UPM-Kymmene's German Biorefinery Starts Industrial Sugars Production

MT Newswires · 2d ago
05:44 AM EST, 12/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UPM-Kymmene (UPM.HE) said Friday its biorefinery in Leuna, Germany, started production and commercialization of industrial sugars. The Finnish forest products maker expects the facility to start producing further commercial products in the first half of 2026. The facility is expected to have an annual capacity of producing 220,000 tonnes of advanced biochemicals from sustainably sourced hardwood.