We develop novel and sustainable products and solutions for the future biobased society
RISE PFI is an internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulosic biomass. We develop novel and sustainable products and solutions for the future biobased society, including materials, chemicals, energy products and feed ingredients.
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bioMAT4EYE Project Concludes
On Monday, September 29th, the final meeting of the European research project bioMAT4EYE was held at Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid. Running from June 2022 to October 2025, the project brought together multidisciplinary partners from across Europe to develop new...
NORCELlab – Infrastructure at RISE PFI in Trondheim
NORCELlab - The Norwegian Cellulose Laboratory - is a national infrastructure dedicated to cellulose research and development, hosted by RISE PFI and funded by the Research Council of Norway. NORCELlab is available both to national and international stakeholders...
Focus areas
Fibre technology and fibre-based products
Biorefining and bioenergy
Biopolymers and Biocomposites
Analyses and equipment
Physical and optical testing
Accredited testing of physical and optical properties of pulp and paper
Chemical characterization
In-depth chemical characterisation of biomass
Structural characterization
Advanced depicting techniques and analysing tools for bio-based materials
Specialized equipment
Unique tools to meet industry demands of our focus areas
Latest Publications
3D Printing of Chitosan Scaffolds and Films with Varying Roughness for Cultivation of Human Retinal Progenitor Cells.
Solberg, A., Robles-Anda, N., Pasquier, E., Dorado Monreal, H., Ladero, M., Gallardo, M. E., Chinga-Carrasco, G., (2025) 3D Printing of Chitosan Scaffolds and Films with Varying Roughness for Cultivation of Human Retinal Progenitor Cells. ACS Omega 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c05018
Cascade Processing of Agricultural, Forest, and Marine Waste Biomass for Sustainable Production of Food, Feed, Biopolymers, and Bioenergy
Agnihotri, S., Heggset, E.B., de Lima, J.A., Horváth, I.S. and Tanase-Opedal, M. Cascade Processing of Agricultural, Forest, and Marine Waste Biomass for Sustainable Production of Food, Feed, Biopolymers, and Bioenergy (2025). Energies, 18(15), 4093. Special Issue Emerging Technologies for Waste Biomass to Green Energy and Materials. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18154093
Emission risks in processing and conversion of lignocellulose-based biocomposites
Ehman, N., Rodríguez-Fabià, S., Catalán, J. and Chinga-Carrasco, G. (2025). Emission risks in processing and conversion of lignocellulose-based biocomposites, Composites Part C: Open Access Volume 17, July 2025, 100595. Emission risks in processing and conversion of lignocellulose-based biocomposites – ScienceDirect

RISE PFI is part of RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE PFI is and internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulose. RISE PFI´s focus areas are Fibre technology and fibre-based products, Biorefining and Bioenergy and Biopolymers and Biocomposites.
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- Høgskoleringen 6b
- NO - 7491 Trondheim
- firmapost@rise-pfi.no
- +47 73 60 50 65