Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory TUT – Tampere University of Technology Your partner for EU FP7. By Kari Kolppo TUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory P.O. Box 589, FI Tampere, Finland Tel Woodism and InnovaWood Winterthur, Switzerland TUT Plastics / Kari Kolppo Page (1/5) 1 TOYOTA AUTO BODY CO.,LTD. Special Car from Lignophenols-Cellulosic Fibers

Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory TUT Plastics / Kari Kolppo Page 2/5 Wide wood related expertise Degree programmes at TUT Architecture Automation Biotechnology Civil Engineering Communications and Electronics Electrical Engineering Environmental and Energy Technology Fibre, Textile and Clothing Science Industrial Engineering and Management Information and Knowledge Management Information Technology Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Science and Engineering

Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory TUT Plastics / Kari Kolppo Page 3/5 Wood related capabilities at TUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory • Wood/Plastic compounds • Production and testing of W/P compounds • Wood added as powder, fiber, paper • Structural and Rheological properties • Coating of Wood • Laboratory scale extrusion coating • Adhesion of coating material to wood • Properties of coated material • Wood/Plastic Adhesion • Determination and improvement of adhesion • Novel Wood Materials • Produced with wood components by plastic production means • Behaves ~like plastic in use, and like wood in nature

Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory Sustainable Utilization of Wood as Naturally Renewable Raw Material •Wood as such • Improved utilization of varying properties of wood • Using wood where its properties are best utilized – RFID (EU FP6) • Breeding and genetic manipulation •Enhanced Wood products • Physical and chemical modification of wood •Novel wood based materials and products • Molecules, structures and materials with improved properties • Wasted wood, newspaper as a raw material • Industrial utilization of lignin  Novel Lignin Products • Use wood whenever possible to replace oil and oil based products! • Forest is a source of a wide range of renewable organic materials •The longer the lignin circle, the more wood like the effect on the nature TUT Plastics / Kari Kolppo Page 4/5 4

Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory CONTACTS to: TUT Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory Tampere University of Technology • Financial matters:Merja Fagerström • Legal matters:Aapo Kiviniemi • TUT EU-coordinator:Pirjo Kuhanen •Plastics and Elastomer Laboratory • Director Pentti Järvelä • Composites Jyrki Vuorinen • Rheology Seppo Järvelä • Wood Kari Kolppo • Secretary Tiina Heikkilä Mie University • Professor Masamitsu Funaoka – “Funaoka process” • Novel lignin products from Japan TUT Plastics / Kari Kolppo Page 5/5