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Forchem investment exceeds expectations The world’s largest single-line tall oil refinery, Forchem Oy in Rauma, has been able to extend its production capacity beyond what was originally planned. In-house innovations, ambitious and systematic quality work by the entire staff and spirited investments in new technology all contributed to making what was originally planned to be a 150,000-tonne project yield an annual throughput capacity of 175,000 tonnes. The demand for all Forchem’s end products in the markets is currently high even though the repercussions of energy prices have dramatically increased the price of Forchem’s raw material, crude tall oil. The year 2006 is therefore expected to be very challenging in terms of profit-making. Forchem Oy specialises in the distillation of crude tall oil, a by-product of chemical pulping, and has rapidly become a leading producer in the field worldwide. With its latest investment of over EUR 4 million and related development projects, Forchem has quickly gained a more than 30 per cent foothold of the tall oil refinery business in Europe. In its three years of operations, Forchem has also managed to build its capacity up to the original 100,000 tonnes and now to 175,000 tonnes of tall oil distillates a year. Succeeding through innovations The FOR150 expansion investment was carried out in the summer and autumn of 2005 alongside normal production operations. The project exceeded expectations, not least due to in-house innovations implemented by Forchem staff. The many creative insights by process engineer Esko Kiviranta for improving the process utility rate and ensuring product quality were particularly conducive to the original plans being exceeded. Esko Kiviranta was awarded the Forchem 2005 Innovation Award at Rauma on Monday, December 19. 1/2007 • New momentum to the construction of the sterol plant • Control of birch extractives with new ForExt rosin soaps in kraft pulping • Development and execution of process analysis • Development of Forchem's Distilled Tall Oil Products • Forchem investment exceeds expectations • Mr.Tapio Pullinen has been appointed to Supply Chain Manager • Organisation • News from the sales offices • Forchem's customer survey results • World-class occupational safety at Forchem • Friendship visit   Back to frontpage
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