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Since 1993 TreuHanf staff
has been involved in creating new economic cycles based on hemp and other fibre
plants (flax, miscanthus sinensis). This activity significantly assisted the
rediscovery of fibre hemp for industrial purposes, and also helped to
legalise hemp cultivation in Germany.
TreuHanf Investitions- und
Beteiligungs- GmbH was founded in 1994. In the beginning, it worked as a
wholesaler for the distribution and franchise enterprise HanfHaus GmbH,
examining hemp products from all European countries and assessing their
marketability. In this way, the staff got to know the major fibre processing
plants working in eastern Europe and Asia, established relations with the
management of these companies and got experienced in the following
activities:
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Production and supply
of fibre for technical purposes, e.g. compounds, construction material
and textiles,
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Production and supply
of the necessary equipment,
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Planning and advice for
the modernisation of existent and the construction of new natural fibre
industries,
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Development of other
product lines (food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals)
TreuHanf's activities
respect the principles of sustainability. Renewable resources, and
especially hemp, a robust and high-yielding plant with many uses, are the
key means to realise TreuHanf's vision:
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Natural fibre replaces
man-made fibre, in particular glass fibre obtained with high input of
primary energy.
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Industrial raw material
made from hemp and flax is "produced" by photosynthesis. Their
production requires only small amounts of fossil fuel. Compared to
cotton, their need for fertiliser and most of all for pesticides is
insignificant.
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Via photosynthesis,
plants store the climatically active gas carbon dioxide. By fostering
the use of agriculturally produced raw material by the industry, the
amount of atmospheric CO2 can be lowered considerably.
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New jobs will be
created mostly in rural areas by the processing centres, and the
connected service, supply and secondary processing industry.
TreuHanf can conceive
complex plants for the cultivation and processing of hemp and attend –
together with enterprises from the mechanical engineering sector - the
construction process until the final delivery. For a very large hemp
processing plant in Kazakhstan TreuHanf made the feasibility study,
co-financed by the German Ministry of Economics.