Research profile The main expertise of the unit is related to the versatile utilisation of wood and its
components for the Finnish forest cluster. The projects related to the area of wood
processing chemistry have been more recently concentrated on the analysis of wood
and non-wood raw materials, the characterisation of various process liquors from
cooking, bleaching and papermaking as well as the chemistry of delignification and
papermaking processes. The research initially on process optimisation is also extended
to the utilisation of biomass for the production of new chemicals and energy and
environmental chemistry.
