Articles

08 Jul - 2020

50 forest innovations to accelerate the “green recovery”

Many things were put on hold when the corona pandemic struck the world, but not inventiveness. This became clear in the global innovation competition “What wood you do?”, where a jury has now selected six finalists that will compete for €25,000 to realize their idea about how to use the forest in the green recovery....

22 Jun - 2020

High-Performance Lignin Challenge

Canadian CRIBE and Nextfor is challenging companies to participate in an international competition for the commercialization of lignin – a woodbased material that can be used for a variety of biological products. The vinners will recive a spot in a million dollar project. Throughout the Canadian forest sector, Lignin has traditionally been treated as low-quality,...

10 Jun - 2020

Philipp wants to contribute to a better world

Of the fifty entries in the Paper Province innovation competition What wood you do, fourteen came from countries other than Sweden. One of them is “Get the most out of a tree”, submitted by Philipp Schlee from Germany. The innovation competition What wood you do created interest across Europe. Several of the submissions came from...

10 Jun - 2020

Chairman Ola Brundin is proud of the region

Chariman Ola Brundin is proud of his habitant area, the region of Värmland in centre Sweden. He have had the assignment as chairman of Paper Province since May 2019, and has a clear picture of what´s important for the cluster in the future. “Employees at our member companies should feel that they are investing in,...

04 Jun - 2020

Sandra Sundbäck new CEO of Paper Province

Sandra Sundbäck has been appointed CEO of Paper Province. Sandra Sundbäck takes up her new position in August, when she takes over as cluster leader after Maria Hollander. Sandra Sundbäck currently works as Sustainability and Communications Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment in Arvika, Sweden. “I am very excited to take on this new challenge and...

14 May - 2020

Paper Province companies collaborate for environmentally friendly oil decontamination

The logistics company VSV Frakt and the developing company Biosorbe have started working together to help the environment. Hauliers are testing a new kind of forest-based absorbent to clean up oil spills from vehicles in a climate-smart way. “Through the collaboration, we close the cycle for locally grown forest in a sustainable way”, says Hanna...

14 May - 2020

Brobygrafiska goes online instead of shutting down

The packaging test center Brobygrafiska was hit by a total visitor ban due to restrictions following the corona virus. But that did not mean that everything else had to stop. Instead, they went online and let customers test print packaging just like before, but remotely. The school and test center Brobygrafiska in Sunne, Sweden, is known...

13 May - 2020

Innovation challenge: sustainable packaging innovation for wet baby-wipes

Through RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Procter & Gamble launches an innovation challenge in which the company calls for new concepts for making environmentally friendly wet baby-wipes, which are traditionally made of plastic. Do you have a solution that could work? Objective This challange from Procter & Gamble outlines the need to develop consumer-preferred and...

07 May - 2020

The first wooden wind power tower is ready

Sweden’s first wooden wind tower has been erected. It has been delivered by Modvion, a promising and growing member company of Paper Province. The wood construction is as strong as steel and makes the wind turbine climate neutral from the start. Paper Province helped Modvion launch their idea of wooden wind power constructions a few...

21 Apr - 2020

3D prints biobased protection for healthcare

Swedish healthcare lacks protective equipment due to the corona virus and needs to replenish their supplies. The production unit and test bed The Wood Region are now 3D printing parts for facial protection to help. The test bed in Sysslebäck, Sweden, the prints holders for facial visors needed by health care personnel. “We heard that...

20 Apr - 2020

Forest material can be used as UV and fire protection

Lignin is a unique material found in all trees and plants; it possesses many properties. In addition to being used for green carbon fibre, biofuels and as a binder in a variety of products, it also has properties such as UV and fire protection. “What makes lignin unique is that the molecule has a variety...

16 Apr - 2020

Successful tests with forest-based alternatives to plastic

For more than six months, RenCom and MK Plastteknik have been collaborating to produce bio-based materials consisting of more raw material from the forest. Together they have successfully conducted tests on five different mixtures with modified lignin, called Renol. By using lignin, which is the tree’s natural glue, in bio-based materials such as bioplastics and...