The hard carbon produced under the brand name Lignode is a good example of the kind of resource-smarts and carbon efficiency that the forest industry,
Lignin is converted into a workable format using an oxygen oxidation developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The technology is demonstrated in an EU project.
“Meaningful and diverse work with bio-based products, fuels or biomass. If that would also include a chance for international tasks, it’d be my dream job,” says student Minna Ukkonen, summing up her career hopes.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a technology that allows the production of reactive lignin from pulp mills’ side streams. Reactive lignin can replace the toxic substances in wood adhesives, for example.
Lignin, with its diverse applications, has become one of the most important products of Sunila’s traditional pulp mill.
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