Projects
The great variety of projects within the pulp and paper industrial branch and cooperation between the research groups make VIPP unique. You can read more about the individual projects by clicking on the related links.
- Project 1: Reduced energy consumption in household appliences with heat pump technology
Doctoral student: Peder Bengtsson
Company: Asko Appliances AB
Contact KAU: Jonas.Berghel@kau.se
Contact Industry : anders.sahlen@asko.se
Licentiate leaflet, pdf
- Project 2: Understanding losses due to packaging in the fruit & vegetable supply chain
Doctoral student: Lisa Mattsson
Company: BillerudKorsnäs AB
Contact KAU: helen.williams@kau.se
- Project 3: A new sensor for improved fibre line control
Doctoral student: Caroline Wilke
Company: BTG Instruments AB
Contact KAU: ulf.germgard@kau.se
Contact Industry: Niclas Andersson (can be contacted via carin.bergstrom-carlsson)
- Project 4: Nano fiber production, pre-treatment and characterization
Doctoral student: Pia Hellström
Company: Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals AB
Contact KAU: helena.hakansson@kau.se
Contact Industry: anette.heijnesson-hulten@akzonobel.com
- Project 5: Tissue drying – High air humidity and potential improvements in tissue mill heat economy
Doctoral student: Anders Ottosson
Company: Valmet AB
Contact KAU:Lars.Nilsson@kau.se
Contact Industry:michael.bjerke@metso.com
- Project 6: Sulfite pulping process development
Doctoral student: Raghu Deshpande
Company: Domsjö/MoRe Research AB
Contact KAU: ulf.germgard@kau.se
Contact Industry: lars.sundvall@more.se
Licentiate leaflet, pdf
- Project 7: Prediction of flexographic print quality based on substrate properties with a special focus on liquid packaging board
Doctoral student: Sofia Thorman
Company: Innventia AB
Contact KAU: magnus.lestelius@kau.se
Contact Industry: li.yang@innventia.com
- Project 8: Investigation of the non-uniformity during dewatering and drying on tissue paper grades
Doctoral student: Aron Tysén
Company: Innventia AB
Contact KAU: magnus.lestelius@kau.se
Contact Industry: hannes.vomhoff@innventia.com
Licentiate leaflet, pdf
- Project 9: Renewable Packaging Material
Doctoral student: Asif Javed
Company: Karlstad University
Contact KAU: lars.jarnstrom@kau.se
Licentiate leaflet, pdf
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Project 10: Systems analysis of biorefineries
Doctoral student: Christer Gustavsson
Company: Pöyry Sweden AB
Contact KAU: roger.renstrom@kau.se
Contact Industry: margareta.tollin@poyry.com and hakan.wessel@poyry.com
- Project 11: Food packaging barriers from renewable resources
Doctoral student: Åsa Nyflött
Company: Stora Enso Group R&D
Contact KAU: magnus.lestelius@kau.se
Contact Industry: chris.bonnerup@storaenso.com
- Project 12: Service development in the forest sector
Doctoral student: Per Myrén
Company: SSG Standard Solutions Group AB
Contact KAU: lars.witell@kau.se
- Project 13: Energy efficiency in pulp- and paper wastewater treatment, pre-treatment through separation
Doctoral student: Mattias From Aldaron
Company: Stora Enso Skoghall AB
Contact KAU: karin.granstrom@kau.se
Contact Industry: annkristin.magnusson@storaenso.com and Margareta.Sandstrom@storaenso.com
- Project 14: High Speed Creping Simulator
Doctoral student: Pyry Hämäläinen
Company: Kemira Kemi AB
Contact KAU:magnus.lestelius@kau.se
Contact Industry: Mikko.Makinen@kemira.com
- Project 15: Increased availability and reduced energy consumption of the dryer at wood pellet production
Doctoral student: Helena Johansson Cider
Company: Härjeåns Energi AB
Contact: roger.renstrom@kau.se
Contact Industry: p-o.berglund@hmab.se
- Project 16: Systems analysis of Multi-product pulp mills
Doctoral student: Jonas Kihlman
Company: Pöyry Sweden AB
Contact KAU: ulf.germgard@kau.se
Contact Industry:christer.gustavsson@poyry.com
- Project 17: Energy efficiency at production mills
Doctoral student: Daniel Ekbåge
Company:Stora Enso Group R&D
Contact KAU:lars.nilsson@kau.se
Contact Industry: maria.bjork@storaenso.com and
rickard.wadsborn@storaenso.com
- Project 18: Interpreting the customer's value experience - The starting point for service innovation
Doctoral student: David Joelsson
Company: SP Technical Reserach Institute of Sweden
Contact KAU: lars.witell@kau.se
Contact Industry: jonas.matthing@sp.se and erik.sundstrom@sp.se