Natural fiber modification
Fiber modification enables engineering of fiber properties towards targeted industrial need in various fiber-based products....
Developments in advanced biocomposites
VTT has long experience in developing biocomposites for several applicationareas. Biocomposites are materials consisting of bioplastics, natural fibres and/or fillers and additives, which are also preferred to be biomass-based....
Coating and surface preparation
CoatingWe have extensive knowledge of traditional pigment coating, novel surface treatment methods and modelling of various phenomena taking place during coating. We also have strong competence in a wide range of analyzing tools for characterization...
Fiber-line
Fiber Line meets both current and future research needs. Cooking and bleaching equipment for demanding research applications....
VTT Forest Sector’s Science Evening: from Forest to Food
More than 80 people from industry and academia participated in VTT Forest Sector’s science evening on the 5th of October in Otaniemi, Espoo. The topic this year was ‘from Forest to Food’....
Bioactive paper and fibre products
Bioactive features may provide new markets and added value products, for example, to pulp and paper, packaging, diagnostic and construction industry. VTT is actively building up projects around bioactive functionality of fibre products. The research...
Brand Protection Technologies; Proprietary Solutions for Overt and Covert Product Authentication
Printable RF readable electronic inks (Nicanti): Inks with electrical properties are printed onto the product surface. Codes are authenticated using with a proprietary reader that can also verify authenticity through serialization. Facilitates produc...
Ultrasound
Approaches to the scale-up of Ultrasonic processing made by VTT. Research has been carried out since 1987. Some topic studied during this time has been from preventing sensor fouling and cleaning of filter surfaces and heat exchangers to designing p...
Drying
Drying has been studied at VTT from the 1940's. Over the years several topics of drying has been covered theoretically and experimentally, as a good example of such is recently commercialized technology Impingement drying. See publications from VTT t...
Kisu
SHORT CIRCULATION DEVICE FOR PROCESS CHEMISTRY RESEARCH - KISU...
Juupeli
Vacuum-assisted sheet forming device is called Juupeli. We constucted the device, because deeper understanding of sheet structure development during forming was needed. With the device we can study the effect of vacuum on the filtration....
Multiphase flows
The multiphase flows team at VTT has a long background for experimental studies of complicated industrial flows. Our strengths include top-level expertise in pilot-scale research platforms as well as supporting modelling and simulation. In addition t...
Re-moisturising
Ultrasound moisturizing device attached to C-IMPACT tensile tester gives you a possibility to study effects of appliqued moisture on the base paper or board tensile behavior. Information can be utilized when deeper understanding of the interaction be...
Foresttech QR -code
1. Open QR-code reader. 2. Read the code. 3. Browse this site with your mobile device. 4. Enjoy!...
Hybrid Media is the future of School Books
In a VTT’s project different types of media concepts were studied. Hybrid school books were found out to be an efficient solution for primary schools. Hybrid book-concept opens up new opportunities both for publishers and material suppliers....
Involving the end users in the development of language learning material
This study aimed at a user centric design of a hybrid book concept for elementary schools. The user groups of interest were 6th grade pupils and their teachers, and the concept was tested for language learning materials. It is quite common that the p...