Innovative "green wood treatment" to achieve Risk Class4 protection

Project Information

SURFASAM

Grant agreement ID: 12467

Project closed

Start date 1 April 2005

End date 31 July 2008

Funded under

• Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 2 089 255,00

EU contribution € 1 362 971,00

Coordinated by

INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE
France

Objective

In Western Europe, there is a growing interest and market for wood construction since timber is available and consumers are attracted by the environmentally-friendly image and advantages of wood. While traditional construction is mainly led by big companies manufacturing concrete, sawn-wood activity is most favourable to the development of SMEs along the whole "forest-wood chain". Yet, there are many barriers to overcome to make wood competitive and adopted by a larger amount of consumers. One of them is the deterioration of the material when exposed to outdoor conditions requiring protection with special treatments.

These treatments include biocides (formerly known as non-agricultural pesticides) used to destroy and exert a controlling effect on any harmful organism by chemical or biological means. They are still widely used in most of the countries, but the tendency in the future is to control their use. Currently, the highest level of biological protection, Class Risk 4 can be reached only with treatments that inject in the wood toxic products such as creosote, pentachlorophenol or hydrosoluble salts.

The project will provide the wood industry with an innovative, safe and efficient solution for the in depth protection of wood against biological predators by using a green chemical process applicable by the SMEs without risks. This solution, completed with a surface coating, will satisfy Risk Class 4 protection and provide a new scientific base for the application of the European Directives controlling and reducing the use of chemical compounds that are toxic to humans, animals and the environment.

Hence, over a thousand SMEs from several European countries (Spain, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden and Romania) members of the six IAGs of the consortium will be able to activate their competitiveness, and to improve health and safety at work.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › lipids
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds › oilseeds
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry

Programme(s)

• FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SME-2 - Collective Research (all areas of science and technology)

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-SME-2
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

Collective - SMEs-Collective research projects

Coordinator

INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Allée Emile Monso, 6 ; TOULOUSE ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (16)

CIDEMCO-CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION TECNOLOGICA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Barrio Lasao, Area Anardi 5 ; AZPEITIA
• Total cost: No data

ORGANISATION COMMERCIALE DU BOIS FRANCAIS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ROC DE LA PLAINE ; PLANIOLES
• Total cost: No data

EESTI METSATOOSTUSE LIIT

Estonia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viljandi mnt 18A ; TALLINN
• Total cost: No data

LIETUVOS MEDIENOS PRAMONES IMUNIU ASOCIACIJA

Lithuania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Savanoriu pr. 178 ; VILNIUS
• Total cost: No data

ARBIO AKTIEBOLAG

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Sveavagen 13 ; STOCKHOLM
• Total cost: No data

ASOCIATIEI FORESTIERILOR DIN ROMANIA

Romania

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 46 A Soseaua Pipera str ; BUCHAREST 2
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ASOCIACION PROFESIONAL DE CARPINTERIAS, EBANISTERIAS, TAPICERIAS, FABRICANTES Y COMERCIA DE MUEBLES DE ASTURIAS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parque Tecnologico de Asturias, Centroelena 45 2°D ; LLANERA (ASTURIAS)
• Total cost: No data

INDUSTRIAS QUIMICAS IRURENA SA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ctra. Tolosa s/n ; AZPEITIA ( GUIPUZCUA)
• Total cost: No data

FACTORY FURNITURE LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: The stableyard, Coleshill ; SWINDON
• Total cost: No data

SARL OLEOBOIS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 361 rue Jean François Breton ; MONTPELLIER
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BOIS DU ROUERGUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PONT DE SALARS
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TRATAMIENTOS MADERA HOL-ATZ SL

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Poligono URTAKI - ATC 30 ; ADUNA (GUIPUZCOA)
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MANUFACTURE LIMOUSINE DE CLOTURES

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: COUSSAC-BONNEVAL
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APROVECHAMIENTOS MADEREROS Y TRATAMIENTOS PARA EXTERIORES SA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Poligono Industrial La Nava, N-234 ; CABRERAS DEL PINAR (SORIA)
• Total cost: No data

CARPINTERIA DEL BIDASOA LAISTER SLL

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Poligono ARRETXE UGALDE. C/ Lekumberri 1 ; IRUN (GUIPUZCOA)
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CONAGUA 2000 SL

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: GENERAL RICARDOS, 89 ; MADRID
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