Interested in health?

Want to see how a health product can make a better world?

Consider investing in HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies. We are an innovative and cutting-edge start-up looking to evolve menstrual health through a unique and revolutionary pulping process.

Who We Are

We– that’s Marek, Ondra, Anna, Stacey, Gary, Yasuko and Kent – are HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies. We are two inventors, a doctor, a women’s marketing specialist, a researcher, a Japanese cultural/women’s consultant, and an IT specialist.

We are looking to raise money to finish safety testing and development of women’s health products using our patented, low water, low chemical, farming waste pulping process.

We, as a team, are passionate and pragmatic environmentalists who saw a massive knowledge and technology gap both in industrial production associated with pulping and a huge technological leap to greatly improving women’s lives in relation to menstrual products.

We want to save trees, save water and reduce reliance on heavy chemical production, while simultaneously improving women’s lives by providing safe, low-cost menstrual care alternatives across the world.

Contribute to Making the World a Better Place

By donating to our campaign, you are taking a strong stand against deforestation, against water-intensive production of cotton and rayon menstrual products, against heavy chemical (such as sulfides, chlorides, and titanium dioxides) production of pulp.

By donating to our campaign, you are making a commitment to circular green economic principles of using farming field waste to make a low chemical (water, baking soda and oxygen) pulp that will create a safe and true biodegradable menstrual product line. Even our production’s waste can be reused as fertilizer for farmers.

Your contribution will save forests, reduce global water consumption for heavy industrial production related to menstrual product production, reduce reliance on cotton and rayon as the main components in menstrual products, and help build a better future for women today and for women tomorrow by providing menstrual health security.

Be part of a world-changing technology and help us save the planet in this small but significant way.

Our Project Cost Breakdown

We are looking to raise $450,000 to cover the costs of safety and product testing. The cost breakdown is as follows:

$30,124 – Blend ratio study to measure correct strength qualification for tampon and menstrual pad production.

$37,321 – Blend ratio study for different annualized bast fibre types being mixed to produce matching quality in Study 1.

$25,968– Raw biomass testing for trace chemicals, nitrogen analysis of roots of annualized fibers, and chemical composition of waste streams and safety.

$110,631 – Further safety testing to qualify for internal use products as required by Health Canada and the FDA. Methodology testing for pulp production for tampons and menstrual pads.

$146,956 – Produce sales samples and start quality control tests of manufactured menstrual products.

$51,000 – Amount withheld by Indiegogo for refunds and costs associated with bank transfers and fundraising amount (approximately 15% total of total funds raised).

$48,000 – 6 month $2000 per month stipend for 4 leads of project to lead to next phase, includes team members Marek Hejduk, Ondra Maseja, Dr.Anna Fiselier, and Stacey Tucker.

Note: If we are unable to reach our total funding goal, we will apply the raised funds towards laboratory testing in the following priority, the minimum needed to proceed to next phase is $190,723 as a bare minimum to maintain project viability.

Project Funding Priorities

Priority 1: $30,124 – Blend ratio study to measure correct strength qualification for tampon and menstrual pad production.

Priority 2: $25,968– Raw biomass testing for trace chemicals, nitrogen analysis of roots of annualized fibres, and chemical composition of waste streams and safety.

Priority 3: $110,631 – Further safety testing to qualify for internal use products as required by Health Canada, including assertion there is no bleach nor titanium dioxide in product. Methodology testing for pulp production for tampons and menstrual pads.

Priority 4: $24,000 – 3 month $2000 per month stipend for 4 leads of project to lead to next phase, includes team members Marek Hejduk, Ondra Maseja, Dr.Anna Fiselier, and Stacey Tucker.

Why Support Us?

Our project is valuable and globally relevant because there is no one in the world producing a safe, low water, low chemical, and circular environmental pulp. No one in the world is us using such a pulp for women’s menstrual products.

As mentioned earlier, even our waste is useful. Testing showed that we can aid farmers by introducing new crops into their rotational basis that have elevated natural fertilizing properties (nitrogen fixation) and healthier margins, and help us by growing a more sustainable pulp.

The Stats on How We’ll Be Able to Help Our World Together

Our process, per metric tonne of production, produces pulp that:

Reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 88%

Reduces water usage by 80%

Reduces time/energy by 70%

Three Basic Ingredients

Incredibly, our process – which has been tested commercially – uses only water, baking soda, and oxygen to make the pulp.

More Fun Stats

In comparison to cotton/rayon pulp, this pulp is:

3 times as strong 5 times more absorbent

Significantly safer for internal usage

Utilizes 80% less water as a growth crop

Doesn’t require forests to be cut down

Is 90% less likely to stretch out

Is on par for density with cotton/rayon products

Doesn’t use hard chemistry (sulfides, chlorides or titanium dioxide) in production

Can be rapidly produced in months as opposed to years

Can be produced within an 80km mean radius for biomass acquisition

Why Menstrual Products?

During concept development, we realized current women’s health products (tampons and menstrual pads) do not take into account external diversity such as:

Social habits

Consumptive habits

Lifestyles

Economic variability

These factors affect menstruation and the use of different menstrual products because current products do not account for not only the diversity noted above but physiological diversity such as:

Genetics Age variation

Vaginal canal lengths

Personal pH balances in the vaginal canal

Vaginal canal mucosa differences

Changes in vaginal canal length (out of menstrual cycle, in menstrual cycle, external stimulation)

Menstrual blood volumes specific to the individual

Different life stages (pre child birth/post child birth)

There is so much to contribute and evolve in menstrual products and we want to help make it a reality. Notably, our team has gender parity at the executive level, and we have a female lead team for product development and research to ensure that women have a strong voice and are the leads in the development of our product.

Initial Testing and Patent: World First

After research, lab tests, and commercial testing, we conclusively know that our product is the first of its kind in the world today.

Based off of our initial internal team testing and subsequent laboratory testing, HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies was granted our first patent at 100% novelty, innovation and industry applicability in North America.

Although there is experience in pulp production and menstrual product manufacturing, HEJMAS has invented a totally new processing method. We are the leader in development of a safe industrial pulp production, advanced manufacturing, and research for menstrual health.

However, our process requires rigorous third-party testing to conclusively prove and to validate our results: that our one-of-a-kind pulp can make the safest possible menstrual product available on the market today.

A Very Specific Challenge

Our project has larger than average capital costs associated with it due to the novelty of the process and engineering associated with the process and infrastructure development. Notably, investors must take timeframes into account on investments with regard to supply chain delays and decreasing global trade.

HEJMAS’ business plan has rigorous testing planned to prove to relevant permitting bodies that our technology is in line with current “Green Economic” principles specific to circular environmental practices (we use waste streams from industrial farming operations and our waste streams are being tested as a high value fertilizer for farmers).

As governments are looking to local supply chains as opposed to global ones, our strategy to build and support rural development and monetize current waste product which aids in growing jobs, increasing tax income and further research into environmental science.

Come join our team as a supporter for a better future for women, and a better future for our world.

We look forward to your support and are excited to share our developments as they take shape.

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HEJMAS Agrifibre Technologies

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Marek Hejduk

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Ondra Maseja

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Anna Fiselier

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