# UPM starts construction of €550M biochemicals facility in Leuna, Germany

UPM celebrated the official start of construction of a €550 million biochemicals biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, which will produce 100% wood-based biochemicals with an annual capacity of 220,000 tonnes.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-07
- Where: Leuna, Germany, Germany
- Value: $650.0M (550.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 220,000 tonnes per year
- Products: bio-monoethylene glycol, bio-monopropylene glycol, lignin-based renewable functional fillers, industrial sugars
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [UPM-Kymmene](https://endata.com/companies/14324.md)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2020/10/07/2104938/0/en/the-construction-of-upm-s-innovative-biochemicals-facility-starts-in-germany.html), 2020-10-07: "UPM celebrated today the official start of the construction of the state-of-the-art biochemicals facility in Leuna, Germany."

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