30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals sneak preview: Borregaard Industries
Note to Community members: Welcome to the sneak preview of the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals competition. This month, we are profiling nominees (not winners). Below, we are asking you to rate the companies. Digest Community member ratings will form 33 percent of the overall ballot for this years Hot 30.
Company name: Borregaard Industries
Company description:
Biorefinery, main site in Sarpsborg, Norway. Production sites in South Africa, Brazil, USA and several countries in Europe.
Address (head office):
PO Box 162
NO-1701 Sarpsborg
NORWAY
Year Founded: 1887
Chief Executive Officer and contact email: Per A Sørlie
Annual Revenues: 640.000.000 USD
Major Investors (if a public company, please provide trading symbol and exchange).
Orkla ASA
Type of Processing Technology(ies) :
Products:
Lignin specialty chemicals, specialty cellulose, vanillin made from spruce, 20 mill liter 2.generation ethanol
Feedstocks:
Spruce, eucalyptus
3 Top Milestones for 2009‐10
Have developed process and market for microfibrillar (nano) cellulose
Have developed process for production of lignin specialty chemicals and bioethanol from agricultural waste
Build and operate process steam plant for Sarpsborg Site fueled by municipal waste
3 Major Milestone Goals for 2011‐13
Build and commission microfibrillar cellulose Pilot Plant for Pharma and Food applications
Build and commission microfibrillar cellulose Pilot Plant for Industrial applications
Build and commission Pilot Plant for production of 2G bioethanol and lignin specialty chemicals from agricultural waste
Business Model: Owner/operator
Competitive Edge(s): Worldwide leader in lignin specialty chemicals, strong Innovation and R&D activity (60 researchers, 25 with a PhD)
Distribution, Research, Marketing or Production Partnerships or Alliances. Major stakeholder in Project EuroBioRef (http://eurobioref.org/)
Stage Commercial, but several new projects/products entering Pilot phase (see above)
Projected production volume for 2011:
700.000 tons
Website URL
Category: Fuels
