The Global Market for Lignin 2023-2033
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Published August 2022
125 pages, 18 tables, 33 figures
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The increasing concerns of environmental pollution and shortage of petroleum resources have fueled substantial research towards valorization of bio-based polymers. Lignin is the second most abundant renewable biopolymer on Earth and the largest natural source of aromatic monomers. Its industrial use has attracted considerable attention because of its advantages of high carbon content, low cost and bio-renewability.
Wood pulping and other biorefinery industries extract more than 50 million tonnes of lignin annually, but only ~2% is recovered for utilization in applications. However, it's use as a ‘green’ feedstock for fuels, chemicals, and materials is growing through the commercialization of extraction technologies coupled with transitioning towards biorefinery processes.
Lignin has mainly been produced as an industrial residue of pulp and paper factories (e.g. a by-product of the Kraft process), and the majority of the several millions tons of lignin produced annually are utilized as a low-cost fuel for power and heat generation. Due to continued greening (i.e. renewable feedstock) of the global economy, new applications are being commercialized. For example, lignin-based renewable functional fillers are used in different rubber applications as a sustainable alternative to carbon black and silica.
The Global Market for Lignin 2023-2033 includes:
· Market description and future outlook.
· Analysis of processes used to extract and refine lignin
· Production capacities of lignin producers.
· In depth analysis of biorefinery lignin production.
· Markets and applications for lignin.
· Market demand for lignin in metric tonnes, forecast to 2033.
· Industry developments 2020-2022.
· Profiles of 69 lignin producers. Profiles include company description, products, processes and capacities. Companies profiled include Versalis SpA, Clariant, MetGen Oy, Praj Industries Ltd., Bloom Biorenewables SA, FP Innovations, UPM, Klabin SA, RenCom AB and many more.
