{"id":53078,"date":"2018-05-30T06:58:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T04:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biofuelsdigest.com%2Fbdigest%2F2018%2F05%2F24%2Fmetsa-to-produce-textile-fibers-from-forestry-products%2F"},"modified":"2018-05-25T13:13:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T11:13:05","slug":"metsae-group-establishes-an-innovation-company-and-plans-to-build-a-demo-plant-in-aeaenekoski-finland-for-the-production-of-textile-fibres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/metsae-group-establishes-an-innovation-company-and-plans-to-build-a-demo-plant-in-aeaenekoski-finland-for-the-production-of-textile-fibres\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Group establishes an innovation company and plans to build a demo plant in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski, Finland for the production of textile fibres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mets\u00e4 Group has established a new innovation company, Mets\u00e4 Spring Ltd. The company will, together with partner organisations, invest in new endeavours with the target to identify and develop new business opportunities in sustainable forest-based bioeconomy and circular economy. Niklas von Weymarn has been appointed CEO of the company. He transfers to Mets\u00e4 Spring from the position of VP, Research in Mets\u00e4 Fibre, also part of Mets\u00e4 Group. The office of Mets\u00e4 Spring is in the heart of the internationally-acknowledged Otaniemi innovation campus in Espoo, Finland. The establishment of the new innovation company does not affect the current research and development activities of Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s current business areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201dWith the establishment of Mets\u00e4 Spring, we want to create a new dimension to Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation activities and thereby participate more actively in the development of new business concepts in forest-based bioeconomy and circular economy. A large share of new ideas are generated outside our company and the new business concepts are increasingly developed in novel partnerships. The new innovation company enables Mets\u00e4 Group to better take part in this activity,\u201d says Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s President and CEO and Mets\u00e4 Spring\u2019s Chairman of the Board Ilkka H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4.<\/p>\n<p>The first concept to be included into Mets\u00e4 Spring\u2019s portfolio is the new textile fibre production method developed by Mets\u00e4 Fibre. Now Mets\u00e4 Spring is planning a greenfield demo plant with the capacity of about 500 tonnes of staple fibre per year. The planning is based on the idea that the demo plant will be integrated to Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s bioproduct mill in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski. The planning work is done by an international team and the investment decision is expected by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The current ways to produce textile fibres are typically burdened by a notable environmental footprint and the textile market is thus seeking new, more sustainable alternatives. The environmentally-friendly production method developed by Mets\u00e4 Group is based on direct dissolution using novel compounds for the pulp dissolution stage. In contrary to the methods used commercially today, Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s method relies on wet paper-grade pulp as the raw material.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to develop new bioproducts that expand the current product portfolio of the forest industry. Textile fibre is a very potential product and a natural first project for Mets\u00e4 Spring. The company wants to be an active and respected player in developing new business concepts for various stages of the forest-based value chains,\u201d says CEO Niklas von Weymarn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mets\u00e4 Group has established a new innovation company, Mets\u00e4 Spring Ltd. The company will, together with partner organisations, invest in new endeavours with the target to identify and develop new business opportunities in sustainable forest-based bioeconomy and circular economy. Niklas von Weymarn has been appointed CEO of the company. 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