Stora Enso invests in pilot plant for bio-based plastic packaging material
STORA ENSO OYJ INVESTOR NEWS 10 December 2019 at 9.00 EETStora Enso is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building block required to make PEF, a bio-based plastic, mainly targeting the food and beverage industry. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium. The investment in bio-based chemistry further strengthens Stora Enso’s opportunities to replace fossil-based materials with renewable