FuBio Products from Dissolved Cellulose “Industry view”

November 26, 2013 Kalle Ekman 1

FiBiC Seminar 20.11.2013 Hanasaari

Outline

• Need of new products/Pre-Competitive joint research

• Value of networking

• Infrastructure & education

• (New) Products from (Dissolved) Cellulose

• Summary

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Stora Enso Transition

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Value of networking

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Infrastructure & Education

November 26, 2013 Presenter name 5 Hummel 11.3.2013

Cellulose as raw material

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H Sixta 24.4.2013

Dissolving pulp

Enocell pulp mill produces also dissolving pulp

from birch wood with a capacity of

150.000 tonnes per year.

The main end use for the dissolving pulp is

found within textile industry

(New) Products from (Dissolved) Cellulose?

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H Sixta 24.4.2013

Industry needs radical innovation?

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http://www.designdriveninnovation.com/book.html

Rainer Feurer, Kazem Chaharbaghi, (1995) "Performance

measurement in strategic change", Benchmarking for

Quality Management & Technology, Vol. 2 Iss: 2, pp.64 -

83

FuBio Cellulose

WP5: Market assessments and

techno-economic modelling

Market opportunities

Technical and economic opportunities

Close cooperation between stakeholders in the project: an iterative process engaging researchers from industry and academia

1. Facilitate communication between researchers and decision making companies

2. Point out central R&D needs in FUBIO Cellulose program

Partners of the work package include: GloCell, Kemira, Metsä Fibre, Pöyry Management Consulting, Stora Enso, Suominen Corp., UPM and VTT.

Value chain evaluation

Cumulative added value of selected value chain

Value creation of selected value chain

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Jaakko Pöyry Nov 2012

Summary

• FuBio Programs have promoted R&D co-operation in

Finland

• Radical improvements/new products and production

technology needed

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