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GREENFILL3D on Transforming Production Waste into 3D Printing Materials

We have previously told you about GREENFILL3D, a Polish startup that develops ecological and biodegradable materials for 3D printing. Notably, it developed a wheat bran-based filament, GF3D Branfill3D. This material was created in accordance with modern concepts of zero waste&hel

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We have previously told you about GREENFILL3D, a Polish startup that develops ecological and biodegradable materials for 3D printing. Notably, it developed a wheat bran-based filament, GF3D Branfill3D. This material was created in accordance with modern concepts of zero waste and circular economy: wheat bran is a production waste from the manufacture of pasta. From this filament, the startup 3D printed its own POS (Point of Sales), on which pasta packages will be presented and sold. This project is developed in collaboration with the MASPEX group, one of the largest food producers in Europe. To find out more about the company’s work and its filaments, we met its director, Pawel Slusarczyk.

3DN: Could you introduce yourself and your connection to 3D printing?

Pawel Slusarczyk

My name is Pawel Slusarczyk and I have been working in the 3D printing industry for over 9 years. In January 2013, I founded Centrum Druku 3D, the largest 3D printing site in Poland, which has helped to develop the Polish additive manufacturing industry. All major Polish companies, such as Zortrax, Sinterit, Zmorph, Omni3D, 3DGence, Technology Applied, Spectrum Filaments, Fiberlogy and many others, made their debut on our site. I have many years of experience in implementing innovative projects – in 2019, we created our own 3D bioprinters – called SKAFFOSYS, and subsequently launched a 3D bioprinting lab in Poland. In 2020, this project was detached from our company and continued by another independent team.

3DN: How did the idea to create GREENFILL3D come about? What is its mission?

In 2021, we established a cooperation with MASPEX Group, the largest food producer in Poland and one of the largest in Europe. MASPEX Group contacted us with the idea of creating advertising materials from their waste. The company had different post-production waste, both organic (vegetable waste, wheat bran, etc…) and cardboard and plastic. In the end, we decided on wheat bran, from which we decided to produce a filament for FDM / FFF technology. In July 2021, we signed a formal cooperation agreement and started the research and development process.