The Latvian Academy of Sciences has recognised the work “From Birch Bark to Sustainable Wood Materials: Suberinic Acid Innovations in the Circular Bioeconomy” as one of the most significant scientific achievements of 2025. For the first time at an industrial scale, the researchers demonstrated that suberinic acids obtained through the depolymerisation of suberin can be successfully used as an environmentally friendly binder for the production of moisture-resistant plywood, particleboard and fibreboard, as well as for wood surface coatings and impregnation.
The authors of the study are Dr. sc. ing. Jānis Rižikovs, Dr. sc. ing. Aigars Pāže, PhD Daniela Godiņa, MSc Rūdolfs Bērziņš, MSc Kalvis Liepiņš and MSc Guntis Sosins, together with industry representatives from AS “Latvijas Finieris” – Ainārs Bobulis, Artūrs Raimonds Feldmanis and Ketrina Plantusa.
