14 March 202410 March 2024 The PROSPLIGN project: Fundacion MEDINA participates as a partner in the launch of a €3.4 Million Project on Lignin Bioprospecting Kicking off a €3.4 Million Project on Lignin Bioprospecting
Neues EU-Projekt gestartet Hauptziel des Projekts PROSPLIGN ist die Erforschung des bioaktiven Potenzials von Lignin – einem natürlichen, reichlich vorhandenen und nachhaltigen Biopolymer
14 December 20229 January 2023 The Success Story of Cellulose Fibres Continues – First Peaks Into the Program of the Upcoming Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 Available The Presentations Will Introduce the Latest Development in the Sustainable Circular Industry. 8-9 March, 2023 in Cologne, Germany and Online
Die Erfolgsgeschichte der Cellulosefasern schreitet fort – Erste Einblicke in das Programm der kommenden Cellulose Fibres Conference 2023 (CFC) verfügbar Die Vorträge stellen die neuesten Entwicklungen der nachhaltigen Kreislaufwirtschaft vor. 8.-9. März 2023 in Köln und online
21 April 202214 April 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Herbert Sixta for the development of Sustainable wood-based textile fibres The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Herbert Sixta and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres
31 May 201927 May 2019 UPM’s FibDex®, a wood-based innovation for wound care, receives regulatory approval and CE mark UPM's first wound dressing created from wood-based nanofibrillar cellulose has been developed in collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki
Holzbasierte Innovation für Wundversorgung erhält Freigabe und CE-Kennzeichnung UPM lanciert modernes Wundversorgungsprodukt für den europäischen Markt
17 December 201813 December 2018 Wood-based innovations made an appearance at Independence Day Reception in Finland Stora Enso's woodpulp has being used as a raw material in the evening gown made by Aalto University for Finland’s First Lady Jenni Haukio
24 October 201819 October 2018 Metsä Group and Itochu establish a joint venture that builds an industrial demo plant to produce wood-based textile fibres The new technology to be studied and further developed in the demo project is based on direct dissolution using a novel solvent for the pulp dissolution stage
22 September 201620 September 2016 Seven-figure grant for Finnish researcher producing carbon fiber from wood Michael Hummel, the recipient of the much sought-after ERC Starting Grant, knows that there is a great need for more affordable carbon fibre
8 March 20167 March 2016 Five Finnish bioeconomy innovations set to change the future Finland turn towards a low-carbon and energy-efficient society is based on the use of renewable natural resources and recyclable materials
16 September 201514 September 2015 Making the Most from Carbon in Plants Meeting the challenge of creating sustainable bioproducts from lignin
3 September 20152 September 2015 Boreal forests challenged by global change Forest management must adapt in order to ensure that forests stay healthy in a time of unprecedented environmental change
31 March 201429 March 2014 Algae may be a potential source of biofuels and biochemicals even in cool climate VTT Research: Findings of the ALGIDA project indicate profitable algae cultivation to be possible in Finland
9 August 2012 Finnish study highlights new plant packaging Sustainable food-packaging materials based on future biorefinery products: Xylans and mannans