NxtBarr kick-off meeting

NxtBarr kick-off meeting

The NxtBarr kick-off meeting took place in Trondheim  28 and 29 March. Thank you to all the participants for interesting presentations and exciting discussions. The project is led by RISE PFI and is in collaboration with NTNU, Nofima, NORSUS, Borregaard, Elopak,...
PhD defence 

PhD defence 

Congratulations to our colleague Chiara Zarna Chiara had an excellent presentation and defence of her doctoral thesis on Wednesday 29 March! Chiara carried out the PhD work “Producing Floor and Side Panels from Biocomposites” at the Department of Mechanical and...
Vacant position as PhD candidate within the NxtBarr project

Vacant position as PhD candidate within the NxtBarr project

NxtBarr- “Next generation food packaging materials – wood fibre-based packaging with biobased water and gas barriers”. The vision of the NxtBarr project is to develop fully biobased, recyclable, and biodegradable packaging materials that can replace plastic without...
Presentation about “Hydrophobization of lignocellulosic materials”

Presentation about “Hydrophobization of lignocellulosic materials”

Last week Kristin Syverud from RISE PFI held a presentation on a meeting arranged by the Vinnova competence centre FiBre at KTH in Stockholm. The presentation was based on the work described in the recent reviews “Hydrophobization of lignocellulosic materials part I:...
Meeting in the NewHype project

Meeting in the NewHype project

The NewHyPe project aims to develop cellulose-based, sustainable and biodegradable materials that can substitute fossil-based plastics which are used for a short period of time and then thrown away. This is particularly relevant for replacing plastic mulch films used...