Intelligent, resource-efficient production technologies

Intelligent, resource-efficient production techologies (EffTech) programme

Objectives for the community

The goal is to develop radically new production systems that make the best use of resources and are energy-efficient so as to reduce capital intensiveness and improve the entire cluster's efficiency and flexibility.

The focus areas of Intelligent and Resource-Efficient Production Technologies Programme are:

Ensure raw material availability in a sustainable way and improve the profitability of forestry.
Utilization of modeling and simulation in order to be able to increase the speed of the development of new process concepts
Development of new resource efficient paper production processes that are profitable, sustainable and enabling a range of new products.

New Research Ideas for EffTech Research Programme

New Research Idea Call for “Intelligent and Resource-Efficient Production Technologies” (EffTech) -programme is closed. Thank you for your idea proposals. We received all together 40 new idea proposals. The new ideas are currently under evaluation by EffTech management group. Proposers of most suitable ideas will be invited to present their ideas at the EffTech Workshop on October 7, 2009. In the workshop the aim is to define main targets for the second phase of the programme. The outcome of the workshop will form the basis in building the second phase of the programme.

For more information, please contact:

Pauliina Tukiainen, Program Manager, pauliina.tukiainen@vtt.fi, +358 (0)20 7477 304, KCL

Lars Gädda, Research Director of Forest Cluster Ltd., lars.gadda@forestcluster.fi , +358 (0)50 3222471

Program consists of a joint research program which is open for all partners and industrial consortium projects.

Joint research program is formed from three different work packages (WP):

WP1 - Raw materials and their availability(Jari Hynynen, Metla)

WP2 - Modelling and measurements(Risto Ritala, TUT)

WP3 - Processes and processing(Erkki Hellen, KCL)

Industrial consortium projects

Short description of projects and their objectives

EffTech general presentation

More information

Forest Cluster Ltd launched its first research program called ”Intelligent and Resource-Efficient Production Technologies” in June 2008. Read more in English or Finnish

Program Call Information (in Finnish): Älykkäät ja resursseja säästävät tuotantoteknologiat - ohjelmakuvaus

Contact

For more information, please, contact Program manager Pauliina Tukiainen (pauliina.tukiainen@kcl.fi) or Dr. Lars Gädda (lars.gadda@forestcluster.fi), Research director of Forest Cluster Ltd

Management group

StoraEnso Raino Kauppinen, UPM-Kymmene Mika Hyrylä, Botnia, M-real Ismo Reilama, Myllykoski Jukka Kejonen, Metso Jyrki Huovila, Kemira Petri Silenius, Andritz Olavi Pikka, Tamfelt Juha Mettälä, WP 1 Jari Hynynen, Metla, WP 2 Risto Ritala,TUT, WP 3 Erkki Hellen, KCL, Metsäklusteri Lars Gädda, Tekes Mikko Ylhäisi

Discussions of new ideas and proposals

The discussion page is a place where you can discuss informal way about different ideas, proposals and other issues concerning the Intelligent, resource-efficient production technologies.