Issue 23 (Special edition)
Future Idea Forestry - Timber - Paper
Wood Technology Roadmap - Austria
Alfred Teischinger, Brigitte Tiefenthaler
Mafred Gronalt, Dieter Lechner, Rüdiger Lex,
Walter Schiebel, Peter Schwarzbauer, Andreas Windsperger ca. 100 pages (size A4)
Text: only in German language
Summary: in German and English language
Year of publication: 2009
Contents A technology roadmap (TRM) is a result of a needs-driven technology planning process by a team of experts in order to identify, select, and develop technology alternatives to satisfy a set of needs. Technology roadmapping can be done at either of two levels – industry branches or corporates – applying the same structure such as: needs, critical system requirements and targets, technology areas, technology drivers and targets, technology alternatives and emerging technologies, recommended alternatives or paths, and a roadmap report. The main benefit of technology roadmapping is that it provides information to make better technology investment decisions by identifying critical technologies and technology gaps and identifying ways to leverage R&D investments etc.
Supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) the authors present the results of a technology roadmap process for the Austrian wood industries. At first glance the Austrian forest products industry builds on the industry´s inherent strength: stewardship of a renewable and sustainable raw material base, a manufacturing infrastructure that can process wood resources into a wide variety of consumer products. The industry is also uniquely positioned to move into new growth markets centred around bio-based “green” products.