Agoprene

Agoprene is a Norwegian materials company producing biofoam from seaweed and other natural ingredients, without fossil fuels. Its ambition is to offer a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to oil-based foam in everyday products, beginning with the furniture industry, where the material is used in soft, sturdy cushions and padding.

The project started in 2020 from a simple question — whether foam could be made without petroleum at all — and the first experiments took place in a student kitchen in Norway, working with seaweed. Agoprene now develops its foams together with manufacturers, designers and other partners, and frames the work as building materials meant to last decades rather than single-use solutions. The company, Agoprene AS, is based in Barkåker, in the south of the country.