Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory TUT – Tampere University of Technology Your partner for EU FP7. By Kari Kolppo TUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory

Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory

TUT – Tampere University of TechnologyYour partner for EU FP7.

By

Kari KolppoTUT Plastics and Elastomer LaboratoryP.O. Box 589, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland

Tel. +358-40-520 3139Email [email protected]

www.tut.fi/plastics

Woodism and InnovaWoodWinterthur, Switzerland 30-31.1.2007

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TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO.,LTD.

Special Car from Lignophenols-Cellulosic Fibers

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Wide wood related expertiseDegree programmes at TUT

Architecture AutomationBiotechnologyCivil Engineering Communications and ElectronicsElectrical EngineeringEnvironmental and Energy TechnologyFibre, Textile and Clothing Science Industrial Engineering and Management Information and Knowledge ManagementInformation Technology Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Science and Engineering


CO2CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

CO2

Fixed carbon

CoalPetroleum

Biomass industry

Chemical industry

MatchingMolecular specification

Requested specification

Lignocellulose industryIn molecular level

Upstream

Downstream

IrregularHeterogeneousMultifunction Regular

homogeneousSingle function

Biomass industry

Chemical industry

From biomass industry

From chemical industry

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Wood related capabilities atTUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory

• Wood/Plastic compounds• Production and testing of W/P compounds• Wood added as powder, fiber, paper• Structural and Rheological properties

• Coating of Wood• Laboratory scale extrusion coating• Adhesion of coating material to wood• Properties of coated material

• Wood/Plastic Adhesion• Determination and improvement of

adhesion

• Novel Wood Materials• Produced with wood components

by plastic production means• Behaves ~like plastic in use,

and like wood in nature


Sustainable Utilization of Wood as Naturally Renewable Raw Material

• Wood as such• Improved utilization of varying properties of wood• Using wood where its properties are best utilized – RFID (EU FP6)• Breeding and genetic manipulation

• Enhanced Wood products• Physical and chemical modification of wood

• Novel wood based materials and products• Molecules, structures and materials with improved properties• Wasted wood, newspaper as a raw material• Industrial utilization of lignin Novel Lignin Products

• Use wood whenever possible to replace oil and oil based products! • F orest is a source

of a wide range of renewable organic materials

• The longer the lignin circle, the more wood like the effect on the nature

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CONTACTS to:TUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory

Tampere University of Technology• Financial matters: Merja Fagerström ([email protected])• Legal matters: Aapo Kiviniemi ([email protected]) • TUT EU-coordinator: Pirjo Kuhanen ([email protected])

• Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory• Director Pentti Järvelä ([email protected]) • Composites Jyrki Vuorinen ([email protected])• Rheology Seppo Järvelä ([email protected])• Wood Kari Kolppo ([email protected])• Secretary Tiina Heikkilä ([email protected])

Mie University• Professor Masamitsu Funaoka

– “Funaoka process”• Novel lignin products from Japan

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