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PRESS RELEASE: Alternatives to toxic phenol compounds used in glues are being developed from softwood tannins

Wed, Jan 17, 2018 07:00 CET

Finnish softwood bark contains large amounts of water-soluble tannin-polyphenols, which can be used as renewable alternatives to the fossil and toxic phenol compounds widely used in glues. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk) are developing an industrial production method for a polyphenol extraction process as part of the SusBinders project. Around 3 million tonnes of softwood bark are produced as a side-stream of the Finnish forest industry each year. Most of this bark

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