On 14-16 May 2024 SINTETIC Project annual meeting took place in Brașov (Romania) hosted by two project partners, the Transilvania University of Brasov and ASFOR Romania.
SINTETIC – single item identification for forest production, protection, and management- is the second largest project funded by Horizon Europe in the field of forestry. It aims to maximise the benefits of digitalisation in the timber value chain simultaneously improving efficiency, sustainability and transparency (thus avoiding the illegal entry of wood in the value chain). The identification system developed by SINTETIC can start with a physical marking approach using a log hammer or with an RFID tag, allowing for the traceability of each log from forest-site to further-processing companies. The adoption of timber quality sensors allows to integrate the tracking data with added-value information, enhancing the efficiency of the whole value chain.