In the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), KTH and Chalmers will join forces in wood science research. “This is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen Swedish wood science research.” says Professor Lars Berglund, center director. The joint research center aims to build a “world-class” material research program that can support the development of new products using the Swedish forests in the long term perspective. The base is a donation from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation of SEK 120 million that will finance the first three years (2009-2011) of operations. The “guiding star” is high quality research as we believe that high quality research leads to high quality products in the long term perspective.