The principal aim of E49 is therefore:

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Chairman: Mark Irle

Duration: 2005 – 2009

Countries participating in COST Action E49

AT, BE, BG, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, MK, PL, PT, RO, SI,SE, CH, GB

Management Committee Members from BULGARIA:Julia MIHAILOVA and Neno TRITCHKOV

The main objective of this COST Action is the scientific-based advance of wood-based panels and their production

processes towards higher technical, economic and environmental standards. Such improvement is essential if the sec-

tor is to meet future demands and competition from other materials and markets.

Participations from Bulgaria:

Working Group 1:                                Working Group 2:          Working Group 3:

Process optimisation and process innovationFundamentals and modelling Performance in use and new products

Neno Tritchkov                                     JuliaMihailova                 Veselin Brezin, Julia Mihailova              

Publications:

     1. Mihailova J. 2005. “Some Theoretical Research on Wood Based Panels, Produced in  Bulgaria”. COST E49 – WG2 - Meeting No1, Llandudno, Wales, UK. (www.costE49.org)

2. Yordanova St., J. Mihailova, V. Brezin. 2005. “Overview of the Wood-Based Panel  Industry in Bulgaria”. COST E49 – WG3 - Meeting No1, Llandudno, Wales, UK. (www.costE49.org)
3. Tritchkov N. „Some Theoretical and Experimental Wood-Based Panel Research in Bulgaria”. COST E49 – WG1 - Meeting No1, Llandudno, Wales, UK. (www.costE49.org)
4. MihailovaJ., T. Todorov, R. Grigorov. 2006. “Utilization of cotton stems as raw material for intermediate layer of particleboards “. Conference co-organizated by COST Action E44 – E49, Valencia, Spain.
5. Tritchkov N., J. Mihailova, St. Yordanova. 2006. “ Possibilities for Utilization of bark of  Scots pine(Pinus sylvestries) for particleboards manufacturing”. Conference co-organizated by COST Action E44 – E49, Valencia, Spain.

Events:

- COST Action E49 First Plenary Workshop, 2005, Landudno, Wales;

- Conference co-organizated by COST Action E44 – E49,2006, Valencia, Spain;

- COST E49 Workshop, 2006, Hamburg, Germany

- International Partnering Meeting „European collaboration for R&D and Innovation in the forest-based and wood industries”, 2007, Winterthur/ Zurich, Switzerland;

- COST E49 Workshop on“The Research Needs of Europe’s WBP Industry”, 2007, Nantes, France

- 2nd Conference of E49:Measurement and Control of VOC Emissions from Wood-Based Panels,  2007, Braunschweig, Germany;

- Cost E49 – WG3 meeting, 2008, Bled, Slovenia

- COST E49 workshop on “Simulation Models for the Wood-Based Panel Industry”, 2008, Bordeaux,  France;

- COST E49 WORKSHOP „Lightweight composites – production, properties and usage”, 2008, Bled, Slovenia

- COST E49 workshop:Adding Value through Physical Functionality, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey;

- Training School „Making Wood-Based Panels at the Laboratory-Scale”, 2009, Thessaloniki, GREECE;

 - COST Action E49 – FINAL CONFERENCE, 2009, Nantes, France

Useful links: http://www.coste49.org ; http://cost.cordis.lu