Innventia launches Cluster Research Program

”We are very pleased to have had such a positive response,” says Anders Pettersson, Vice President Research at Innventia. “Our Cluster Research customers represent companies that are active throughout the value chains of the forest-based industrial sector.”The research areas have been chosen carefully. The basic idea is that the clusters contain pre-competitive research and development. They can also include concept demonstrators of new products, materials, chemicals or mill trials to test or verify laboratory results. But implementation and product development will take place outside the program.The Innventia Cluster Research Program for the period 2012-2014 includes the following research areas: The kraft pulp fiber line; Chemical and energy recovery in the kraft pulp mill; Biorefinery processes and products; Fiber, stock and product optimization; Nano cellulose process; Optimized production by advanced paper chemistry; Process efficiency and variability in paper making; Paper mechanics for improved results; Improved convertibility for paperboard; New wood fiber-based materials; Bio-based barriers for packaging materials; Tools to predict flexographic print quality for packaging.