International cooperation:

National funding - RC31 Development Centre of Creative Furniture Industry FP7- ECOVARN - Development of a wearresistant, functional, regulation-compliant Water-borne Wood Coating. FP7- SILENTWOOD - Multilayered woodbased exterior doors with enhanced acoustic insulating properties for dwellings, sanitation and educative centres FP7- NEXT1KOAT - Novel high performance, water-based high solidsand biobased industrial wood coating FP7- FREEFOAM - Novel PUR foaming manufacturing process with reduced toxic isocyanate content SEE Programme - ID:WOOD - Clustering knowledge, Innovation and Design in the SEE WOOD sector CORNET Era Net HCHOlessWOOD Development of low Formaldehyde Wood-Based Products CORNET Era Net VOClessWOOD Application of advanced wood coating materials and techniques to meet the requirements of the EU VOC-directive E!3558 EUREKA Elisa - Electro spindle with intelligent solutions and applications Leonardo da Vinci KnowFORwood Transfer of innovative practices in the Vocational Education & Training to Slovenian Wood Sector Leonardo da Vinci InnovaWood EDU Expanding good practice in Education in the Forestry-Wood Chain sector through the InnovaWood network Leonardo da Vinci I-Model -The Business model for implementing of innovation processes in company performing in EU FP6 WOODISM - Improving competitiveness of the forest-wood-chain by supporting SME participation in FP6 and WP7 projects

The main tasks of the Cluster office are:

Organizing and leading of common projects for groups of companies. Participating in international projects as a cluster representative and facilitating participation of the companies in the EU R&D programs. Supporting internationalization activities for cluster members. Carrying out support actions for cluster members. Enhancing knowledge transfer from R&D sphere to the companies. Providing Technology Transfer, exploitation of RTD and innovations in to the companies.

The main fields of the WIC activities are:

Woodprocessing industry, Forestry, Renewable Energy Resources, Research and Education, International Development Collaboration, Innovative Systems, Transnational Technology Transfer

Contact data
Wood Industry Cluster Dimiceva 13, SI-1504 Ljubljana, Slovenia Director Igor Milavec, univ.dipl.ing. Tel: +386 1 5898 285 Mobile:+386 41 354 130 Adviser Bernard Likar, dipl.ing. Tel: +386 1 5898 284 Mobile:+386 41 354 131 Fax: +386 1 5898 100 Email: grozd@sloles.com Web: http://cluster.sloles.com

SLOVENIA

Who are our members ?

The Wood Industry Cluster (WIC) was established by wood-processing and forestry companies in the year 2003 with aim enhancing cooperation between manufacturers and research institutions, and carrying out common projects. WIC membership consists of several wood processing, furniture, forestry, energetic and chemical companies and five of the most important sector research and educational institutions. WIC represents one-third of the Slovenian wood processing and forestry sector.

What do we do and how do we work?

The basic aims of the Wood Industry Cluster are stimulated by the radical changes going on in the world, where knowledge is the decisive factor in progress and competitiveness. Research work, acquisition of skills and achieving synergy in different fields are the most significant tools used to enable the Cluster members to develop into modern, knowledge-based companies, capable of competing in the world markets. The Cluster is run by the managing directors of all member firms. The most active directors work together in the Expert Council, which directs the work of the Cluster. The Cluster's office is organised as an Association with two employees and is in charge of implementing the programme that was adopted by the managing directors through the common projects. The cluster office concentrates largely on coordinating the Cluster's activities, as well as leading and coordinating common projects. Till now, more than 60 projects and more then 400 meetings, have been carried out by WIC, many of the projects are international. On some of international project, Clusters office acting as a coordinator. From 2007, WIC tightly cooperated with CCIS-Wood Processing and Furniture Association.

How do we work in the net?

SOURCES

MINISTRIES, EU INSTITUTIONS

NEEDS

COMPANIES
SOURCES, KNOWLEDGE

WIC

PROJECTS

R&D INSTITUTIONS

KNOWLEDGE

Who are our business partners?

The companies which want to carry out the tasks together with other companies, the companies which do not have enough knowledge in certain fields and need some help of the external specialists, the institutions that have knowledge and want to transfer it into practice the companies which want to carry out the tasks by financial support from the Slovenian and EU funds, others groups (clusters) which want to cooperate with our Cluster, Ministries and institutions that promote the transfer of knowledge from the research institutes into practice, encourage qualification and innovations in the companies, support technical development, stimulate the usage of renewable sources of energy and environment conservation.