Grant backs German carbon-tracking startup as it enters fundraising
German startup HempConnect is entering an initial fundraising campaign as it continues to develop a suite of advanced Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools that collect…
Innovation
Oregon’s hemp innovation program names Shrestha extension specialist
Govinda Shrestha has been named statewide hemp extension specialist at Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center. Govinda Shrestha “Govinda brings an immense amount of…
Colgate-Palmolive has developed antiperspirant with CBD
Consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive said it has patented an antiperspirant formula containing CBD that could also lead to the compound’s application in other personal care…
Canadian maker of mobile decorticator signs on customers in NZ, SA
Toronto-based CannaSystems Canada Inc. is offering its R-2 hemp decortication system to 10 initial customers under a collaborative program aimed at fine-tuning the technology while…
Bud harvester demo in Oklahoma
The HHH-700 cannabis bud harvester will be demonstrated this Thursday and Friday at CannaCon South at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The technology, developed by…
‘Multicanapa’ project focuses on innovation with hemp in Sicily
An initiative underway in Italy will look at ways to spread innovation to advance hemp growing and production in Sicily. “Hemp of Sicily,” an operating…
Berlin company gets €505k to develop water soluble CBD emulsion
Berlin-based food startup Becanex GmbH said it will embark on a €505,000 project aimed at developing a cannabinoid-containing emulsion sufficiently stable for industrial food production….
Italian ‘eco-leather’ is new use for dust from hemp fiber
Italian developers have introduced Napee, an “eco-leather” textile containing hemp waste powder that does not use toxic solvents in the production process, is recyclable and…
A guitar made from hempwood
Canadian-based boutique guitar maker JOI Guitars has introduced an acoustic guitar made of hempwood. The company said it undertook extensive research and development that allowed…
CanXchange: ‘Looking for new ways to disrupt and innovate’
Alex Arkentis is the CEO and Co-Founder of CanXchange, the European commodities exchange for physical hemp and CBD products. A serial technology entrepreneur and investor,…
