NORCELlab – Infrastructure at RISE PFI in Trondheim

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...
Participation in doctoral thesis defense

Participation in doctoral thesis defense

Prof. Kristin Syverud from RISE PFI and NTNU participated as opponent in PhD defense at Aalto University in Finland. Prof. Syverud was opponent of Ngoc Huynh’s PhD-thesis “Engineering cellulose nanofibril hydrogels with bioactive phytochemicals: toward functional...
Participating in ‘Veien Videre’ at NTNU Kalvskinnet

Participating in ‘Veien Videre’ at NTNU Kalvskinnet

RISE PFI recently participated at “Veien Videre” at NTNU Kalvskinnet. This event was organized by the student association for Chemistry and Materials Technology, in collaboration with Department of Materials Science and Engineering (IMA). Eirik Risebrobakken and...
New Spray Dryer in RISE PFI’s laboratory

New Spray Dryer in RISE PFI’s laboratory

As part of the national research infrastructure NORCELlab, we have at RISE PFI acquired a spray dryer. The new spray dryer allows us to separate solids from liquids or suspensions into powder in an efficient and gentle manner. NORCELlab (www.norcellab.no) is a...
NORDIC POLYMER DAYS 2025

NORDIC POLYMER DAYS 2025

The annual Nordic Polymer Days conference organized in collaboration with RISE PFI, NTNU, and SINTEF will take place in Trondheim, Norway, on 11–13 June 2025. Here, research scientists and industry will meet to discuss the latest developments in polymer science and...
New employee at RISE PFI

New employee at RISE PFI

We’re happy to announce that we have a new colleague at RISE PFI.  A warm welcome to Merete Wiig! Merete Wiig started as a Senior Engineer at RISE PFI on January 2, 2025. She previously held a position as a Senior Engineer at SINTEF Industry. Prior to that, she...
MAKING PLANT POTS FROM WOOL

MAKING PLANT POTS FROM WOOL

MAKING PLANT POTS FROM WOOL Innovative Wool Reuse Project: A Sustainable Solution to a Waste Problem. In Europe, more than 3 billion plastic pots are used annually. Half of these are single-use plastics, 98% are derived from fossil materials, and over 95% end up in...