What’s at stake: Carr-backed Rubisco needs additional capital to take its hemp and hemp-and-wool products global.
Background: Rubisco added hemp to its wool yarn spinning mix in 2018 and, after extensive R&D, has developed a range of products that underpin its ambitious strategy to become the global leader in natural performance materials that affect how people build, decorate, live, work, and play.
Rubisco stalwart Tracey Nobel-Ford sees a bright future in the company since its foray into hemp.
She’s worked at the company’s Christchurch-based yarn spinning plant for more than a decade through good times and bad, one of a number of staff whose lengthy expertise can easily cross over to hemp
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What’s at stake: Carr-backed Rubisco needs additional capital to take its hemp and hemp-and-wool products global.
Background: Rubisco added hemp to its wool yarn spinning mix in 2018 and, after extensive R&D, has developed a range of products that underpin its ambitious strategy to become the global leader in natural performance materials that affect how people build, decorate, live, work, and play.
