Tag Archives: lignin

Advancing Sustainable Solutions: Metsä Group and ANDRITZ to Establish Lignin Refining Demo Plant

(IN BRIEF) Metsä Group has announced plans to build a demo plant for lignin refining at its Äänekoski bioproduct mill, with equipment supplied by ANDRITZ. Scheduled for completion in late 2025, the plant aims to refine lignin, a substance in … Read the full press release

Der Riese für nachwachsende Rohstoffe Stora Enso arbeitet mit Valmet an einer nachhaltigen Ligninproduktion

(IN KÜRZE) Stora Enso, ein finnisches Unternehmen für erneuerbare Materialien, hat eine Zusammenarbeit mit Valmet, einem finnischen Ingenieurunternehmen, zur Entwicklung von Ligninprodukten und -prozessen der nächsten Generation angekündigt. Die Partnerschaft zielt darauf ab, Ligninprodukte und -prozesse zu entwickeln, um die … Read the full press release

Renewable materials giant Stora Enso partners with Valmet for sustainable lignin production

(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso, a Finnish renewable materials company, has announced a collaboration with Valmet, a Finnish engineering company, to develop next-generation lignin products and processes. The partnership aims to develop lignin products and processes to increase quality, customer value, … Read the full press release

Stora Enso to build a granulation and packing plant for lignin

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, Stora Enso announces its investment of EUR 14 million for the construction of a granulation and packing plant for lignin at … Read the full press release

Lineo™ by Stora Enso awarded ‘Bio-Based Product of the Year’ at the Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018

HELSINKI, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lineo™ by Stora Enso, a renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials, has been awarded ‘Bio-Based Product of the Year’ at the Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018. Shortlisted alongside products from Clean Plus Inc. and … Read the full press release

VIB-UGent: The combination of a low lignin amount and increased biomass in our engineered plants led to a four-fold increase in sugar release compared to wild plants

Ghent, Belgium, 26-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — To ease the industrial processing of plant biomass into energy, plants are engineered to contain less lignin. Unfortunately, this intervention typically leads to reduced yield. Researchers have now discovered a way to overcome this problem. … Read the full press release