Objective: Better understanding of wood product
value chains
The PUU programme is viewing and analysing timber flows
from raw material to end use, and vice versa. The programme
consists of three different themes:
1) Wood’s raw material potentials
and timber trade functions
2) Timber procurement, and
3)
Wood products.
These themes are further divided into research
topics and detailed research projects. The versatile concept of
value chain analyses can cross from one theme to another to provide
an advantage to the individual research projects.
PUU is improving the strategic positioning and operational
preconditions of timber producers, procurement organisations,
and wood product industries by generating new knowledge of:
- the quality potentials of wood as a raw material for the
present and the medium term (up to 20 years)
- the competitiveness and performance of various wood-based materials and new products from wood
- the technological, service, and business solutions that increase value to customers and the cost efficiency of timber
procurement and trade
- customer service and product solutions in the wood product sector that are based on added value
- the networking of companies, which are part of the value chains
Active participation from interested parties, is sought, to further
develop products, services, processes, and business concepts, as
well as their practical implementation for various applications.
