Scrimber - a contribution to climate protection
Building products made of wood store around one ton of CO₂ per cubic meter, as whole trees - from trunk to crown - are processed into building products. Scrimber is the solution for completely dispensing with steel and concrete in building construction. This is an important contribution to climate protection.
Scrimber is being further developed by the Bern University of Applied Sciences and other research partners on the basis of developments in Australia in the 1970s and experience with bamboo. This will bring the new large-format and low-cost Scrimber product to market maturity.
It is planned to build an industrial pilot plant in the canton of Bern as well as in Meridian, USA. An industrial large-scale plant will follow later.
News & Events
Scrimber updates and innovations
We will keep you regularly informed about the development of Scrimber with news from research, site search for a production facility or financing.
Nous y étions ! Scrimber CSC Schweiz AG at the Hack Summit à Lausanne
June 25, 2024The Hack Summit on 13 and 14 June 2024 brought together founders of start-ups and investors. With more than 1,000 participants, the event offered almost unlimited networking opportunities, whether through pitches, stands or the use of 1:1 networking. This gave rise to passionate discussions and allowed start-ups to significantly increase their visibility.
GVB supports the Thun start-up
June 24, 2024Timber construction is growing beyond its limits. A decisive factor here is the optimal use of the limited resource of wood as construction timber. Gebäudeversicherung Bern has published an article on the development of an innovative production technology by Scrimber CSC Schweiz AG: GVB Info No. 1 from April 2024.
Gaswerkarealfest - Can urban development be sustainable and grassroots-oriented?
May 20, 2024At the Gaswerkareal festival on May 18, 2024, a panel discussion was held on the topic of "Can urban development be sustainable and grassroots-oriented?". Stefan Zöllig presented his ideas on this topical issue.
Scrimber, the solution to a potential shortage of raw materials?
May 01, 2024Stefan Zöllig, Managing Director of Scrimber CSC AG, was a guest on the Timber Construction Podcast, where he talked about the enormous yield potential of wood with Scrimber technology.
Welcome to Leonard
April 29, 2024We welcome Leonard Wachter to our team! Leonard will be supporting us as Investors Relation. We're delighted to have been able to recruit Leonard to our team and wish him all the best for the future.
Scrimber wins the first Bern Upcycling Challenge!
March 25, 2024Scrimber CSC AG takes first place in the first "Bern Upcycling Challenge". Launched by the Haute école spécialisée bernoise HESB Management and the fund de soutien de la BEKB, this initiative rewards projects that help to promote the circular economy in the Berne region.
Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2023The Scrimber team wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2024. We too will be enjoying the festive season with our families. We'll be back on January 8, 2024, with renewed energy and drive to continue advancing the Scrimber product and its technologies.
Vision for the old sawmill at Bern University of Applied Sciences
October 31, 2023The sawmill is history - what's next? The old sawmill at the Bern University of Applied Sciences has almost been forgotten, where courses became less frequent and were eventually discontinued altogether. Today, sawyers are trained and further educated directly in the modern sawmills. What will happen to the site of the old sawmill? We at Scrimber CSC have a visionary proposal that could seamlessly tie in with the unique idea of research and training at this location: the establishment of a scrimber research and competence center.
Commissioning of modular laboratory line
October 31, 2023Last Wednesday, 25th October, the IG Scrimber held an information meeting at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Biel. On this occasion, we presented the first part of the Scrimber laboratory line, which is equipped with a modular pair of cylinders.
Voices
Opinions from the professional world
"At 400 francs per cubic meter, Scrimber would be a brutal seller, and a price like that would probably make for a really big breakthrough."
S. Müller Holzbau AG, Wil SG
"Scrimber taps precisely into today's megatrends and our acute challenges: CO₂ sequestration, maximum wood recovery, and utilization of previously unusable wood assortments."
"Scrimber offers Forest owners a much-needed alternative to better utilize ancillary assortments use "
"The new timber construction product Scrimber uses the whole tree and thus stores a maximum amount of CO₂ in the long term in a natural and forest-friendly way - This is exactly what the climate needs today! "
Partner
Research and development partner
We are excited about working with our partners. Together with universities, business partners and many innovative minds, we are bringing Scrimber to market readiness and thus raising timber construction to a new level.
Our research partners
BFH AHB Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
At the Bern University of Applied Sciences, the following is being
within the framework of an Innosuisse research project under the direction of Prof. Dr.
Heiko Thömen, the industrial production of scrimber splinters and their
bonding into building products.
Minnesota University Duluth, USA
The University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute is
an applied, integrated research organization. With NRRI, we evaluate the market
potential of scrimber for this region and also the suitability of regional wood
species for scrimber production.
Fraunhofer Institute WKI Germany
The
WKI has carried out in-depth research into scrimber production and has the appropriate
corresponding apparatus; cooperation is taking place in this area.
Wood
K plusWood Competence Center GmbH, Austria
The cooperation with Wood K promotes alternative wood cutting processes, in particular macrofiber production, as well as
macro fiber bonding.
Funding
Innosuisse
Innosuisse supports start-ups and other Swiss organizations in their R&D activities. Scrimber can count on the valuable support of Innosuisse.
Wyss Academy for Nature
The Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern was founded to address the environmental crisis with a new approach. It supports new technologies such as Scrimber.
STI Foundation
The STI Foundation supports the development of companies in the Bern region.
It supports entrepreneurs in their individual, early development phase.
Timbatec Timber Structural Engineers
Timbatec is one of the leading timber construction engineering companies in Switzerland. Stefan Zöllig, the founder of Timbatec is the spiritual father of the TS3 technology and has initiated the various research projects for the further development of timber construction.
Timber Finance Initiative
The Timber Finance Initiative, founded in 2021, will become the Swiss competence center for Timber Investments. The Intiative strengthens the raw material wood to fight climate change and therefore supports Scrimber.
Timber Structures 3.0 AG
Timber Structures 3.0 AG offers a timber construction technology for large buildings with column grids of up to 8 x 8 meters and flexible floor slabs. The TS3 technology is the result of several research projects of Timbatec together with the Bern University of Applied Sciences and the ETH Zurich.
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