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=== MetGen Oy === | |||
{{Infobox provider-enzymatic processes|Company=MetGen Oy|Processable volume=3 tonnes|Feedstock=Lignin (waste stream in pulp and paper industries and biorefineries)|Other=|Temperature=50|Safety restrictions=|Reactor material=Acid durable steel quality S 316|Reactor=Steel Reactor|Controlled paramaters=Temperature, pressure, air flow, pH, DS|Webpage=www.metgen.com|Agitator=Rushton turbine|Capacity=50 kg/week (lignin)|TRL=8|Technology category=Conversion (Biochemical processes and technologies)|Technology name=METNIN™|Contact=Alex Michine|Country=Finland|Product=METNIN™ SHIELD - a sustainable BIO-BASED additive for fiber-based packaging boards.}} | |||
MetGen has developed and commercially launched a novel lignin valorization technology, METNIN™ to valorize the underutilized lignin streams from modern biorefineries, and pulp and paper mills. METNIN™ is a unique market driven technology combines affordable engineering with advanced biotechnology and turns abundant industrial side stream into sustainable and recyclable alternatives for petrochemicals. | |||
Potentially, the technology produces three main products such as METNIN™SHIELD for additives in packaging applications, METNIN™ lignopolyols in polyurethane application, METNIN™ resins for plywood adhesives. The technology is lignin agnostic and provides the missing link in the value-chain between crude lignin and high value lignin fractions for specific end user products. MetGen’s near-term goal is to accelerate the commercialization of METNIN™ technology and widen the bio-based products’ to market as fast as possible. This will open new opportunities for biorefinery lignin valorization thus paving the way for sustainable and more cost-efficient biorefinery business model. Currently, MetGen is in progress of bringing METNIN™ technology from pilot to demonstration scale with potential to reduce GHG emission by 85%. | |||
METGEN is one of the leading innovators in creating and developing bio-based technologies. Our mission is to enable industries to enhance the value of lignocellulosic biomass through enzymatic solutions. MetGen addresses the demand for creating more sustainable production solutions, helping to meet the ever-growing desire to increase sustainability, reduce environmental pollution, minimize the carbon footprint and conserve biodiversity. | |||
The switch to bio-based feedstocks allows the chemical industry to cut dependency on finite fossil feedstocks and increases the use of more resource-efficient biobased technologies. MetGen is at the core of this development. MetGen produces enzymes on an industrial scale, providing commercial enzymatic solutions to modern biorefineries and the pulp & paper and biogas industries. Our philosophy is to design enzymes for maximum impact in real-life process conditions. | |||
After taking science from the labs to the brink of building factories, it is time to share a few experiences along the way. Innovation comes in many layers and MetGen’s presentation unravels the entangled enzymes, processes, chemistries, bio-products, financing, and business models to a more crisp view of the future of the bio-economy. | |||
MetGen’s business model for METNIN™ technology and other enzymatic technologies is 2-fold: manufacturing and licensing of technologies. The market is too wide for any one company to capture alone and the societal and environmental impact can only be maximized through a parallel business model, licensing. MetGen shall produce the material on its own but also license the METNIN™ technology to be integrated into various types of biorefineries. This project will support and lay the foundation for both business avenues. | |||
As the METNIN™ technology is lignin-agnostic, there are vast opportunities for future commercial replication. METNIN™ is a platform technology and can be operated independently to serve the entire industry. Production of large volumes of products maximizes the value of the technology. Even though the plant can be built next to an existing producer of lignin and take advantage of the synergies in utility sourcing as well as the chemicals recycling, the business model is best served if the operations are not dependent on any one operator of a source of raw material. The low energy demand for operations allows the facility to be located also as a stand-alone establishment. MetGen has received many indications of interest to co-locate the facility by the industry, showing the future expansion potential. The technology is modular, hence leaving flexibility for capacity scale-up to be realized after achieving the expected performance and up-time by first fractionation module. | |||
METNIN™ technology can be used as a stand-alone operational unit but can also be integrated in existing P&P mills and Biorefineries. | |||
LCA study has been carried out using third party services. METNIN™ technology demo plant with 3 selected products shows an emission reduction potential of 85% greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction compared to the fossil based manufacturing of the same products. | |||
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