NATURAL BIO-POLYMERS, BIO-BASED, SUSTAINABLE BIOMATERIALS AND GREEN COMPOSITES DO WE STILL NEED WOOD?

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1 NATURAL BIO-POLYMERS, BIO-BASED, SUSTAINABLE BIOMATERIALS AND GREEN COMPOSITES DO WE STILL NEED WOOD? Rupert Wimmer Institute for Natural Materials Technology, IFA Tulln Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Vienna (BOKU), Austria SWST Zvolen Supply Chain of Renewable Resources 1

2 Wood used as the dominating material

3 Wood Science & Technology Applications and opportunities

4 Climate Change Sustainability every 5 seconds.60,000 plastic bags (US) Energy Renewability

5 Worldwide raw-material consumption Polymers 280 mio tons p.a. Steel 1.6 billion tons p.a. Renewable raw materials (incl. wood) 2 billion tons p.a. T. Hirth, 2014

6 Worldwide biomass production and consumption Wood.. worlds most utilized biomass source More biomass needs to be utilized, to replace oil

7 Major components of biomass

8 Bio-based monomers and polymers from renewable resources (selected)

9 Rapid recent development: Increased speed of BBM innovations Revolution in genome sequencing & gene synthesis Progress in bioinformatics & automation Improved understanding of metabolic pathways for new (bio)technology A. Künkel, BASF, 2014

10 Renewable building-block development in 2006 A. Künkel, BASF, 2014

11 Renewable building-block development in 2014 Many bio-based developments have reached production scale! A. Künkel, BASF, 2014

12 Example: Succinic acid fermentation technology for new biopolymers Wood will be the major source!! A. Künkel, BASF, 2014

13 Trends in Bio-based polymers cited publications cited patents Most of it is in fact wood science. Increasingly invisible 2013

14 wood becomes increasingly hidden

15 . need for rebranding wood? Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds

16 Forest Products Biomaterials, Bio-based materials

17 not limited to wood Biomaterials" is used to describe any organic materials that are extracted from ecosystems, including but not limited to, wood, mushrooms, edible berries, and plant sap in terrestrial ecosystems and algae in aquatic ecosystems Terry Sharik Dean, School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science, Michigan Tech

18 not limited to wood.the European initiative

19 The European bio-based industries initiative Reinforce innovation and extend current infrastructure across the economy Built and strengthen value chains across industry sectors Realise a connected bio-based economy from field to end consumer

20 Raw materials, processes and products mostly wood T. Hirth, 2014

21 Biorefinery raw materials, processes and products mostly wood T. Hirth, 2014

22 Mostly coming from wood T. Hirth, 2014

23 Mostly coming from wood

24 Mostly coming from wood T. Hirth, 2014

25 Will there be enough wood? Availability, consumption and difference for woody biomass in 2020 Selected EU/EFTA countries Germany Finland France Austria Poland Rumania Sweden Slowakia Czech Rep (Source: Mantau 2007, Schwarzbauer)

26 Annual growth in woody stock vs. harvest Enough wood? Switzerland Austria Finland Sweden EU-15

27 The European bioeconomy initiative

28 Waste raw materials Beverage Cardboards Cardboard Kraft paper Leaflet paper Poster paper Wallpaper Yoghurt Beaker Laminated paper De-Inking paper sludge 28

29 Beverage Cardboards Sig combibloc Elopak Italpak Tetrapak and EVOH: Ethylen-Vinylalkohol-Copolymer PE 25% In Germany: 2009: t produced, t re-cycled, 2.5 kg/a capita 60% recycled; Cellulose fibres (75%) are extracted and re-used Erfasst zur stofflic hen Verwer tung Erfasst zur thermisc hen Verwertu ng

30 PPC: the more durable WPC type Wood Natural Lignin & resin in the matrix thermal instable brittleness by resin silicate causes abrasion greying Paper Chemical treated Nearly no lignin and resin higher processing temperature flexible adjustment of properties higher lifetime at processing units UV - stable

31 from laminated paper waste to innovative products New material: Paper-Plastic-Composite (PPC)

32 UPM-Kymmene Cooperation, FI

33 Research project UPM-Kymmene Cooperation, FI Product now successfully on the market: UPM ProFi Deck Deckings z.b. TetraPak Sammlung Fair in Milano

34 Title one

35 From sludge waste to value materials De-Inking Paper Sludge Extruded Products ~ 70 % inorganic ~25% cellulose Developing resource-efficient materials

36 Mechanical properties DPS Wood Composites extruded Wood DeInking Paper Sludge (DPS) polypropylene (30%) composites. Wood/DPS 35%/35% Wood / DPS 0%/70% MOR [MPa] MOE [MPa] IBS [kj/m 2 ] 4,7 3,6

37 How is innovation happening? Market demand New product Product innovation Dr. Dolittle s Push and Pull Technological potential Starting point for each innovation is either a technology push or an existing market pull.

38 Finally. Wood is THE material for new bio-based, sustainable and green material solutions.. no limitation to wood! Innovation opportunities have expanded Re-branding is a consequence We need a lot of wood!

39 Thank you for your attention!! Thank You!