Sunpine invests 17 million in existing factory

SunPine is investing 17 million in a capacity increase at the existing factory.

– We have identified bottlenecks that are being addressed, which will increase capacity by approximately ten percent, says Magnus Edin, CEO, SunPine.

The sustainable biorefinery SunPine is growing. Over the past four years, SunPine has continuously made investments in the existing facility of between 20 and 40 million.

The design of the construction of a second production line is underway in parallel, an investment of 250 million that will increase the production of tall oil diesel by approximately 50 percent. The new second factory may be ready for use in the spring of 2020, but already this year an investment of 17 million will be made, which means that the capacity of the existing factory will be increased by ten percent.

– This is about a capacity increase of approximately 10,000 cubic meters of tall oil diesel per year. An increase of ten percent. So it is a significant capacity increase, notes Magnus Edin, CEO, SunPine, and continues:

– SunPine’s journey is one of continuous improvement. When I started in 2013, we were at 15 tons per hour, now we are going up to 23 tons per hour. In five years, we have increased capacity by more than 50 percent when this investment is completed. We must continuously invest to tune a world-class facility.

The investment in the existing factory will be assembled on site during a planned maintenance shutdown this fall.

– We are installing three heat exchangers and two pumps and modifying some of the process equipment to increase capacity.

– It is an investment of 17 million that we are making to solve this capacity increase in the existing factory. With this optimization and investment in a second factory, we are well equipped to meet the increasing need for sustainable fuels, notes Edin.