Project description DEENESFRITPL A second life for wooden waste Solid wood furniture is higher in quality, lasts longer and costs more. Such furniture is in high demand, posing a threat to forest resources. Meanwhile, just 15 % of the wood from old unused houses is recycled due to hard-to-process and low-quality materials. The EU-funded GREEN BOARD project will reverse this trend through a pioneering, sustainable production of superior-quality wooden products from recycled, eco-friendly materials. It will use cutting-edge technology based on the thin layers of the valuable old wood on high-quality plywood matrices. It will increase recycling yields to 60 %, enabling cost reduction, customisation, sustainability and high durability of unique-quality products creating a new market. The project is in line with the European resource-efficiency policy. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Resource efficiency is a central theme for the EC’s 2020 strategy and especially forests are among our most preciousresources. Currently, large quantities of the old wood are being recycled from buildings that are no longer needed, but therecycling yield is only 15% due to the low quality of the materials. This leads to increased prices and waiting times for highqualityfurniture and interior products which rely on solid/old wood sources.At JGrabner we have invested over €5 million in the development of our technology, creating a solution to this problem thatonly uses thin layers of the expensive old wood on top of high-quality plywood substrates, thereby increasing the recyclingyield to 60%. Our innovative process creates toxin-free, wood-based materials that not only rival the visual and hapticexperience of solid and old wood products but also surpasses them in terms of costs, customizability, durability,sustainability and availability. These quality standards cannot be reached by any of the competing technologies. WithGREEN BOARD, we will bring our technology to the interior and furniture sectors, thereby creating a new market for oldwood materials. We offer never-seen-before applications of old wood, such as floorings or wall interiors which have beenelusive till now, due to the special needs of the bulk old wood materials. With GREEN BOARD, we can customize any woodmaterial to the needs of our customers. With the customer demand for high-end wood products rising and the €361 billionfurniture and interior market growing at an average rate of 10% annually, we’re perfectly positioned to use this uniquebusiness opportunity in Europe. With a funding of €1.1 million in funding for GREEN BOARDs Phase 2, we will achieve €5.4million in profits over 3 years after the project’s completion with a ROI of 3.9 and create 25 jobs during JGrabner’s growthprocess, all while promoting the sustainability of the EU's high end wood industry. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SMEInst-11-2016-2017 - Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator J GRABNER GMBH Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Peter mitterbauer str. 2 4661 Roitham Austria See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Traunviertel Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 21 429,00
