Stora Enso’s Lineo is ‘Bio-Based Product of the Year’

Lineo by Stora Enso is made from versatile wood-based raw material lignin, and it can replace oil-based phenolic materials in a range of applications.

It was launched earlier this year, and it works as a replacement material in, for example, resins for plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), paper lamination and insulation material.

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We are delighted that Lineo by Stora Enso has been recognised as an innovative, important bio-based product,” says Markus Mannström, executive vice president of Stora Enso’s Biomaterials division, in a release. “Made from lignin, an abundant product and one of the main building blocks of a tree, Lineo is a step towards replacing fossil-based products with renewable solutions.”

Mannström adds, “As we say at Stora Enso, ‘everything made from fossil-based materials today, can be made from a tree tomorrow’ and it is wonderful that this is being appreciated by key industry representatives.”

Stora Enso is the largest kraft lignin producer in the world, with a capacity of 50 000 tonnes per year.