{"id":119782,"date":"2022-12-12T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=119782"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:13:50","slug":"upm-biochemicals-refinery-progressing-first-wood-delivered-to-leuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/upm-biochemicals-refinery-progressing-first-wood-delivered-to-leuna\/","title":{"rendered":"UPM biochemicals refinery progressing \u2013 first wood delivered to Leuna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The wood is both a symbolic first and an important practical step \u2013 it will enable UPM Biochemicals to begin testing its wood handling and processing activities. At the same time, it is now able to establish reliable supply chains and processes for future wood-sourcing operations and logistics chains. Finally, this event underlines the overall progress made on-site and the growing maturity of the company\u2019s business platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Duetsch<\/strong>, Vice President UPM Biochemicals, said: \u201cThe bioeconomy inspires us to create a future beyond fossils. Our biochemicals are made from responsibly sourced hardwood and their CO2<\/sub> footprint is a radical improvement on their fossil-based equivalents. The deliveries today, coming from regional forests, are a big major step towards the planned commissioning and start-up of the refinery next year. And they are proof of our rigorous focus on sustainability, from the sourcing of our wood, through the footprint of our process and the impact of our products.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

One hundred per cent of the wood used to produce UPM\u2019s renewable biochemicals is either FSC\u00ae- or PEFC\u2122-certified, sourced from regional beechwood forests, conserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems. All the wood used is fully traceable and supported by a verified third-party chain of custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holger Koth<\/strong>, Head of Saxony-Anhalt State Forest Service\u2019s south division, said: \u201cToday is a historic milestone. We are supplying the first sustainably sourced, certified beechwood from forests in the region to UPM Biochemicals. The biorefinery\u2019s responsible use of regional beechwood will enable forest businesses and foresters to tap into a new, sustainable end-use in the future. We ensure sustainable harvesting practices supporting the preservation of forest ecosystem services, such as biodiversity and carbon capture. This responsible economic use of the hardwood is good news for the forest, the economy and the planet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Saxony-Anhalt State Forest Service\u2019s south division manages the area around Leuna, about 21,500 hectares of mainly broadleaf forest \u2013 and the first truck with beechwood that arrived was delivered from this forest today. All the districts where UPM\u2019s beechwood is harvested are certified according to the PEFC certification, and some are also certified according to the FSC certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After breaking ground in 2020, the construction of the UPM biorefinery is in full swing (video)<\/a>. The huge construction site is currently a hive of activity with up to 1,000 workers on-site. The concrete foundations have been poured, and the first buildings are rising from the ground. The huge pipe rack that will bear the grid for utilities, for example, has been constructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bio-mono ethylene glycol (UPM BioPura\u2122) that will be manufactured in the biorefinery will serve as a base material for various industrial products and consumer goods, such as plastic (PET) bottles, packaging materials, polyester textiles, and engine and battery coolants. Other glycols can be converted into resins, cleaning agents, de-icing fluids, fragrances, and cosmetics. Wood-based renewable functional fillers (UPM BioMotion\u2122) are a completely new, sustainable product and alternative to carbon black and precipitated silica in various rubber end uses such as tyres, hoses, rubber floorings and scores of other rubber applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPM Biochemicals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UPM Biochemicals offers innovative, sustainable and competitive wood-based biochemicals for replacing fossil-based raw materials and improving the environmental performance in various applications. End-use segments for renewable glycols include textiles, PET bottles, packaging, coolants, composites, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and detergents. Lignin-based renewable functional fillers offer a sustainable alternative to carbon black and precipitated silica in a broad range of rubber and plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We deliver renewable and responsible solutions and innovate for a future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Plywood. As the industry leader in responsibility, we are committed to the UN Business Ambition for 1.5\u00b0C and the science-based targets to mitigate climate change. We employ 17,000 people worldwide and our annual sales are approximately EUR 9.8\u00a0billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM Biofore \u2013 Beyond fossils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wood is both a symbolic first and an important practical step \u2013 it will enable UPM Biochemicals to begin testing its wood handling and processing activities. At the same time, it is now able to establish reliable supply chains and processes for future wood-sourcing operations and logistics chains. Finally, this event underlines the overall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"UPM Biochemicals\u2019 biorefinery at Leuna in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, moved one step closer to creating the world beyond fossils when the first delivery of wood from sustainably managed regional forests arrived on site today","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6843,5838,5831,17493,11857,5820,17337],"supplier":[21436,13888,11726],"class_list":["post-119782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biorefinery","tag-refinery","tag-sustainable","tag-wood","tag-woodbased","supplier-saxony-anhalt-state-forest-service","supplier-upm-biochemicals","supplier-upm-corporation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119782"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=119782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}