Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research
Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI

In her project “Superwood”, product designer Sofia Souidi is addressing the topic of sustainable items of furniture for exhibition and trade-fair construction. The Fraunhofer WKI is providing her with support in material development and testing. In this interview, she talks about the origins of this project idea and the collaboration with the Fraunhofer WKI. 

The fourth Wilhelm-Klauditz-Fellow at the Fraunhofer, Dr. Hatem Abushammala, develops electrically conductive nanoparticles using renewable materials. His development has great potential for a variety of applications, including sensing, electronics and the medical field.

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German research foundation) is supporting a transregional Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) of the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the Technical University of Munich. Dr. Frauke Bunzel from the Fraunhofer WKI and Dr. Klaudius Henke from the Technical University of Munich will jointly lead the sub-project “Structural timber by individual layer fabrication (ILF)”.

Climate change is threatening the domestic coniferous forests. Researchers at the Fraunhofer WKI, have now discovered how low-value hardwood species can be used in the manufacture of medium-density and high-density wood fiberboard (MDF and HDF). For the wood-processing industry, this opens up new possibilities for compensating for supply shortages in coniferous wood.

Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research
Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI

Bienroder Weg 54E
38108 Braunschweig

Phone +49 531 2155-0
Fax +49 531 2155-334

Email: info@wki.fraunhofer.de