Maintaining the competitiveness of FBS requires the deployment of new digital and IT technologies. Ebased mapping/monitoring services and mobile scanning technologies for acquiring data about forest resources, wood flow optimisation tools, and wood traceability need to be developed, tested and demonstrated for forestry companies. Further valorisation of wood requires the implementation of advanced technologies such as 3D CT scanning in grading, sorting and sawmill processing. Then, there is a need to non-destructively test how internal defects affect the quality of the resulting products. CoE laboratories of 3D scanning and non-destructive wood testing will play a unique role in the digital transformation of FBS based on interdisciplinary research in PA1.

Research & Innovation programs:

ForScan: Smart forest inventory based on 3D high-resolution scanning (laser, lidar, radar).

WoodScan: 3D CT log scanning, enhanced grading, sorting and sawmill processing.

WoodFlow: Digital gapless traceability, wood flow management and customisation.

WoodPests: E-based support systems for monitoring, identification and technologies for eradication of pests and diseases developed in stand/tree/log/lumber/wood chips.