ESTONIA

Organisation: TALLINN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Department of Polymer Materials, Chair of Textile Technology

Contact Name: Professor Anti Viikna

Postal Address: EHITAJATE TEE 5
19086 TALLINN

Tel: +372 6202900
Fax: +372 6202903
Email: aviikna@edu.ttu.ee
Website: www.ttu.ee


Personal Expertise of Contact:
Professor Anti Viikna, 1944 March 09, Head of Chair of Textile Technology, Director of Department of Polymer Materials, Vice - Dean of Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Technology.
Member of the Textile Institute, Manchester, UK.
Member (expert) of the International Co - ordination Centre of the FAO European Co - operative Research Network on Flax, Institute of Natural Fibres, Poznan, Poland.
Expert of the International INFORRM - IENICA project, York, UK.
Scientific interests:
Flax industry in Estonia, using short flax fibre in technical textiles ( nonwoven materials applicable as mulches - weedkillers for transplants, coating web for plant protection, seed mats etc), using flax microfibres in polyethylene composites, adhesive properties of melt polyethylene.

Expertise of Department/Organisation:
Tallinn Technical University (TTU) academic structure has eight faculties among these Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Technology. The TTU Testing Group has 13 testing laboratories. One of them is Textiles Testing Laboratory. TTU has more than 9,400 students of whom 1,340 have joined the Master's programme and 300 the doctor'sprogramme. TTU has a staff of 1250 persons: 580 are members of scientific staff (110 professors, 157 lecturers). Research and development budget was EEK 107,1 million in 2001 (1 US $ = 15 EEK). TTU plans to establish six R&D centres also in the sector of advanced materials and technologies (including textiles). TTU is one of the founders of Tallinn Technology Park Development Foundation.