Kollaborationsplattformen, logistische Knotenpunkte

Agricultural residues such as straw, bank canes and trees pruning constitute a significant load of green waste in rural areas from both sides of the borders. Those wastes are poorly managed causing severe environmental impacts. At the same time local authorities use expensive fossil fuel for space heating of public buildings, and due to the current economic recession, very often the amount of heat generated cannot satisfy the real needs of the building users. The sustainable management of the green waste can offer a real solution in both of the above problems. There is available technology that can utilize agrowastes as fuel for space heating under the only condition that a reliable supply chain is established.

Scope of this project is to establish a supply chain for green wastes, combined with the relevant business model, which will secure its sustainability. The supply chain will be customized according to the wastes that are available from both sides of the border and the business model will be adapted to the specific local conditions. The supply chain will serve selected end users in each country, therefore its operability will be tested and possible problems and barriers will be resolved.

Το έργο PROFORBIOMED (Προώθηση της υπολειμματικής δασικής βιομάζας στη λεκάνη της Μεσογείου) αποσκοπούσε στην προώθηση των ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας ως οικονομικής και κοινωνικής ευκαιρίας για αγροτικές περιοχές, μέσω της ενεργειακής χρήσης δασικών καταλοίπων και γεωργικής βιομάζας. Ταυτόχρονα προέβλεπε τη δημιουργία νέων ευκαιριών απασχόλησης και την ανάπτυξη σχετικών βιομηχανιών σε αυτόν τον τομέα.
Τα κύρια αποτελέσματα ήταν:
Αξιολόγηση της διαθέσιμης δασικής βιομάζας για παραγωγή ενέργειας.
Μεταφορά και υιοθέτηση τεχνογνωσίας για τη βιώσιμη διαχείριση των δασών, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των αλυσίδων παραγωγής δασικής βιομάζας και της χρήσης της ως πηγής ενέργειας.
Βελτίωση της διακυβέρνησης των αγροτικών περιοχών, ανάπτυξη συστάδων και συμφωνιών μεταξύ δημόσιων και ιδιωτικών φορέων.
Ανάπτυξη ενός μοντέλου δημόσιας στήριξης για τη βιώσιμη διαχείριση των δασών και την παραγωγή βιομάζας.
Προσδιορισμός χρηματοδοτικών μηχανισμών για δημόσιες και ιδιωτικές επενδύσεις.
Δημιουργία νέων οικονομικών ευκαιριών. 

PROFORBIOMED (Promotion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin) aimed at the promotion of renewable energy as an economic and social opportunity for rural areas, through energy use of forest residues and agricultural biomass. At the same time it envisaged the creation of new employment opportunities and the development of related industries in this area.
The main outputs were:
Assessment of the forest biomass available for energy production.
Transfer and adoption of know-how on sustainable forest management including forest biomass production chains and its use as an energy source.
Improvement of the rural areas governance, development of clusters and agreements between public and private actors.
Development of a model of public support to sustainable forest management and biomass production.
Identification of financing mechanisms for public and private investments.
Creation of new economic opportunities.

Mit Woodlogistics, einer modular aufgebauten Software, wird der gesamte Holzbeschaffungsprozess vom Forst über die Schlägerungsunternehmen und Frächter bis hin zu den Sägebetrieben gesteuert und optimiert. Ziel der webbasierten Systemlösung ist es, den Rundholzeinkauf von Sägewerken effizienter zu gestalten, laufend über den aktuellen Status zu informieren und damit das Vertrauen aller Beteiligten zu erhöhen. Grundlage dafür ist, dass die wesentlichen Informationen jederzeit schnell und transparent von den richtigen Personen abgerufen werden können.

Die Platform beinhaltet drei Module:

1. Rundholz- Vorerfassungsmodul: Bietet immer aktuelle Online-Informationen über die Zufuhren, die Rundholzeinkauf, Lieferant und Frächter zur Verfügung gestellt werden können. Zudem erfolgt eine automatische Synchronisation der Daten mit der Vermessungsanlage.
2. Informations- und Kommunikationsmodul: Steht für einfache, schnelle und unternehmensübergreifende Kommunikation. Es enthält die ortsunabhängige Bereitstellung aller wesentlichen Informationen für Lieferant, Rundholz-Einkauf und Frächter. Zudem stellt es Übernahmedaten, den Waldlieferschein und Einzelstammdaten bereit.
3. Planungs- und Steuerungsmodul: Damit gelingt die Vergabe von Einkäuferbudgets mit laufendem Soll/Ist Status. Außerdem enthält es ein Schlussbrieferfassungsmodul mit automatischer Überleitung ins ERP-System. Das enthaltene Frachtkostenmodul ermöglicht Transportcontrolling.

With Woodlogistics, a modular software, the entire wood procurement process is controlled and optimised from the forest via the logging companies and hauliers to the sawmills. The aim of the web-based system solution is to make the purchase of roundwood by sawmills more efficient, to provide continuous information on the current status and thus to increase the trust of all parties involved. The basis for this is that the essential information can be retrieved quickly and transparently by the right people at any time.

The platform comprises three modules:

1. Roundwood takeover module: provides up-to-date online information and stores all relevant documents on roundwood transport to the wood-processing company. In addition, the data is automatically synchronised with the measuring system on the factory site. 
2. Information and communication module: Stands for simple, fast and cross-company communication. It contains the location-independent provision of all essential information for suppliers, log buyers and hauliers. It also provides transfer data, the forest delivery note and individual master data.
3. Planning and control module: With this module, purchasing budgets can be allocated with the current target/actual status. It also contains a closing entry module with automatic transfer to the ERP system. The included freight cost module enables transport controlling.

Agricultural residues such as straw, bank canes and trees pruning constitute a significant load of green waste in rural areas from both sides of the borders. Those wastes are poorly managed causing severe environmental impacts. At the same time local authorities use expensive fossil fuel for space heating of public buildings, and due to the current economic recession, very often the amount of heat generated cannot satisfy the real needs of the building users. The sustainable management of the green waste can offer a real solution in both of the above problems. There is available technology that can utilize agrowastes as fuel for space heating under the only condition that a reliable supply chain is established.

Scope of this project is to establish a supply chain for green wastes, combined with the relevant business model, which will secure its sustainability. The supply chain will be customized according to the wastes that are available from both sides of the border and the business model will be adapted to the specific local conditions. The supply chain will serve selected end users in each country, therefore its operability will be tested and possible problems and barriers will be resolved.

Egger Romania invested in resource saving technology and included recycling in the process. Up to 18% of the wood used in Romanian factories are recycling material. They process waste wood from furniture, pallets, wooden packaging materials, construction and demolition, that meets the requirements of the applicable directives and inspection systems. The material is also inspected visually and contaminated wood is separated for thermal use. In Romania, the EGGER Group runs its own recycling enterprises under the name Timberpak.

Suitable recycled wood is processed there and used for chipboard production. Large volumes of by-products and recyclable wood are generated by the plants. The company upgrades them into materials or uses them to generate environmentally friendly heat and electricity. With EGGER wood-based materials, the company established good environmental performance of the urban wood material. The objective of a closed loop material cycle is, on the one hand, to reuse all waste and by products as efficiently as possible, and on the other hand, to make substances used in the product available again for production at the end of the product life cycle, by implementing optimal recycling. The possibility of a closed material cycle should be taken into account even during the preliminary stage of product planning in conjunction with product design. Re-use of materials that were already used in products and have passed through a usage phase. The great challenge is to separate materials so that they become again source materials for new products. The collection division of recycled wood and the recycling installation of wood from Romania are the EGGER’s solution for a secondary, sustainable life cycle of materials based on wood.

The recycling wood quantities which were elaborated and recycled in 2016 by EGGER Romania replaced the potential of usage of 35,000 hectares of forests. The company has a unique wood recycling installation in Romania, dedicated and used exclusively for this purpose. At Romanian level, EGGER uses in average 17 % recycled wood for the production of panels based on wood in 2018. Last year, EGGER Romania reached a level of approximately 8 % and in the half of 2017, while in 2017 reach 15 % of recycled wood, and it was estimated a share of 17 % for the second half of 2017. The objective for 2020 is to recycle more than 150,000 tonnes of materials based on wood, annually, equivalent to more than 30 % of the volume of wood from forest works, according to Ioan Banciu, technical director of EGGER Eastern Europe division.