Yangi has been developed to TRL 7, supported by soft funding and investment from shareholders.

We are now looking for the first investors to join us in scaling Yangi to a global packaging solutions supplier. We are in the process of building a cap-table where preferred investors are a mix of venutre capital & industry.

Yangi is a result of more than 10 years of development work – where we are about to launch generation 3 technology platform. The dry forming technology, machine solution, process concept, materials and potential products have been demonstrated, reaching TRL 7. We are now investing in generation 3 industrial demo and are qualifying customers and product portfolios in existing pilot facilities. We will be able to take orders for the first machines end 2022. We are running projects with stake holders in the packaging value chain to build customer pipeline and qualify pioneering partners.

Next steps (and where we need funding) is to install the industrial demo and build organisation to become a global solutions provider for sustainable packaging. So far Yangi has been funded by soft funding and capital injection from founders.

There is a strong momentum to replace plastics from brands, pushing the value chain to change into our renewable technology. The Sustainable packaging market is today a 274,2Bn€ industry and expected to grow to 413,8 Bn€ by end 2027. the Yangi target market of 3D rigid packaging is currently worth 175 BnEUR annually and a market potential to reach 10% worth a 4.4 BnEUR annually.

Yangi is mainly targeting packaging producers that have a strategy to move into more sustainable packaging. Cellulose materials are a promising alternative that can replace plastics in 40% of rigid packaging products in a 1:1 ratio without compromising quality, fulfilling the key requirements of rigidity and 3D-format. The sustainable packaging market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.25% over the forecast period (2021-2026), where legislation and increased consumer awareness are pushing the market to change. Only in Europe there are more than 50.000 plastic converters, with an annual material use of 50 MTons and 750 Bn pieces of packaging produced.

The market is there and the key for scaling is to partner up with global suppliers to scale the technology globally.

Yangi’s offering is based in a machine platform where Yangi has developed a machine solution in the form of blueprints. The machine platform is based on a unique and competitive process solution and hardware, developed by Yangi in combination with material recipes and unique expertise in dry forming. Replicability, as Yangi scales in a global market means offering partnerships with global machine suppliers, as well as expanding the offering to different market segments in packaging.

Yangi offers a sustainable solution to replace plastics, efficient use of resources. Raw materials are today based on fully renewable cellulose pulp sourced from sustainable forests. The technology results in significantly reduced energy consumption – more than 75 % compared to plastics and existing alternatives for formed fibers (wet moulding). Ing Yangi no process water is needed, meaning that the technology will be highly relevant for areas with water scarcity. Compared to plastics, using cellulose fibers as raw material is future-proof;

•       Fibers already have 65 % lower emissions than plastics

•       Fibers have higher potential in reduced life cycle emissions according to industry road maps

•       Fiber raw materials are estimated to have lower cost increase for zero-CO₂ production compared to other raw materials

•       High material recirculation rates already today >70 % compared to < 15 % for plastics