{"id":90732,"date":"2021-06-22T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2021%2F06%2F16%2Fnouryon-and-metsa-fibre-join-forces-to-boost-the-bioeconomy%2F"},"modified":"2021-06-21T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:22:20","slug":"nouryon-signs-long-term-partnership-with-sustainable-bioproduct-supplier-metsa-fibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/nouryon-signs-long-term-partnership-with-sustainable-bioproduct-supplier-metsa-fibre\/","title":{"rendered":"Nouryon signs long-term partnership with sustainable bioproduct supplier Mets\u00e4 Fibre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/teaser-pulp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91353\" width=\"232\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/teaser-pulp.jpg 400w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/teaser-pulp-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/teaser-pulp-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><figcaption>As a leading supplier of sodium chlorate, Nouryon offers pioneering solutions to the global pulp and paper industry.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metsagroup.com\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mets\u00e4 Group<\/a> is investing 1.6 billion euros to build the mill which, once operational, will produce 1.5 million tons of softwood and hardwood pulp each year. As a key element of the partnership, Nouryon will invest in its Oulu production facility in Finland by expanding its production capacity and upgrading the facility to manufacture sodium chlorate with renewable energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to become a partner to Mets\u00e4 Fibre as it embarks on this historically significant investment,\u201d said Antonio Carlos Francisco, Vice President Renewable Fibers at Nouryon. \u201cNouryon is a leading global supplier of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouryon.com\/products\/sodium-chlorate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sodium chlorate<\/a>, a highly versatile and essential solution. This partnership will require a high level of integration and collaboration, which is where Nouryon excels. Working with a customer that is a pioneer in the sustainable forest industry also reinforces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nouryon.com\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our strong commitment to sustainability<\/a>,\u201d said Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91354\" width=\"234\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/06\/nouryon_metsa-group-release_nouryon-oulu-site.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption>Nouryon&#8217;s Oulu site, Finland.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt Mets\u00e4 Fibre, we want to be sustainable in all our activities, every single day. To achieve this, we ensure that our products and supply chain comply with the highest sustainability standards, at every step, from forest to finished product. Developing an extended partnership with Nouryon provides us with a responsible and sustainable procurement source of sodium chlorate. Nouryon\u2019s sustainable production processes and its overall commitment to sustainability complies with our sustainability and responsibility principles and requirements,\u201d said Jaakko Anttila, Senior Vice President, Pulp Production, Mets\u00e4 Fibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis agreement is a great example of a win-win collaboration that benefits society and the environment,\u201d said Johan Landfors, Executive Vice President and President, Technology Solutions and Europe at Nouryon. \u201cOur world-class application know-how, optimized supply chain and global logistics solutions provide our customers with a significant operational advantage. Our strategy is to continue expanding in the renewable fibers market, which is an important part of the packaging and tissue markets, by delivering essential specialty chemicals solutions that our customers, such as Mets\u00e4 Fibre, clearly need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mets\u00e4 Group is investing 1.6 billion euros to build the mill which, once operational, will produce 1.5 million tons of softwood and hardwood pulp each year. As a key element of the partnership, Nouryon will invest in its Oulu production facility in Finland by expanding its production capacity and upgrading the facility to manufacture sodium [&#8230;]<\/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":"Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, has signed a 10-year agreement with Mets\u00e4 Fibre, part of Mets\u00e4 Group","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16563,5829,12529],"supplier":[13724,4348,15094],"class_list":["post-90732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-technology","supplier-metsae-fibre","supplier-metsae-group","supplier-nouryon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732","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=90732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90732"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=90732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}