{"id":72182,"date":"2020-03-05T06:59:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T05:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2020%2F02%2F27%2Fmetsa-spring-and-valmet-initiated-a-joint-project-for-a-novel-wood-based-3d-product%2F"},"modified":"2020-03-05T13:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:38:06","slug":"metsae-spring-and-valmet-announce-collaboration-to-develop-a-new-wood-based-product-as-alternative-to-fossil-based-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/metsae-spring-and-valmet-announce-collaboration-to-develop-a-new-wood-based-product-as-alternative-to-fossil-based-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Spring and Valmet announce collaboration to develop a new wood-based product as alternative to fossil-based materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation company Mets\u00e4 Spring and Valmet have initiated a joint project for the development of a novel wood-based 3D product to replace similar products made out of fossil resources, especially in consumer products like packaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The joint project focuses on fine-tuning properties of the new environmentally-friendly material and on developing a highly automated and digitalized manufacturing technology. Utilising Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s current industrial side streams as the raw material of the new product will also be assessed. The aim of the project is to jointly analyse the technical and economic performance of the new concept and evaluate the prerequisites to build, in a potential next phase, a pilot plant integrated to existing pulp or board production in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new product would be of high quality, safe, easily recycled and based on sustainably grown, renewable Northern wood. Should material recycling, for some reason, not be an option, the product is also biodegradable. Moreover, its manufacturing would be fully fossil free. We aim at large scale market segments, and our ambition level is high. Hence, we are optimistic about the potential of creating a new important value-add product for the Finnish forest industry,\u201d says Mets\u00e4 Spring\u2019s project lead Jarkko Tuominen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cValmet is strongly committed to the development of solutions that support sustainability. As a technology leader, we are in a first-class position to utilise our existing, unique technology and product development capabilities for the benefit of projects like this. A collaborative project with our customer is an excellent way of advancing development in concrete steps,\u201d says Petri Rasinm\u00e4ki, head of the Board and Paper Machines Technology Unit at Valmet.<\/p>\n<p>The start-up of a potential pilot plant could take place in 2021. If the pilot plant phase proofs the concept viable, then the next step would be to construct a first commercial manufacturing line in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Mets\u00e4 Spring was established in the spring of 2018. The development project with Valmet is the third investment made by Mets\u00e4 Spring. The 40 MEUR textile fibre demo plant in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski, Finland, owned jointly by Mets\u00e4 Spring and Japanese ITOCHU, is currently in the beginning of the start-up phase. Last July, Mets\u00e4 Spring made an equity investment in Woodio Oy \u2013 a company which develops and manufactures fully waterproof wood composite material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation company Mets\u00e4 Spring and Valmet have initiated a joint project for the development of a novel wood-based 3D product to replace similar products made out of fossil resources, especially in consumer products like packaging. 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