Advanced Biomaterials:A Competitive Edge For The Forest Sector

TAPPI 2010 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Forest Product Industry

Anne-Christine RitschkoffExecutive Vice President, Strategic Research

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Why develop bio-based materials from the forest biomass?What is different now?

Reasons and driversFocus on reduction of oil dependency is in focus in the packaging industry (plastics)Biofuel R&D is opening new routes for development of biomaterialsEU waste strategy – recycling leads to next generation of productsLargest industrial reorientation since the war (printing -> packaging & energy)Forest industry is renewing and seeking a new product portfolio

Companies have challenging own programs e.g. nanocellulose,Interest in new consortia is increasingSide stream utilization is part of industrial profitability

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Estimated growth in the consumption of bio-based products

Estimated consumption in 2030:1000 Mt Biofuels

400 Mt Paper and board100 Mt Biopolymers

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Estimated impact and balanced scorecard for bio-based materials

Material & process development

Industrial application & business competence

Customer/brand preference & legistlation

Design & manufacturing practices

time

Fibre materials,wood

Wood plasticFibre composites

Bio polymersplastics

Bio

mas

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nefit

rate

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VTT Group in briefPersonnel 2.935 Turnover 276 M€

VTT’s operationsResearch and Development Strategic Research Business Solutions IP Business Group Services

VTT’s companiesVTT Expert Services Ltd VTT Ventures Ltd VTT International Ltd

Focus areas of researchApplied materialsBio- and chemical processesEnergyInformation and communication technologiesIndustrial systems managementMicrotechnologies and electronicsServices and the built environment Business research

Customer sectorsBiotechnology, pharmaceutical and food industriesElectronicsEnergyICTReal estate and constructionMachines and vehiclesServices and logisticsForest industryProcess industry and environment

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Basic research

Development

VTT

INDUSTRY

UNIVERSITIES

Applied research

VTT’s status as performer of R&D work

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Materials for breakthroughsfunctional materials and nanotechnologybio-based chemicals and precursorsindustrial biomaterialswood-fibre value chain

Addressing innovations, business, services and peopleVTT’s strategic research portfolio

Low carbon technologies in energyefficient use of energy renewable energy sourcesnuclear energy, clean fossil energyenergy systems, modelling for changes

Industrial resource efficiencyindustrial biotechnology - green chemistryclean water, waste refineryresource efficient processes

Emancipation of datadigital ubiquitous servicescognitive communications systems, interoperabilitycloudy internetgreen ICT

Agile industrial systemsorganisation and management of global manufacturingsimulation based engineeringeco-efficient machineshuman and organisational practices

Enabling electronics and photonicshigh-performance microsystemsprinted intelligencesensing solutions

Eco-efficient intelligent built environment

integrated design, production and useconnected sustainable districtsmultimodal intelligent transportcomfort, health, safety and accessibility

Technologies for health and wellbeing

healthier food solutionsdrug discovery molecular diagnostics ICT for health

Sustainable development

Digital world

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COMMERCIALMANUFACTURING

MARKETSHarvest, Transport, Storage Formulation, Marketing & Distribution

Sustainable utilization of biomass

Nonfood

VTT’s opportunities and challengesVTT-KCL integration has the potential to become one of the world´s leading consortia in wood based biorefineries

Cross-border competences and critical massForest industry is seeking reorientation

Extension in the biorefinery concept to 4th and 5th generation biorefineriesBiofuelsBiochemicalsBiomaterials

New value chains and business models to capture the biomaterial marketsBounderies within business branches are getting fainter

Partnerships and strategic alliances are required to deliver sustainable solutionsNeed for new ways to operate

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Scope and impact of VTT´s biomaterials research

Improvement of the competitiveness of current processes and productsMechanical/chemical pulping technologies, printing, paper and cardboard technologiesUnderstanding of comprehensive value chainsImprovement of partial processes and the properties of end productsScale-up from bench to industrial scale

Novel biomass based conceptsProduction processes for biochemicals, biofuels and bio materialsNovel biomass based materials and applications Nanocellulose

New value chains and concepts for existing and new productsNovel business conceptsLife cycle engineering

Solutions based on multi-technological approachesPrinted intelligenceValue added packagesIntegration of chemistry, biotechnology, material sciences, simulation, modelling and measuring to a holistic entity

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Biomass refining - A key R&D area at VTT

Forest and agricultural biomasses into:Pulp, paper & cardboardBuilding and other materialsEnergy (heat and electricity)Food products, food ingredients and beer

New products (co-products)Transport fuelsChemicals, polymers and compositesActive pharmaceutical ingredients

Up to app. 500 person-years annually

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Industrial biomaterialsProf. Ali Harlin

Growth oriented strategic VTT initiative combines multidisciplinary know-how of VTT: biotechnology, nanotechnology, chemistry, coating, converting, construction, process and value chain modeling

Material biorefineries and solutions for: 1. High-performance bio based materials for packaging, appliances and building2. Industrial manufacturing of sustainable chemicals

The non-food biomass based material solutions as alternatives for the non renewable counterparts in performance and product life cycle

Strongly orientated towards break-trough applications and renewing businesses

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Biomass to products by Cell Factory concept

CellMetabolic network

Plant biomass and waste side-streams

BiofuelsBulk & Finechemicals

Polymer-precursors Bioactive &

functionalcompounds

Pentose & hexose sugarsBiomass components

Proteins

A cheap raw material can be converted to a a valuable productthrough cellular metabolism

1. Cell Factory overview

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Current focus areas

1. Cell Factory overview

Biofuels

Bioactive & therapeuticcompounds

Enzymes & proteinsChemicals & polymer precursors

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VTT Printed Intelligence

• is a growth oriented strategic VTT initiative• combines multidisciplinary know-how of VTT:

electronics, optics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, chemistry, printing, P&P, process automation

• has a strong established partnership network to research and industry

• strongly orientated towards applications and business

technology | applications | business

Vision

A globally leading

innovation center

in the emerging

printed intelligence

markets

Spearhead research program:VTT Center for Printed Intelligence

8/2006 – 12/2009Building the basis for a new

technological opening

Commercialization program:VTT Printed intelligence 1/2010 ->

Successfully introduce technologiesfrom lab to early market trials

and commercial adoption

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Printed Intelligence

Printed intelligence are components and systemswhich:

extend the functions of printed matterbeyond traditional visually interpreted text and graphicsperform actions as a part of functional products or wider information systems

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Combines the competencies of VTT, TKK and UPM.

Profound and cross-disciplinary basic research Multi-technological applied research and high level project administration Product development and techno-economical expertise

Sets up a project portfolio which addresses production technology, physical and chemical modification, characterization and novel applications.

Uses a mixed funding from public and private sources.

Combines capabilities and resources to create and govern of needed versatile IPR.

Annual volume 40 person years – 5 M€.

The Finnish Centre for Nanocellulosic Technologies

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Vision

ProcessingRefiningTailoring

Industrial pulps

Novel products

Step change/breakthrough product properties

Non-wood crop residues

Cellulose nanomaterials

Industrial pulps

Biorefining by-productsIndustrial

sidestreams, wastes

Wood, harvesting residues

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Next generation biocomposites from renewing materials

Thank you!

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VTT creates business from technology