WaCheUp

- a biorefinery project

 

Project name:
New concepts for upgrading pulp and cork mill waste streams to value-added chemicals  
Type of project:
A “Specific Targeted Research Project” within EUs 6th Framework Programme, Thematic Priority: 3 NMP (Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices) 
Duration:
June 1st, 2005 - June 30th, 2007
Total budget:
€ 2 845 000 
Co-ordinator:
Peter Axegård, STFI-Packforsk AB, Sweden 
Partners:
STFI-Packforsk, Sweden; VTT, Finland; Aabo Akademi University, Finland; University of Aveiro, Portugal; Lund University, Sweden; Amorim Florestal, Portugal; University of Minho, Portugal; Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden 
 

The final results from WaCheUp were presented at the 2008 Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference in Stockholm, 11-14 March, 2008.