The beneficiary
Valbiom,
Reference centre for the biosourced economy in Wallonia
The project
ExtraBark Towards a strengthened circular economy for adding value to wood bark by-products by extracting molecules of interest as an alternative to synthetic products for agronomy and wood protection.
Public funding
Key figures:
- Budget total project: € 3,093,061.72
- Project duration 3 years. March 2024 to February 2027.
With financial support from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Wallonia and the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg).
Partnership:
7 Financial partners :
- Valbiom - Valorisation of biomass (lead partner, Belgium).
- University of Liège (Belgium).
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Luxembourg). - Regional innovation and technology transfer centre for the wood industries (France).
- Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Matériau Bois, University of Lorraine (France).
- Filière Bois Wallonie (Belgium).
CELABOR (Belgium).
4 Methodological partners :
- Hout Info Bois (Belgium)
- Luxinnovation GIE (Luxembourg)
- IZES gGmbH (Germany)
- Bioeconomy For Change (France)
Our contribution
- Preparation of the second-stage funding application : definition of priorities preparation schedule, information gathering, drafting of horizontal sections, budget preparation.
- Assistance with contract negotiations : gathering and transmitting the information requested by the funder, updating the file.
The result of the project
Adding value to extractives from different tree species in the plant protection and wood applications sectors.
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