Reports & Studies
Below are recently published reports and feasibility studies relevant to the wool industry, these include reports and documents commissioned for the Made with Wool project through our scoping studies fund.
Reports & Studies
SCOPING STUDY: Uses of lanolin
Alison Harvey, Maria Watts, Hazel Ann Nash & Nerys Llewellyn Jones – Rural Advisors May 2023
Multi-purpose Sheep End of Project Report
James Hughes- Lafan Consulting Group published March 2023
SCOPING STUDY:
Identifying Wool Learning Materials in Wales
Meinir Lloyd Jones – Lafan Consulting Group published November 2022
Identifying Ways of Adding Value to Wool in Rural Denbighshire and Flintshire: Feasibility Study
by Cumulous Consultants Ltd published 2010
Current State And Potential Of The Wool Industry In Gwynedd
by Geraint Hughes and Jen Hunter published 2019
Norway KRUS Final Report
Enhancing local value chains
in Norway, Oslo Metropolitan University published 2022
*NEW* SCOPING STUDY: WELSH WOOL FOR INSULATION APPLICATIONS
Wool Insulation Wales published July 2023
SCOPING STUDY:
Report on the work of wool Supply Chains
Geraint Hughes – Lafan Consulting Group published January 2023
SCOPING STUDY:
Introducing wool into the curriculum' discussion report
Meinir Lloyd Jones – Lafan Consulting Group on behalf of Made with Wool, Menter Môn, published September 2022
SCOPING STUDY:
Welsh Wool Report Recommendations for the fashion, textile and manufacturing sector
Meg Pirie – Fashion Roundtable published November 2022
Literature Review: The Potential For Composting Wool and Bracken
Dr William Stiles – IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Innovative ideas for sheepbased enterprises in Gwynedd
Geraint Hughes – Lafan Consulting Group published September 2022
SCOPING STUDY: into Weaving Outputs in Wales
Cwmni CELyn on behalf of Menter Môn published January 2023
SCOPING STUDY: New technologies in Wool Scouring
Dr Graham Ormondroyd – Bio Composites Centre Bangor University published October 2022
SCOPING STUDY:
Sheep’s wool as a carbon sequestration tool
by Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University published 2022
Irish Wool Industry Report
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Review of market opportunities for Irish-grown wool-based producers published 2022
The use of wool in compost and other alternative applications
Dr Cate Williams – IBERS, Aberystwyth University published July 2020
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