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Landfills are usually the final spot where window frames come to rest after the end of their lifetime, if they are not re-processed and converted into new products. The resource efficient reuse of post-consumer wood products have been studied in the project Cascading Recovered Wood (CaReWood) and fully demonstrated by its ReWin window, a prototype […]

The FP7 ERA-NET Sumforest pre-announces the upcoming call for transnational collaborative research projects. The call "Sustainable forests for the society of the future" will open on 21 March 2016 with a closing date for proposal on the 17 June 2016. This call for proposals focuses on basic and applied research that aims to support policy decisions regarding […]

Chair of the Board of Södra and former Swedish Minister of Environment, she is the new Chairperson of FTP Board. Lena Ek, Chairperson of the Board of the Södra Skogsägarna and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP), is named the new Chair of the Board of the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP). She replaces […]

Unleashing innovation potential through cross-sectoral synergies and cooperation was the focus of the seminar Innovation in Forest, Fuel and Freight held by three Swedish advocacy platforms for sustainable forestry, renewable transportation fuels and transport innovation under the auspices of the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova in the event organised in Brussels on April 28th. Representing the views […]

The website of VERAM, the Horizon 2020-funded project that will deliver a vision and strategic roadmap for European raw materials research and innovation, has been launched as of 11 April 2016.   The website is a main entry point of the VERAM activities and informs about the project objectives, partners, events, public deliverables and joint actions, ensuring maximum visibility and impact of VERAM […]

The European Commission announced yesterday (25 July 2016) an investment of €8.5 billion to be released during 2017 into research and innovation following an update to the Work Programme of Horizon 2020. The updated Work Programme builds on the existing cross-cutting themes of Horizon 2020 to date while introducing some novel initiatives. It is directly […]

InnovaWood and the European Forest Institute are calling upon forest-based stakeholders in research and industry to develop a European Innovation and Research Program (EIRP) dedicated to the sustainable and added-value use of hardwood species in Europe. Respondents to the online questionnaire can share their innovative ideas on a variety of themes that cover both forestry […]

The FTP Manual of the most relevant Horizon 2020 call topics 2016-2017 for the forest-based sector is now available for download. The topics of highest relevance for the sector are clustered under the following four pillars: Industrial Leadership Societal Challenge 2: Food Security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the […]

How does your sector envision the future of raw materials up until 2050? What would be the biggest breakthroughs that are required to achieve this vision? What are the challenges that could hinder it? How could your sector contribute to achieving the vision? Share your views and ideas of the opportunities and challenges for Europea […]

Aiming to ensure that the sector’s research interests and innovation ambitions are integrated into the scope of the next Work Programme, forest-based sector stakeholders together with FTP prepared: FTP Recommendations for the Work Programme 2018-2020 of Horizon 2020. The FTP Recommendations identify some 90 research and innovation areas of major concern for the European forest-based sector, […]