Brands are always looking for new ways to entertain, surprise and inform their customers. Our product is giving a new meaning to a straw. By changing the artistic style of a straw, the manufacturer can find new possibilites to advertise and create more fruitful business opportunities. Now we are seeking a partner who is interested in licensing the invention.

Graphic outlook is the key. The traditional function of the straw is the pleasure to suck the drink with it. Every adult has amused himself or herself as a kid with plastic straws but with paper ones it's not so much fun. straw2nature brings back this joy and something more. The added value of straw2nature advert straw comes from its graphic outlook, information surface, and simply being something different. It's hard to imagine that a flat white straw would be a success. So co-operation with straw manufacturers, advertisement agencies, and graphic designers is crucially important.

Of machines. We have thought through what kind of machines are needed to manufacture our straws. The straw is made out of two paper or carton slips that are hot sealed together. There can be many sealing lines side by side and therefore manufacturing speed is fast.

Round home compostable and transparent straw. We've been developing a method to manufacture round straws from Futamura's NatureFlex film. The big advantage is the plastic mouthfeel it offers, and it doesn't soften in liquid even after several hours. The popular PLA-based straw does not disintegarate in sea or in a home compost but NatureFlex will, see https://www.natureflex.com/. We have made individual showpieces of these straws, and we have calculated that manufacturing them in industrial scale would be efficient.

Laminate from compostable hologram film. Iscent Oy's home compostable hologram film is suitable for laminating print paper so that the colour inks are incapsulated. This feature can be useful especially in drinks containing alcohol because alcohol is a powerful solvent. Colours that dissolve to acid soda can frighten mothers. Lamination would remove this fear. Due to lamination, the surface of the paper that is in contact with the liquid is limited to the inside layer of the straw. Hologram makes an impressive effect on printed adverts. Flat straw is handy in mixing the drink.