UPM Pulp Matters 2/2023

BUSINESS BLUEPRINT

ADVANCING

The UPM Kaukas mill in Lappeenranta, Finland is a pioneer of the circular economy and the most versatile bioforest industry integrate in the world. None of the raw material used in its processes goes to waste.

PULP MILL • 700,000 tonnes of softwood pulp produced per year. • The pulp is used to produce tissue paper, board, lables, fine paper and magazine paper. • The side streams and residues of pulp production include crude tall oil, turpentine, lignin, ash for land construction and fertilisers, and green liquer dregs used in land construction. • The mill is more than self-sufficient in heat and energy generation. Half of the material from pulp cooking ends up as black liquor burnt in the recovery boiler.

SAWMILL • Production capacity 380,000 m 3 of pinewood sawn timber. • Delivered to the joinery,

packaging, furniture and construction industries.

CHIPS AND SAWDUST USED IN PULP PRODUCTION.

SAWDUST AND BARK USED IN ENERGY PRODUCTION.

ASH FOR LAND CONSTRUCTION AND FERTILISERS.

SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS • 5 million m 3 of wood raw material sourced from surrounding area. • Ash from pulp mill and biomass power plant used as fertiliser.

BIOMASS POWER PLANT • Produces renewable energy from biomass – including branches, bark, sawdust and waste water sludge – for the mill integrate and district heating for the surrounding area.

30

PUL P MAT TERS 02/2023