The document discusses the role of forest-based industries in the developing bioeconomy. It notes that while paper production is already biobased, the bioeconomy is still in its infancy and has potential to address socioeconomic and environmental challenges. Realizing this potential requires bringing all actors and sectors together to build the biobased sector through investments in R&D, deployment of technologies, and supportive policies. The forest-based industry can play an expanded role by producing current products, supplying biobased building blocks, and developing new products through combinations with other biobased materials.

1. View on the Forest based Bio-economy
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON BIOBASED INDUSTRIES
Annita Westenbroek - Helsinki – 27 August 2013

2. Circular Biobased Solutions
The role of the forest-based sector
in the Biobased Economy

3. Bio-based economy in a few words
“Food, feed, fuel,
materials and
products, all made
from biomass and
waste.”

4. The Biobased economy today
• A reality TODAY in paper
• …but cross-sectoral in its INFANCY
• … with the POTENTIAL to tackle socio-
economic and environmental
challenges.
• To UNLOCK this potential:
• Bring all actors / sectors together to
build the biobased “sector”
• Invest in R&D and deployment and
make sure we do so in a
sustainable manner
• Create a favourable and
conducive policy environment

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Forest-based value chain - today
forest pulp paper products
Netherlands 3,000 kton
Europe 60,000 kton
Global 370,000 kton
> Global bio plastics production
> Global plastics AND textile production
Biobased since centuries…

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Forest-based value chain - tomorrow
forest
paper
products
pulp
chemicals composites

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Circular forest-based value chain
NL: 90%
EU: 70%
World: 50%

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Horticulture
Agriculture
Forestry
The circular
biobased value
chain tomorrow

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Fuels
Chemicals
Materials
The circular
biobased value
chain tomorrow

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Future role and position in the BBE
+…
Producing
the products
of today…

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Future role and position in the BBE
New products and functionalities by
innovative raw materials & chemicals
from agriculture
Producing
the products
of today…
+

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Future role and position in the BBE
Supplier of biobased
building blocks
New products and functionalities by
innovative raw materials & chemicals
from agriculture and horticulture
Producing
the products
of today…
+

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Future role and position in the BBE
New products and markets,
by combinations with other
biobased materials
New products and functionalities by
innovative raw materials & chemicals
from agriculture and horticulture
Producing
the products
of today…
+
Supplier of biobased
building blocks

14. CEPI 2050 Roadmap

15. The roadmap

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• Re-invent paper! paper
and board are by far the
biggest non-food biobased
material
• Use the innovations!
Research on biomass, and
especially lignocellulose
conversion exploded… Use
the innovations to get
more value out of the
forest based raw materials
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THE BBE OPPORTUNITIES

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• Biobased value chains
are transboundary
• Access to international
knowledge,
technologies and
markets
• Increase deployment
• Substantial R&D-
projects required
• Secure the competitive
position of the forest
based industries
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COOPERATE INTERNATIONALLY !

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• Utilization / valorisation
of side streams & by-
products
• New biobased additives
& functionalities
functional paper, smart
packaging, …
• New products & markets
bio-chemicals, plastics,
fuels, materials
• Changing the primary
process!
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WHAT FOCUS?

19. KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN NEDERLANDSE PAPIER- EN KARTONFABRIEKEN
TRANSITION IN WASTE VALORISATION
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Cost reduction
How to reduce costs for
side streams?

20. KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN NEDERLANDSE PAPIER- EN KARTONFABRIEKEN
TRANSITION IN WASTE VALORISATION
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Value creation
How to reduce costs for
side streams?
How to get the highest value
from side-streams!

21. KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN NEDERLANDSE PAPIER- EN KARTONFABRIEKEN
TRANSITION IN WASTE VALORISATION
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Biomass
valorisation
How to reduce costs for
side streams?
How to get the highest value
from my raw materials!

22. KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN NEDERLANDSE PAPIER- EN KARTONFABRIEKEN
• Energy: Incineration,
gasification, digestion
• Internal re-use
• Reuse within the sector
• Use by other sectors
(chemicals, fuels)
• Conversion to more
valuable products
• Isolation of value added
components (inks, fatty
acids, enzymes, resins, …)
• Adaptation of process to
produce higher added value
side streams
• Adaptation of process to
produce more than 1 main
product
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EVOLUTION IN WASTE VALORISATION
€

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Realising the biobased economy potential in
Europe
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON BIOBASED INDUSTRIES

24. About the PPP
• A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Biobased
Industries and the EU
• A joint commitment of €3.8 billion over 2014-2020
o €1 billion (EU)
o €2.8 billion (Biobased Industries)
• Multi-annual funding programmes for biobased projects
• Enabling rural development and re-industrialisation in Europe

25. The sectors
Stage 1 - Reinforce innovation and extend current infrastructure across the economy

26. The BRIDGES
Stage 2 - Build and strengthen value chains across industry sectors

27. The community
Stage 3 - Realise a connected biobased economy from field to end consumer

28. What the PPP is about
• Fostering a sustainable biomass supply and building
new value chains
Feedstock
• Optimising efficient processing through R&D and
upscaling in large-scale demo/flagship biorefineries
Biorefineries
• Developing markets for biobased products and
optimising policy frameworks
Markets,
products and
policies

29. Value Chains in the BBI PPP
• Value Chain 1: From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced biofuels,
biobased chemicals and biomaterials: realising the feedstock and
technology base for the next generation of fuels, chemicals and materials
• Value Chain 2: The next generation forest-based value chains:
utilisation of the full potential of forestry biomass by improved mobilisation
and realisation of new added value products and markets
• Value Chain 3: The next generation agro-based value chains: realising
the highest sustainability and added value by improved agricultural
production, and new added value products and markets
• Value Chain 4: Emergence of new value chains from (organic) waste:
from waste problems to economic opportunities by realising sustainable
technologies to convert waste into valuable products
• Value Chain 5: The integrated energy, pulp and chemicals
biorefineries: realising sustainable bio-energy production, by backwards
integration with biorefinery operations isolating higher added value
components

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Value Chain 1
• Jet / aviation fuels
• Road transport fuels (ethanol, diesel)
• Terpenes
• Fatty alcohols
• Aromatic compounds
• Ethylene
• Carboxylic acid & polyols
From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced biofuels,
biobased chemicals and biomaterials

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Value Chain 2
• Forest management: yield increase
• New pulping technologies
• Valorisation of rejects and side streams
• New materials and fibres from cellulose
• Fibre polymer composites
• Innovative advanced biobased packaging and coating solutions (combi with Value
Chain 3)
Next generation forest-based value chains

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Value Chain 5
• Separation and valorisation of lignin from pulping process side streams
• Production of energy sources by innovative gasification technology
The integrated enery, pulp and chemicals biorefineries

33. KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN NEDERLANDSE PAPIER- EN KARTONFABRIEKEN
ENABLING
THE
BIOBASED
ECONOMY
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PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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