FIBIC Seminar 20.11.2013

1. Value through efficient fibre supply
and new pulp mill concepts
Ilkka Hämälä, CEO
Metsä Fibre Oy
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2. Value network of the forest industry
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3. Focus points and Targets of Metsä Group R&D
More from less
Improving Process Efficiency &
Resource Value
Eff
Low impact production
Zero waste
Renewable Raw Material as
Competitive Edge
FuBio
Reducing carbon footprint
New biobased products for new value chains
Lighter weight/less energy intensive strucutures
Value-added Products & Services
Convenience
From bulk to value-added products & services
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4. Utilisation of EffFibre program results
‒ New competence and know-how have already been applied for our
recent Joutseno PS investment in June 2013 – Increased pulping yield
by glucomannan stabilisation with own process development
‒ In the “forestry” part, new tools to ensure better wood availability in the
future have been built and also tools for a more cost-efficient wood
procurement value chain
‒ Own spin-off projects in planning
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5. Commercial chemical
Pulp mill in the core of future biorefineries
Commercial energy use
Current side-stream
Extractable
Turpentine
Bark, saw
dust
Hemi
New fibre
products
CTO
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Waste water:
Mill outline: P
sludges, Kvaerner Pulping
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and N
Precipitate,
ash
Lignin,
hydroxy acids
Glauber
Metsä Group
salt

6. Notes
Our motivation to take part in joint research programs:
‒ Being part of open innovation is today a must
‒ FIBIC programs aim to build strong Finnish competence platforms
‒ Focused joint research is a cost-efficient way to get high quality research results
How to improve:
‒ The greatest challenges relate to IPR issues (with the current system IPR islands are avoided, but, on
the other hand, program partners are quite guarded and half-hearted in terms of the actual research)
‒ For the future joint research programs we must find focused “basic research” topics. Are there such
left?
‒ We have to keep existing basic industry viable to develop it further
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7. Thanks!
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