In the course of our pulp production, we yield CTO as a bioproduct from a side reaction of wood chips and hot solvents. This yellow-black odorous liquid raw material can be further processed into a variety of fractions. Our customers divide Metsä CTO into four distinct components for use in different industries and end use applications:
- Tall oil fatty acids (TOFA)
- Tall oil rosins (TOR)
- Sterols
- Pitch oil and its derivates
Metsä CTO is typically used as a raw material in the production of adhesives, rubbers, paints, inks and biofuels. It is also used as a binder agent in cement and asphalt, and even in animal feed.
Typical end uses of Metsä Crude Tall Oil (CTO):
- Concrete
- Fuel
- Lubricants
- Asphalt
- Paints
- Car tyres
- Adhesives
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- Printing ink
- Paper and board coatings
- Tapes and adhesives for stickers
- Margarine (emulsifiers)
- Animal feed
- Detergents and cleaners
- Soap
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Metsä CTO is a renewable component and has remarkably low carbon emissions. In contrast to many other bio-based raw materials, trees do not require separate land area or take agricultural land away from food production. Forests and wood-based products have the unique ability to bind and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which makes wood-based Metsä CTO a competitive sustainable alternative in the biochemical industry. Due to its ability to replace the fossil-based materials in many manufacturing processes, our Metsä CTO has great potential.
By sustainable forest management and responsible production, Metsä Fibre uses wood raw material resources in a sustainable way. We contribute to the European Union’s circular economy goals, as well as to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
