Borregaard
Borregaard is the world’s leading company in the field of wood-based speciality chemicals, in addition to holding strong positions in the ingredients, fine chemicals and energy industries. Over more than a century of operations, the company has developed unique expertise and offers a range of increasingly specialised value-added products.
Borregaard is an international company and has production plants and sales offices in the main industrial markets.
Borregaard’s unique competence and long-term focus on wood-based chemicals have positioned the company as the world’s biggest supplier of lignin-based binding and dispersing agents and a global leader in selected segments of the speciality cellulose market. The manufacture of vanillin, yeast products and bio ethanol ensures high utilisation of raw materials and provides a platform for a broader product portfolio, which includes food ingredients. Borregaard also holds attractive positions on the electric power market and as a supplier of fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry. The company has production plants and sales offices in most of the important industrial markets in Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
Main events in 2006 |
Focus in 2007 |
- Good profit performance for the lignin and energy businesses.
- High raw material prices and oil-related costs.
- Production problems for speciality cellulose in Switzerland.
- Positive impact from improvement programmes.
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- Improve profitability for speciality cellulose.
- Innovation programmes to secure market positions and increase value creation.
- Continue improvement programmes to compensate for a challenging foreign exchange situation and high timber and energy prices.
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Last modified: 11.02.2008