Metsä Group’s demo plant for a new lignin product starts up in Äänekoski

Metsa Group Aanekoski pulp mill. Source: http://www.metsafibre.com

Metsä Group’s demo plant for a new lignin product has started up in Äänekoski. The plant uses lignin extracted from the bioproduct mill’s production process as its raw material and it has a nameplate capacity of two tons of a new type of lignin product per day. The plant was built in cooperation with the equipment supplier ANDRITZ. Dow, a leading materials science company, is a key partner. Metsä Group’s new lignin products are called Metsä LigO™. 

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