Overview

Applied research in a fully confidential manner

EPNOE institutions (universities, research centres) all have an extensive experience in working in a multidisciplinary, international way with industry. In 2007, the 16 EPNOE institutions had about 170 research contracts with industry for a total of more than 13 millions euros.

EPNOE Members are used to writing proposals, organising and coordinating complicated multi-partner research programmes such as large scale European projects. Between end of 2009 and beginning of 2010, seven projects including at least two EPNOE academic/research members were submitted. In total, they involve 12 out of the 16 academic/research members.

In order to ensure full confidentiality, all research contracts will be under the sole responsibility of the EPNOE Members involved in these projects.

In order to organise a regular flow of information between EPNOE Members and industry, EPNOE has established a Business and Industry Club.

EPNOE Partners' expertise:

• Centre for Material Forming(CEMEF), ARMINES-Ecole des Mines de Paris/CNRS, France: Mechanical and Molecular Modelling, Numerical Simulation, Polymer and Polysaccharide Physics, Material Properties, Rheology

• Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria: Organic Chemistry, Wood, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pulp and Paper Chemistry

• Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, University of Jena, Germany: Polysaccharide Chemistry, Medical and Biomedical Applications, Nanotechnology, Polysaccharide based Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Functional Polymers

• Natural Polymer Division, Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Germany: Polymer and Polysaccharide Process Development and Engineering, Physics, Material Properties, Mechanics, Chemistry, Colloid

• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland: Biocomposites, Biochemistry, Enzymology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Biopolymer engineering, Nanotechnology, Process Development and Engineering, Food, Pulp and Paper

• Federal Research Centre of Forestry and Forest Products, Germany: Pulp and Paper Chemical Engineering, Enzymology, Process Development, Chemistry, Material Properties

• Department of Chemical Engineering, Abo Akademi University, Finland: Pulp and Paper Technology, Biorefinery, Nanomaterials, Physical and Process Chemistry

• “Petru Poniâ€� Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania: Chemistry (cellulose and hemicellulose), Functionalisation, Analytical Science

• Laboratory for Characterization and Processing of Polymers, University of Maribor: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia (Cellulose and Polymer Chemistry, Surface and Material Science, Structure Analysis

• Agrotechnology and Food Innovation, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands: Bioplastics, Food, Pulp and Paper, Organic & Biochemistry, Enzymology, Nanotechnology, White Biotechnology, Biorefinery, Material and Product Development, Mechanical Testing

• Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung (TITK), Germany: Polymer and Polysaccharide Process Development and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Dissolution and Fibre Properties

• Institut of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres (IBWCh), Poland: Fibres and Textiles, Pulp and Paper, Enzymology, Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Materials Engineering

• School of Biosciences, Division of Food Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK: Food and Colloid Science, Material Properties, Enzymology, Microbiology, Process Development, Molecular Hydrodynamics, Extrusion processing

• Christian Doppler Laboratory for Textile and Fibre Chemistry in Cellulosics, Research Institute of Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria: Textile science, Fibre Physics, Material Properties, Mechanical Testing of Fibres, Biotechnology, Process Development, Chemistry

• Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Energy Analysis, Economic Analysis, Analyses of Status Quo and ex-ante Analyses, Target Setting, Market Analyses

• Colloid & Rheology Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria: Interface and Surface Processes, Polymer Compounding, Membrane Characterisation, Nanotechnology, Process Development, Colloidal Systems, Pulp and Paper
  
  

EPNOE Partners