New low weight materials with excellent mechanical properties (e.g. foamed wood);

Efficient extrusion and injection moulding processes for WPC (WPC: Wood Plastic Composites);

Decorative surfaces with improved scratch and abrasion resistance by using nano- and printing-technologies

High performance wood composites for construction applications

New bonding technologies for optimised production and product performance

Minimized resources consumption, closed process cycles by implementing on-line analytics, by products isolation (wood-refinery-conception) and bio-technology methods