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Wood Material Science and Engineering Research Programme
Innovations through concrete cooperation
The Wood Material Science Research Programme has been a joint Finnish-Swedish effort from its very start. The programme is planned jointly, projects have been evaluated jointly and the programme is supervised jointly. It consists of a number of projects and sub-projects in balance between the participating countries. The industry is also strongly committed to the programme. Projects have advisory boards consisting of industry representatives and other experts from both countries. This allows for rapid application of research findings into practice.
The programme consists of 16 projects with 65 sub-projects, involving 204 researchers in 29 research units and 78 partner organisations, most of them companies. The aim is to expand the cooperation further, and the programme is still open to new partners.
The cornerstone of the Wood Material Science and Engineering Research Programme is Finland’s Wood Wisdom Forest Cluster Research Programme (1998-2001) covering the whole chain from forest to market, which was funded by the Academy of Finland, the National Technology Agency of Finland, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The programme developed tools to gain a better understanding of ongoing changes in the operating environment. It developed market-oriented wood production and procurement methods and systems, and a material-scientific knowledge base. It also boosted the co-operation between forest-sector research organisations, companies, funding organisations and other players in this sector, improving the exchange of knowledge.
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