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REPRO consortium comprises a highly experienced group of world-class food research establishments and SMEs from the EU and candidate countries, all of which have considerable experience in attempting to add value to food processing co-products through national and EC funded projects, many of which have been co-ordinated by REPRO partners.


Institute of Food Research IFR
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The Institute of Food Research (IFR), REPRO project Coordinator, is a non-profit company with charitable status. It is sponsored by the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council. IFR is the UK’s only integrated basic science provider focused on food. Its research is concerned with the safety and quality of food, and improving diet and health in people. Contact: Dr Keith W. Waldron

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Norwich Research Park Colney · Norwich NR4 7UA · UK · Phone: 00 44 1603 255000
Fax: 00 44 1603 507723 ·
keith.waldron@bbsrc.ac.uk · www.ifr.ac.uk

A&F Agrotechnology and Food Innovations BV
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Agrotechnology & Food Innovations is an organisation for strategic and applied-scientific research for the industries and national and international authorities. The market-driven research covers the whole productions chain; from optimising growing techniques via sustainable development and quality improvement to consumer product perception. Agrotechnology & Food Innovations key activities are Quality in Chains, Food Quality, Biobased Products and Agrosystems and Environment. Contact: Ing Joyce Schroot
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Bornsesteeg 59 · 6708 PD Wageningen · The Netherlands · Phone: 00 31 317 475029
Fax: 00 31 317 475347 ·
joyce.schroot@wur.nl · www.agrotechnologyandfood.wur.nl

TNO Quality of Life
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TNO makes scientific knowledge applicable in order to strengthen the innovative capacity of business and government. You can approach TNO for: Consultancy about a policy due for implementation and the improvement of products and processes; Contract Research on behalf of governments, companies and organisations; To carry out testing and to gain the certification of products and systems; To obtain a licence for one of TNO's 450 inventions.
Contact: Dr.Ir. Johan. A. Vente
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Laan van Westenenk 501 · P.O. Box 342 · 7300 AH Apeldoorn. The Netherlands
Phone: 00 31 55 5493084 · Fax: 00 31 55 5493386
· johan.vente@mep.tno.nl · www.tno.nl

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique INRA
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The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Nantes gathers approximately 220 agents including 120 researchers. Their research topics are spread on all the levels of the food engineering sector: quality of the crop products, safety of food, the food and non food usage of agricultural co-products, human nutrition, and economy of the sector. Contact: Dr. Estelle Bonnin

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B.P. 71627 · Cedex · 44316 Nantes · France Phone: 00 33 02 40 67 50 58
Fax: : 00 33 02 40 67 50 84 ·
bonnin@nantes.inra.fr · www.nantes.inra.fr

VTT Biotechnology
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a contract research organisation involved in many international assignments. VTT provides a wide range of technology and applied research services for its clients, private companies, institutions and the public sector. VTT Biotechnology core technological competences are biosciences, functionalisation of foods, systems biology, metabolic engineering and industrial biomolecules.
Contact: Dr Johanna Buchert

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Tietotie 2 · Vuorimiehentie 5 · Espoo · Box 1500 · 02044 VTT · Finland
Phone: 00 358 20 722 5146 · Fax: 00 358 20 722 7001 ·
johanna.buchert@vtt.fi · www.vtt.fi/bel/

SIK Institutet för livemedel och biotecknik
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SIK (The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology AB) is a private, non-profit, industrial research institute. SIK is a fully owned subsidiary of SP, the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute AB (SP, Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut AB). The purpose of the Institute is to strengthen the competitiveness of its member companies.
Contact: Dr Ulf Gunnar Sonesson

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Box 5401 · SE-40229 Göteborg, · Sweden · Phone: 00 46 31 335 56 00
Fax: 00 46 31 83 37 82 ·
usn@sik.se · www.sik.se


Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
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The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) is a leading international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research in environmental- and biosciences. The University's main focus areas are biology, food, environment and land use and natural resource management. Together with other research institutes established at Ås, UMB provides state-of-the-art knowledge based on a broad range of disciplines in environmental, biological and food science.
Contact: Prof. Vincent G.H. Eijsink

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Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science · P.O. Box 5003 · N-1432 Ås · Norway
Phone: 00 47 64965892 · Fax: 00 47 64965901 ·
vincent.eijsink@umb.no · www.umb.no


Manchester Metropolitan University MMU
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Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is one of the largest Higher Education Institutes in the UK. Over the past 10 years the University has been building a strong research base and boasts an increasing number of centres on national and international excellence. The research activity of the Centre is supported by facilities, which offer a wide range of specialist equipment within a number of departments, allowing a strong interdisciplinary approach to much of the research.
Contact: Prof. Paul Ainsworth

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All Saints Manchester · M15 6BH, UK · Phone: 00 44 1612472488 · Fax: 00 44 1615476992
p.ainsworth@mmu.ac.uk · www.mmu.ac.uk


GAIKER Centro Tecnológico
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GAIKER, is a Technological Centre committed to providing industrial companies with innovative know-how. GAIKER supports industry by means of R&D projects, advanced technological services, analysis and tests, certification and specific training in accordance with their needs. The technologies in which we are involved are: Plastic&Composites, Environment / Recycling and Industrial Biotechnology. Contact: Dr. Julia Guijarro

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Parque Tecnologico Edif.202. 48170 Zamudio, Bizkaia. Spain · Phone: 00 34 94 600 23 23
Fax: 00 34 94 600 23 24
· guijarro@gaiker.es · www.gaiker.es


Gaziantep University GANTEP
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Food Engineering Department at Gaziantep University (GANTEP), one of the leading Food Engineering Departments in Turkey, provides graduates with the knowledge and skills which can be applied to develop safe, high quality, value added food products and production systems. Postgraduate food studies at GANTEP concentrate on the chemical, physical and nutritional changes during processing together with the development of novel healthy foods.
Contact: Dr Senol Ibanoglu

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Kilis Yolu Uzeri, Gida Muh. Bol. 27310 Gaziantep, · Turkey · Phone: 00 90 342 360 12 00 / 23 15
Fax: 00 90 342 360 11 00 ·
sibanoglu@gantep.edu.tr · www.gantep.edu.tr

CSIR Food Biological and Chemical Technologies
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The CSIR is the largest scientific and technological research, development and implementation organisation in Africa and has been operating for more than 50 years. Contact: Dr. Corinda Erasmus

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PO Box 395 · Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa · Phone: 00 27 12 841 3260
Fax: 00 27 12 841 3105 ·
cerasmus@csir.co.za · www.csir.co.za


Wageningen University WU
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Wageningen University was founded in 1918. In recent decades it has evolved into one of the world's leading education and research centres in the plant, animal, environmental, agrotechnological, food and social sciences.
Contact: Dr. Bart Gremmen

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Costerweg 50 · Wageningen 6701 BH · The Netherlands · Phone: 00 31 317 483810
Fax: 00 31 317 484763 ·
bart.gremmen@wur.nl · www.wur.nl


Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry LIWO
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LIWO - Latvian state Institute of Wood Chemistry was founded in 1964. It is a governmental contract research organization. Research works are fundamental and applied-scientific, mainly in the field of wood and its components utilisation. Contact: Dr. Juris Zolders
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27 Dzerbenes Str. Riga · Latvia LV1006 · Phone: 00 371 7553712
Fax: 00 371 7553182 ·
jzoldn@edi.lv