
- Status
- Active VAT taxpayer, September 2026
- EIC project
- FibriTech, 1 Sep 2022 to 31 Dec 2024, closed
- EIC funding
- Blended finance
Where FibriTech Stands Today
FibriTech's news page describes its material platform for soilless growing substrates and protective packaging inserts, and lists Polish media coverage. Its only 2026 item is the AGROSTRATEG tender, seeking research services for "physicochemical characterisation and crop analysis" of a next-generation wood-fibre substrate for hydroponics. The Polish taxpayer register lists the company as an active VAT payer in Warsaw. We found no customer, sales or funding announcement.
The Technology: Paper With a Third Dimension
According to the CORDIS report, FibriTech's demo line produces materials with densities from 30 to 150 kg per cubic metre, with throughput of up to 0.3 cubic metres an hour per 100 kW and a plan to reach 0.5, variation under 5% in key parameters, and energy use half that of conventional methods. It reports "real-world validation with commercial partners" without naming them.
"It allows to achieve 100% eco material with external shapes and internal densities which have not been possible yet."
FibriTech project description, CORDISWhat the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows
The project promised "technology for 3D fibrous eco materials" for insulation, packaging and air filtration, with an initial focus on growing media for vertical farming. CORDIS reports a working demo line, two products and patents, but no named customers, sales or revenue.
- A demo production lineDeliveredOperational, per CORDIS.
- ProductsDeliveredFibriAgri and FibriSorb.
- Commercial customersNot shownNone named.
- Industrial scaleNot shownStill testing in 2026.
What Has Happened Since the Award
The Money
The award was blended finance; we found no EIC Fund investment or announced private round. FibriTech's 2026 research is funded through AGROSTRATEG, a Polish agricultural research programme; the amount is not disclosed. Its accounts were not accessible for this article.
What cannot be checked
Who the "commercial partners" were, whether any product is on sale, FibriTech's revenue and whether the EIC took equity are not public.
Why Europe Should Care
Replacing peat in horticulture and plastic foams in packaging with a material made from wood fibre is the kind of substitution the EIC funds. The EIC funded the step from lab to demonstration line. Almost two years later, FibriTech is still doing research trials rather than selling.
What the project promised
3D fibrous eco-materials to replace fossil-based foams, starting with growing media.
What the record shows
A demo line, two products and patents; research trials in 2026 and no named customers.
The Verdict
A demo line, not yet a market
The EIC project delivered the demonstration line and products it promised. The public record since shows more research, not sales, so whether the material can compete commercially remains unanswered.
FibriTech has not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on company statements, EU project data and the Polish taxpayer register, linked throughout.
