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Description of work The field of secondary processing means here modification and processing steps after the separation and primary processing of forest biomass components. The targets of the development work in the field are typically new, added value products and processes achieved through science and scale-up. Typically the research topics include chemical, catalytical and biotechnical conversions of biomass based precursors, as well as polymerisations. Utilisation of advanced tools in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology allow development of high-yield production organisms. Another major area is further converting and application technologies of biomass based materials or chemicals to products, such as lignocellulose fibre web based products, man-made cellulose fibres, biocomposites or films/coatings. These materials are typically used in packaging, construction, technical applications, or as value added components in fuels, feed or food

The technology/research areas to be included in this WP are:

• Chemical conversions 
• Biochemical conversions
• Physical conversion and advanced materials
• Biopolymer processing
• Fiber technologies
• Specific analysis
• Other bio based final products