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Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built

Now that it’s legal to grow hemp in the United States, a man who’s spent the last decade developing hemp “hardwood” is building a $6 million factory to manufacture  the product en masse. 

His patented product called “HempWood” is made out of compressed hemp pulp fibers, held together with a soy-based glue. 

While that may sound like some newfangled version of particle board, it’s not. 

It looks and feels like oak, but is actually 20 percent harder than the famous hardwood tree. 

It also grows 100 times as fast. While it takes an oak tree at least 6 decades to mature, it takes hemp 6 months.

DYI:  Wow!  20% stronger than oak and grows within 6 months; now that my friends is a game changer.  This will help [not solve] the outrageous cost of housing with far less costly building materials.  As this technology progresses they will manufacture board feet within the next 3 to 5 years.  Industrial hemp should have been legalized decades ago but finally the day has arrived that will spawn hundreds of new products at very low cost AND produced in the good old U.S. of A.!!!!    

SURGE IN APPROVED ACRES FOR HEMP PLANTING IN KENTUCKY

Nation’sfirst HempWood operation to locate in Murray with $5.8M investment

Fibonacci will lease an 11,230-square-foot facility in Murray for its first manufacturing location with plans to establish a world-class, automated HempWood operation. The company located in Murray after its leaders established a relationship with Murray State University, and 800 tons of hemp stalks have already been contracted through growers in west Kentucky. The operation is expected to begin production this summer.

 HempWood – with its patented process and product made from hemp fibers and soy-based adhesives – has been in development for the past decade and is viewed to have a number of advantages over traditional oak hardwood. In addition to a higher availability of hemp – hemp stalks grow in six months, compared to oak trees, which take decades – Wilson said processed hemp can reach 20 percent higher density than oak, which provides sustainability and hardness. HempWood can be used in products ranging from flooring and furniture to woodworking projects and culinary serving boards.

 DYI