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Stora Enso’s lignin-based LineoTM wins innovation award
November 14, 2018 – A lignin-based product launched by renewable materials company Stora Enso earlier this year has received the Innovative Product Award 2018 by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
November 14, 2018 By P&PC Staff
LineoTM was shortlisted alongside products from a range of companies including Dow and Johnson Matthey and won “for creating a new bio-based, sustainable material to replace fossil fuels used in coatings and adhesives,” according to the judges.
LineoTM has applications in a range of areas where fossil-based materials are currently used. A renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials, it can be used in resins for adhesives e.g. in plywood, oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, paper lamination and insulation material. Stora Enso is also researching new uses for LineoTM, including formaldehyde-free binders, carbon fibre and energy storage applications.
Stora Enso has been producing lignin industrially at its Sunila Mill in Finland since 2015 and the mill has a yearly capacity of 50,000 tonnes. The company is the largest kraft lignin producer in the world.
Markus Mannström, executive vice-president of the Stora Enso Biomaterials division, says, “LineoTM is one of Stora Enso’s key renewable solutions and we are proud that it has, once again, been recognized as an important product by top chemical industry representatives. LineoTM has many potential uses across diverse industries and promotes the optimised use of natural and bio-based resources.”
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