INDEX 2020 Q&A: Jim Posa, Bast Fibre Tech
Company is launching new fibres for absorbent hygiene and wipes into the European market, based on natural flax and hemp designed around the principles of carbon efficiency.
17th February 2021
Bast Fibre Technologies Inc (BFT) is a cleantech fibre engineering firm manufacturing specialty natural fibres for applications throughout the nonwovens industry. The company is launching new fibres for absorbent hygiene and wipes into the European market, based on natural flax and hemp designed around the principles of carbon efficiency.
“We have spent the last couple of years getting a full understanding of market needs, completing processes and developing products,” said Jim Posa, a nonwovens industry veteran who was called in as a consultant to the company two years ago and in April 2020 became its president and general manager.