UPM

is building a $1.6 billion wood-to-chemicals biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, designed to fully ramp by 2027, processing 220,000 tonnes a year of sustainably sourced beech wood into industrial sugars that are catalytically converted into ethylene glycol and propylene glycol as fossil-carbon replacements.

Country: Finland
Ticker: UPM

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Coverage

	CN	EU	IN	US
cellulose-lignin	✓	✓	✓	✓
logistics-supply-chain	✓	✓	—	✓
polymers-materials	✓	✓	—	✓
wood-construction	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Capacity	220,000 tonnes of biochemicals per year; 500,000 metric tons of beechwood per year at full capacity	cen.acs.org · news.cision.com · user-fudicvo.cld.bz
Certification	ISCC PLUS, PEFC, and FSC chain-of-custody certifications	user-fudicvo.cld.bz · upm.com
Production site	Leuna, Germany	user-fudicvo.cld.bz · upmbiochemicals.com
Headcount	Approximately 100-200 employees for the biochemicals business unit/site medium confidence	prospeo.io · circularchoices.eu
Revenue	Approximately $10.6 million annual revenue for UPM Biochemicals medium confidence	prospeo.io

Independent sources: cen.acs.org · circularchoices.eu · news.cision.com · prospeo.io · upm.com · upmbiochemicals.com · user-fudicvo.cld.bz

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Bio-adhesives (industrial scale)	polymers-materials	Low	→
Cascade biomass use & biorefinery hubs	logistics-supply-chain	Low	→
Lignin-derived aromatic chemicals	cellulose-lignin	Medium	→
Nanocellulose biomaterials & aerogels (CNC, CNF, BNC and cellulose aerogels)	cellulose-lignin	Low	→
Sustainable forestry & forest management	wood-construction	Low	→

Compiled by BIOECON from primary sources.

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