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The Swedish forest cluster Paper Province wins gold - again

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For the second time, Paper Province has succeeded in achieving the ECEI GOLD Label “Excel in Cluster Excellence". This means that Paper Province ranks as one of the best business clusters in the world. As of today 119 organisations globally - from 18 countries - can call themselves gold clusters. In Sweden, there are only three. Paper Province was awarded the Gold Label for the first time in 2018, and has now, after an extensive evaluation, struck gold again. "This means that we belong to the top tier of clusters globally", says Paul Nemes, Deputy CEO at Paper Province. Recognition for a whole region Gold...
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  • Oct 23, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

50 forest innovations to accelerate the “green recovery”

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Many things were put on hold when the corona pandemic struck the world, but not inventiveness. This became clear in the global innovation competition “What wood you do?”, where a jury has now selected six finalists that will compete for €25,000 to realize their idea about how to use the forest in the green recovery. Be sure to join the final live and online on 24 September. Forests play a vital role in combatting climate change. They bind carbon dioxide as they grow and can be used for renewable materials for houses, packaging, clothing, and other climate-smart products. While politicians are debating the...
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  • Sep 07, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Sandra Sundbäck new CEO of Paper Province

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Sandra Sundbäck, incoming CEO of the Swedish Bioeconomy cluster Paper Province. Sandra Sundbäck has been appointed CEO of the Swedish bioeconomy cluster Paper Province. Sandra Sundbäck takes up her new position in August, when she takes over as cluster leader after Maria Hollander. Sandra Sundbäck currently works as Sustainability and Communications Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment in Arvika, Sweden. “I am very excited to take on this new challenge and to work with Paper Province for a sustainable future. My strongest qualities are networking, building relationships and my communicative leadership,...
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  • Jun 08, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

3D prints biobased protection for healthcare

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Swedish healthcare lacks protective equipment due to the corona virus and needs to replenish their supplies. The production unit and test bed The Wood Region are now 3D printing parts for facial protection to help. The test bed in Sysslebäck, Sweden, the prints holders for facial visors needed by health care personnel. “We heard that the need was great and started to think about how the cluster could contribute, says Peter Edberg at Paper Province, which co-finances The Wood Region together with, among others, The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Region Värmland and Region Dalarna. 3D...
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  • May 04, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Dancing heels contribute to the bioeconomy

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Forest bioeconomy is about using the forest in new ways to contribute to the transition to a fossil-free society. "I have dreamed of making shoes from the Swedish forest for a long time," says innovator Patricia Edvardsson. Sixteen years ago, Patricia Edvardsson started Patricia's Dance Center and has since then attracted thousands to the world of dance. At the center, Patricia uses custom-made dance shoes from Peru. One day she had the idea to make them more environmentally friendly. "Sweden is a small country, but we are among the ten worst in the world on consumption and emissions. If everyone...
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  • Apr 14, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Share your idea and win €25,000

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In the middle of March Paper Province is launching an international innovation competition called What wood you do . The focus of the competition is innovative ideas from all over the world. From 16 March to 27 April we will collect ideas on the competition site . We will select five ideas with the highest potential and invite the teams to the city of Karlstad, Sweden for a 48 hour hackathon, where they will present their ideas to an expert jury. The chosen winning idea and team will receive €25 000 and a possible place in the innovation incubator Sting Bioeconomy . Through the competition you can: Make...
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  • Mar 16, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Maria Hollander ends her assignment as CEO of Paper Province

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Maria Hollander leaves her position as CEO of the Swedish bioeconomy cluster Paper Province to seek new challenges. During her more than eight years as CEO, sustainability issues and innovation have been given greater focus. “It’s been a fantastic journey”, she says. One important milestone was when Paper Province in 2013 received a ten-year funding from Sweden’s innovation agency - Vinnova. “The Vinnova funding made it possible to start a long-term strategic work to, with the forest as a base, create growth in the region of Värmland”, says Maria Hollander. Visible cluster The funds also made Paper Province...
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  • Mar 02, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Millions to manure for fast-growing forests

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Recent research made at the University of Karlstad shows that pine planted in soil with enriched biocarbon grows better. The result is a potential fertilizer for the forest. - Our landowners are interested in a really strong plant. We want a fertilizer that is both economical and good for the environment, says Emil Mattsson at Swedish forest owner compound Mellanskog. Produced from sludge The enriched biocarbon is produced from sludge from the pulp and paper mill's water purification. Mixed with ash from the biofuel boiler and nitrogen from a municipal treatment plant, the biocarbon becomes a fertilizer. "...
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  • Jan 19, 2020
  • Maria Hollander

Paper Province speaker at the world's largest cluster conference

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Clusters from all over the world gathered at TCI 2019 – the world’s largest cluster conference. Belgian Antwerp hosted the conference and Paper Province was there. The theme was sustainability. It was the 22nd consecutive year that the global organization TCI Networks organized the large meeting place. Over three days, October 8-10, experts from all over the world gathered to share the latest in cluster development. “It was a good context to showcase our project and meet important players in the cluster world,” says Paul Nemes, Project Participant and Vice President at Paper Province. The conference focused...
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  • Nov 04, 2019
  • Maria Hollander

Policy Brief on Industrial Symbiosis analyses 3 successful cases in the Baltic Sea Region

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is vitally important in facilitating the move towards a circular economy by helping industries and businesses cooperate in the exchange of natural resources, side streams and production infrastructures. Strong public and private sector leadership and firm links between industry and research institutes are essential for the formulation of effective IS initiatives. Nordregio together with the Baltic Institute of Finland and Nordic Council of Ministers studied selected IS cases in Finland, Sweden and Norway and analysed the success factors behind them. Based on the case study and...
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  • Sep 08, 2019
  • Maria Hollander

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