REINVEST 2050

Advancing low-carbon innovation in the forest fibre and paper industry

From forest fibre technology to advanced paper design, the forest fibre and paper industry is a leader of the low-carbon circular bioeconomy transition. Our products add value to European society at large, as they are renewable, recyclable, bio-based, innovative and Made in Europe.

REINVEST 2050 is a commitment of the forest fibre and paper industry to demonstrate how the industry is actively taking responsibility in reducing its carbon emissions, as well as playing a leading role in providing bio-based alternatives to more carbon-intensive products.

 
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Our success stories

By improving energy efficiency and switching to renewable energy sources as a main tool to reduce our carbon emissions, our industry contributes to meeting climate change and energy goals. Discover the innovative case studies carried out over the past two years!

Biogas from Papierfabriek Doetinchem’s wastewater

Project description Process water at Papierfabriek Doetinchem is being reused internally several times, resulting in residual water concentrated with organic…

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Crown Native, WFU paper produced with sugarbeet fibers

Project Description Crown Native is a paper developed by Crown Van Gelder International B.V. (CVG). Twenty percent of the wood…

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A fibre-based lid to replace plastic: Project Picadeli

Project Description Europe’s leading healthy fast food company Picadeli, replaced their single-use plastics lid with a formed fiber lid. The…

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Large-scale electrification

Project Description The project is a part of our programme A Fossil-free Södra, which aims to make Södra fossil-free in…

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Kraftliner expansion to meet the demand for renewable packaging and move towards fossil-free manufacturing

SCA invested 7.5 billion SEK in expanding the paper mill located in Obbola, northern Sweden. In Obbola SCA produce unbleached…

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Reducing transport-related emissions through product eco-design: the “toilet paper in a box” project

Project description LC Paper repurposed its energy sourcing strategy during the last decade by implementing an in-house solar photovoltaic park…

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Naturcell innovative cellulose

Project description Naturcell, an unbleached cellulose product, is part of the Ence Advanced line of differentiated products, meeting increasing demand…

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Photovoltaic systems for self-consumption of energy

Project Description The integrated factories that produce paper and transform it into sanitary products are not only energy intensive but…

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Optimization of energy consumption, balance between heat and electricity, renewal of CHP

Project Description The use of CHP technology in the Italian factories (paper mills) of Lucart Spa dates back to the…

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The new UPM biorefinery in Leuna – driving decarbonisation with wood-based materials

Project Description ​​​​​In 2020, UPM started building world’s first industry scale biorefinery for wood to chemicals in Leuna, Germany. UPM…

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Sustainable value creation in Gien, France: local-powerful collaboration

Project description Paper production is energy-intensive, requiring large amounts of gas to generate steam for drying. The steam recovery project…

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A virtuous public-private decarbonation partnership

Project Description To provide heat as a source of energy for paper mill activities, the project aimed at implementing a…

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New state-of-the-art pine sawmill in Rauma, Finland.

Project Description What makes your project innovative relatively to decarbonisation? Who are your stakeholders and how were they involved? What…

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Demo plant producing new Muoto® packaging products.

Project Description Muoto packages are made of wood fibre with three dimensions. They are recyclable and produced from renewable raw…

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Phasing out of coal – upgrade of Boiler 11 at Sappi Gratkorn

As part of Sappi’s global long-term commitment to sustainability and the focus it has on climate action, Sappi Gratkorn’s boiler…

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Revolutionizing fibre-based packaging: Sappi’s innovative barrier papers provide cutting-edge solutions

Project Description Sappi’s product innovation focuses on providing the market with fibre-based packaging solutions for applications that have traditionally relied…

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Energy Solutions Forum

Project Description Cepi launched the Energy Solutions Forum (ESF) in January 2020. It is an informal multi-stakeholder industry platform which…

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Heinola HTC

Project Description Sludge is a by-product of processes in industry and agriculture. It is very wet, so disposing of it…

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Biomass boiler and decarbonisation

Project Description The Navigator Company recently inaugurated a new biomass boiler at its Figueira da Foz industrial complex, in an…

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New CHP: Gas Turbine and Steam Boiler Arco Paper Mill

Project Description The project consisted of replacing a gas turbine (7 MW electric), a boiler and a diathermic oil boiler…

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RENERGY+ SYSTEM

Project Description Reenergy+ inaugurates an autonomously controlled, integrated production model especially dedicated to paper mills and tissue companies, capable of…

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Deep Geothermal Energy for a Papermill in SouthEast Bavaria

Project Description Hamburger Containerboard is investing in stateof- the-art technology for energy- and resourcesaving paper production in our Pitten mill….

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Biorefinery CHP

Project Description Rayonier Advance Material, is one of the world’s largest producers of specialty cellulose pulp, manufacturing high added value…

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Solar thermal integration project in Condat paper mill

Project Description Condat is part of the LECTA Group, a leading European maker and distributor of special papers for labels…

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Green Steam Hürth

Project Description UPM Hürth is the world’s most modern newsprint mill, with annual production capacity of 330,000 tonnes of newsprint-grade…

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PureFiber™

Project Description Eco-friendly consumers and tightening legislation are pushing takeaway food companies to consider alternatives to plastic containers. The EU…

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Fossil free bioproduct mill in Kemi

Project Description Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, is using a unique bioproduct concept to build a new fossilfree bioproduct…

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Project Horse Sappi Lanaken mill

Project Horse Sappi In 2019, Project Horse converted Lanaken’s PM8 into a world-class machine for coated fine papers in the…

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New steel yankee dryer: energy and CO2 reduction

Project Description Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving wellbeing through our products…

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Worldwide Largest Bio-Ethanol Plant started by Green Austrocel

Project Description AustroCel recently completed the world’s largest wood-based bioethanol plant. The €40 million production plant for advanced bio-ethanol fuel…

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Steam accumulator in the paper industry – an innovation of the energy supply system

Project Description Hamburger Containerboard is investing in stateof- the-art technology for energy- and resourcesaving paper production in our Pitten mill….

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Norske Skog investing in new sustainable energy boiler in Austria: Green diversification and increased competitiveness

Project Description Norske Skog is investing €72 million in a new waste-to- energy boiler at its paper mill in Bruck…

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Reshaping the forest-based bioeconomy through innovation

Project description In May 2018, Metsä Group established an innovation company, Metsä Spring Ltd. Its mission is to identify and…

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CO2 reduction and energy efficiency at Zellstoff Pöls AG

Project description: From 2011 to 2018, Zellstoff Pöls AG has undertaken comprehensive measures to reduce emissions of fossil CO2 and…

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Solar success for UPM Shotton

Project Description: A new solar park, covering 220 acres, was constructed by British Solar Renewables in conjunction with WeLink Group,…

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Replacing fossils in plastics – UPM Biofuels enters the bioplastics market with new partners

Project Description: This project shows how wood-based raw materials can be used to replace fossil materials in packaging. In addition…

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Stora Enso’s Energy Hunters

Project description As an energy-intensive business, Stora Enso also has the potential to realise energy savings that reduce both CO2…

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Getting more out of each tree – How LineoTM by Stora Enso helps the EU reach its circular bioeconomy goals

Project Description: Lignin is a complex organic polymer that makes up as much as one third of every tree, but…

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Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award

Project Description: To promote ethical and responsible management of the supply chain, the Group presents the “Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award“…

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A Fossil-free Södra

Project Description Södra launched a project in 2017 that will make us fossil-free in production by 2020, and in all…

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Integration of steam systems between paper machines

Project description Smurfit Kappa Roermond Papier runs three paper machines to produce recycled paper for corrugated packaging: two large machines…

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Smurfit Kappa Future Energy Project at Nettingsdorf Paper Mill

Project Description Established in 1851, the Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf Paper Mill kicked off its ‘Future Energy Project’, which involved investing…

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Carbon capture and storage through the use of lodgepole pine

Project description In the early 1970s, SCA introduced the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), a North American tree species, into its…

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The expanded Östrand pulp mill: Boosting the production of renewable energy

Project Description In 2016-2018, SCA invested SEK 7.8 billion in its Östrand kraft pulp mill. The mill will increase production…

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Tork PaperCircle® – A one of a kind recycling service

Project Description Essity, Europe’s largest supplier of hand towels, is committed to contributing to a circular society, and has developed…

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Grow Your Income

Project Description Iggesund Paperboard, part of the Holmen forest industry group, invested £108 million in a biomass CPH plant at…

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Improving efficiency of the evaporation process to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Kwidzyn mill

Project Description Modernisation of the evaporator plant at International Paper’s Kwidzyn mill in Poland began in 2015 and was completed…

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CupCycling™ – turning coffee cups into beautiful paper

Project Description An estimated 2.5 billion paper cups are used in the UK annually, and the nation’s love of takeaway…

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Revelation II project – our energy saving initiative

Project Description Our industrial activity is the production and processing of paper, which is a high consumer of energy and…

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Developing OnePly: The Greenest Tissue Paper in the World

Project Description The OnePly® project has been executed within the framework of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. The aim…

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Towards closed chemical cycles: Recycling sulphuric acid

Project Description Metsä Group’s next-generation bioproduct mill in Äänekoski, Finland uses several state-of-the-art technologies to contribute to the circular economy….

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Decarbonisation by investing in the modernisation of Mondi´s Štětí mill

Project Description Over the past 10 years Mondi Group has invested more than €1 billion in modernising its operations. These…

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Biomass Saica Paper France

Project Description The project consists of the installation of a biomass steam generator which will provide the mill with thermal…

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Heated water pipeline: partnership with Volvo

Stora Enso and Volvo Cars constructed a 4-kilometer hot water pipeline between their manufacturing sites. The pipeline transports hot water heated using renewable energy from Stora Enso’s paper mill to the Volvo plant, where it is used to heat buildings and paint booths.

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Powering its own production through a bioheating plant

Kerto LVL’s utilises its side streams to extract the highest value: parts of sawdust and wood chips are used as raw materials in pulp production and the rest, such as bark and other smaller fractions, in producing renewable energy for running the mill.

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Bark: a mill by-product replacing fossil fuels

The project consists of two parts: it enables a high amount of bark to be fired in the lime kiln while lowering the energy demand of the lime kiln by increasing heat transfer. The overall goal is to increase the use of internal fuels, thereby eliminating fossil fuels.

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BioVerno: a wood-based renewable diesel

UPM Biofuels developed a production process to transform a wood-based residue of its pulp production into a unique, high-quality renewable diesel that can be used in any of today’s diesel engines – car, bus, truck or boat – without modification.

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Using recovered heat for the district heating network

In 2013 paper company SCA and energy company Sundsvall Energi AB joined forces to increase delivery of hot water from SCA to Sundsvall Energi based on renewable energy, thereby reducing consumption of heating oil and emissions of carbon dioxide.

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Reaping the benefits of solar: photovoltaic power plant

As part of its corporate energy programme, the Navigator Company invested in a solar photovoltaic power plant reducing its dependence on fossil fuels. This solar plant covers 13,000 square metres and supplies some of the electricity needed to power the 500,000 t/y mill.

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Waste heat recovery for heating demineralised water

The project led to a reduced steam consumption in the papermaking process by using heat from the digesters to heat demineralised water that was then used in the mill processes. It increased efficiency of steam and power generation, reducing fossil fuel consumption.

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Reducing gas consumption through steam harmonization

The project was born out of this company’s commitment to reducing emissions witha series of interventions in the production department, and above all the recovery of fumes from the gas turbine to feed the air system hoods.

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Transforming sludge into carbon neutral fuel

For hygiene paper company Essity the Circular Economy is a strategic priority. This project is about a sustainable and cost efficient outlet for our deinking sludge with no negative impact on local communities.

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Revelation

The Revelation project is about transforming the energy efficiency and environmental impact of a mill site in three areas of improvement: optimisation of natural gas combustion; optimisation of the vacuum generation system and recovery and re-use of waste heat.

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Blue Circle: a model of decarbonisation

This joint venture aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; reduce fossil energy consumption by replacing gas with process residues; increase the share of renewable energy and eliminate 12,000 tons of landfill waste per year.

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Optimising energy balance and operational flexibility

In this mill, CO2 emissions per tonne significantly decreased thanks to improvements in energy balance, resource efficiency and operational flexibility . The biomass-based surplus heat and electricity increased, replacing fossil fuels in this integrated mill.

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New generation bioproduct mill

This bioproduct mill will eventually not emit any fossil CO2 emissions. This first-of-its-kind mill only uses wood-based biofuels, generated mainly from its production side streams. The mill is an important producer of renewable energy for the community as well.

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Utilising biomass in electricity production

This project is all about about carbon reduction through the use of biomass as a source of electricity production, increasing the share of green energy in the network while addressing imbalances caused by the rise of solar- and wind-generated power.

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REINVEST2050:

How does the paper industry advance innovative low-carbon investments in Europe?

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