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DOMSJO, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Since the first installation in 2013 PulpEye has now installed thirty CrillEye online analysers worldwide. The technology, developed in cooperation with Innventia, makes it possible to measure the amount of crill and hence to calculate and control tensile, tear, burst, Scott Bond, z-strength bulk, and density in combination with fibre data.

Crill consists of fibrils which are about one hundred times thinner than the fibres, invisible for traditional camera technology. Even though crill represents only approx. 1% by weight of the particles in a suspension, it may contribute to as much as 50 % of the free surface. The more crill found on and around fibres, the better binding ability they have, which in turn results in a stronger paper and board. The original technology was invented at Innventia, now a part of the Swedish research institute RISE, and in 2013 the cooperation between Innventia and PulpEye resulted in the CrillEye module.

“Waggeryd Cell, a Swedish producer of BCTMP pulp, was the first brave company to try CrillEye technology on mechanical pulp and we had a very good cooperation when starting up and finetuning the technology”, says Öjvind Sundvall, MD at PulpEye. “CrillEye combined with the ExtractEye software means that tear, tensile, burst, z-strength, Scott Bond, bulk and density can be calculated by this technology. As the CrillEye measurements are online, less man-hours are required to do these tests manually in the laboratory.”

“Once the technology was proven at Waggeryd Cell the number of installations started to take off, in the beginning by customers adding a CrillEye to their existing set of PulpEye modules but it is now standard in our deliveries. Since its introduction, the number of CrillEye modules recently reached thirty and is in use in pulp and paper mills worldwide. CrillEye number 30 was recently delivered to a European kraft paper mill.”

The introduction of CrillEye and the ExtractEye software has triggered the introduction and implementation of thePulpOnTargetconcept, now in use in more and more pulp and paper mills. PulpOnTarget makes it possible to utilise the huge amount of analysis data to run the pulp production closer to quality targets with less deviations, making the pulp quality more consistent and also easier to switch between different pulp grades.

PulpEye installs 30 CrillEye online analysers worldwide

Posted in: Mills 12/02/2020 - 16:41

DOMSJO, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Since the first installation in 2013 PulpEye has now installed thirty CrillEye online analysers worldwide. The technology, developed in cooperation with Innventia, makes it possible to measure the amount of crill and hence to calculate and control tensile, tear, burst, Scott Bond, z-strength bulk, and density in combination with fibre data.

Crill consists of fibrils which are about one hundred times thinner than the fibres, invisible for traditional camera technology. Even though crill represents only approx. 1% by weight of the particles in a suspension, it may contribute to as much as 50 % of the free surface. The more crill found on and around fibres, the better binding ability they have, which in turn results in a stronger paper and board. The original technology was invented at Innventia, now a part of the Swedish research institute RISE, and in 2013 the cooperation between Innventia and PulpEye resulted in the CrillEye module.

“Waggeryd Cell, a Swedish producer of BCTMP pulp, was the first brave company to try CrillEye technology on mechanical pulp and we had a very good cooperation when starting up and finetuning the technology”, says Öjvind Sundvall, MD at PulpEye. “CrillEye combined with the ExtractEye software means that tear, tensile, burst, z-strength, Scott Bond, bulk and density can be calculated by this technology. As the CrillEye measurements are online, less man-hours are required to do these tests manually in the laboratory.”

“Once the technology was proven at Waggeryd Cell the number of installations started to take off, in the beginning by customers adding a CrillEye to their existing set of PulpEye modules but it is now standard in our deliveries. Since its introduction, the number of CrillEye modules recently reached thirty and is in use in pulp and paper mills worldwide. CrillEye number 30 was recently delivered to a European kraft paper mill.”

The introduction of CrillEye and the ExtractEye software has triggered the introduction and implementation of thePulpOnTargetconcept, now in use in more and more pulp and paper mills. PulpOnTarget makes it possible to utilise the huge amount of analysis data to run the pulp production closer to quality targets with less deviations, making the pulp quality more consistent and also easier to switch between different pulp grades.

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BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2020 (PRNewswire) -Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, has been awarded a platinum score in the latest EcoVadis rating, alongside the company's regional counterparts Sappi Europe and Sappi Southern Africa.

EcoVadis is a leader in third-party evaluations of business sustainability performance, and its platinum medal is only awarded to those companies who score in the top 1% for sustainability practices. EcoVadis measures four categories when making their determination: Sustainable Procurement, Ethics, Labor & Human Rights, and Environment. In all four categories Sappi North America improved from its previous scorecard, moving from the 96th to the 99th percentile overall. In the Environment category, Sappi North America did exceptionally well, garnering a 90 out of 100.

"We are very pleased to see improvement in all four categories," said Sandy Taft, Director of Sustainability at Sappi North America. "We are developing new strategies and processes to improve even further upon these results next year."

Sappi North America is fully committed to an innovative and comprehensive approach to sustainability. Sappi relies on third-party evaluators like EcoVadis to benchmark the company's efforts and identify areas for improvement.

"The pillars of our business strategy are people, planet and prosperity," said Taft. "By actively engaging in sustainable practices and efficiently using our primary renewable resource, wood fiber, we will meet our commitment to all three." Sappi has finalized it sustainability goals for the next five years and they are now aligned with select United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. "In doing so," said Taft, "Sappi intends to do its part in building a thriving world."

About Sappi North America, Inc.

Sappi North America, Inc., headquartered in Boston, is a market leader in converting wood fiber into superior products that customers demand worldwide. The success of our four diversified businesses – high-quality Coated Printing Papers, Pulp, Packaging and Specialty Papers and Casting and Release Papers – is driven by strong customer relationships, best-in-class people and advantaged assets, products and services. Our high-quality Graphic Papers, including McCoy, Opus, Somerset, and Flo, are the key platform for premium magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail and high-end print advertising. We are a leading manufacturer of Dissolving Pulp with our Verve brand, a sustainable fiber, which is used in a wide range of products, including textile fibers and household goods. We deliver sustainable Packaging and Specialty Papers for luxury packaging and folding carton applications with our single-ply packaging brands, Spectro and Proto, and for the food and label industries with our specialty papers, LusterPrint and LusterCote. We are also one of the world's leading suppliers of Casting and Release Papers with our Ultracast, PolyEx and Classics lines for the automotive, fashion and engineered films industries. Customers rely on Sappi for high technical, operational and market expertise; products and services delivered with consistently high quality and reliability; and, state-of-the-art and cost-competitive assets and innovative spirit.

Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with more than 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 150 countries.

Sappi North America receives platinum score in latest EcoVadis rating

Posted in: Environment 12/01/2020 - 12:04

BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2020 (PRNewswire) -Sappi North America, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, has been awarded a platinum score in the latest EcoVadis rating, alongside the company's regional counterparts Sappi Europe and Sappi Southern Africa.

EcoVadis is a leader in third-party evaluations of business sustainability performance, and its platinum medal is only awarded to those companies who score in the top 1% for sustainability practices. EcoVadis measures four categories when making their determination: Sustainable Procurement, Ethics, Labor & Human Rights, and Environment. In all four categories Sappi North America improved from its previous scorecard, moving from the 96th to the 99th percentile overall. In the Environment category, Sappi North America did exceptionally well, garnering a 90 out of 100.

"We are very pleased to see improvement in all four categories," said Sandy Taft, Director of Sustainability at Sappi North America. "We are developing new strategies and processes to improve even further upon these results next year."

Sappi North America is fully committed to an innovative and comprehensive approach to sustainability. Sappi relies on third-party evaluators like EcoVadis to benchmark the company's efforts and identify areas for improvement.

"The pillars of our business strategy are people, planet and prosperity," said Taft. "By actively engaging in sustainable practices and efficiently using our primary renewable resource, wood fiber, we will meet our commitment to all three." Sappi has finalized it sustainability goals for the next five years and they are now aligned with select United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. "In doing so," said Taft, "Sappi intends to do its part in building a thriving world."

About Sappi North America, Inc.

Sappi North America, Inc., headquartered in Boston, is a market leader in converting wood fiber into superior products that customers demand worldwide. The success of our four diversified businesses – high-quality Coated Printing Papers, Pulp, Packaging and Specialty Papers and Casting and Release Papers – is driven by strong customer relationships, best-in-class people and advantaged assets, products and services. Our high-quality Graphic Papers, including McCoy, Opus, Somerset, and Flo, are the key platform for premium magazines, catalogs, books, direct mail and high-end print advertising. We are a leading manufacturer of Dissolving Pulp with our Verve brand, a sustainable fiber, which is used in a wide range of products, including textile fibers and household goods. We deliver sustainable Packaging and Specialty Papers for luxury packaging and folding carton applications with our single-ply packaging brands, Spectro and Proto, and for the food and label industries with our specialty papers, LusterPrint and LusterCote. We are also one of the world's leading suppliers of Casting and Release Papers with our Ultracast, PolyEx and Classics lines for the automotive, fashion and engineered films industries. Customers rely on Sappi for high technical, operational and market expertise; products and services delivered with consistently high quality and reliability; and, state-of-the-art and cost-competitive assets and innovative spirit.

Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with more than 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 150 countries.

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VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

Södra launches Liquid Forest range of sustainable bioproducts

Posted in: Mills 11/27/2020 - 01:19

VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

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VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

Södra launches Liquid Forest range of sustainable bioproducts

Posted in: Chemicals 11/27/2020 - 01:19

VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

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VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

Södra launches Liquid Forest range of sustainable bioproducts

Posted in: Environment 11/27/2020 - 01:19

VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

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VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

Södra launches Liquid Forest range of sustainable bioproducts

Posted in: Bio-Insight 11/27/2020 - 01:19

VÄXJÖ, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2020 (Press Release) -Swedish forest industry Group Södra has launched Liquid Forest, a pioneering range of bioproducts: biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine. The Liquid Forest brand is a concept that offers the market and customers an opportunity to choose climate-smart products derived from sustainably-managed forests from the company’s 53,000 forest-owning members in southern Sweden.

Bioproducts are the climate-smart alternative to fossil-based raw materials with the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a circular economy. They can be used for a large variety of applications. Södra’s turpentine, for example, could be used in perfume and detergent, and tall oil in paint, as an adhesive on various types of label or as a biofuel. Biomethanol is used as a green chemical in the production of biodiesel but also as a base chemical in both petrochemicals and the flavour and fragrance industry.
 
“We are dedicated to finding more sustainable solutions for everyday life and delighted that the potential of the forest is really coming into its own now,” said Viktor Odenbrink, Sales Manager for Södra Cell Bioproducts. “As a leading forest products company with an emphasis on innovation, we have an important responsibility to accelerate the development of sustainable solutions from renewable forest materials. The customer is getting exactly what the Liquid Forest brand name conveys: A piece of the Swedish forest in liquid form for a fossil-free and sustainable future.”
 
Södra's bioproducts are produced by the same mills which make the company’s paper pulp and textile pulp, using the raw materials which the pulp process does not need. In this way, no part of the tree is wasted. The company’s biomethanol plant at the Mönsterås pulp mill is the first commercial plant of its kind in the world.

“New opportunities to use biomethanol, tall oil and turpentine are constantly emerging,” explained Johannes Bogren, Vice President Södra Cell Bioproducts. “And we are investing in research and development to do everything we can to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. We also have many other exciting projects under development. The aim is the same: To become even more resource efficient by producing additional value streams and products from our existing raw materials.”

Magnus Björkman, President Södra Cell: “Our mission is to develop and promote sustainable climate-smart solutions for the future based on renewable raw materials from the forest. Since our wood comes from our members’ forests, we have an intrinsic advantage in that we have control over the entire value chain, from seed to customer.”

About Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world. Net sales in 2019 were SEK 23 billion. Balancing production efficiency with nature conservation guides everything that we do. We produce timber, pulp for paper and textiles, and green energy. We use every part of the tree, and are always looking to develop new products from this fantastic, renewable raw material. Södra is a world-leading producer of market pulp and also owns one of the largest sawmill operations in Europe. Through value-generating relationships and a long-term approach, Södra is leading the way for the future of sustainable forestry. 

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PASO DE LOS TOROS, Uruguay, Nov. 23, 2020 (Press Release) -The civil court in Uruguay issued today its ruling in the case where members of a local group Movement for a Sustainable Uruguay (Movus) on November 5, 2020 claimed a breach of the environmental permits by UPM regarding the installation of the new pulp mill in the department of Durazno that may cause imminent environmental damage.

As stated in the ruling, the claim has no foundation or merit. This reinforces the fact that UPM has complied with the conditions established in the authorization and no construction activities have commenced without an approval from the Uruguayan environmental authority DINAMA.

The impacts of the new pulp mill have been thoroughly assessed. An environmental and social impact (EsIA) study that is required by the Uruguayan authorities as a prerequisite for a construction permit consisted of a comprehensive description of ​the planned pulp mill, identification and assessment of any potential environmental and social impacts​ as well as mitigation measures and conclusions.​ The environmental and social impact study is a public document, and the process included public hearings.

In addition to the Prior Environmental Authorization (APP) that UPM received from Dinama in 2019, each construction site and phase goes through a review and approval of its specific construction plan prior to move forward. All construction activities have started only when an approval from DINAMA has been obtained for each of the environmental components required in the AAP. Uruguay has tight protocols in place to follow the adherence to the environmental permits.

UPM receives approval from DINAMA as civil court of Uruguay rejects claims of non-compliance in environmental permits for its pulp mill project in Uruguay

Posted in: Environment 11/26/2020 - 12:06

PASO DE LOS TOROS, Uruguay, Nov. 23, 2020 (Press Release) -The civil court in Uruguay issued today its ruling in the case where members of a local group Movement for a Sustainable Uruguay (Movus) on November 5, 2020 claimed a breach of the environmental permits by UPM regarding the installation of the new pulp mill in the department of Durazno that may cause imminent environmental damage.

As stated in the ruling, the claim has no foundation or merit. This reinforces the fact that UPM has complied with the conditions established in the authorization and no construction activities have commenced without an approval from the Uruguayan environmental authority DINAMA.

The impacts of the new pulp mill have been thoroughly assessed. An environmental and social impact (EsIA) study that is required by the Uruguayan authorities as a prerequisite for a construction permit consisted of a comprehensive description of ​the planned pulp mill, identification and assessment of any potential environmental and social impacts​ as well as mitigation measures and conclusions.​ The environmental and social impact study is a public document, and the process included public hearings.

In addition to the Prior Environmental Authorization (APP) that UPM received from Dinama in 2019, each construction site and phase goes through a review and approval of its specific construction plan prior to move forward. All construction activities have started only when an approval from DINAMA has been obtained for each of the environmental components required in the AAP. Uruguay has tight protocols in place to follow the adherence to the environmental permits.

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JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25, 2020 (Press Release) -Globally accredited sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis has scored Sappi Southern Africa Platinum Medal status in its assessment of how well the company has integrated sustainability principles into its business and management system.

EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, creating a global network of more than 65,000 rated companies. The methodology they use to perform these assessments are based on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and the ISO 26000, with their Sustainability Scorecard illustrating performance across 21 indicators in four themes, being Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

Sappi Southern Africa scored 79 out of 100 in its assessment, affording it Platinum Medal status and placing it in the top one percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide.

Commenting on the result, Vice President: Sustainability and Business Development of Sappi Southern Africa Tyrone Hawkes said: “We are pleased that the efforts we have been pursuing on the sustainability front have been recognised. We support the principles of the UNGC and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as we focus on reshaping the world around us to create a more sustainable one, not only delivering returns to our shareholders, but also maximising the value of every resource along our value chain to ensure those returns are sustainable.”

About Sappi Southern Africa

Sappi is a leading global provider of powerful everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we seek to support a more circular economy.

Sappi is powered by the expertise of more than 12,000 people worldwide; with headquarters in four key regions: South Africa, Europe, North America and Asia.

Locally, we have a footprint in Gauteng (head office), KwaZulu Natal (three mills and a shared services hub), Mpumalanga (two mills) and the Western Cape (sales office staff). Our product offering in SA includes dissolving pulp, packaging and specialities, graphic papers and forestry products.

We also generate shared value in the communities in which we operate, by investing in skills training and SMME development to boost employment and grow the economy.

Sappi will continue to build a thriving world by acting boldly to support the planet, people and prosperity. www.sappi.com

Sappi Southern Africa scores platinum medal status in EcoVadis Sustainability Rating

Posted in: Environment 11/26/2020 - 03:45

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25, 2020 (Press Release) -Globally accredited sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis has scored Sappi Southern Africa Platinum Medal status in its assessment of how well the company has integrated sustainability principles into its business and management system.

EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, creating a global network of more than 65,000 rated companies. The methodology they use to perform these assessments are based on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and the ISO 26000, with their Sustainability Scorecard illustrating performance across 21 indicators in four themes, being Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

Sappi Southern Africa scored 79 out of 100 in its assessment, affording it Platinum Medal status and placing it in the top one percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide.

Commenting on the result, Vice President: Sustainability and Business Development of Sappi Southern Africa Tyrone Hawkes said: “We are pleased that the efforts we have been pursuing on the sustainability front have been recognised. We support the principles of the UNGC and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as we focus on reshaping the world around us to create a more sustainable one, not only delivering returns to our shareholders, but also maximising the value of every resource along our value chain to ensure those returns are sustainable.”

About Sappi Southern Africa

Sappi is a leading global provider of powerful everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we seek to support a more circular economy.

Sappi is powered by the expertise of more than 12,000 people worldwide; with headquarters in four key regions: South Africa, Europe, North America and Asia.

Locally, we have a footprint in Gauteng (head office), KwaZulu Natal (three mills and a shared services hub), Mpumalanga (two mills) and the Western Cape (sales office staff). Our product offering in SA includes dissolving pulp, packaging and specialities, graphic papers and forestry products.

We also generate shared value in the communities in which we operate, by investing in skills training and SMME development to boost employment and grow the economy.

Sappi will continue to build a thriving world by acting boldly to support the planet, people and prosperity. www.sappi.com

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