FAIR-CT97-3884 Publication: CTVO-NET: Final Conference

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CTVO-NET, Final Conference

Germany June 2000. Edited by Wenke Stelter, Birger Kerckow and Monika Hagen ISBN 3-00-006959-3

These conference proceedings, produced by the CTVO-net (Chemical-Technical Utilisation of Vegetable Oils) include full papers or abstracts of the oral and poster presentations, as submitted by the authors. The book presents brief details of the members of the network, followed by an overview of EC non-food activities and the paper of R Kamminga that provides the background to both RTD activities and to the vegetable oil industry in general. Coming from the industrial side Kamminga suggested that

• it is better to increase the use of existing oils, rather than develop new oils
• for new oils piggy-back on novel oils developed for the food industry
• focus on applications where petrochemicals or vegetable oils of non-European origin can be replaced
• identify focal projects on a European basis
• get all players to concentrate on a limited number of projects to utilise scarce resources effectively
• combine positive (subsidies) and negative (penalties) encouragement to get rapid widescale adoption of effective novel concepts.

These views are considered to reflect the needs of industry, where the benefits of change need to outweigh the costs of change through the complete production chain from field to end user. In terms of benefits, one section is entitled 'Green Alone is not Enough', suggesting that if this is the only criteria, then some sort of subsidy is needed, which may not make sense for the relatively small proportion (15%) of the 100 million tonnes of vegetable oils produced.

Many of the other presentations (see contents list below) had a strong industrial background or flavour. Having listened to these presentations, Ciaran Mangan (European Commission) summarises the views expressed, combining those of industry, agriculture and research. He indicates the wide diversity of the subject and hence the difficulty of rationalisation, but recognises the following areas as of 'particular relevance':

• Food use dominates the markets, while development of new oils is expensive and time consuming and hence novel industrial oils should be derived from or together with food related activities.
• The CAP has a major effect on availability and price, while it is unlikely that new incentives for non-food crops will arise, hence cheaper vegetable oils will continue to come from third countries.
• Genetic modification can improve yield and quality. Hence, resistance to this technology in Europe is unfortunate.
• In may cases technical performance of vegetable oils is good, but not realised due to cost constraints
• There is a lack of coherence in (environmental) legislation
• Market share should be increased through use of appropriate subsidies and penalties.
• The involvement of industry in the CTVO-net underlines the need for such activities.
• Research should continue, improving crops and improving properties and applications of vegetable oils.

So, the opening talk and the final summary reach more or less the same conclusions, substantiated by the individual presentation and posters. This represents a valuable consensus of opinion and should provide a useful background to anyone seeking funding from the EC for continuing RTD activities in the area of production and utilisation of vegetable oils for use in non-food applications:

Table of Contents

Partners of CTVO-net

Welcome Address - Andreas Schuette

EU Research Policy in Renewable Biomaterials and its Role in a Sustainable Future - Ciaran Mangan

Setting the Stage - R Kamminga

Introduction of CTVO-net - Wenke Stelter

Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids - Paolo Bondioli, Amaya Igartua

Renewable Resource Based Products Used in Machining and Forming Operations - Clive Cross

Paints and Coatings - Ian Bartle

The Potential of Vegetable Oils for Paints and Coatings - Have We Just Scratched the Surface? - Chris Carr

Surfactants and Cosmetics - Monika Hagen

New Oleochemical Surfactants - Ansgar Behier

Biotechnology and Conventional Breeding of Oil Crops for Industrial Use - Robert van Loo

Success Factors and Critical Issues for the Industrial Use of Vegetable Oils - Jan W. Veldsink

Commercialisation of Glycerol - Sylvain Claude, Mike Heming, Karlheinz Hill

Phytosterols - Paul van Dansik

New Applications for Vegetable Oils - Finn Rexen

Polar Lipids in Pharmaceuticals - Peter Kaufmann

Agricultural Policy Framework Under Consideration of Agenda 2000 and the Next EU Enlargement - Dietrich Guth

The World Markets for Oilseeds and Oilseed Products - Raoul Craetner

Industrial Product Utilization of Soybean Derivatives - Stephen G. Wildes

The Environmental Impact of Transgenic Crops: Some Possible Problems and Some Possible Solutions - Brian Johnson

Eco-labeling and Environmental Labelling - New Developments at European and National Level - Gerhard Stimmeder

EINECS / ELINCS and Renewable Bioproducts - the Consequences of Well-meant Legislation -Frank Wangemann

Fediol Manifesto on 'Non-food' Oilseeds - Raffaello Garofalo

Summary - Ciaran Mangan

Poster Presentations

ERRMA (European Renewable Resources and Materials Association) - Dietrich Wittmeyer

Valorisation of Vegetable Oils. Product Development Using Chemical and Biochemical Processes - L.F. Bautista, F. Ferrari, E. Garcia, T. Garcia, R. Soriano, G. Vicente, M. Martinez and J. Aracil

Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of Alkenes: Ethylaluminium sesquichloride Induced Reactions with Chloroformates - Ursula Biermann, Jurgen O Metzger

Process Development for the Catalytic Syntheses of New Oleochemicals - A. Behr, Christian Fangewisch, F. Naendrup

(Very) High-Oleic Sunflower Oils: Production, Markets, Visions - Harald Kaeb

Photocurable Coatings Based on Epoxidized Triglycerides - D. Bartmann, A. Lott, U. Lubker, J O Metzger, H. Peters, W. Sack

Development of the New Processes for Synthesis of the Glycerol Carbonate and the Glycidol with the Thermal Shock and Vacuum Technology: Valorization of Glycerol - J. W. Yoo and Zephirin Mouloungui

Development of Vegetable Oils: the AGRICE Program - Magali Rocher

Vegetable Oil Esters for Reduction of VOC-Emissions - Katarina Robbelen

Metal Cleaning with Vegetable Oil Based Esters - Katarina Robbelen

Transgenic Oilseed Rape as a Renewable Resource for Medium-chain Fatty Acids - Eicke Rudloff, P. Wehling

Polyolefins, Polyethers and Polyesters from Vegetable Oils - S. Wanvel, C. Demes, M. Kunz and J. Tillack

Contacts

Further Information

• Birger KERCKOW / Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe eV FNR / GERMANY

Scientific Officer

• Ciarán MANGAN / European Commission - DG Research Quality of Life Programme - Unit B1.2 / BELGIUM