R&D and Innovation in Borregaard
Strong innovation efforts is one of Borregaard’s strategic priorities. Long-standing research and development have resulted in solutions that respond to important long-term global challenges.
To maintain our position as the world’s most advanced biorefinery, Borregaard is dependent on developing the biorefinery concept by finding new bio-based raw materials, as well as new products with high value and good environmental profile. High focus on continuous improvement leads to better ways of making products through new use of technology, digitalisation, competence development and a more efficient organisation.
Borregaard’s innovation success is a result of world class in-house R&D and close co-operation between sales, manufacturing, customers and external institutes and universities in several countries.
At our research centre in Sarpsborg, 70 employees from different parts of the world work in the development of environmental technology and new products.
New products with high added value
We define innovation as a concept which applies to the entire process, from the moment a new idea occurs to the customer’s purchase of a new product with an added value.
A career in Borregaard's R&D?
Borregaard has close to 90 employees in innovation and R&D, of which over 70 employees from seven different countries at the R&D centre in Norway. 29 of our scientists hold a PhD degree.
International Recognition
Borregaard is gaining international recognition for its research and innovation.
Biorefinery Demo – a state of the art demonstration facility
The Biorefinery Demo plant is a state-of-the-art facility for process development, scale-up and manufacturing of biorefinery processes and products. Located at the Borregaard production site in Sarpsborg, it boasts a wide range of process units enabling scale-up of bio-based lab protocols into viable industrial processes.
Solving the Scale-Up Challenges of Biorefining
Scaling up a biorefinery process can be a complex and challenging process. Learn how Borregaard's Biorefinery Demo can help solve your scale up challenges.