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General Presentation Dec 2002 1OdM/CT 23/09/2004 1
European Forest ResearchOutlook for the Future
“The view of the European Commission”
12 November 2004
Brussels
Christos Tokamanis, Head of Unit G2Production, processes, products and
organisations DG Research
Christos.tokamanis@cec.eu.int
General Presentation Dec 2002 2OdM/CT 23/09/2004 2
European Forestry based and related industries RTD in Priority3
of FP6
Wood, Pulp & Paper
Process control,
automation
Renewable Materials
Printing
ConstructionCoatings Nanotechnology
Materials researchpackaging
Bio-technology
General Presentation Dec 2002 3OdM/CT 23/09/2004 3
3.4.2.3 Engineering support for materials development.IP
SUSTAINPACK : Innovation and Sustainable Development in the Fibre Based Packaging value chain
3.4.3.2 Hazard reduction in production plant and storage sites. IP
ECOTARGET : New and innovative processes for radical changes in the European Pulp and Paper industry.
3.4.3.3 Optimising the life-cycle of industrial systems, products and services
WACHE UP-Strep : New concepts for upgrading pulp mill waste streams to value-added chemicals.
As examples in PriorityAs examples in Priority 3
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3.4.3.3.1 Support to the development of new-knowledge-based and sustainable processes and eco-innovation. IP dedicated to SMEs.
HOLIWOOD : New environmental thermally hard wood processing technologies for applications in construction.
BIOCOMP : New biocomposites based on renewable resources for applications in plastics and wood.
ECOBINDERS : New furan and/or lignin based ecobinders for the use in wood based panels like fibreboards and multilayer plywoods.
As examples in PriorityAs examples in Priority 3
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Consensus-based processHigh Level Group representing all stakeholders: people with strong standing, influence and commitment to make things happen
Looking forward to the future
The mission: propose a strategy based on Research and Innovation
Speeding up industrial transformation Securing high added value employment Securing a major share of world manufacturing output
IF
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Strategies for MANUFUTURE
GREAT POTENTIAL BUT TRANSFORMATION IS A MUST !
FROM: resource-intensive
TO: knowledge-intensive, innovative sector with a higher technological content
Main recommendations thus far
Scenario Today’s markets New market
Œ Centralised, local production
New products
Ž
Distributed production, global market
Ž Leadership in technologies
Today’s products
New business models & technologies for strategic innovations
Œ
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Innovating production !
Main recommendations continued
Traditional production Innovating production
Compact enterprise Production chain Mass production Quantity-driven Resource-intensive Production-driven Linear approach
Extended enterprise Network of suppliers Focus on added value Quality-driven Knowledge-intensive Demand-driven Simultaneous approach
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European Forestry based and related industries including Pulp
and Paper industries
Productivity growth of 1.5% per annum (higher than in USA)
Annual turnover of 500 billion Euros3.5 million peopleForests occupy one third of the
European land surface
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European Forestry based and related industries including Pulp and Paper
industries
SOME GRAND
CHALLENGES
New Business Concepts
Secure Raw
Materials Availability
Sustainable & knowledge
intensive paper mills
New value-added
products
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Sustainability, essential part of Business Strategies in the Forestry
based and related industriesActive in
3 interdependent pillars : - Economic
- Social- Environmental : waste, climate change, resource efficiency
Energy : promotion of
renewable energy sources
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