Stora enso is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility to enable the production of bio-based plastics as a barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant at Stora Enso’s Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building block required to make PEF, a bio-based plastic. The mill is one of the largest in Europe, producing 540,000 tonnes of recycled newsprint and magazine papers annually.
“Bio-based materials are of rapidly growing interest in the packaging world as companies look for sustainable packaging materials with high performance,” said Markus Mannstrom, EVP of Stora Enso’s Biomaterials division.
Share