Omodo develops 'Zelfo' material, a nano level fibre bonding technology that delivers an economic, adaptable and sustainable solution in a commercial world. With online processing and transportalble dried fibre, Zelfo is an optimised, 360° green material solution.

Omodo is the patent owner of the Zelfo material process which produces a sustainable alternative for many plastics, hardwoods, composite boards and metals. Zelfo is made from 100% renewable and/or recycled cellulose based materials and is biodegradable. Formed using only fibre and water Zelfo can be integral to a complete 'raw material to end product' manufacturing system or conditioned (dried) to be further processed by an end product manufacturer. We license the Zelfo process to end users who intend to produce Zelfo themselves for use in their own products. Zelfo applications include: Architectural Interior finishes, Automotive, Furniture, Interior Lighting, 'Life Style' products, Loudspeakers, Musical Instruments.

Our business is comprised of four distinct areas:

• introduction: Material familiarisation - 'why Zelfo?'

• licensing: Negotiation of production Licenses to manufacturers

• r & d: The continuous improvement of the material properties related to production processes and end user requirements

• b2b: connections between end users and manufacturers

Background: Zelfo was developed by Robert Bramsteidl, Horst Dopfner and Martin Ernegg in Austria during the 1990's - early 2000. This ground breaking work was consolidated in the patent now owned by Omodo the use of which is now available via license to product manufacturers on a global basis. To support our licensees we operate a continuous material improvement program in collaboration with European institutes, authorities and both national and international companies.

Awards achieved during the development of Zelfo:

• 1993: Gold medal winner, "Brussels EUREKA'93 - 42nd World Exhibition of Invention.
• 1993: Austrian Award for an Environmentally-Friendly Produced Eco-Design
• 1998: European MIDORA Design Award. (Award for jewellery)
• 2001: BDO Auxilia Umweltpreis (Environment prize) 2000//2001
  For ecological and economic manufacturing.
• 2003: Austrian National Prize for Design ‚Monococon‘ coffin (Design: Florian Gsottbauer)