Engineering the Cellulose of Tomorrow.

Our mission is to open a non-wood feedstock for the cellulose fibre industry. Dissolving pulp — the high-purity cellulose behind lyocell, viscose and modal — is produced almost entirely from wood. Agricultural production leaves behind residue streams that are renewable, regionally concentrated and today almost entirely unused. RIFORMA is developing the process route that turns one into the other.

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A Greener Tomorrow.

Today’s textile and paper industries depend largely on a single raw material: wood.

Global demand for cellulose-based materials continues to grow, driven by the expansion of man-made cellulosic fibres and by plastic substitution in packaging — two markets competing for the same raw material. Global wood pulp production reached 189 million tonnes in 2024, while pulp from non-wood fibres accounted for 10.5 million tonnes, just over 5% of virgin pulp supply (FAO, 2025). Of the wood pulp total, roughly 10 million tonnes is dissolving pulp, the grade used to make lyocell, viscose and modal - a market of several billion US dollars. This concentration on a single feedstock exposes fibre supply chains to raw material cost volatility, tightening forest regulation, and competition for land.

A vast, renewable cellulose

resource remains untapped.

Agriculture generates billions of tonnes of residues worldwide each year — a renewable, regionally available source of cellulose. Yet most of it is burned, left in fields, or diverted to low-value uses. Unlocking this resource requires technologies that produce industrial-grade cellulose feedstocks reliably, economically, and at scale — and that is where the current gap lies.

Our mission is to make sisal residue a viable feedstock for cellulosic fibres.

We are developing a process route that converts sisal residue into dissolving-grade cellulose — pulp that is drop-in compatible with existing regenerated fibre lines, requiring no change to downstream spinning. The aim is a non-wood supply option for lyocell and viscose producers, built on a residue stream that already exists.

Decortication — the process that separates sisal fibre from the leaf — recovers only a small fraction of the plant. The rest is left in the field or burned. Production is regionally concentrated: Brazil is the world's largest producer, and the great majority of its output comes from a single state. The residue is renewable, available at scale, and today has almost no commercial value. We are developing a process route that converts sisal residue into dissolving-grade cellulose — pulp that is drop-in compatible with existing regenerated fibre lines, requiring no change to downstream spinning. The aim is a non-wood supply option for lyocell and viscose producers, built on a residue stream that already exists.

Sustainable manufacturing transformation

Transforming agricultural residues into scalable non-wood cellulose feedstocks for the next generation of textile and paper industries.

Dissolving Pulp
Sisal Residue
Non-Wood Cellulose
Agave sisalana
Lyocell
Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres

Dissolving Pulp
Sisal Residue
Non-Wood Cellulose
Agave sisalana
Lyocell
Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres

Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres
Alpha-Cellulose
Agricultural Residue
Feedstock Diversification
Pulp Chemistry
Alternative Fibres

Lyocell
Pulp Chemistry
Dissolving Pulp
Alternative Fibres
Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres
Agricultural Residue

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