Koskisen and Stora Enso innovates zero particle board

 Monday, September 5, 2022

Koskisen implements NeoLigno by Stora Enso, a bio-based binder, to make furniture boards in place of fossil-based resins. The raw material for the furniture board and the binder are both made of wood and obtained through the production process flows of the two businesses. As a result, the Zero Particle Board’s raw ingredients are 100% bio-based.

To create this brand-new bio-based product offering, Koskisen and Stora Enso’s NeoLigno worked together to create a sustainable solution. Koskisen made finding ways to improve its CO2 balance a top priority. Due to their typical fossil-based composition, the binders employed in the panels were one of the major contributors to CO2 emissions during production. Koskisen collaborated with Stora Enso to address this problem because lignin-based NeoLigno makes the Zero Particle Board bio-based. It is a fantastic chance to introduce environment-friendly and sustainable products to the marketplace. Zero Particle Board is a great illustration of a circular economy product because it is bio-based. Wood chips, the primary raw material for the panel at Koskisen, are produced on-site.

Product lines will be extended to plywood and bio-based products as well Koskisen’s mentions that they are finalising and optimising the production of Zero Particle Board in Järvelä, Finland. Targeted launch of the commercial product and deliveries to customers is in autumn 2022. Further, implementing NeoLigno to plywood and the range of bio-based products is also thought of.

“Consumers are very eco-conscious and are aware of their health and indoor air quality. NeoLigno is a unique ingredient for indoor furniture, that is equally safe and reliable as it is sustainable. With Zero Furniture Board, we can fulfil our customers’ requirements for indoor air quality, as well as for low-carbon products. The glue in wooden panels has been non-renewable for decades. It has been very cost efficient and hard to replace with bio-based materials. We have studied different bio-based options for years at Koskisen, and now we have been able to take big steps forward with NeoLigno® by Stora Enso. It is the most promising binder in bio-based glueing, and the first bio-based binder that can be integrated into our product,” says Eemi Valjakka, Product Manager at Koskisen.

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