Chempolis’ scope of supply will cover technology licence and supplying services (engineering, procurement, commissioning and start-up services). The biorefineries will incorporate Chempolis’ latest Formicofib technologies. The value of the order exceeds 60 million Euros.“Many paper companies are now focusing on solutions that would help save forest resources, and Chempolis’ technology offers an excellent way of refining residual local non-wood biomass into high-quality papermaking fibers and biochemicals, which can be distributed locally too”, says Esa Rousu, CEO of Chempolis.Chempolis is a leading-edge company in supplying biorefining

technologies and production solutions for industrial utilisation based

on non-wood and non-food inputs. The Formicofib technology is a third-generation effluent-free, low-carbon technology that is self-sufficient in terms of its energy requirement and capable of fully converting cellulosic biomass into a variety of bio-based products. (Chempolis and its technology was described in an article in Nordic Paper Journal, number 7/2009).The signing ceremonies in Beijing were attended by the Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, and the Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang.