Category: Wood, Lignin & Cellulose
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Stora Enso Launches NeoLigno
NeoLigno® by Stora Enso, is a fully bio-based binder system without formaldehyde and isocyanates
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Rencom Becomes Lignin Industries AB
RenCom Announces Company Name Change to Lignin Industries AB
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Wood Based Foam to Replace Styrofoam
Edible shock- and heat-resistant wood foam could replace plastic packaging
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US Grows Wood in Lab
Americans are just efficient and smart when it comes to problem solving
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White Rot Fungi Uses Lignin as a Carbon Source
Groundbreaking Research into White-Rot Fungi Proves Its Value in Carbon Sequestration from Lignin
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RenCom Starts Producing Lignin Based Renol
RenCom starts production of lignin-based material Renol®, to replace fossil-based plastics, with a capacity of more than 1000 tonnes/year
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Swedish Wooden Wind Power
Leading global wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems invests in Swedish wood technology company Modvion
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SWEETWOODS Delivers High Purity Lignin and Wood Sugars
SWEETWOODS delivers first tons of high purity lignin and wood sugars.
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Solar Preparation of Lignin
Solar-assisted fabrication of large-scale, patternable transparent wood
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Golden Rules of Reforestation
The wrong trees in the wrong places can do more harm than good, say experts. 10 golden rules for restoring forests — ECHO INSTRUMENTS, the best technology to Measure the Biodegradation of Bioplastics
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Thermomechanical Refining as Pretreatment for Fast Pyrolysis of Pine Wood
Fast Pyrolysis of Pine Wood Pretreated by Large Pilot-Scale Thermomechanical Refining for Biochemical Production
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Making Wood Transparent and Tactile
French Startup transforms transforms real wood into a transparent and tactile surface
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UPM and Domtar Partner on Lignin
UPM Biochemicals grows lignin business with new Domtar supply agreement
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Sweden Tests Lignin Asphalt
The project uses lignin extracted from black liquor, a residual product from the pulp industry.
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Stora Enso to Lead in Lignin Commercialisation
Stora Enso is investing EUR 14 million to build a granulation and packing plant for lignin, allowing easier packing and handling of lignin compared to powder and wet form.
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US Grant to Boost Cellulosic Nanomaterials Commercialization
Endowment Announces $2M in Grant Funding to Accelerate Cellulosic Nanomaterials Commercialization
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Bioplastic Company Launches Wooden Cutlery and Stirrers
Why would a Bioplastic Company launch Wooden Cutlery and Stirrers?
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Using Lignin As Electrolytes in Power Storage Systems
Lignin instead of vanadium. Scientists at Mainz University work on sustainable alternatives to metal materials in large power storage systems.
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Selective Valorization of Lignin to Phenol
Selective valorization of lignin to phenol by direct transformation of Csp2–Csp3 and C–O bonds
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Real Yield of Forest Biomass
A eureka moment for forest industry. They finally got to the core of the problem. Now, they know where the money will be.
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Luminescent and Hydrophobic Wood Films
Luminescent and Hydrophobic Wood Films as Optical Lighting Materials
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Stora Enso Goes Bio Asphalt
Swedish road and infrastructure operator Svevia has decided to collaborate with Stora Enso in testing lignin in asphalt.
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Can Bacteria Degrade Cellulose?
Researchers have uncovered details of how a certain type of bacteria breaks down cellulose—a finding that could help reduce the cost and environmental impact of the use of biomass, including biofuel production.
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Controlling Lignin Quantity in Trees
This study is an important breakthrough in the development of wood resources for the production of paper with a lower carbon footprint, biofuels, and other bio-based materials.
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Turning Kraft Lignin into BioNylon
A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert a common byproduct of the paper manufacturing process into valuable chemical precursors for making nylon.
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CelluForce Signs Big Deal in Cosmetics
CelluForce signs a 10-year commercial agreement in the cosmetics sector
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New Process for Lignin BioFuel
A new low-temperature, multi-phase process for upgrading lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons could help expand use of the lignin, which is now largely a waste product left over from the production of cellulose and bioethanol from trees and other woody plants.
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Upgrading PE Food Packaging with Lignin
Use of lignin as additive in polyethylene for food protection: Insect repelling effect of an ethyl acetate phenolic extract
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New Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Lignocellulose
Engineered microbe enable simultaneous upgrading of all lignocellulose streams.
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How Will Canada Use Lignin?
Scientists cracked the code for kraft lignin made from black liquor in the 1940s, but with global attention on climate change and governments around the world focused on lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while supporting sustainable economies, efficient lignin production and improved quality have never been hotter topics.
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Rencom and Stora Enso Partner on Lignin Biopolymer
RenCom secures the supply of lignin for the start of production of more sustainable and bio-degradable polymers.
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Tropical Deforestation and Corporate Hypocrisy
A transparency assessment of timber and pulp companies.
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Lignin Adhesive With Tunable Bonding Strength
The structure−property-application relationship of lignin was established via solvent fractionation methodology, and lignin-containing wood adhesive with tunable bonding strength performance was prepared.
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Germans Invent New Wood-Based Material for 3D Printing
Forest scientists develop innovative wood-based materials for 3D printing.
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The Rise of a Lignin Bioplastics Champion
I think this is the birth of a lignin bioplastics champion. They may be the first one to make it!
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Challenges and Opportunities of Lignin Valorisation
Why lignin hasn’t breakthrough as feedstock for industrial production of polymers. And indeed, it’s a big problem!
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Lignin Research at University of Delaware
Alice Amitrano is a chemical engineering major from Rome, Italy. She also is working on a minor in chemistry and a minor in material science. Amitrano is on track to graduate from UD in spring 2021.
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Germans Produce Detergents from Wood
Uni Hohenheim wants to test sustainable production of environmentally friendly bio-surfactants in the future hardwood technical center
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Israel Patents Enthanol from Lignin Technology
A Tel Aviv University breakthrough allows, for the first time, a local production of ethanol — and hand sanitizer — based on plant and paper waste, using a novel lignin (a substance found in plants) degradation process.
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Flowers Wrapped in Wood
Finnish Startup Woodly is revolutionising the flexible packaging industry with wood-based sustainable solutions.
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Cellulose Bioplastics Developed by South Dakota State University
Strength and biodegradability—these are the benefits of using cellulose to make plastics and other packaging materials. The cellulose can be harvested from plant materials, such as byproducts of agricultural processing and production, as well as forestry residues.
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Digital Moisture Sensors in Wood
Creating renewable and innovative solutions at Stora Enso is a collaborative process where the company works with partners and innovative start-ups to boost the innovation process. The new digital wood moisture meter developed by Wiiste and Stora Enso isone example of collaborative innovation.
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Swedish Energy Agency Invests in Lignin Bioplastics
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted SEK 14 million to RenCom – an innovation company active in making forest-based materials to replace fossil plastics. The support goes to a demonstration unit that will convert lignin from pulp mills in the size of 1000 tonnes per year in an industrially relevant scale.
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New Lignin Based Platform for Fuel, Chemicals and Materials
VERTORO, founded May 2017, is a spin-off of Chemelot Institute for Science & Technology (InSciTe 1 ), a Dutch public-private research and technical validation institute established by Eindhoven University of Technology, Maastricht University, Royal DSM, and the Brightlands Chemelot Campus.
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Stora Enso Replaces Phenol with Lignin for Plywood Applications
Latvijas Finieris, a global leading developer, producer and supplier of birch plywood products, has together with Stora Enso taken the next steps towards replacing phenol – in resins used in plywood – with lignin.
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Lignin Insulating Foams and Molding Compounds
Lignin, a basic component of almost any plant that grows, is proving to be a promising resource to make the shift to a bioeconomy.
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Wood-based Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Netting
Jac. Vandenberg, a leading U.S. fresh produce importer, is transitioning from plastic nets used to pack their citrus fruits in favor of a compostable alternative made from beech tree pulp.
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Avantium Receives Grant from NL
Avantium awarded funding to produce lignin for the development of bio-based asphalt.
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Impact of Gene Modification on Lignin
Researchers are interested in genetically modifying trees for a variety of applications, from biofuels to paper production.
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How Bacteria Break Down Lignin?
A collaboration between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and three other national laboratories has yielded new insight into the ability of bacteria to break down the hardy part of a plant known as lignin.
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Sunscreen from Lignin
Scientists at Mohali based research institute, the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), have made a breakthrough by developing an antimicrobial sunscreen from metal oxide nano-composites developed from agricultural waste-based lignin.
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Plastic from Wood
X-ray analysis gives insights on mechanical and morphological properties of lignin.
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Borregaard Lignin Supplier Request Liquidation
The Board of the Sniace Group, Borregaard’s partner and supplier of lignin raw material to the jointly owned company LignoTech Ibérica, informed the Madrid Stock Exchange Commission yesterday of its intention to apply for liquidation of the company and its subsidiaries.
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Can Wood Replace Oil in Chemistry?
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industry.
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Turning Lignin into Shoe Soles and Sunscreen
UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more.
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Lignin in Glues, Vanilla and Aerospace
Ben Nasli Bakir has been working in R&D for over 30 years, and lignin has always been of great interest. Not just to me, but to many of us working closely with wood fibres and chemicals, and concerned about finding alternatives to oil-based materials.
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Relation Between Lignin Sequence and Its 3D Structure
Lignin does not have a well-defined primary structure or sequence.The radii of gyration of molecular models of lignin with different sequence but the same average composition are statistically similar. C-lignin, because of its lower hydroxyl content, has smaller radius of gyration than S/G-lignin with the same molecular weight.
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Biodegradable Fabric Made from Beech Wood
The company uses plant-based fabric, Lenzing MicroModal, extracted from the pulp of beech wood tree in Austria.
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New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals
The new technology is expected to reduce our dependency on products made from petrochemicals.
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The Most Advanced Lignin Valorization Process Will Create a Wave of New Bio-Materials
METNIN™ Technology combines high solubility of lignin and enzymatic treatment, designed to specifically modify and activate any lignin. Discover the potential mid-range applications (e.g. polyurethane foams, sizing and coating) of this revolutionary lignin valorization technology.
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Call for Participation: LignoValue Pilot
Biorizon co-initiator VITO, VMH and Worley Belgium have joined forces for the design and construction of a continuous pilot plant for the depolymerization of lignin into innovative biobased aromatics in Flanders. Currently they are looking for companies/venture capitalists that want to participate and/or invest.
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EU Funds Consortium to Use Lignin as Platform for Chemicals and Materials
A Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials.
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Improved 3D Printing with Lignin Biocomposites
In the recently published ‘Lignin: A Biopolymer from Forestry Biomass for Biocomposites and 3D Printing,’ international researchers Mihaela Tanase-Opedal, Eduardo Espinosa, Alejandro Rodríguez, and Gary Chinga-Carrasco explore a very specific area of materials related to biopolymers.
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Lignin Feedstock for Bioplastics Discussed on Australian Radio Show
The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
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Lignin From Agro-Waste Helps Make Useful Nanocomposites
Lignin is a complex organic polymer rich in polyphenols with antimicrobial qualities.
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Influence of Lignin-Based PU Coatings on Ammonium Sulfate Release
The influence of the properties of lignin-based polyurethane (PU) coatings on the release behaviour of ammonium sulfate was assessed through complete physicochemical, structural, and morphological characterisation.
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Sequins Are Terrible for the Environment. Plant-Based Sequins Are Now Available
These plant-based sequins will decompose instead of ending up in the ocean, where conventional sequins can be swallowed by fish and end up in your sushi.
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Discovery of Novel Enzyme Genes and Metabolic Pathway for Lignin Valorization
Microbial conversions known as “biological funneling” have attracted attention for their ability to upgrade heterogeneous mixtures of low-molecular-weight aromatic compounds obtained by chemical lignin depolymerization.
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The First Lignin Millionaires Will Be Americans
With a new method to synthesize a popular pain-relieving medication from plants rather than fossil fuels, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a way to relieve two headaches at once.
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New Way to Fraction Biomass
CH-Bioforce provides a completely new way of replacing fossil- and food-based raw materials
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Bioplastics Could Solve a Major Pollution Problem
Advanced solvents and enzymes are transforming woody wastes into better biodegradable plastics.
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Self-Healing Elastomers From Waste Lignin
Scientists led by Amit Naskar extracted an oligomer from lignin with acetonitrile using an extraction method that concentrates the regions of lignin that contain carboxylic acid functional groups.
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Wooden Beer Bottles and Paper Straws, Japan Shifts from plastic
Transition creates opportunities for the nation’s declining paper industry.
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A New Lignin Based Glue
Latvijas Finieris has developed for its RIGA birch plywood a new green glue RIGA ECOlogical, where bio-based renewable lignin to a significant extent is used as replacement of the traditional fossil phenol.
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Navigating the Fast-Changing Landscape of Bioplastics and Biomaterials
Small and big companies looking to meet current buyer demand from consumers and retailers, swerve incoming regulatory levers and leverage recent technological innovations are pursuing new (but also, rather, incredibly old) solutions that downplay our reliance on petroleum-based plastics — alternatives that are sourced from plants.
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YFAI Pursues Lignin as an Alternative to ABS
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) has obtained the exclusive use of the lignin-based material developed by Prisma Renewable Composites for automotive interiors.
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Lignin Startup in the Spotlight
The Hamburg-based start-up LignoPure, a spin-off from the TVT Institute of the TUHH, wants to make the world a better place with this great material.
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Americans Invent Stronger and Cooler Wood
Households in the U.S. Southwest spend about $400 per year to cool their homes, about twice the national average. Now, a new type of wood that radiates heat into space could offer some relief. If used on a building’s exterior, such as in siding and roofs, the material could drop a building’s temperature as much…
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Americans Revolutionise The Wood Adhesives Industry
Research Collaboration Demonstrates an Additional Way to Replace Petrochemicals With a Renewable Alternative.
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US Lignin Supplier Flambeau River Papers in Financial Problems
One of Borregaard`s suppliers of lignin raw material, Flambeau River Papers LLC in Wisconsin, USA, announced 8 May 2019 that it has undertaken an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors under Chapter 128 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
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This Startup Created a Plastic Alternative From Paper Mill Leftovers
Each year, 12.7 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean. Around the world, public entities and advocacy organizations are working toward finding solutions to reduce plastic pollution and create new alternatives.
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Tailor-Made Enzymatic Solutions Reduce Time and Cost of Biorefinery Processes
Non-food, woody materials (namely lignocellulosic biomass) is the largest renewable reservoir of fermentable starches to substitute fossil fuels. It can be used to produce bio-based polymers and materials for any kind of product – from yoga mats to loud speakers – as well as for paints, biochemicals, cosmetics, bioplastics and biofuels.
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LignoCOST: Pan-European Network on the Sustainable Valorisation of Lignin
Biorizon co-initiator VITO participates in LignoCOST. This network, that is coordinated by Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, aims for a pan-European network covering the entire lignin value chain. More than 200 participants from 38 countries are connected. The focus lies on sharing and creating knowledge that stimulates lignin valorisation towards industrial applications.
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Clear Wood Could Replace Glass
Two groups of researchers have developed a transparent material derived from wood.
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Research uncovers potential sustainable refining method for lignin
Lignin, used as a renewable resource to produce high-value products, has presented both production and economical challenges for biorefinery operations. However, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist suggests the use of an extraction method, plus other refining processes to produce multiple lignin streams.
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Lignin Lightens the Load in Thermoset Composites
A research consortium in Japan is developing thermoset composite materials incorporating lignin. Headed by the country’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), the SIP-Lignin group (Research Consortium for Lignin-Based Materials on the Research Program of SIP) is also developing applications such as hybrid films, flexible electronic devices, gasket materials and carbon fiber that are…
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Lignin as 3D Printing Feedstock?
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have created a renewable 3D printing feedstock with lignin.
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Pine Trees Can be Used to Produce Bioplastics
Researchers have found a way to reverse-engineer how the loblolly produces resin, a discovery that could help manufacturers produce greener alternatives for a range of goods now made with oil and gas, including surface coatings, adhesives, printing inks, flavours, fragrances, vitamins, household cleaning products, paint, varnish, shoe polish and linoleum.
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Will Ikea Disrupt the Textile Industry?
PRESS RELEASE – Stora Enso partners with H&M group and Inter IKEA group to industrialize TreeToTextile
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Breakthrough Discovery For Lignin
Bacteria’s role in rotting wood is finally confirmed and proven.
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Stora Enso’s Lignin Wins IChemE Innovative Product Award
PRESS RELEASE – LineoTM is a lignin-based product launched by Stora Enso earlier this year, has been awarded ‘Innovative Product Award 2018’ by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
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Japanese Pioneer the Use of Lignin in Car Parts
Four Japanese organizations develop first auto parts in cedar lignin.
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Stora Enso’s Lignin Wins Best Product Innovation Awards
Press Release – LineoTM by Stora Enso, launched earlier this year, has won ‘Best Product Innovation’ at the ICIS Innovation Awards 2018.
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Lignin in the Chemical Industry
Published by European Commission – Today nearly all aromatic chemicals are made from oil-based sources. European researchers proposed to use lignin, a structural component of many plants and algae, as an alternative raw material in chemical production.
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Breakthrough in Converting Lignin into Bio-Aromatics
Mark Crocker and colleagues from University of Kentucky (US) have reported a breakthrough in the heterogeneously catalysed oxidative depolymerisation of lignin, using gold nanoparticles supported on a lithium–aluminium layered double hydroxide.
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Chinese Reinvent Wood by Replacing Lignin with Resol
Chinese scientists create a new wood that is as strong as real wood but won’t catch fire.
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