{"id":45583,"date":"2017-09-05T07:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T05:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=45583"},"modified":"2018-02-15T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T13:01:59","slug":"eu-funding-for-metsae-fibres-long-term-development-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/eu-funding-for-metsae-fibres-long-term-development-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"EU funding for Mets\u00e4 Fibre’s long-term development projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mets\u00e4 Fibre plays an important role in three new development partnerships that have been successful in project evaluations and thus secured multiannual funding from the EU.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concepts of relevance to Mets\u00e4 Fibre in these partnerships include new technologies to produce lignin-based products and pulp-based textile fibres, as well as the utilisation of bark as a replacement for coal in the production of heat and electricity. The recently initiated long-term development projects aim to prove the commercial viability of these concepts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperating within the EU\u2019s research and development networks demand perseverance and world-class competencies. The EU funding now granted to us is a clear indication of the high quality of Mets\u00e4 Fibre\u2019s research and development activities and the new concepts. It also indicates their relevance in respect to finding solutions that help mitigating some of the greatest challenges facing society, such as population growth and resource scarcity,\u201d says Niklas von Weymarn, Vice President, Research at Mets\u00e4 Fibre.<\/p>\n

The LigniOx project<\/a> focuses on the utilisation of lignin in products with high added value. The project advances a technology developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in which wood-based lignin is separated from the black liquor generated in pulp production. At the same time, it will be converted into so-called dispersants, i.e. additives that improve solutions and mixtures. One example of the potential end-products is a plasticiser, which improves the workability of concrete.<\/p>\n

The Biomotive project<\/a> aims to develop new environmentally friendly biomaterials to be used in car parts, for instance. Mets\u00e4 Fibre\u2019s role in Biomotive is to develop a new production method for pulp-based textile fibres. In addition to clothing, textile fibres are also used in technical textiles, such as the seats of vehicles.<\/p>\n

The third project is Biofficiency<\/a>, which studies, among others, the significance of bark\u2019s high ash content when it is used as fuel in large-scale combined heat and power boilers.<\/p>\n

LigniOx and Biomotive are four-year projects operating under the Bio-Based Industries PPP instrument, while Biofficiency is a three-year project operating under the European Union\u2019s normal Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.<\/p>\n

The projects aim to strengthen and diversify the future bioproduct portfolio and ecosystems of Mets\u00e4 Group and Mets\u00e4 Fibre, which is part of Mets\u00e4 Group. The Bioproduct mill entity<\/a>, started up in mid-August 2017 in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski, Finland, already now includes innovative production plants that produce bioproducts on an industrial scale. These plants produce product gas from bark, sulphuric acid from the mill\u2019s waste gases, and biogas and biofuel pellets from the sludge of the wastewater treatment plant.
\nFurthermore, a new biocomposite demonstration plant will start up at Mets\u00e4 Fibre\u2019s Rauma pulp mill later this autumn. The biogas and biocomposite plants are owned by Mets\u00e4 Fibre\u2019s partners, and they complement the industrial ecosystems at \u00c4\u00e4nekoski and Rauma.<\/p>\n

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Contact<\/h3>\n

Niklas von Weymarn, Vice President, Research,
\nMets\u00e4 Fibre,
\ntel. +358 40 547 6977<\/p>\n

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About Mets\u00e4 Fibre<\/h3>\n

Mets\u00e4 Fibre is a leading producer of bioproducts and bioenergy. The company\u2019s pulp brand is Botnia and the sawn timber brand is Mets\u00e4 Nordic Timber. The company\u2019s bleached softwood and birch pulp grades have been developed for the production of high-quality paperboard, tissue and printing paper and speciality products. The main applications for spruce and pine sawn timber are products for construction and interior decoration as well as window and door joinery and raw material for packaging industry. Currently employing approximately 1 200 people, the company\u2019s sales totalled EUR 1.4 billion in 2016. Mets\u00e4 Fibre is part of Mets\u00e4 Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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