“Le Fabshop in Paris, a 3D printing startup, announced a world first "green” seaweed 3D printing filament at the opening of 3D print show in Paris.
In collaboration with French company Algopack, Le Fabshop has spent over a year developing this innovative seaweed filament SWF using seaweed grown and harvested in Brittany in the north-west of France.
“We aim to revolutionize 3D printing, which is already a revolution by itself. Many technologies take years to become green, but we wanted now to offer a smart alternative in the field.” says Bertier LUYT, Founder and CEO of le FabShop in a statement. “Seaweed is a valuable raw material particularly suitable to our requirements. It requires no water, no pesticides or fertilizers to grow. We only need to develop a formula to make it compatible to 3D printing.”