Category: Filters

Filtrona Launches Heated Tobacco Product Filters

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Filtrona has launched a series of new filters for heated-tobacco products (HTP), the Boreas range.
The new range includes Boreas SideFlow, a patent-pending filter with a simplified design, and Boreas CoolBridge, which combines the company’s ECO Paper Bridge cooling segment with mono acetate and its Finewall Tube to create a balanced retention and cooling mechanism.
“As more of our customers move into the rapidly growing HTP market, the launch of our Boreas range of HTP filters is timely and exciting for consumers and the wider industry alike,” said Filtrona Global Director of Innovation and ESG Hugo Azinheira in a statement. “We are thrilled to support our customers with a dedicated range of HTP filters that bear the hallmark of our innovative and unique designs.”
Azinheira said HTP customers would benefit from Filtrona’s considerable expertise. “Our industry knowledge helps companies to catch emerging trends, adapt to changes and build strong brands,” he said.
“For any of our customers that are looking to enter the HTP segment, collaborating with our team of experts can significantly speed up the product development and commercialization processes, giving them a crucial edge in the market.”
May 7, 2024
Filtrona Launches Cannabis Division, Cannatrona

Filtrona has launched Cannatrona, a dedicated division serving the cannabis and hemp market.
The Cannatrona business supplies filter tips, mouthpieces and pre-roll solutions for cannabis and hemp products, alongside scientific services.
“The cannabis and hemp industry is seeing rapid expansion, but the regulatory landscape is also shifting at speed,” said Filtrona CEO Robert Pye in a statement. “What businesses in this field need is a partner with a proven track record of quality, innovation, brand development and compliance, and that’s exactly what Cannatrona offers. With the company’s launch, we’re looking to propel the sector to even greater heights in a transformative and meaningful way.”
“In any growing market, new businesses can be found all along the supply chain,” said Jeni Sperry, head of new business development at Cannatrona. “However, Cannatrona has something that the rest don’t, and that’s the century-long experience of Filtrona, one of the world’s leading special filter brands. For cannabis and hemp product innovators, we’re not just introducing filter tip and mouthpiece products to the market, we’re bringing expertise, innovation and a very bright future.”
December 1, 2023
Biodegradable Filter Maker to Supply Poda

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Poda Lifestyle and Wellness has entered into a supply agreement with biodegradable filter manufacturer Greenbutts.
Greenbutts has developed a natural filter technology that was created to provide an alternative to the common nonbiodegradable cellulose acetate cigarette filter. Greenbutts created a natural, rapidly degrading cigarette filter using a proprietary blend of food-grade fiber materials including flax, cotton and manila hemp with no artificial compounds or chemical residues. The unique blend of materials is designed to allow for the same sensory experience and filter manufacturing run rates as acetate filters. Greenbutts filters will disperse in water within a few minutes and will degrade in compost within seven days as opposed to 10–15 years as is the case with traditional cellulose acetate filters.
“Poda is committed to ensuring that the company contributes to a brighter future for all of our stakeholders,” said Ryan Selby, Poda CEO, in a statement. “As CEO, I take this responsibility very seriously, and I am devoted to ensuring that Poda delivers industry-leading performance on our core principles of strong environmental management, responsible societal impacts and robust corporate governance. Pursuant to this commitment, I am very pleased to announce today that Poda has entered into a supply agreement with Greenbutts, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of biodegradable cigarette filters.”
“This supply agreement will provide the company with access to 100 percent biodegradable filters for use in our Beyond Burn Poda Pods. The inclusion of Greenbutts’ biodegradable filters into our already biodegradable and compostable Poda Pods allows Poda the ability to offer a completely biodegradable and truly compostable heat-not-burn product, something that has never been done in the heat-not-burn tobacco market. … We are thrilled to have secured this supply agreement.”
“We have spent the last 10 years relentlessly pursuing the perfect biodegradable cigarette filter,” said Tadas Lisauskus, co-founder and CEO of Greenbutts. “Now that our patented product is ready for commercialization, we are very pleased to have entered this supply agreement with Poda. Traditional cellulose acetate cigarette filters are among the single most commonly littered items globally, and we are committed to the goal of eliminating environmental pollution caused by improperly discarded cigarette butts. Greenbutts’ biodegradable filters are made from natural sources and quickly biodegrade in natural settings. Combining our proprietary biodegradable filters with Poda’s unique and proprietary biodegradable heat-not-burn cigarettes is surely a winning combination.”
August 19, 2021
Moose Labs Launches ‘Mini’ Filter for Vaping Products

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A new mouthpiece for vaping products is the first physician-backed germ-preventing accessory and filter designed to fit e-cigarettes for a safer vaping experience. The device also works with leaf marijuana rolls and THC vape pens.
Moose Labs, a product innovation company for the cannabis industry, launched the MouthPeace Mini, a smaller, slimmer version of the original MouthPeace, a patented personal-use silicone mouthpiece designed in 2014 to create a physical barrier between a cannabis users’ mouth and their pipe.
“Since the onset of Covid-19, we’ve seen a huge spike in demand for the MouthPeace and Filter, with a 9000 percent increase in orders over last year. Just as people wear masks to protect themselves and their friends, they’re seeking ways to enjoy joints and vapes safely,” said MouthPeace co-founder Jay Rush. “We created the MouthPeace Mini and Filter to provide medical and recreational users of cannabis and hemp with a personal, comfortable, and discreet way to share smaller smoking devices without sharing germs or inhaling unnecessary contaminants.”
The Mouthpiece Mini is constructed of high-quality platinum-cured silicone. The Filters, designed to fit snugly inside the MouthPeace, use activated carbon and triple layer filtration to remove resins, contaminants and tar from each inhale while allowing smaller molecules like THC and CBD to pass through, according to a press release.
October 22, 2020
Snap-on Filter Removes 97% of Secondhand Vapor

Philter Labs launched its Phreedom filtration device that allows users to inhale and exhale into the same mouthpiece, eliminating up to 97 percent of secondhand vapor and smell.
The filter is designed to work with 80 percent of the existing cartridges on the market, and it attaches to all 510 cannabis and CBD cartridges.
“The Phreedom represents a massive step toward a vaping culture free of exhaled vapor, pollutants and best of all, its associated shame,” said Philter Labs’ chief technology officer and inventor, John Grimm, in a statement.
“We wanted to provide a product that respects a person’s right to vape. The Phreedom is exactly that, with seamless integration for the majority of vape cartridges on the market and an enhanced experience focused on protecting people’s health, the health of the environment and the quality of the consumer experience.”
The Phreedom uses Philter’s patented Zero-5 technology to help eliminate secondhand vapor.
Philter offers other filtration devices, but the Phreedom is the first to allow users to inhale and exhale through the device.
October 13, 2020