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The article offers information on an initiative taken by Northern European paper firms that looking into an initiative to convert black liquor, a byproduct of papermaking, into industrial chemicals. Topics discussed include Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) evaluating approaches for making high-value chemical products, Finnish paper producer Stora Enso looking to extract chemicals from black liquor and Lignin, the largest constituent of black liquor.

The article reports that a Finnish pulp and paper maker Stora Enso has decided to open an innovation center in Stockholm, Sweden to develop biochemicals, and also presents the statement of Stora Enso chief executive officer (CEO) Karl-Henrik Sundström.

The article informs that the finnish forest products firm Stora Enso has invested 43 million U.S. dollars to build a demonstration plant in Raceland, Louisiana by purchasing refined sugars producer Verdia as of September 2014 to extracts sugar from waste sugarcane biomass.