DSM launches bio-based stackable chair
Recently, DSM Engineering Materials announced the first collaboration with New Zealand direct-selling furniture brand noho to launch the Lightly™ stackable chair.
PA from castor plant
The new plant-based and waste-recycled product is the first chair made with DSM Engineered Materials' EcoPaXX® bio-based polyamide, which comes from the castor plant.
This renewable resource is highly CO2-absorbing during growth, and EcoPaXX® has a lower carbon footprint compared to fossil-based alternatives. EcoPaXX® combines superior functionality, optimal durability, outstanding aesthetics with a drastically reduced environmental impact, enabling the noho brand to achieve its goal: to create furniture that is better for people and the planet.
In line with noho’s strong environmental commitment, it has partnered with DSM Engineered Materials to create Lightly™ – the first product made from a bio-based material – which helps accelerate the brand’s sustainable New developments on an ongoing development journey. Lightly™ is the second product in Noho's line of ergonomically designed and more sustainably produced chairs for work, home and social settings. It will be available in the US and New Zealand on March 16.
The chair is made of EcoPaXX® (approximately 71%) and recycled materials (approximately 28%). EcoPaXX® contains 70% bio-based ingredients with renewable ingredients derived from the castor plant. EcoPaXX® bio-based polyamides are used in a wide range of industries including automotive, water management, consumer goods, electronics and food packaging.
