Rebuilding Fiber from the Ground Up
At Altfibr, we’re not tweaking the old model—we’re replacing it. Our mission is to deliver high-performance, non-wood fibers that outpace legacy materials in every category: strength, cost, supply chain reliability, and speed to scale. And yes—it’s sustainable too.
Our Story
How It All Started
Founded in 2024, ALTFIBR is a spin-out from Algas Organics, built to rewrite how the world sources fiber. We tap abundant, fast-growing sources of non-wood cellulose—banana stems, seaweed, pineapple leaves—to engineer high-performance materials from what would’ve been ag waste. The result: a near carbon-neutral feedstock for the next generation of pulp, fibers, and bio-based inputs. Our focus: building a vertically integrated supply chain of Non-Wood Kraft Pulp (NWKP) and cellulose fibers that plug directly into existing paper, packaging, textile, and automotive infrastructure. No retooling. No reinvention. Just performance upgrades and serious cost efficiency—using mills that already exist. The idea sparked in 2024, when founder Johanan saw the ripple effects of the EU’s new deforestation regulations. He contacted major pulp users and quickly secured LOIs and strong demand for credible alternatives to wood. Next, he partnered with Georgia Tech and University of Maine to fine-tune a scalable extraction process using legacy kraft tech. The results? Scaleable, next generation fiber—and we’re just getting started.
The Goal
Our Mission
To mainstream new, sustainable chemistries, materials, and supply chains.
The Outlook
Our Vision
To build a world where everyday products are made from safe, high performance, sustainable materials and supply chains.
The Team
Meet Our Founder
Johanan Dujon, the Founder and CEO of ALTFIBR is a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur with an eye for developing novel, high performance materials from waste biomass. He is a practical problem solver and change maker, who believes in a world where performance, scale and sustainability go hand in hand.
Let’s Talk Performance.
Ready to test Altfibr in your process? Contact us to request samples, get technical specs, or see how we can optimize your product without compromising speed, cost, or quality.