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02/15 © 2015 All rights reserved
We are establishing the U.S. bamboo industry by ─
commercially farming rapidly renewable bamboo
manufacturing innovative, sustainable industrial and consumer goods
supplying industrial users with bamboo fiber
Why Resource Fiber?
It’s a $35 billion dollar global market, and growing fast.
Over a 20-year period, China’s bamboo sector grew from subsistence-oriented cottage industry to a booming industry valued at $14B in 2010
Between $8.5B and $11B are exported to the U.S. and Europe annually – but the potential is far greater.
Market opportunity
We know bamboo.
100+ years of experience growing
bamboo and/or designing,
manufacturing, marketing and selling
bamboo products.
Co-Founders and majority shareholders,
Ann & David Knight, are also founders of
Teragren Bamboo in 1998; managed a
thirteen-year relationship with one factory
group in China.
Teragren bamboo – EPA Headquarters
Energy products
Building products
Food & beverage
Biochar
Biomedical &
specialty textiles
Water + Air
purification
Bio-plastics
Livestock feed
Railroad ties, decking
Furniture
Versatile bamboo for . . .
Industrial products
o Railroad ties & bridge timberso Industrial decking - 18-wheeler trailer decks
- shipping container floorso Car-decking for flooring &
ceilingso Joists & trusses
Consumer products
o Bamboo flooringo Bamboo countertops (islands,
tables, and othero Bamboo furniture
Timber bamboo product strategy
Resource Fiber bamboo railroad ties in development
In ongoing testing with two
major U.S. railroad companies
Example: the bamboo railroad tie at left passed the ‘rail spike insertion/extraction test’ in January 2015.
David Knight, Resource Fiber CEO with U.S. railroad company engineers
Bamboo railroad ties
25 million railroad ties are replaced annually in the U.S.
Bamboo floor joists developed with Teragren Bamboo, Santa Clara University and Universal Forest Products (UFP) passed testing – 2009.
In discussions with UFP to market and sell Resource Fiber bamboo joists.
Test performed during David Knight’s tenure at Teragren as President/CEO
Bamboo floor joists
Wall Paneling & Veneer Windows
Flooring &Trim
Doors
Decking
TrussesStair PartsFurniture &Cabinetry
Joists
Countertops
Proven bamboo building materials
Specialty bamboo biochar
o Highly-effective natural organic fertilizer and soil amendment
Biocarbon Filtration Media
o High-value, high-adsorbency biochar engineered and manufactured for specific air/water filtration applications
Biomass bamboo product strategy
Nursery capable of propagating millions of bamboo plants
Farm thousands of Company-owned acres
Long-term agreements with local farmers to grow bamboo for Company and its customers
Manufacture and sell U.S.-made bamboo products
Sell bamboo fiber to industrial companies for use in their products
Business model
$0$200$400$600$800
$1,000$1,200$1,400
Income per acre Bamboo - Fastest replenishment rate
Bamboo possesses superior performance qualities and price competitiveness.
Bamboo outperforms . . .
Thank You
Contact__________________________
David Knight, President/[email protected]
c 206.390.8289
