Dutch manufacturer Keller Kitchens has introduced a bio-based kitchen Endurra, which it reports is a first for the market.

According to Keller, by bringing together complementary suppliers, it has created a bio-based interior panel suitable for mass production, from its own manufacturing facility in Bergen op Zoom, in The Netherlands.

The base material is MDF which comprises residual streams from the wood industry, so no trees are cut down for its production, thus avoiding extra CO2 emissions.

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In addition, enduura also uses organic and renewable residues from the food industry; namely sunflower seeds and rapeseed as a binder for the sheet material. 

The top layer is a HPL (high pressure laminate) using kraft paper and uses a bio-based resin in place of phenolic resin.

Kraft paper, already used for biodegradable packaging, is made from the pulp of coniferous trees, which Keller reports grow faster than deciduous trees.

The applied organic resin is made from bagasse fibre, the residue of sugar cane once all the sugar has been extracted.

Keller states it results in a bio-based sheet material made from renewable raw materials that has less impact on the environment than traditional materials and will last 25 years.

With the introduction of the biobased kitchen, parent company of Keller DKG takes a step towards its goal of 100% bio-based products by 2030.

Currently, Keller operates a circular process for kitchens made of chipboard in The Netherlands.

Old kitchens are collected and converted by the circular processor into raw materials for the company’s largest chipboard supplier.

Keller is now investigating how the biobased kitchen can be collected to make new raw materials.