TIMBER

• Coordination of a partnership programme between three timber industrialists for the use of new materials produced from micronized timber scrap and thermoplastic waste. • Market research for a new timber-framed house-building concept based on a self-supporting building system. •Finding applications for a new wood-based rapid-assembly concept for kit furniture. Development of prototypes; help with licence negotiations. • Market research (Europe) into wood/plastic pallets and new palletization concepts for road transport logistics. • Coordination of a project for the use of timber and plastic scrap for pallets. • Aid with technology transfer and an industrial procedure for the automatic making of plastic pallets. • Finding applications for a new infra-red drying concept for wood paints. • Study of applications and markets for a new microwave detector designed to locate metal objects in standing timber. • Definition of the sales policy of a saw-works. Implementation of sales tools; internal help with the launch of the first actions • Assistance of an engineering bureau to find industrial developers for a new material based on wood scrap. Coordination of procedures at European level. Setting up technical trials. Transfer help.