Borregaard
Encyclopedia
Borregaard is a Norwegian
company, established in 1889 in the southeastern town of Sarpsborg
in Østfold
county. Its main products were traditionally pulp and paper
. The company later started producing chemicals
based on timber
as a raw material. After a takeover
in 1986, Borregaard is today part of the chemical division of the Orkla Group
.
The company's core business is based on a Biorefinery
that manufactures products based on the different components in wood. Important products are Specialty Cellulose
, Lignin
products (Lignosulphonates), Bio Ethanol
, Yeast
and Yeast Extracts and lignin based Vanillin
. The company also produces Ethyl Vanillin, Diphenols and Fine Chemicals.
based on softwood
, Spruce
. Borregaards has a Cellulose plant in Sarpsborg
, Norway. 2002 bougth borregaard an additional chemcell plant in Solothurn
, Switzerland. This plant was closed 2008.
Customers are manufacturers of cellulose derivatives
, such as cellulose ethers and esters, acetate cellulose and micro-crystalline cellulose. Borregaard ChemCell also produces cellulose for textile fibres, plastic products and a variety of paper qualities.
Borregaard's plant in Norway was erected in 1891, The Swiss plant, former Atisholz started production as early as 1884.
Both plant utilizes a calcium sulphite based digesting proses which gives high viscosity cellulose with high purity.
Bio ethanol and basic chemicals
The sugar
compounds in wood is used to manufacture bio ethanol
. Borregaard also produces caustic soda, hydrochloric acid
and bleaching chemicals for captive use and for sale to external customers.
, USA, Brazil
, Germany
, and the UK, and joint venture units in South Africa
and Spain
.
LignoTech's lignin products are used as dispersing agents in concrete
, textile dyes, agrochemicals, batteries and ceramic
products, or as binding agents in animal feed and briquettes. Lignin products improve the end-use properties and strengthen the structure of concrete. Lignin-based products are also used in connection with oil drilling.
The production facilities is located at Borregaard production site in Sarpsborg, Norway.
The company also produces diphenols at its plant in Ravenna, Italy.
Omega-3 oil
Borregaard supplies omega-3 specialty oils designed for use in functional food such as dairy products, juice, sausages and sweets.
Vanillin
The company is the only supplier of vanillin produced from wood (lignin). Borregaard also supplies vanillin and ethyl vanillin products based on petrochemical raw materials.
Yeast
products
Borregaard's plant in Switzerland produces protein-rich torula yeast, based on sugar compounds in wood, for use in food products and selected animal feed products. Borregaard also manufactures various yeast extracts that are used as taste enhancers with good nutritional properties in sauces, soups, baby food, pizza and meat products.
epidemic
in Norwegian history.
The epidemic
spread to at least 56 people, of whom ten died.
Information about the epidemic was posted to the Norwegian Wiki entry for Borregaard, and then edited away by Information Director of Borregaard, Endre Steinbru. The act was characterized as censorship by Professor of Computer Science at University of Oslo, Gisle Hannemyr.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
company, established in 1889 in the southeastern town of Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
in Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...
county. Its main products were traditionally pulp and paper
Pulp and Paper
Pulp and Paper is the name of the largest United States-based trade magazine for the pulp and paper industry. See also: Paper engineering, Pulp and Paper Merit Badge...
. The company later started producing chemicals
Chemical industry
The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials into more than 70,000 different products.-Products:...
based on timber
Timber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
as a raw material. After a takeover
Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another . In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.- Friendly takeovers :Before a bidder makes an offer for another...
in 1986, Borregaard is today part of the chemical division of the Orkla Group
Orkla Group
Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. The company's main divisions are branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions, materials, associates and financial investments.-Operations:...
.
The company's core business is based on a Biorefinery
Biorefinery
A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, heat, and value-added chemicals from biomass...
that manufactures products based on the different components in wood. Important products are Specialty Cellulose
Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....
, Lignin
Lignin
Lignin or lignen is a complex chemical compound most commonly derived from wood, and an integral part of the secondary cell walls of plants and some algae. The term was introduced in 1819 by de Candolle and is derived from the Latin word lignum, meaning wood...
products (Lignosulphonates), Bio Ethanol
Ethanol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...
, Yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
and Yeast Extracts and lignin based Vanillin
Vanillin
Vanillin is a phenolic aldehyde, an organic compound with the molecular formula C8H8O3. Its functional groups include aldehyde, ether, and phenol. It is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean. It is also found in Leptotes bicolor, roasted coffee and the Chinese red pine...
. The company also produces Ethyl Vanillin, Diphenols and Fine Chemicals.
Borregaard ChemCell
Borregaard ChemCell is a producer of advanced specialty celluloseCellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....
based on softwood
Softwood
The term softwood is used to describe wood from trees that are known as gymnosperms.Conifers are an example. It may also be used to describe trees, which tend to be evergreen, notable exceptions being bald cypress and the larches....
, Spruce
Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical...
. Borregaards has a Cellulose plant in Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg
is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neighbouring Fredrikstad...
, Norway. 2002 bougth borregaard an additional chemcell plant in Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
, Switzerland. This plant was closed 2008.
Customers are manufacturers of cellulose derivatives
Derivative (chemistry)
In chemistry, a derivative is a compound that is derived from a similar compound by some chemical or physical process. In the past it was also used to mean a compound that can be imagined to arise from another compound, if one atom is replaced with another atom or group of atoms, but modern...
, such as cellulose ethers and esters, acetate cellulose and micro-crystalline cellulose. Borregaard ChemCell also produces cellulose for textile fibres, plastic products and a variety of paper qualities.
Borregaard's plant in Norway was erected in 1891, The Swiss plant, former Atisholz started production as early as 1884.
Both plant utilizes a calcium sulphite based digesting proses which gives high viscosity cellulose with high purity.
Bio ethanol and basic chemicals
The sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
compounds in wood is used to manufacture bio ethanol
Ethanol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...
. Borregaard also produces caustic soda, hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid is a solution of hydrogen chloride in water, that is a highly corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses. It is found naturally in gastric acid....
and bleaching chemicals for captive use and for sale to external customers.
Borregaard LignoTech
Borregaard LignoTech is a supplier of lignin-based binding and dispersing agents (lignosulphonate). Lignin is the binding agent in wood and is extracted as lignosulphonate during the production of cellulose. The company has production units in NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, USA, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and the UK, and joint venture units in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
LignoTech's lignin products are used as dispersing agents in concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
, textile dyes, agrochemicals, batteries and ceramic
Ceramic
A ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous...
products, or as binding agents in animal feed and briquettes. Lignin products improve the end-use properties and strengthen the structure of concrete. Lignin-based products are also used in connection with oil drilling.
Borregaard Synthesis
Borregaard Synthesis provides intermediates for non-ionic X-ray contrast media, and has dedicated plants for this market. The company also supplies advanced intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for several medicines.The production facilities is located at Borregaard production site in Sarpsborg, Norway.
The company also produces diphenols at its plant in Ravenna, Italy.
Borregaard Ingredients
Borregaard manufactures ingredients based on natural raw materials.Omega-3 oil
Borregaard supplies omega-3 specialty oils designed for use in functional food such as dairy products, juice, sausages and sweets.
Vanillin
Vanillin
Vanillin is a phenolic aldehyde, an organic compound with the molecular formula C8H8O3. Its functional groups include aldehyde, ether, and phenol. It is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean. It is also found in Leptotes bicolor, roasted coffee and the Chinese red pine...
The company is the only supplier of vanillin produced from wood (lignin). Borregaard also supplies vanillin and ethyl vanillin products based on petrochemical raw materials.
Yeast
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
products
Borregaard's plant in Switzerland produces protein-rich torula yeast, based on sugar compounds in wood, for use in food products and selected animal feed products. Borregaard also manufactures various yeast extracts that are used as taste enhancers with good nutritional properties in sauces, soups, baby food, pizza and meat products.
General Directors/ Managing Directors
- 1918-1933 : Hjalmar Wessel
- 1933-1960 : Arne Meidell
- 1960-1978 : Rein HenriksenRein HenriksenRein Henriksen was a Norwegian lawyer and industrialist.He was born in Oslo as a son of Gustav Severin Henriksen. He was hired in Borregaard Industrier in 1947, and advanced to director general from 1960 to 1978...
- 1978-1985 : Oddmund Sørhuus
- 1986-1999 : Egil Ullebø
- 1999- : Per Sørlie
Source of Legionella Epidemic
On 8 June 2005 Borregaard confirmed that their plant in Sarpsborg, Norway was the source of the worst LegionellaLegionella
Legionella is a pathogenic Gram negative bacterium, including species that cause legionellosis or Legionnaires' disease, most notably L. pneumophila. It may be readily visualized with a silver stain....
epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
in Norwegian history.
The epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
spread to at least 56 people, of whom ten died.
Information about the epidemic was posted to the Norwegian Wiki entry for Borregaard, and then edited away by Information Director of Borregaard, Endre Steinbru. The act was characterized as censorship by Professor of Computer Science at University of Oslo, Gisle Hannemyr.