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Along with a highly experienced team, Mr. Ziner is set on becoming the leading global supplier of plant-based manufacturing materials.Sustainability is the core of our corporate DNAFlax and hemp are among the most sustainable plant materials in the world, making AdvancedBMT’s proposal to use it as the basis for everyday materials even more attractive.\u0026nbsp;It’s an eco-friendly substitute: it's non-toxic, plant based, and biodegredable. Also, growing crops removes carbon dioxide from the air. And every part of the plant can be used: stalks for manufacturing materials, flowers for medicines, and the seeds are a delicious source of protein and omega-3s.Farmers benefit from its short growth timeline, positive effect on soil fertility, ability to grow without pesticides or herbicides and the opportunity to make more money.Bio-composite plastics represent an amazing growth opportunityWithin 10 years, AdvancedBMT's sales are projected to exceed $1B annually, in North America alone. And the global market is expected to grow to over $20B\u0026nbsp;(projections cannot be guaranteed).Bio-composite plastic pellets can replace over a million tonnes of traditional plastic annually.Flax and hemp bio-composite plastics are already produced and used commercially in Europe, where hemp and flax fiber are also used in the textile, construction and pulp and paper industry. In North America over 1,000,000 tonnes of flax and hemp stalk is produced every year from food crops and it is almost all wasted, usually burned.AdvancedBMT's bio-composite plastic pellets\u0026nbsp;are stronger and lighter than traditional plastics, and lower-cost.The Project requires $US 32M to begin commercial production with the development of the company’s first facility—AdvancedBMT will finance this work with an equipment financing and mortgage loan, as well as an equity capital raise. Future facilities are expected to be financed from the company's profits. We employ AI-driven technology\u0026nbsp;to inspect, optimize and produce higher quality product\u0026nbsp;AdvancedBMT's patent-pending and trade secret technologies enable high-performance, eco-friendly plastics for everything from car components to consumer products and home furniture.The company’s strategy is to develop facilities that incorporate primary processing and secondary production, processing the stalks and using the processed materials to create bio-composite pellets to sell to plastic product manufacturers.AdvancedBMT's technology adds scanning and artificial intelligence to existing equipment to significantly increase the quantity, quality, and consistency of outputs. Advanced BMT's strategic partner, Cretes, is the world's leading supplier of high-throughput, automated flax / hemp stalk processing equipment.To build out this supply chain, AdvancedBMT anticipates building a minimum of five Smart Stalk facilities by 2026. Each plant will generate $50 million in revenue, 69 full-time jobs and 35,000 hours of trucking. The company’s first facility is expected to be in Alberta, Canada, where it will process 50,000 tonnes of stalk in a 60,000 square foot processing facility (projections cannot be guaranteed).Led by a seasoned team with a proven track recordCEO Robert Ziner has curated a core team of executives with\u0026nbsp;extensive combined experience in fiber processing, automation technologies, AI, plastics, automotive manufacturing and global exports. Previously, Mr. Ziner patented lumber manufacturing technology leveraging AI and computer integrated manufacturing.After patenting the technology, he grew his lumber and building product business to over $200M in annual sales.In founding AdvancedBMT, Mr. Ziner's goal is to help develop more sustainable, healthier, higher performance products, bringing a process already being done successfully in Europe, across the pond to North America.The company continues to add to its management team. Most recently, Richard Levesque, an entepreneur and the innovator of AdvancedBMT’s hemp plastic compounds has joined the team. Mr. Levesque is a chemist by training and an expert in plastic materials and product development. He started his career as a technical specialist at Dupont. AdvancedBMT also welcomes Erwin Doll, a longtime investor, expert advisor and highly successful executive with a golden rolodex.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Doll's background includes enterprise software and automation, as well as automotive, plastics, medical and industrial manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;","location":"Lewes, DE","website":"https://www.advancedbmt.com","total_amount_raised":0,"total_investors":0,"is_funded":false,"is_active":false,"quality_score":5,"related_urls":["https://wefunder.com/cihc","https://www.advancedbmt.com"]},"media":{"share_image_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company/header_media_photo/90728/xxl_cropped_1653936444687_ABMT_R_export.jpg","header_media_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company/header_media_photo/90728/standard_cropped_1653936444687_ABMT_R_export.jpg","cover_photo_url":"https://uploads.wefunder.com/uploads/company/header_media_photo/90728/standard_cropped_1653936444687_ABMT_R_export.jpg"},"links":{"company_url":"https://www.advancedbmt.com"},"highlights":[],"quick_facts":[{"index":1,"claim_id":"claim-fact-1","value":"Invest to build a factory to produce plastic pellets using wasted stalk from flax / hemp food crop"},{"index":2,"claim_id":"claim-fact-2","value":"Patent-pending technology to reduce cost and improve quality compared to existing global competitors"},{"index":3,"claim_id":"claim-fact-3","value":"Plastic manufacturers choose ABMT's pellets to reduce cost and improve performance of products"},{"index":4,"claim_id":"claim-fact-4","value":"Use proven, high-throughput automated equipment that is already being used across Europe and Asia"},{"index":5,"claim_id":"claim-fact-5","value":"North America's first hemp/flax plastic pellet production facility to replace imports from Europe"},{"index":6,"claim_id":"claim-fact-6","value":"ABMT can replace over a million tonnes of plastic with bio-composite plastic annually"},{"index":7,"claim_id":"claim-fact-7","value":"ABMT expects to generate $1B of revenue annually in the next 10 years (not guaranteed)"},{"index":8,"claim_id":"claim-fact-8","value":"ABMT is led by a top notch team with more than 110 years in manufacturing, technology \u0026amp; plastics"}],"team":[{"id":1925496,"entity_id":"wefunder:company_role:1925496","user_entity_id":"wefunder:user:1524419","role":"founder","name":"Robert Ziner","title":"Founder, CEO","bio":"More than 30 years experience in the building materials distribution and secondary wood processing industries. 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Danimer makes biopolymers from vegetable oil. CIHC makes plastic compounds using natural fibers and polymer. Danimer could be a supplier of biopolymer to CIHC. CIHC will help increase the use of biopolymers because natural fiber reinforcement will reduce the cost of their utilization and provide performance enhancements that will result in biopolymers being used in additional applications. Our first product, hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene, is different; although it isn't 100% biodegradable, it can be sold profitably in extremely large volumes, because it costs less than the talc reinforced polypropylene that plastic manufacturers are using today, and it will still improve the environmental impact greatly.","author_name":"Robert Ziner","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-09-26T17:12:32Z"}]},{"id":171143,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:171143","question":"I understand that the pellets produced will be a bioplastic. Will this be for films, hard plastics, or both? Also, what is the life of the final product or how long does it take to break down in the landfill? Is it for waterproof applications? Currently most bioplastics tend to degrade with water quickly.","author_name":"Amy T Mintner","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-09-24T21:55:27Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/cihc#question-171143","answers":[{"id":171152,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:171152","answer":"Hi Amy, Our go-to-market product is for injection molding of durable rigid plastics like toys, home furniture, garbage bins, jerry cans, sports equipment or automotive parts. Cost savings and weight reduction compared to talc reinforced PP is the adoption driver. The useful life of a part is expected to be at least 40 years, comparable to talc reinforced PP and it is waterproof. Compared to talc / PP, our hemp / PP achieves a 25% reduction in life cycle environmental footprint. The hemp fibers used in the plastic pellets are highly biodegradable on their own, but are more stable once dispersed in a polymer matrix. The overall biodegradability of our product depends on the polymer choice of the client. Because replacing some of the polymer with fiber can greatly reduce the overall cost of using biopolymer, our factory will greatly increase the use of 100% plant based, 100% biodegradable plastics.","author_name":"Robert Ziner","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-09-25T01:25:35Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"I understand that the pellets produced will be a bioplastic. Will this be for films, hard plastics, or both? Also, what is the life of the final product or how long does it take to break down in the landfill? Is it for waterproof applications? Currently most bioplastics tend t...","answer":"Hi Amy, Our go-to-market product is for injection molding of durable rigid plastics like toys, home furniture, garbage bins, jerry cans, sports equipment or automotive parts. Cost savings and weight reduction compared to talc reinforced PP is the adoption driver. The useful life of a part is expected to be at least 40 years, comparable to talc reinforced PP and it is waterproof. Compared to talc / PP, our hemp / PP achieves a 25% reduction in life cycle environmental footprint. The hemp fiber..."},{"question":"Robert, what is the patented technology here and how does this plastic compare to the innovations happening at companies like Danimer","answer":"Durganand, The patent-pending technology is adjusting the production process based on scanner analysis of the inputs to optimize outputs. Danimer makes biopolymers from vegetable oil. CIHC makes plastic compounds using natural fibers and polymer. Danimer could be a supplier of biopolymer to CIHC. CIHC will help increase the use of biopolymers because natural fiber reinforcement will reduce the cost of their utilization and provide performance enhancements that will result in biopolymers being..."},{"question":"When is termination date of this offering?","answer":"The offering will be terminated when it is fully subscribed, up to a maximum of 6 months after the form C is filed."}]}}}