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DR. HANS KORTE Wood & Fibres Innovation Consulting is an engineering consultancy working in the field of wood, fibres and composite materials. The consultancy primarily aims at the development, introduction and marketing of new materials, products and/or processes under critical consideration of economic constraints.
SPECIALIZATION
DR. HANS KORTE Wood & Fibres Innovation Consulting specialises in the fields of wood and wood-based materials, (fibre) composite materials, plastics, biogas and pyrolysis.
Material development
Process development
Product development
Search for Funding
opportunities
Technology
assessment
Project management
Service We Do
Technology research and technology assessment
Material, process and product development
Market research
Intellectual property analyses
Project planning
Research and application for funding
Project coordination
Search for industrial and scientific project partners
Wood damage and industrial appraisals
BUSINESS AREAS
DR. HANS KORTE Wood & Fibres Innovation Consulting is an engineering consultancy working in the field of wood, fibres and composite materials.
The consultancy primarily aims at the development, introduction and marketing of new materials, products and/or processes under critical consideration of economic constraints.
The Wood & Fibres Innovation Consultancy works for its clients like an outsourced development department that carries out market and property right analyses prior to material, product or process development, researches and applies for funding, explores value creation potentials with the management and coordinates implementation strategies. By means of content-related and formal project management, development tasks are implemented in a targeted and timely manner.
In addition to the client's resources, universities, public or private-sector research institutions are involved in the projects as required (see: Participation in public funded projects) and contacts are established with third-party companies. Projects are measured against operational requirements during their course and adapted to them if necessary.
The Wood & Fibres Innovation Consultancy sees itself as a sparring partner for the management and implementer from the initial idea to the market launch. In the case of inventions and/or developments that are relevant to intellectual property rights, the Innovation Consultancy supports the client with applications to patent and trademark offices (see: Intelectual property).
In addition to innovation consulting, Dr. Hans Korte is also active as an expert for wood damage, industry issues and in technology assessment.
With the consent of the project partners, interesting research and development results are presented at congresses or published in scientific journals (see: Publications).
Participation in public funded projects
In the projects listed below, DR. HANS KORTE Wood & Fibres Innovation Consultancy was involved in various functions. These functions vary from developing the initial idea, writing a funding application, submitting it, managing the project, preparing the final report and publication to carrying out subcontracts. Directly commissioned industrial projects and expert reports are not mentioned for confidentiality reasons.
Wooden nails as an alternative to metal nails
Start:-6/1/2019
End:-5/30/2022
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-34871/01
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Development of packaging applications of sheet materials made from fibre-reinforced biothermoplastics
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-ihd 2202217 BFSV 22010318
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-FNR Agency for Renewable Raw Materials, BMELV Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Development of efficient ways to produce SiSiC ceramics from WPC II
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-IGF 19064N/2
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-IGF Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung
Impregnation of solid wood with silicone polymers in supercritical CO2
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-832195
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-Bridge FFG, Austria
Development of a composite material made of polyamide and thermostabilised wood
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-KF 2454607GZ2
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-ZIM Central Innovation Program for SMEs, BMWi Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Comparison of different processes for the production of WPC
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-20241811
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-FNR Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, BMELV Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
Process development of highly filled wood-plastic pellets
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-IGF 19064N
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-IGF Industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung
Development of a digestate-polymer composite
Förder-Nr/Funding No:-KF2265906
Förder-/Funding Organisation:-ZIM Zentrales innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, BMWi Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie