Hemp fiber segment making inroads into various industries

Hemp fiber segment making inroads into various industries

The 2024 Montana Hemp Summit occurred last week in Great Falls, Montana. Hosted by Ft. Benton-based

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, Fastmarkets has attended for several years now to learn what’s new in this emerging cluster of production and processing.

The annual conference is a useful means to measure progress for this cohort of first movers that includes IND Hemp, their hemp fiber processing capacity, contracted growers, and buyers like Hempitecture, producing non-woven insulating materials.

Fastmarkets reported last week on

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, and their RISE Innovation award received at the annual INDA conference in Raleigh, NC. INDA is the Association of the Nonwoven Fabric Industry. 

In addition to this geographic cluster in the Mountain West, the conference featured a range of initiatives that span…

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