A failed test to create a ninot for the Fallas has ended up giving birth to a new material that aspires to change the world of construction but also to lend a helping hand to the environment by providing an outlet for rice straw and also by recycling plastic. Its low cost, lower than any of the current materials on the market, its hardness, similar to that of concrete, and, above all, its insulating capacity, which allows it to resist fire for at least four hours, are the calling card of Hyperin, which is the name of this new material. For the moment, it is already one of the top ten patents of 2018 in Spain and now it remains to be seen what final position it will occupy in this promising ranking. The international patent is pending. "It could be a revolution in construction and I hope it is," says its creator Ana Blasco, a chemical engineer trained at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, who has become the executive director of Combustion Eco, the company she has set up with her partner Tomás Llorente to market this product and which is now part of Lanzadera, the business accelerator of Juan Roig, the owner of Mercadona.
