Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
Our vision
The Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry as a Baltic bioeconomy excellence centre will promote biorefinery as the backbone of future industry, and wood as a modern, sustainable building material, thus reducing the use of fossil resources and achieving Europe 2050 Zero Emission goals.
Research activity
The staff of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry represent various scientific disciplines, including, chemistry, biology, materials science. The main scientific directions of the Institute are wood materials, biorefinery, green chemistry, which evolve by combining fundamental and applied research.
The research topics of the Institute mirror the versatility of nature, and find applications in different fields.
Our mission
is the development of competitive materials and products from wood and other biomass with scientifically based, environmentally friendly low-waste technologies.
