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BIOPRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS WORLD PULPPAPER28 types of partners making use of the side streams an area which is already active to a more limited extent at other mills of ours and began strengthening the technical processes needed to make this a defining feature. This emphasis gave rise to the idea of a thriving ecosystem surrounding the nekoski mill. The production process of pulp gives rise to a number of by-products explains Riikka Joukio. Some of these amount to side streams that we can make use of ourselves for energy production for example and then there are those that are either too small or best suit a business that we are not active in. With an ecosystem of other companies these opportunities can be captured in a way that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship as well as benefitting the local communities and society at large. Today the bioproducts of a pulp mill in addition to pulp are tall oil turpentine and bio-energy Camilla Wikstrm points out which can amount to around 10 per cent of the whole operations turnover. The idea with this new concept is to double this to about 20 per cent in the first stage. Potential new products from the side streams of the bioproduct mill include product gas sulphuric acid textile fibres biocomposites lignin products fertilisers and biogas. In some cases existing partners will extend their cooperation to capitalise on these resources. In others Mets Fibre is collaborating with universities and other research bodies to establish further processes and production paths with the aim of signposting the next phase of products to be derived from the bioeconomy. But while these possibilities are boundless in 2017 when the new mill begins operations the side streams of the mill will already generate a great deal of bioenergy. In fact the nekoski bioproduct mill will increase the total share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percentage points. The role of Mets Group as a bioenergy producer is already significant and altogether 16 per cent of the renewable energy used in Finland comes from the company. The nekoski bioproduct mill will increase the total share of renewable energy in Finland by more than two percentage points Figure 3. Mill Manager Camilla Wikstrm Figure 4. Now more than ever there is abundant potential to market pulp as a genuinely sustainable product based on a renewable raw material