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Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Trävetenskap
The BioGlue-Centre is a network of excellence in the field of bio-based adhesives in co-operation with 3 universities and 12 companies from different industrial sectors (furniture, construction, packaging), sharing the same research questions around adhesives and bonding. The Centre responds to the urgent need in these sectors to become more sustainable by increasing the speed of finding bio-based alternatives to the vast amounts of the, almost exclusively, fossil-based adhesives used today. These sectors alone consume about 25% of all adhesives produced world-wide, and thus represent a major market share.
The substitution of fossil-based adhesives with bio-adhesives has hitherto not been possible since there is a lack of fundamental knowledge to create high-performing and more environment-friendly products. The vision of the centre to become a worldleading research environment will be accomplished through development of paradigm-shifting knowledge on bio-based adhesives in three research areas: raw materials and formulations, aspects of adhesives, and end-use requirements and sustainability. Such a research environment, focusing on adhesives and adhesive function, does not exist today at international level. The Centre provides a unique opportunity to strongly influence novel research directions and revolutionise the field of bio-adhesives, thus bringing about several benefits for the involved partners and contributing to a more sustainable industry.
The vision of the BioGlue-Centre is to significantly reduce the dependency on fossil-based materials in the adhesive industry by developing paradigm-shifting knowledge of bio-based adhesives and becoming a world-leading research environment in Sweden.
To achieve the vision of defossilisation in the adhesive industry, we have defined the following medium-term (5-10 years) strategic steps as co-creation between key research groups and stakeholders along the value chain:
The BioGlue-Centre consortium is built to be highly representative of the sectors of interest and to effectively respond to their challenges in terms of raw materials, aspects of adhesives, requirements and sustainability. Fifteen partners along the value chain will participate, including universities, bio-based feedstock providers, adhesive manufacturers, end-product manufacturers, and associations. A key benefit for all partners will originate from understanding and successfully developing high-performance bio-based adhesives for multiple applications.
BioGlue-Centre is initially comprised of:
All partners are represented in the General Assembly, the main governing body for appointing the Director, Vice Directors, and Board members, and making decisions on new BioGlue-Centre partners. The Board takes all formal decisions related to BioGlue-Centre´s activities, including project approvals, handling of IP, budget allocation, etc. A Management Team, composed of the Director, the two Vice Directors, the three WP leaders, and an operational support team for administrative coordination, finance and communication (Secretariat), supports the Director.
The Industrial Advisory Board is composed of a majority of industry representatives and has the tasks of assessing new project applications, providing recommendations to the Board, and monitoring progress in the ongoing projects.
Management Team
Stergios Adamopoulos
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Eva Malmström (Vice Director)
KTH
Peter Herder (Vice Director)
IKEA
WP leaders
Linda Fogelström (WP1)
KTH
Stergios Adamopoulos (WP2)
SLU
Reza Hosseinpourpia (WP3)
LNU
Board members
Academia
Göran Ericsson
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Mikael Thyrel
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jesper Andersson
Linnaeus University
Daniel Söderberg
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Gold members
Niklas Johansson
IKEA
Anders Brolin
Stora Enso (chair)
Katarina Jonasson
Tetra Pak (deputy chair)
Erik Pettersson Thyboll
AkzoNobel
Representing Silver members
Stefan Weinkoetz
BASF
Representing Bronze members
Janina Östling
IsoTimber
Industrial Advisory Board
Erik Pettersson Thyboll and Anna Furberg
AkzoNobel (chair)
Svante Nordänger and Peter Herder
IKEA
Jesper Ekstrom and Reeta-Maria Stod
Stora Enso
Anna Svensson and Katarina Jonasson
Tetra Pak
Karin Walter and Kristoffer Segerholm
Södra
Stephan Weinkoetz and Ralph Lunkwitz
BASF