Croatian Forests Ltd. (Hrvatske šume d.o.o.) and the Croatian Wood Cluster visited GG Slovenj gradec, one of the most successful Slovenian companies, which closes the entire production chain from forestry to wooden buildings and energy from wood. Numerous delegation from the Croatian Forests, consisting of directors of the sectors and technical managers, led by Mr […]

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As active member of the CEI Bois, The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries, Croatian Wood Cluster participated at the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committees for “Woodworking” and “Furniture” Joint Working Group meeting taking place 21 March 2018. The Cluster emphasized the importance of competence centers for maintaining employment and the efforts to revitalize rural areas that […]

March 21 is the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Forests, which promotes the importance of forests and trees in our lives. The day addresses current issues such as deforestation, protection of forests and urban green spaces. Forests are gaining more and more importance in the EU policies since they are recognized as the main […]

The topic of biomass and renewable energy sources is on a high list of European and Croatian priorities. That was demonstrated yesterday at the 8th International Energy Conference held in Zagreb organized by the Croatian Wood Cluster and CROBIOM. The importance of the topic is shown by the presence of representatives of five ministries from […]

Traditional conference on biomass and renewable energy sources (RES) on 27th February will again host over 200 participants from the wood processing industry, biomass producers, wood and agricultural pellets, technology suppliers, representatives of institutions from Croatia and the EU, cities and municipalities who want to make better use of RES for regional development. The main […]

There is great potential of plant residues from agricultural production in the Mediterranean, which have recently been widely used in the energy sector. With a more active approach to the EU and stimulating transition to renewable energy sources, biomass from agricultural sources gets its wider application and economic importance. The 8th International Energy Conference on […]

Austrian technology producer Polytechnik has been working intensively on solutions for cascading use of agricultural biomass, and in this case developed coal production technology. Taking into account the fact that biomass of plant origin contains up to 50% of carbon and recognizing the enormous potential of plant biomass, a modern industrial scale technology has been […]

At the beginning of this year the project “Protection at Work to Energy Efficiency” by the Croatian Wood Cluster started. According to recent research, by replacing old exhalation systems, it is possible to increase the company’s energy efficiency by up to 30 percent. At the same time, with the installation of newer generation ventilation systems, […]

The objective of the workpackage 3 is to develop a joint Transnational Strategy on improving the framework conditions for forest-based cross-sectoral value chains, and mirror this strategy in Local Action Plans for improved cross-sectoral innovation processes for SMEs of the forest-based sector. In order to create the documents, project partners performed different activities. After the […]