Domtar to Inaugurate BioChoice Lignin at Plymouth Mill Tomorrow
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Domtar Corp., Montreal, Que., Canada, together with U.S. Federal and State of North Carolina officials, are inviting the media to attend a press event to mark the inauguration of a commercial-scale lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, N.C., mill—the first U.S. facility of its type in more than 25 years. Officials scheduled to be at the event on Friday, June 7, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET include: Tom Vilsack, secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture; G.K. Butterfield, U.S. House of Representatives; John D. Williams, president and CEO of Domtar; Michael Edwards, SVP, Pulp & Paper Manufacturing, Domtar; and Dennis Askew, VP and mill manager, Domtar.
The ceremonies will include a tour of the lignin separation plant, presentations on the commercial applications of lignin from federal officials and Domtar leaders, and a panel discussion with industry experts and customers. The production of Domtar's BioChoice™ lignin provides a bio-based alternative to the use of petroleum and other fossil fuels across a wide range of applications. This includes adhesives, agricultural chemicals, carbon products, coatings, dispersants, fuels and fuel additives, natural binders, resins, and thermoplastics.
Lignin is a fundamental building block of wood fiber historically underutilized in the pulp manufacturing process. With rising energy prices, the economics of petroleum-based substrates in the making of consumer goods are shifting. This provides tremendous business opportunities for plant-based materials, Domtar notes.
The press event will help explain the technology and its market applications, as well as the potential to secure jobs in rural communities by leveraging an abundant, underused, renewable material.
Interested media should contact Stefan Nowicki, manager, communications and government relations, Domtar Corp., at 803-802-8099 x68099.
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