Additional tall oil products

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From waste to value creation

Rosin

Additional tall oil products

Rosin is one of the forest's most versatile raw materials. In its simplest form, it is a natural substance found in the resin of coniferous trees. It has been used for centuries in everything from shipbuilding to traditional crafts.

Today, rosin is primarily an industrial raw material. One of its most important applications is in binders and so-called tackifiers – substances that help materials adhere to one another. Its unique chemical properties also make it valuable in applications that require good film-forming properties. This versatility means that rosin and rosin derivatives can be found in a wide range of everyday products, including adhesives and tapes, printing inks and coatings, paper, and certain electronic manufacturing processes.

Sunpine's rosin
As demand grows for more sustainable chemicals, manufacturers are looking for raw materials that combine high quality with a strong environmental profile. Sunpine's rosin is a bio-based alternative that offers excellent adhesion together with predictable thermal properties. It is produced at our facility in Haraholmen, Piteå, using a production process powered by 99 per cent fossil-free energy.

Produced from a by-product
Rosin can be produced by tapping living trees for resin. It can also be extracted from tree stumps or – as we do at Sunpine – recovered from crude tall oil, a by-product of the pulp and paper industry. Through our patented production process, we deliver rosin with high purity and consistent quality, contributing to stable performance in end products.

Would you like to learn more about Sunpine's rosin?
Please refer to our safety data sheet or contact one of our sales representatives for technical specifications and product information.

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Alpha-pinene

Additional tall oil products

The fresh scent of coniferous forests makes alpha-pinene one of nature's most recognizable molecules. Alpha-pinene is used to produce fragrance components for perfumes, cosmetics, hygiene products, cleaning products and the like. It also functions as a starting material in chemical formulations that are then used in the production of, for example, solvents, adhesives, paints, surface coatings and tire rubber. Sunpine refines turpentine into alpha-pinene in a process that is both resource- and cost-efficient.

Products

Our other products

Excess heat

We recover excess energy from our production process and deliver it to PiteEnergi. The company converts it into district heating, thereby supplying nearby industries with sustainable heat.

Excess heat
Read more about our excess heat

Bio-oil

Our bio-oil is a fossil-free heating oil for boilers and heating plants, and can replace fossil oils in Sweden's district heating networks.

Bio-oil
Read more about our bio-oil

Raw tall diesel

Sunpine’s main product is ISCC-certified Raw tall diesel, an advanced biofuel feedstock with a CO₂ reduction value of up to 99.7 per cent.

Raw tall oil diesel
Read more about our Raw tall diesel