Objective The forest biomass represents an abundant, renewable, no-food competition and low cost resource that can play an alternative role to petro-resources. In spite of positive experimental results industrial production and marketing of materials derived from renewable resources are rarely achieved because of high processing costs and low properties of final products usually targeted to single use sectors devoted to very low costs polymer. Aims of the present proposal are the differentiate utilizations of forest raw resources or by-products of forest connected industry for the production of eco-compatible foams and composites suitable for many practical applications with particular attention at the packaging, agriculture and automotive sectors. One topic of the research activity will be focused on the use of wood and paper mill by-products (bark, chips, sawdust, and black liquor) as raw materials for the production of polyurethane foams by an innovative sustainable synthetic process with reduced energy consumption. Wood fibres can be used as natural fillers to replace synthetic and glass fibres in composites production. Loading of wood fibres is limited by difficult compatibility with hydrophobic polymers. Research activity will be devoted to the production of composites based on wood fibres with biodegradable polymeric matrices (polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoates, materbi, etc) and with polypropylene. A high fibres loading content will be achieved by increasing polymeric matrices toughness. Forest waste valorisation will be achieved by microbiological process. Materials production will be valuated by life cycle assessment and final products will be tested for biodegradation and composting. Composites will be as well evaluated for applications in agriculture, packaging and automotive (textile, panels, interior components). Research activity will be developed in strict cooperation with industries with particular reference to the end users. Fields of science engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplasticspolylactic acidengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplasticspolyhydroxyalkanoates Keywords biodegradable natural fibres polyurethane foams Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE-2007-3-1-04 - FOREST PRODUCTS - New forest based products and processes Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator UNIVERSITA DI PISA EU contribution € 917 456,00 Address LUNGARNO PACINOTTI 43/44 56126 Pisa Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Andrea Lazzeri (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 498 450,00 Address MUEGYETEM RAKPART 3 1111 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Béla Pukánszky (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LATVIJAS VALSTS KOKSNES KIMIJAS INSTITUTS Latvia EU contribution € 229 520,00 Address Dzerbenes St. 27 1006 Riga See on map Region Latvija Latvija Rīga Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Ugis Cabulis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA Spain EU contribution € 340 400,00 Address CARRETERA SACRAMENTO CANADA 04120 Almeria See on map Region Sur Andalucía Almería Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pilar Flores Cubos (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACION CARTIF Spain EU contribution € 178 272,00 Address PQ TECNOLOGICO BOECILLO 205 47151 Boecillo See on map Region Centro (ES) Castilla y León Valladolid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gregorio Antolin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRONOMICE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA DIN BUCURESTI Romania EU contribution € 172 200,00 Address BD MARASTI 59 SECTOR 1 011464 Bucuresti See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mona Elena Popa (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PEMU MUANYAGIPARI ZARTKORUEN MUKODORESZVENYTARSASAG Hungary EU contribution € 204 250,00 Address TERSTYANSZKY UTCA 89 2083 Solymar See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Pest Pest Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sandor Garas (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA Italy EU contribution € 369 600,00 Address STRADA TORINO 50 10043 Orbassano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Massimo Casali (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NORMEC OWS Belgium EU contribution € 412 884,00 Address PANTSERSCHIPSTRAAT 163 9000 GENT See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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