A new research strategy aims to support the creation of “potent new business activitiesfor the Finnish wood products industry.
The joint wood products cluster research strategy focuses on seven areas – new products and services, production technologies of the future, wood construction, studies that support standardisation, the environmental performance of wood, the possibilities of bioenergy and bio-based chemicals and business innovations and regeneration.
“It is important from the perspective of the entire wood products cluster that visible results are achieved quickly, even though we are also aiming to promote competitiveness over the long term,said Finnish Forest Industries Federation president Anne Brunila.