UPM starts construction of EUR550-million biochemicals facility in Leuna, Germany

MOSCOW (MRC) -- UPM (Helsinki, Finland) has started construction of a new EUR550-million (USD645-million) biochemicals facility in Leuna, Germany, that will produce 220,000 metric tons/year of bio-monoethylene glycol (BioMEG) and lignin-based renewable functional fillers, said Chemweek.The biorefinery, using wood as feedstock, is expected to come onstream by the end of 2022, it says. The

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