BETTER PERFORMANCE. LOWER COST. UNPARALLELED SUSTAINABILITY.MettleWood
HARNESSING THE STRENGTH OF CELLULOSE
MettleWood, our first-to-market material is a biomaterial of unprecedented strength and durability that can replace 80% of all steel and concrete used today.
50% STRONGER THAN STEEL
6X LIGHTER THAN STEEL
MettleWood is made of 100% wood and offers higher performance while meaningfully reducing climate-changing emissions.
MettleWood transforms wood into a new game changing biomaterial that is
80% LIGHTER THAN STEEL
*A36 STEEL
50% STRONGER THAN STEEL*
LESS EXPENSIVE THAN STEEL
CARBON SEQUESTERING
UNMATCHED STRENGTH-TO-WEIGHT
MettleWood's incredible strength opens up use cases previously unobtainable with wood, including structural and steel applications.
LIGHTWEIGHT
MettleWood is 80% lighter than steel leading to dramatically lower construction and transportation costs, easier handling and installation, and faster building construction.
DURABLE AND FIRE RESISTANT
MettleWood is highly resistant to fire, targeting an ASTM E84 Class A fire rating. It is also highly resistant to moisture, fungus, termites, scratching, and denting.
COST EFFICIENT
MettleWood has a significantly lower price point than incumbent materials over its complete lifecycle, helping to reduce costs without sacrificing performance.
CARBON-SEQUESTERING
MettleWood can be made with almost any wood including abundant, fast-growing, and even invasive wood species. This flexibility supports greater forest diversity and ecosystem health, allowing for sustainable sourcing and worldwide access.
THE OPPORTUNITY
MettleWood can replace up to 80% of the world’s steel and concrete, reducing GHG emissions by over 2 gigatons.
“Wood is abundant and relatively low-cost—it literally grows on trees. And although it has been used for millennia to build everything from furniture to homes and larger structures, untreated wood is rarely as strong as metals used in construction. MettleWood is stronger, lighter, and aesthetically superior when compared to steel. It’s effortlessly easy for the construction industry to embrace our solution.”
-Dr. Liangbing Hu, Founder