UPM to produce biodiesel from waste tall oil in Finland

In Finland, UPM is building a 100,000 metric ton biodiesel facility in Lappeenranta that it says will be the first to produce biofuel from crude tall oil, a byproduct of the paper and pulp industry. Construction on the facility will begin this summer with production expected to come online in 2014.

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Tags: Finland, UPM

Category: International