NEWS FROM THE PROJECT
Find here the latest updates about GRETE project: initiatives of the consortium, activities and events open to stakeholders. Furthermore, interesting news, links and events are selected from the web related to the project’s topics: biotechnologies, eco-textiles, textile value chain, innovative and sustainable textile products and solutions, and many more.
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A pinch of salt to spice up wood
The GRETE partners know: chemistry is behind everything and plays a fundamental role in almost any imaginable product or technology around us.
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Let’s talk about pulp
The GRETE consortium is working towards opening up wood pulp as a raw material for man-made cellulose fibres.
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Half-time!
The GRETE consortium met for the first time in May 2019, thus the 5th consortium meeting, held on May 26th and 27th 2021, marked half-time of the international collaboration, having another 24 months of project activities ahead.
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Where we’re at
In recent times, awareness about the impacts of the textile industry has risen widely, also in the public domain, where initiatives such the Fashion Revolution
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Is cellulose going to be the new petroleum?
Encouraged by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that is questioning a lot of our current models and habits, the civil society is manifesting environmental concerns and consumers show raised interest in products made of renewable raw materials in a sustainable manner.
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Understanding the terms
Are you familiar with terms such as “paper grade kraft pulp” and “ionic liquids”? Do you have a clue what “cellulose pre-treatments and dissolution” is or how you can spin man-made cellulose fibres? We didn’t – until we met GRETE.
NEWS FROM THE WEB
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Dalla carta alle fibre tessili
Some italian news? The online magazine Meta in Italy talked about GRETE. Read the full news: “Dalla carta alle fibre tessili”.
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Tavoitteena kestävän kehityksen tekstiilikuidut
To our Finnish public: the Magazine Ympäristo ja Yritys 2/2019 explained more about GRETE Project. Read the full article (p.12): “Tavoitteena kestävän kehityksen tekstiilikuidut”.
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Research project aims to increase production of man-made cellulose fibres
Pulp&Paper Canada wrote about us! They have been, since 1903, the most respected journal for technical information and news for managers and operators in Canada’s
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New sustainable technologies for wood-to-textile value chain enables increased production of man-made cellulose fibers in Europe
EurekAlert! – operated by AAAS, the world’s largest general science society – wrote about us: “GRETE, the Green chemicals and technologies for the wood-to-textile value
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Great achievement for GRETE member Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen
On 7 April 2022 the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2022 was awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen, part of the GRETE consortium with his team at University
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Ionic liquids in detail: explaining the GRETE chemistry
We’ve already talked about ionic liquids and their application in the GRETE project in a previous article. This time, the work of our consortium member
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New blood for the second half: BETA joins the consortium
Shortly before the end of the year the documents were signed and a new partner joined the GRETE consortium: BETA Technological Centre of the University
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A lot going on before closing 2021
December started with great news: the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium combined efforts to launch Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking: CBE JU is