Biorefinery Technology Platforms to Support the Forestry Products Industries Informed by the needs of the South African forest and forest products sector stakeholders, the CSIR Biorefinery Programmes objectives include: •To develop knowledge and technologies that will stimulate the growth of the forest products industry and create sustainable jobs in the existing and new industry value chains; •To offer industry a facility for testing, evaluating or developing biorefinery technologies at a pilot scale level at the CSIR; •Provide specialised equipment, experimental facilities, and expertise to service the sector to improve the competitiveness of existing forest product streams; •Address the shortage of science and engineering expertise needed to lead the development of the forest products biomass sector. •To leverage R&D funds from industry and funding entities to assure sustainability of the programme.
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