Stora Enso has recently launched 100% fossil-free Structural Boards and building elements with NeoLigno. In the recent times together with RISE, IsoTimber and Moelven, Stora Enso has been working on the most recent development of NeoLigno – 100% fossil-free structural boards and building elements.
Stora Enso has launched NeoLigno, a revolutionary lignin-based binder for particleboard and insulation applications.
NeoLigno® is a bio-based binder that is made from lignin, an organic polymer that comes from wood. It is primarily suited to particleboard and insulation applications. Using a bio-based binder makes the end product both safer to make and safer to use—all without having to compromise on technical performance.
The aim of the project 100 % fossil-free structural boards and building elements is to develop fully bio-based and circular methods for the production of building blocks and building elements, in order to decrease the carbon footprint without having to compromise on the end product’s efficacy. Moelven is producing plywood panels while IsoTimber makes building blocks made partially of plywood. Stora Enso is supplying NeoLigno®, which acts as a bio-based binder for the plywood and the building blocks produced by Moelven and IsoTimber respectively.
The project is still ongoing, but the current status is that the construction plywood and building blocks have been successfully produced, using NeoLigno, in an industrial scale. Next up is extensive testing of the properties of the two products. Lab testing has already established that NeoLigno is able to match or exceed the performance of traditional binders used in plywood and building blocks. The operational success of the project provides validation on the commercial potential of products implementing NeoLigno as the binder.
Magdalena Sterley, Expert in gluing of wood from RISE confirms that Stora Enso has developed a high-quality binder, promising for plywood applications: “Plywood manufactured in lab and pilot scale show promising properties and indicates that plywood produced with NeoLigno can meet the requirement of construction plywood.”
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