4 September 20243 September 2024 Case: ANDRITZ & Metsä Fibre & Dow – LigniOx innovation offers a biobased option for construction chemicals VTT teamed up with ANDRITZ, Metsä Fibre and Dow to transform lignin – a pulp production side stream – into a renewable replacement for fossil-based dispersants. As a result, a new demo plant is now under construction
2 May 202425 April 2024 Making furniture with paper machines – VTT and ISKU have created a novel biocomposite chair from cellulose The chair, designed by ISKU, has a sleek and modern appearance that highlights the natural texture and colour of the biocomposite material
4 November 20222 November 2022 Metsä Group’s pine sawmill inaugurated in Rauma The new Rauma pine sawmill of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, was inaugurated on Monday, 10 October 2022
9 June 20224 June 2022 Veolia And Metsä Fibre Produce Bio-Methanol From Pulp Mill Waste Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery connected with Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill in a €50-million investment which is supported by from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment
14 April 202211 April 2022 Veolia launches an innovative industrial solution to produce CO2-neutral biofuel from pulp production Developed in close cooperation with Metsä Fibre, a new refinery will be based on Veolia’s innovative industrial scale concept of commercial bioproduct-derived biomethanol production,
8 April 20221 June 2022 Metsä Fibre and Veolia conclude long-term partnership for biomethanol production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill Biomethanol production adds value to methanol, and the resulting product can be used as traffic fuel, for example
22 June 202121 June 2021 Nouryon signs long-term partnership with sustainable bioproduct supplier Metsä Fibre Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, has signed a 10-year agreement with Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group
26 February 202123 February 2021 Metsä Group builds a new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland The construction phase will take approximately two and a half years, and the mill will be completed during the third quarter of 2023
16 October 202015 October 2020 Metsä Fibre signed a preliminary agreement with ERCO and AFRY on the chlorine dioxide plant of the Kemi bioproduct mill AFRY will be responsible for project management and the engineering for the plant
8 June 20203 June 2020 Valmet and Metsä Fibre have signed a preliminary agreement for key technology and automation delivery to the planned Kemi bioproduct mill in Finland New bioproduct mill will have an annual pulp production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes and in addition to produce various other bioproducts
3 April 20202 April 2020 Metsä Group’s investment projects in Finland progress The world’s most modern sawmill will be built in Rauma
10 January 202010 January 2020 Endlich! Die weltweit erste Konferenz zu Cellulosefasern findet vom 11.–12. Februar 2020 in Köln statt: „1st International Conference on Cellulose Fibres“ Märkte, Technologien und Nachhaltigkeit stehen im Fokus
Finally! The world’s first conference on cellulose fibres will take place in Cologne on February 11–12, 2020: “1st International Conference on Cellulose Fibres” The focus is on markets, technologies and sustainability
31 May 201928 May 2019 How companies across Europe are creating sustainable products using no fossil fuels European Union is planning to invest another 10 billion euros in Bioeconomy research by 2027
6 May 20192 May 2019 Metsä Board and its associated company Metsä Fibre to launch pre-engineering phases for three major investments All three investments will further develop the competitiveness of pulp and energy production for both companies, and move them towards fossil-free production
6 July 20184 July 2018 How relevant are today’s newly introduced and emerging bioproducts? Modest advancement of bio-based industrial products
7 June 20187 June 2018 Ruka to become the “Davos for the Bioeconomy” Mark Rushton, forest products media consultant, is interviewing some of the key speakers and panellists at the World BioEconomy Forum
30 May 201825 May 2018 Metsä Group establishes an innovation company and plans to build a demo plant in Äänekoski, Finland for the production of textile fibres The first concept to be included into Metsä Spring’s portfolio is the new textile fibre production method developed by Metsä Fibre
14 May 20189 May 2018 Metsä Group launches a prefeasibility study on renewal of Kemi pulp mill Prefeasibility study to examine in particular the availability of wood raw material and the potential of Kemi's industrial infrastructure and logistic connections
Metsä Fibre prüft Umbau des Zellstoffwerks Kemi Machbarkeitsstudie will sich besonders mit Fragen zur Holzversorgung, der Logistik und der industriellen Infrastruktur in Kemi befassen
5 September 201715 February 2018 EU funding for Metsä Fibre’s long-term development projects Long-term development projects aim to prove the commercial viability of new technologies to produce lignin-based products and pulp-based textile fibres, bark as a replacement for coal