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We are a materials science company using agricultural residue fibres and bio waste stream to produce new performance materials: paper, plastics,adhesives, coatings and carbon fibre
About
Tensei is a materials science company licensing agricultural-residue formulations to manufacturers and brands worldwide. Our “Second Harvest” feedstock—straw, husks, pips, and skins—creates new farm income while reducing reliance on wood pulp and fossil plastics. By enabling drop-in, circular-economy materials, we help partners cut carbon, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and bring sustainable products to market faster. This material feedstock isn't new but it has the opportunity to play a vital future role in a world where disruption and impact are underpinning all that we strive for.
Key Benefits
- Rapid Innovation & Scale
- Licensing model lets brand owners and manufacturers adopt proven material formulations without long in-house R&D cycles.
- Partners can integrate our materials directly into existing production lines, shortening time-to-market.
- Unique Feedstock Advantage
- Uses agricultural residues (straw, husks, pips, skins) that are abundant, non-food-competitive, and already present in farming supply chains.
- Creates new farm revenue streams and supports regenerative agriculture.
- Sustainability with Measurable Impact
- Reduces reliance on virgin wood pulp and fossil-based plastics.
- Offers significant impact:for example, trees saved from felling through use of Tensei materials by 2040: c144million trees.
- CO2 Emissions reduction through use of Tensei materials by 2040: c44.3mill tonnes
- Aligns with EU/UK circular-economy and Scope 3 reporting requirements.
- Supply-Chain Resilience
- Diversifies raw material sources beyond forests and petrochemicals, mitigating risks from climate change, geopolitical tensions, or trade disruptions.
- Design & Technical Expertise
- Combines raw material processing and supply know how, plant science, materials science, process engineering and market insight to create materials including high-performance papers, bio-compounds, composites, novel adhesives and coatings.
- Proven Market Traction
- Existing licensed products include décor papers and absorbent fruit pads with major UK and Asian partners commercialised,
- Bio-compound trials underway with global brands ( one customer circa 1400t pa - Co2 saved c 1000t v exisitng rPP)
Applications
Papers for packaging (FMCG), interior furnishings and laminates ( furniture & fittings - interior and transport)
Bio-compounds for injection moulding and 3D printing (FMCG packaging and products, automotive , boats, drones and sports equipment, food boxes, external landscaping and agriculture )
Composites ( automotive, yachts )