The document summarizes two Future Biorefinery (FuBio) research programs in Finland - FuBio Joint Research 2 and FuBio Cellulose. FuBio Joint Research 2 aims to develop novel materials from wood by fractionating wood components like cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin and using them to create new value chains. The program runs from 2011-2014 with a budget of 21.1M Euros funded through industry, universities, and research organizations. FuBio Cellulose focuses on developing processes to produce regenerated cellulose fibers, novel functional materials from cellulose beads and nonwovens, and cationic cellulose chemicals. It has a budget of 11.6M Euros from 2011-

1. 27th August 2013 FuBio Seminar
Paasitorni
Annaleena Kokko, Program Manager, FuBio Joint Research 2
Anna Suurnäkki, Program Manager, FuBio Cellulose
’Future Biorefinery’ (FuBio) research
theme of Finnish Bioeconomy
Cluster FIBIC

2. Finnish Bioeconomy Cluster FIBIC
• FIBIC Ltd is one of the first SHOK’s in Finland
• It’s predecessor Forestcluster Ltd was established in 2007
• SHOK stands for a Strategic Centre for Science, Technology, and
Innovation
• Today, six SHOKs are active in Finland
– Forest-based sector broadly, FIBIC
– Energy and the environment, CLEEN
– Health and well-being, SalWe
– Information and communication industry and services, TIVIT
– Built environment innovations, RYM
– Metal products and mechanical engineering, FIMECC
• These SHOKs carry out long-term cooperation in fields most crucial
for the future. The results are breakthrough innovations of global
importance, which can be agilely transformed into growth in business
life and wellbeing in society

3. FIBIC owners

4. FuBio – Future Biorefinery program
• FuBio program
• 5 year (2009-2014) program entity of FIBIC
• Currently, on-going are FuBio Joint Research2 and FuBio Cellulose
programs
• Main objective: to establish, in Finland, a world-leading
competence platform in the field of wood biorefinery R&D
• Focus of FuBio: Novel value chains, in which wood is refined
into new materials & chemicals
• A competence platform comprises many attributes, like people,
business concepts, processing technologies, R&D and testing
facilities, networking, etc.

5. FuBio JR2
FuBio Joint Research 2
The main aim is to develop novel materials from wood
• Wood consists of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin and
all these components need to be used also in the future
biorefinery
• Lot of the work focuses on fractionation of wood, with
for example hot water or ionic liquids
• And the rest on using the fractions in the best possible
way in new and existing value chains
Details:
Duration: 1.6.2011-31.5.2014
Budget: 21,1 M€
Funding: industry, universities, Tekes & research organisations

6. FuBio Cellulose
FuBio Products from Dissolving Cellulose
Main objective: To develop novel, sustainable processes for
production of
• regenerated cellulose stable fibres
• novel functional materials based on cellulose beads,
nonwovens or thermoformable structures
• cationic cellulose chemicals
Details
Duration: 1.6.2011 – 31.5.2014
Budget: 11.6 million €
Funding: Industry, Tekes & research organisations