Pulp & Paper Research and Technology Network

Founded on 15 December 1994, the Network brings together about twenty research centres from both public and private sectors, under the leadership of the IPE.

Every year these centres exchange information about the scientific environment in which they work, inventories of human and material resources, as well as current and completed projects.

The Network accepts suggestions leading to the establishment of general lines of interest, thereby enabling joint research projects to be undertaken.

The aim of this Network is to cash in on the Spanish research potential within the Pulp & Paper sector as well as boosting the transfer of results and adding greater efficiency and enhancement to the Spanish paper industry.

The Network is mainly aimed at:

• Monitoring activities in Latin America, in order to establish collaboration with other networks.
• Maintaining an inventory of equipment in order to detect what new equipment is required and enabling existing items to be shared.
• Overseeing draft contracts between research centres and businesses.
• Updating information about R&D requirements within the Pulp & Paper sector.

The centres that take part in the Network are:

• Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas
  
• CIEMAT
  
• CSIC
  
• Grupo Empresarial ENCE
  
• Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA)
  
• Instituto Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología
  
• IPE
  
• SAICA
  
• Torraspapel, S.A.
  
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Department of Microbiology and Parasitology)
  
• Universidad de Cataluña (School of Industrial Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Córdoba (Department of Chemical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry)
  
• Universidad de Gerona (Department of Chemical Engineering, A. & T.A.)
  
• Universidad de Huelva (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Málaga (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Oviedo (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Valladolid (School of Agrarian Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Vigo (Department of Chemical Engineering)
  
• Universidad de Vigo (Department of Natural Resources)
  
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (School of Forestry Engineers)