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incubator in Hønefoss, Pan Innovation, where Treklyngen is one of the main
owners. Pan Innovation functions not only as a local incubator, but as a
national incubator for forest- based business development.
Hunton Fiber has specialised in producing a range of construction elements from wood fibre taken as waste chips, sawdust and off- cuts from sawmills. Hunton Fiber collaborated with Treklyngen and the Norwegian Paper
and Fibre Research Institute, and would have been ideal for Treklyngen’s
profile. However, in 2014 the company decided to locate the new plant at
another plant, near their first plant in Gjøvik.
In December 2014 Termowood signed a contract with Treklyngen to start
production in 2015 at Treklyngen. Termowood developed a technology for
wooden construction elements which ensures a fast and effective construction
process, high quality, a good indoor climate and low costs. The business idea
was based on a patent for building two- storey houses using self- supporting
wooden structures with rock wool insulation in between, held together by
veneer or wooden dowels. Termowood received support from Innovation
Norway, SkatteFunn and Pan Innovation, but needed additional private
investors. A year after the agreement with Termowood, in December 2015,
Termowood decided to leave Treklyngen and start production in Hurdal,
because of a new shareholder. Treklyngen has continued to collaborate with
Termowood, but Termowood is not located there.
Saga Wood is a Norwegian company founded in 2015, specialising in
wooden construction materials and fully utilising its experience with thermotreated and linseed oil- impregnated wood. The company has acquired the
rights to exploit Thermo 2.0 technology, developed by WTT in Denmark.
Production started in autumn 2018.
Norwegian Firewood (now Varma) was established in 2015 as a start- up at
Pan Innovation. The company specialises in selling wood and wooden briquettes. In 2016 the company acquired a large contract for selling wooden
briquettes via a national retailer. They have developed a production capacity
of 600,000–700,000 10-kg packages of wooden briquettes, exploiting sawdust
from a saw mill near Treklyngen, Soknabruket.
Treklyngen does not have much manpower, but there are several highly
engaged and competent people from outside the forest sector who are also
trying to advance the cluster. The main advantages of Treklyngen are the
location (near the capital’s main airport), the size of the area and its access to
infrastructure (train, road, energy). Several of the projects Treklyngen is
involved in have received public funding in their early stages, but for commercialisation some of the projects, such as Arbaflame, need more investments. This has been a focus of network and lobbying activities over the last
years, both within forest- based industries and with politicians.
Treklyngen has been forced to be open to many different opportunities
after pulp and paper production ended. Therefore, we see here a mixture of
path renewal – a restructuring and branching into new, but related industries
(forest- based industries specialising in different advanced forms of bioenergy
incubator in Hønefoss, Pan Innovation, where Treklyngen is one of the main
owners. Pan Innovation functions not only as a local incubator, but as a
national incubator for forest- based business development.
Hunton Fiber has specialised in producing a range of construction elements from wood fibre taken as waste chips, sawdust and off- cuts from sawmills. Hunton Fiber collaborated with Treklyngen and the Norwegian Paper
and Fibre Research Institute, and would have been ideal for Treklyngen’s
profile. However, in 2014 the company decided to locate the new plant at
another plant, near their first plant in Gjøvik.
In December 2014 Termowood signed a contract with Treklyngen to start
production in 2015 at Treklyngen. Termowood developed a technology for
wooden construction elements which ensures a fast and effective construction
process, high quality, a good indoor climate and low costs. The business idea
was based on a patent for building two- storey houses using self- supporting
wooden structures with rock wool insulation in between, held together by
veneer or wooden dowels. Termowood received support from Innovation
Norway, SkatteFunn and Pan Innovation, but needed additional private
investors. A year after the agreement with Termowood, in December 2015,
Termowood decided to leave Treklyngen and start production in Hurdal,
because of a new shareholder. Treklyngen has continued to collaborate with
Termowood, but Termowood is not located there.
Saga Wood is a Norwegian company founded in 2015, specialising in
wooden construction materials and fully utilising its experience with thermotreated and linseed oil- impregnated wood. The company has acquired the
rights to exploit Thermo 2.0 technology, developed by WTT in Denmark.
Production started in autumn 2018.
Norwegian Firewood (now Varma) was established in 2015 as a start- up at
Pan Innovation. The company specialises in selling wood and wooden briquettes. In 2016 the company acquired a large contract for selling wooden
briquettes via a national retailer. They have developed a production capacity
of 600,000–700,000 10-kg packages of wooden briquettes, exploiting sawdust
from a saw mill near Treklyngen, Soknabruket.
Treklyngen does not have much manpower, but there are several highly
engaged and competent people from outside the forest sector who are also
trying to advance the cluster. The main advantages of Treklyngen are the
location (near the capital’s main airport), the size of the area and its access to
infrastructure (train, road, energy). Several of the projects Treklyngen is
involved in have received public funding in their early stages, but for commercialisation some of the projects, such as Arbaflame, need more investments. This has been a focus of network and lobbying activities over the last
years, both within forest- based industries and with politicians.
Treklyngen has been forced to be open to many different opportunities
after pulp and paper production ended. Therefore, we see here a mixture of
path renewal – a restructuring and branching into new, but related industries
(forest- based industries specialising in different advanced forms of bioenergy