Chempolis’ scope of supply will cover formico technology license and supplying EPC services (engineering, procurement, commissioning and start-up services). The biorefineries will incorporate Chempolis’ formicofib technologies, including the formicodeli, formicopure, and formicocont process systems. The value of the order exceeds EUR60m.
The company said that formicofib is a third-generation effluent-free, low-carbon technology that is self-sufficient in terms of its energy requirement and capable of fully converting cellulosic biomass into a variety of bio-based products.
The technology makes use of a new biosolvent and does not need sulphur- or chlorine-based chemicals, which minimizes water consumption and enables chemicals and water to be completely recovered.
Esa Rousu, president and CEO of Chempolis, said: “Many paper companies are now focusing on solutions that would help save forest resources, and Chempolis’ formicofib technology offers an excellent way of refining residual local non-wood biomass into high-quality papermaking fibers and biochemicals, which can be distributed locally too.”
Chempolis is a supplier of biorefining technologies and production systems for industrial utilization based on non-wood and non-food inputs. The two key members of the Chempolis technology family are formicofib, for producing papermaking fibre, and formicobio, for producing bioethanol.
The company licenses these technologies and supplies key process systems, and customized plant engineering, procurement, and commissioning services.
