1. POLYNOL Project - Integrated production of polymers
and ethanol from forest and sugar cane industries
Objective: Research, development, and demonstration.
Objective: Facilitate large scale production of renewable polymers and cellulosic
ethanol through cooperation between forest and sugar cane industries, and
between producers and end-users.
Organizations / Organizações: Innventia (SE) + CTC (BR) + Fibria (BR) + Klabin
(BR) + Novozymes (BR) + Scania (SE/BR) + Tetra Pak (SE/BR) + Chalmers (SE) +
…

2. Challenges addressed
• Ethanol production from lignocellulose generates multiple streams
– Requires polygeneration approach; by-products must also have high value
– Benefits from integration with other industry
– Large scale required for profitability
– Value chains must be understood by stakeholders
• Liquid packaging is partly made from non-renewable materials
• Fossil fuels are used in the production and transportation of biomass

3. POLYNOL Project - Overall Concept and
Value Chains
Pulp
wood Liquid Renewable
Paper /
Kraft
pulping
board packaging packaging
production
board
Forestry residues,
Low-cost wood, Bagasse
Alkaline
Hydrolysis,
Ferment-
Biomaterials,
fractionation ation &
Distillation biochemicals and
biofuels
Chemicals Separation
Recovery
Energy
Recovery
Electric Power

4. Strong group of project partners
• covering the entire value chains
• have complementary competences
• areas where Brazilian and Swedish companies are world leaders
Separation Conversion & Systems
Raw materials Biotechnology Transport
technology manufacturing analysis
• Fibria • Innventia • Novozymes • Scania • Scania • Innventia
• Klabin • Fibria • CTC • Tetra Pak • Chalmers
• CTC • Klabin • Braskem