Stora Enso and Valmet have started collaborating on next-generation lignin product and process development to drive Stora Enso’s lignin-based businesses and further improve the performance of the Valmet LignoBoost technology.
With the cooperation for next-generation lignin, Stora Enso and Valmet will develop the lignin product and process further, benefitting from the superior technical excellence and resources of both companies. Stora Enso has been the largest kraft lignin producer in the world since 2015. At its Sunila site in Finland, Stora Enso uses Valmet’s LignoBoost technology for lignin extraction.
“For us it is vital to develop our technology together with our customer. In this collaboration, Valmet can succeed only if Stora Enso succeeds. The goal for both of us is to create new value-adding business. Our expertise is in developing the lignin extraction technology and other complementing technologies required to enable lignin extraction without any negative impact to the pulp mill operation,” says Jussi Mäntyniemi, Vice President for Valmet’s Recovery business unit.
Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction, and one of the largest private forest owners in the world.
Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
