Competence center wood

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Competence center wood
legal form Company with limited liability
founding 2000
Seat Linz , Austria ⊙ Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 51.6 "  N , 14 ° 19 ′ 4.5"  E ; Locations Lenzing , St. Veit an der Glan , Tulln
management Boris Hultsch
Branch Applied research, development, consulting
Website www.wood-kplus.at

The Competence Center Holz  GmbH (Wood K plus, Competence Center for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry) is a non-university research facility for new materials , materials and process technology for wood and other renewable raw materials .

Organization and tasks

The Wood Competence Center is an amalgamation of partners from science and business development at the state level to form a research facility in the fields of wood composite materials and wood chemistry. The ownership structure is distributed:

The Wood Competence Center is funded as a K1 center as part of the COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies , the Austrian government program for cooperation between industry and science. Wood K plus is located in the areas of innovative materials / lightweight construction , life science, logistics and energy efficiency / renewable energies within the Upper Austrian strengths , the focus of funding at the state level .

The focus of the COMET competence centers is a close connection between applied science and economic demand ( research and development - R&D, and purpose-oriented basic research). Over 120 researchers from different specialist areas work together with scientific and industrial partners to develop solutions for the timber industry.

Research fields

Wood K plus conducts research at four locations: Linz, Lenzing, Tulln and St. Veit / Glan - with a corresponding research focus in each branch. The range of topics ranges from pulp and fiber production to the optimization of wood technology processes and surfaces to the manufacture of wood-polymer composites.

Wood chemistry and biotechnology (Lenzing / Linz)

The wood chemistry and biotechnology division is located both in Lenzing , the location of Lenzing AG, a leading company in Austria for many years for new materials ( viscose / lyocell ), and in Linz. The aim is to find and implement solutions for the use of biomass - especially wood - under the given circumstances. Contract research and advanced analytics are carried out in the field of wood chemistry, wood components, pulp quality and the use of renewable raw materials.

Solid wood & wood composites (UFT Tulln)

The location for the solid wood and wood composite materials sector is in Tulln , Lower Austria, in the immediate vicinity of the Institute for Wood Technology and Renewable Raw Materials ( University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna ). The area focuses on the optimization of classic wood technological processes, new material development and basic projects in the area of ​​bonding, drying and wood biotechnology.

Wood and paper surface technology (W3C St. Veit)

The Wood Carinthian Competence Center  (W3C) is located in St. Veit an der Glan , Carinthia (the "sun city", a core location in the state for innovation in the energy sector ), it is located in Altglandorf-Nord . In particular, topics and issues relating to the surfaces of paper , laminates , composites , natural fibers and natural fiber composites are dealt with here. The holistic view of the topic of surfaces is based on three closely related perspectives, namely the functionality of the surfaces, the processes for producing the surface and the applications of the surface.

Bio-based composites and processes (Linz)

The bio-based composites and processes division is located in Linz , Upper Austria, in the Science Park of the Johannes Kepler University . Wood Plastic Composites  (WPC, German wood-plastic composite materials) and ( natural fiber reinforced plastics  NFK) are composite materials made from renewable raw materials or inorganic and synthetic fibers with thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics ( polymers ), and are among the favored new materials. They can be manufactured using conventional methods from the plastics industry, such as extrusion, injection molding or 3D printing. Further research focuses are the processing of high-performance ceramics from biogenic raw materials into complex parts and the development of bio-based carbon fibers.

Market analysis & innovation research (Tulln)

The aim of the Center for Market Analysis & Innovation Research - also at the Tulln location - is to provide support in the new or further development of innovative wood products or their marketability and in the evaluation of sectors or specific markets.

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  1. ↑ Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH , company register data, CreditReform / firmenabc.at.
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology : COMET - Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies .
  3. ^ Austrian Research Promotion Agency : Comet K1 Centers , accessed on November 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ Holz, Wood COMET - K1 center approved (pdf, kplus-wood.at, accessed on November 12, 2012).
  5. ↑ Upper Austrian Research : COMET funding for SCCH and Wood secure until 2014 ( memento of the original from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uar.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press Review, accessed November 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ Upper Austrian Research: Upper Austrian strength fields drive technological development ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uar.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ a b Knocked on wood. In: Standpunkt 01/10, pp. 88–91 ( pdf , wood-kplus.at, accessed on November 12, 2012).
  8. ↑ a b Chemiereport 2012/01, AustrianLifeSciences, Ten Years of Competence Center for Wood. Hightech from Nature, pp. 50–51, PDF , accessed on November 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ Kompetenzzentrum Holz GmbH: Annual Report 2011, Wood and Cellulose Chemistry , p. 31, PDF , accessed on November 12, 2012.
  10. ↑ Department for Agrobiotechnology IFA-Tulln .
  11. ↑ Competence Center Wood, Annual Report 2011, Solid Wood & Wood Composite Materials p. 37, PDF , accessed on November 12, 2012.
  12. ↑ Sonnenstadt St. Veit ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stveit.carinthia.at archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , stveit.carinthia.at.
  13. ↑ Surface Technology & Logistics , wood-kplus.at, accessed on November 12, 2012;
    Wood competence center W3C: secure financing and exciting future projects ( memento of the original from July 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )     Info: The     @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.advantage.at archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , advantage.at, accessed in April 2013.
  14. ↑ Competence Center Wood, Annual Report 2011, Wood-Polymer-Composites, p. 33, PDF , accessed on November 12, 2012.
  15. ↑ Competence Center Wood: Market Analysis & Innovation Research , accessed on November 12, 2012.