Domsj Fabriker

The Unique Biorefinery

Ola Hildingsson
CEO

The Biorefinery Domsj Fabriker

From a traditional pulp mill to a versatile Biorefinery
We focus on products with strong market growth
Market dynamics differ from the traditional forest industry
Sustainable process and products
Forest
Closed loop, TCF
Alternatives to cotton and oil
Strong regional and cluster cooperation
BioMethanol and BioDME a complementary fourth BA
Upgrading black liquor utilization

The Biorefinery Cluster

Winner
Vinnvx, Vinnova
8 x 4 MSek

DomInnova AB

The same raw material

but different end products
The Forest Industry

The Biorefinery Domsj Fabriker

The only thing we have in common with the forest industry is the raw material

Our product mix

Tonnes per year

300000
250000
200000

Paperpulp
Specialty cellulose
Ethanol
Lignosulfonate

150000
100000
50000
0
1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

Investments

z Investments 2000 2008

800 MSek

The investments are financed by our cash flow and

sales of non core assets
Domsj 2010 has a ROI of 40%

Products
Ethanol

Lignosulfonate

Specialty cellulose
Energy

Specialty cellulose for

fabrics and fashion
Comfortable like cotton,
beautiful like silk

Your jeans are

a poison bomb
(Ekonominyheterna 2006)

Cotton production consumes more than

11% of all farming chemicals used on the
earth and 25% of all pesticides
One pair of jeans consumes
6600 litres of water
13,2 m land
0,5 kg chemicals
103 different pesticides

Is there a peak cotton round the corner?

Fibres for textile

Volume 2007
Million
tonnes

45

+5% per year

40
35
30

+1,7% per year

25
20
15
10

+7%per year

5
0
Cotton

Oil based fibres

Specialty cellulose

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Spray dryer for lignosulfonate

Why dry LS?

- 50% water removed
- 50% freight rate
= 4 x value

December 08

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The biorefinery process at Domsj

- the only one in the world

A unique, sodium based two-stage cooking process

Closed-loop TCF-bleaching (Totaly Chlorine Free)
Hydrogen peroxide bleaching only

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More value added products

Ethanol
Lignosulfonate

BioMethanol/
BioDME

En
erg
y

Specialty cellulose

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Alternative strategies
Liquor

Recovery
boilers

Steam and electrical power

Lignosulfonate
(liquid and powder)

Gasification

Gas cleaning

Synthesis Gas
H2+CO
(hydrogen & carbon monoxide)

Methanol/BioDME (dimethylether)
Fischer-Tropsch prod. (FT-diesel)
Steam and electrical power

CO2 & H2S

(carbon dioxide & hydrogen sulfide)

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We make more from the tree!

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