Using the right materials in the design phase of a product is absolute key for a circular economy. Future Materials is a national development and testing center for materials. The center aims to be the bridge between the idea phase and the pilot phase - so that circular material solutions and innovation can be materialized more easily.

Many of the materials dominating the global markets today are energy and water intensive to produce, are non-renewable, far-travelled, shed plastics, have a short life-time during use (low-quality) and destroy natural systems through mass-production and monoculture. We need new a materials revolution with more circular friendly materials that have high quality during use and are environmentally friendly to produce, reuse and eventually recycle. But, finding innovative materials is a long, knowledge and research intensive, and expensive process. The global need for advanced materials is increasing fast, and there is tough competition to get to the market as quickly as possible.

The Norsk Katapult test facilities, expertise and networks to develop sustainable advanced materials for the company's existing and new products. With them you can develop, test and verify your new products in an industrial environment. The material is at the center and Norsk Katapult help companies find the best solutions, whether plastic, composites, metals or other materials.

Future Materials has worked a lot with industrial recycling together with various companies and helped them to be able to use by- and side streams into their own production, or further refine this into new products.

They have a wide range of relevant equipment for processing waste, for pilot production of products based on recycled material, and test facilities to be able to document the quality of the finished product.

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