Companies
Borregaard
the Norwegian biorefinery is the world's only fully integrated wood-based specialty-chemicals plant, producing lignin-based biovanillin (BioSolutions) and specialty cellulose and cellulose fibrils (BioMaterials) from renewable wood feedstock.
- Country
- Norway
- Ticker
- BRG
FDA food-contact
REACH
Coverage
| CN | EU | US | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cellulose-lignin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| logistics-supply-chain | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| specialty-fine-chem | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | Financing includes a USD 50 million term loan, EUR 40 million term loan, NOK 500 million green bond, and long-term revolving credit facilities totalling NOK 1,500 million. LignoTech Florida has a separate USD 60 million loan agreement. Borregaard AS also has multicurrency overdraft facilities totalling NOK 225 million. | borregaard.com · scopegroup.com |
| Capacity | Bioethanol production capacity is estimated at 20 million litres annually. Exilva microfibrillated cellulose capacity is approximately 1,000 tonnes dry MFC per year. The company expects a 5–10% total capacity increase at the Sarpsborg biorefinery towards 2027. | info.borregaard.com · borregaard.com · emergenresearch.com |
| Certification | Borregaard's vanillin is PEFC certified. 95% of wood purchased is PEFC and/or FSC certified. | info.borregaard.com · borregaard.com |
| Regulatory approval | The Sarpsborg site is regulated under the Seveso directive (Norwegian Storulykkeforskriften). The registration document was approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet). | borregaard.com |
| Production site | The main biorefinery is in Sarpsborg, Norway. Additionally, there are five lignin production sites outside Norway located in the USA, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the UK. | info.borregaard.com · borregaard.com |
| Headcount | 1,141 full-time equivalent employees at the end of 2024. | info.borregaard.com · borregaard.com |
| Revenue | Operating revenues for the full year 2025 were NOK 7,713 million. | info.borregaard.com · borregaard.com |
Independent sources: emergenresearch.com · scopegroup.com
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosynthetic specialty & fine chemicals (precision fermentation, biocatalysis, biorefinery) | specialty-fine-chem | Medium | → |
| Cascade biomass use & biorefinery hubs | logistics-supply-chain | Low | → |
| Lignin-derived aromatic chemicals | cellulose-lignin | Medium | → |
Compiled by BIOECON from primary sources.
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