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Main Prize 2007
Category Forestry Innovation
Prize
Category Wood Technology Innovation Prize
Category Wood Products Innovation N°1
Category Wood Products Innovation N°2
Category Prize Cooperation and Education Prize
 Winners
2005
MAIN PRIZE
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Austrian Federal Chancellor Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, winner Prof. Matti Kairi, Prof. Alfred Teischinger (Head of jury), Ole Salvén
Prof. Matti Kairi (*1947), Finland
for the
Development of KERTO® - Laminated Veneer Lumber
The winner
Prof. Matti Kairi dedicated the major part of his professional life to the interaction of R&D and business development in the wood products industry concerning KERTO®-Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL).
After finishing his studies in Wood Technology, Prof. Matti Kairi started his career at Metsäliitto Group, where he was responsible for the whole development work on Kerto®, starting from the product idea and proceeding through various phases until its breakthrough in international markets. He holds nine patents related to KERTO®.
In 2002 Prof. Matti Kairi changed to Helsinki University of Technology, where he is Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Wood Technology.
The project
In Kerto-LVL the 3 mm veneer sheets are glued together to form a continuous wide billet, with all wood veneers and fibres oriented primarily lengthwise in relation to the processing direction. The billets can be cut to size as structural beams, columns and studs to be used as such, or for further processing into building components. Wood defects can thus be distributed and therefore, in comparison with sawn timber, the result is a significantly more homogeneous product, with high-quality weather-proof characteristics. Kerto-LVL-S is used in Scandinavia as beam, column or stud. Its characteristic strength values are 43-67 % higher than of German glulam “Güteklasse I”, depending on loading case. Kerto-LVL has grown from zero to a business of over 100 million €/a, and sales in over 15 European countries as well USA, Australia and Japan. One of the most prominent buildings where KERTO® was used as construction material is the Sibelius Hall in Lahti.
Video: Kerto.zip
For more information please see:
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2005/isbn9512277069
http://www.finnforest.co.uk/default.asp?path=
http://www.finnforest.de/default.asp?path=
CATEGORY FORESTRY
INNOVATION PRIZE
Transnational Internet Information Platform
Waldwissen.net
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Enda Keane, Heinrich Spiecker, Garett Mullooly, Georg Erlacher
The winners
The winning team consists of scientists and editors of those organisations, which have founded the platform:
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft (BFW), Austria:
Dr. Harald Mauser, Dipl.-Ing. Christian Lackner, Peter Preier
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL), Switzerland:
Dr. Norbert Kräuchi; Martin Moritzi, Thomas Reich, Nico Grubert, Dr. Reinhard Lässig,
Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (FVA), Germany:
Prof. Konstantin Freiherr von Teuffel, Prof. Dr. Marc Hanewinkel, Dr. Roderich von Detten,
Norbert Bär,
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft (LWF), Germany:
Präs. Olaf Schmidt, Dipl.-Ing. Michael Streckfuss, Kurt Amereller,
Dr. Joachim Hamberger, Zentrum Forst / Wald / Holz
The project
The main goal for the platform, which is online since the beginning of 2005, is to offer stakeholders concise and actual information about all topics concerning forestry. Usually a wide range of scientific and practical reports and articles can be found in a variety of different sources. Searching for a complete overview about one specific topic takes considerable efforts and is timely. Therefore many decisions in forestry practice are taken on a very poor knowledge base. The Waldwissen.net team is actually able to provide over 1.500 articles in five different languages: German, English, French, Italian, and Slowenian.
The next steps are editing and translating of further contributions heading towards 2500 in the year 2008. Additionally an interactive expert system will be installed enabling users to get in contact with experts solving specific problems. A training platform is already established.
In order to enlarge the expertise with reference to Wood Technology the platform is searching for at least one or two further partner institutions.
Video: Waldwissen.net.zip
For further information please see:
http://www.waldwissen.net/
CATEGORY WOOD TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION PRIZE
Prof. Anders Grönlund (58), Dr. Stig Grundberg (50), and Dr. Johan Oja (39) Sweden
For the development of an
Industrial X-Ray Log Scanner with a feed speed of 3m/sec
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Dr. Johan Oja, Prof. Anders Grönlund, Dr. Stig Grundberg, Prof. Tero Paajanen (Jury)
The winners
After graduating as Mechanical Engineer Prof. Andres Grönlund worked for several research institutions and also in the woodworking industry. Since 1988 he is Professor for Wood Technology at Luleå University of Technology Skellefteå Campus.
Dr. Stig Grundberg is also Mechanical Engineer and has been working at Luleå University of Technology Skellefteå Campus and SP Trätek since 1985.
Their specific expertise is Wood Production Technology with emphasize on improving exploitation of wooden raw material, wood machining and scanning technology.
Dr. Johan Oja studied Engineering Physics and started his career also at Luleå University of Technology. In 2002 he was guest researcher and X-ray expert at Forintek in Vancouver, Canada. Actually he is working at SP Trätek. His main research interest is image processing and multivariate statistical modeling.
The project
The ultimate goal is to obtain full knowledge about the properties of every log in order to produce quality optimized and customer oriented wooden products.
The X-ray Log Scanner can measure a lot of different features that are related or explained by the green density (-variations) or the outer shape of the logs, such as wood species, type of log, diameter under bark, different knot parameters, annual ring width, commodity grades, density, heartwood content, strength, rotational position and spiral grain.
The X-Ray Log Scanner is already used by several companies of the European Woodworking Industry.
Video: Xray_Scanner.zip
For more information please see:
http://www.ltu.se/ske/forskning/d1163?l=en
CATEGORY WOOD PRODUCTS
INNOVATION PRIZE N°1
Prof. Holger Militz (*1960) and Dr. Andreas Krause (*1974), Germany
for the development of an
Innovative wood product using polymer integration
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Dr. Andreas Krause, Prof. Holger Militz, Dr. Manfred Brandstätter (Jury)
The winners
Prof. Holger Militz graduated from Wood Technology in Hamburg. In the Netherlands he had several leading positions in Research Institutions (TNO Delft, SHR Wageningen – founder!) before he became Professor and Head of the Institute of Wood Biology and Wood Technology in Göttingen/Germany in 2000. Prof. Militz is a well known expert in Wood Modification and Wood Preservation.
Dr. Andreas Krause graduated from Forestry and is actually scientist at the Institute of Wood Biology and Wood Technology in Göttingen, specialised in the field of wood-polymer-integration.
The project
The awarded team aimed at finding an innovative solution for the increasing demand for wood suitable for external use or weathered conditions. As wood treated with preservatives or tropical wood species are no satisfying alternatives, they were looking for technologies from other branches. Textile industry uses specific polymers for cotton treatment in order to improve specific material properties. As cotton is a cellulosic material like wood Militz and Krause took that example and started their research work on wood polymer integration using Dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU).
Tests with different wood species (beech, pine, birch, poplar, were very promising concerning dimensional stability, water resistance, weathering, durability and surface quality.
Industrial partners are carrying on the product development work on an industrial scale, a brand name is registered and the production of a variety of for instance garden furniture has started in 2006. At the moment research work is carried concerning the development of particle boards using integrated chips.
Video: Holzvernetzung.zip
For more information please see:
http://www.holzvernetzung.de
http://www.becker-kg.de/produkte/becker-belmadurR/
CATEGORY WOOD PRODUCTS
INNOVATION PRIZE N°2
HIPERWOOD® -
The Extruded Wood-Duroplastic–Composite based on Melamine
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Dr. Uwe Müller, Dr. Andreas Haider, Dr. Steffen Pfeiffer, Bo Borgström (Jury)
The winners
The winning team consists of scientists of the Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH (Wood Kplus), Austria and the R&D department of Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH, Austria
Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH (Wood Kplus), Austria:
Dr. Uwe Müller, Dr. Andreas Haider, Dr. Michael Roth, Dr. Huong Lan Nguyen,
Ing. Melanie Steiner
Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH, Austria:
Dr. Andreas Endesfelder, Dr. Steffen Pfeiffer, Dr. Christian Fürst, Dr. Ulf Panzer
The project
The production of Wood Plastic Composites was so far based on a thermoplastic matrix such as Polypropylene or PVC, as thermo plasticity was one of the main conditions for the extrusion process. As a matter of fact WPC react on increasing temperatures with a decisive loss of strength, creep behavior and stability, which is quite disadvantageous for instance in constructive applications.
In order to improve the overall stability and strength of WPC, the team developed a worldwide unique new Wood Plastic Composite using melamine as a duroplastic matrix. Many development steps had to be taken before Hiperwood could be produced. The modification of the melamine resin, the extrusion process, the extrusion tools and the integrating process had to be defined in different ways.
The application area is wide and especially in Europe it is promising to use it for instance in prefabricated houses or windows.
Hiperwood is planned to be launched at the market in 2008.
Video: Hiperwood.zip
For more information please see:
http://www.kplus-wood.at/
http://www.agrolinz.com/asp/frameset.asp?MOID=11536&MVER=DE
INNOVATION PRIZE
COOPERATION AND EDUCATION
CEI- Bois for
ROADMAP 2010 – First ever strategic cooperation project of the European Woodworking Industries
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Jan Söderlind, Bo Borgström
The winner
CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of woodworking industries, was founded in 1952 and regroups the European woodworking and furniture industries, which includes more than 186.000 companies employing around 3 million workers in the EU-25. CEI-Bois is an umbrella organization with 35 members of which 27 national associations and 8 branch organizations.
The primary goal of CEI-Bois is to further the interests of the European wood sector. CEI-Bois is actually represented by the Chairman Mikael Eliasson (Setra Group) and the Secretary General Filip de Jaeger.
The project
By 2004, when it became clear that wood products were loosing market share due to different reasons, for instance EU-policy, lacking industrial cooperation, competeing materials, European standards,….. CEI-Bois started the Roadmap 2010 process with the vision:
Wood and wood based materials to become the leading material in 2010
The Roadmap 2010 is composed by 4 main processes: Building with wood, Living with Wood, Wood in Packaging and Transport and Wood in Sustainable Development. Each of these processes is industry driven, with steering groups composed of industrialists. The actual work is performed within expert and/or working groups, based on action plans that correspond with the needs identified for each field of activity.
Video: Roadmap.zip
For further information please see:
http://www.cei-bois.eu
http://www.roadmap2010.eu
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