Folia Materials
Paper and Forest Product ManufacturingMassachusetts, United States11-50 Employees
Folia Materials, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, operates in the paper and forest products sector with a relatively small to mid-sized team. The company relies on a patent-pending silver coating for paper to impart antiviral and antimicrobial functionality at low cost, enabled by mass production using commodity inputs and standard machinery that require no capital expenditure. Its offerings are organized around three product lines spanning protective, packaging, and water-purification applications. Folia PPE applies its antiviral coating to the outer layer of face masks, with FDA approval pending for the antiviral 3-ply design and a suggested MSRP of $1. Folia Water markets a 20-cent, 20-liter antimicrobial paper water purifier intended for mass-market grocery availability in South Asia, supported by a Unilever-sponsored Bangladesh sales pilot that reported a 48% repeat purchase rate, and the company aims to create a $10 billion sub-category. Folia Packaging is developing paper-based packaging in collaboration with a Fortune 200 food company as an alternative to plastic.