Heräjärvi, Henrik

D.Sc. (Agr. & For.), Researcher

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Expertise

• Properties and utilisation of hardwoods in the wood product industries
• engineered wood products
• wood material technology
• wood in house construction

Research Projects

Current

• Coordination of PUU-programme
  
• Effect of forest management on wood properties
  
• Modification of wood properties and markets for modified wood in wood products sector
  
• Raw material potentials, properties, suitability and competitiveness of Scots pine and Norway spruce in wood product industries
  
• Recognizing Methods for Increasing Wood Construction in the EU
  

Former

• Co-ordination and extension of the research programme "Potentials for the utilisation of roundwood and wood raw materials in relation to the wood product markets"
  
• Diversifying hardwood utilisation
  
• New wood product solutions and their competitiveness
  
• Novel upgraded products of mechanical wood processing
  
• Properties of structural and garden products made of small-diameter timber (LAMIPUU)
  
• Quality, measurement and procurement of wood raw materials in specializing timber utilization
  
• Recycling of wood products - preliminary survey
  

Contacts

Keywords: building with wood, further processing, hardwood, sawing, timber quality, wood quality