With lignin as ihe focus of varied process and product development efforts on both sides of the Atlantic, it appears that commercial applications for lignin as a substitute for petrochemical-based polymers are likely in the 2013-2014 time frame. Speakers at the International Lignin Biochemical Conference in Toronto on June 21 described a variety of product trials, and Domtar confirmed that its Plymouth, N.C., mill should be producing commercial quantities of kraft lignin early next year.
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