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TREND AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WOOD BASED BIO-INDUSTRIES

Abstract

Wood, as a major part of biomass, could be the best source able to give way, economically, to the substitution of chemicals, fuels, and bio-products in new bio-based plants that we call: bio-refineries.

In these bio-refineries, we will produce all the chemicals that we need, from woody biomass. They will allow improving numerous old processes which have been developed in the first half of the 20th century in wood chemistry (or Xylochemistry). The Xylochemicals will surely replace Petrochemicals at the end of the 21st Century…..if we are able to secure the wood procurement!

Biography

Professor “emeritus” UL (University of Lorraine) Nancy, France – Founder and former Director of LERMaB (Joint research Unit on Wood Material UHP/INRA/ENGREF forestry school) – Founder and Honorary Director of ENSTIB (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences et Technologies du Bois) – Former assistant Professor Laval University (Canada) – Correspondent of the French Academy of Agriculture (Wood and Forest section) – Fellow and former President of the International Academy of Wood Science IAWS  – Member of the Forest Products Society, USA  – Concurrent Professor at Nanjing Forestry University, P.R. of China  – Honorary Professor at University of Agriculture of Warsaw, Poland – Honorary Professor at Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania  – Editorial Board of the Saint Petersburg Forest Technical University, Russia  – Knight of the national order of Merit  – Commander in the order of the Academic Palms – Roumanie – Comité éditorial de l’Université technique forestière de Saint Petersbourg, Russie – Chevalier de l’ordre national du Mérite – Commandeur des Palmes Académiques.