Hemp reinforced ‘BioLite’ takes innovation award in Europe
Swedish biocomposites developer Trifilon picked up the first prize in this year’s European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) “Product of the Year” innovation awards program for…
Companies
Hemp firms in New Zealand join to develop whole-plant technology
Three New Zealand hemp firms have joined efforts to advance harvesting and processing technology that can bring higher returns for growers. The companies, Hemp NZ,…
Germany’s HANF FARM relocates to historically organic lands
Leading European agri-business and food producer HANF FARM GmbH has relocated its headquarters and is now operating out of a 25,000 sq. m complex near…
Dispute between U.S., UK researchers boils over into lawsuit
American cannabis research firm New Frontier Data (Financial Frontier Group Inc.) has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. courts against Prohibition Partners (PP Intelligence Ltd),…
CBD research authorization is granted to Elixinol in New York
CBD maker Elixinol has been granted Processor Research Partner Authorization by the New York (U.S.) Department of Agriculture and Markets, which is actively supporting hemp…
U.S. CBD firm in deal with distributor of acupuncture needles
CBD maker Functional Remedies, Colorado, USA, has entered a distribution partnership with Lhasa OMS, a distributor of acupuncture needles, the companies recently announced. The deal…
Irish hemp firm granted injunction against former CEO
Irish hemp firm Celtic Wind Crops has taken its former CEO to Ireland’s High Court, alleging improprieties it says have crippled the company financially. Celtic…
CBD’s future: Formulas tailor-made to address specific maladies
INTERVIEW: Scott Reese, CEO at US-based C-Beyond Health, says patient-doctor dialog is critical to successful treatment with CBD. HempToday: You describe C-Beyond Health as being…
FDA warns 3 U.S. CBD sellers over ‘egregious’ cancer claims
The U.S Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission jointly issued warning letters to three American companies for unsubstantiated claims regarding CBD….
U.S. firm plans $5.8 million factory to produce ‘HempWood’
A Maryland, USA company says it will invest $5.8 million in a factory in Kentucky to produce HempWood, an “eco-friendly timber” that uses hemp fiber…