VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed technology known as "CatLignin" to produce reactive lignin from pulp industry side streams to be used as a replacement for toxic phenol compounds ...

UC Riverside chemical engineering researchers have completed construction of a multi-kilogram-scale biomass processing ...

Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a resource-efficient method to produce new lignin-based materials that can be thermally reprocessed and used to substitute thermosetting resins and ...

LigniOx technology developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland converts lignin by-products from pulp mills and other biorefineries into concrete plasticizers that can compete with the ...

What's the difference between kraft paper pulp and dissolving pulp? To start, you need to understand that under the bark of the tree, wood is composed of five main constituents -- water, cellulose, ...

Scientists from Oregon State University have developed a way to turn apple waste into compostable packaging material that could serve as the main ingredient for molded pulp packaging (e.g. egg cartons ...

As demand for electric vehicles soars, scientists are searching for materials to make sustainable batteries. Lignin, the stuff that makes trees woody, is shaping up to be a strong contender. About ...

Decades worth of work from tree geneticists are now colliding with AI and multiplex CRISPR to overcome a major barrier to the sustainable production of wood fibers while improving wood properties.

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) and Prisma Renewable Composites announce that the companies have entered into an agreement giving YFAI exclusive use of Prisma’s lignin-based material in the ...