Raisio - Company Announcement

Raisio plc: Raisio to build a bioenergy plant in Finland

Raisio plc, Stock Exchange Release, 27 January 2016

RAISIO TO BUILD A BIOENERGY PLANT IN FINLAND

Raisio Group will build a bioenergy plant in its industrial area in Raisio. In
the new facility, industrial steam and district heating used in the company's
operations and sold to other operators in the area will be produced with wood
chips. The value of the investment is approximately eight million euros and the
employment effect throughout the value chain 30-40 jobs. With its own bioenergy
plant, Raisio will take a big step toward carbon neutrality. 

Construction of its own bioenergy plant for the production of steam and
district heating used in Raisio’s industrial area is part of the company’s goal
to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy whenever it is ecologically and
economically viable. The new bioenergy plant will be fuelled with locally
produced wood chips from forestry societies and other suppliers. The 9.5 MW
bioenergy plant will use an average of three truckloads of wood chips per day.
Construction work is scheduled to begin in winter 2016 and the facility will be
launched during the spring 2017. 

With the investment, carbon dioxide emissions from the products made using heat
energy generated in Raisio's industrial area will be reduced significantly.
Steam loss in heat energy supply will decrease to a fraction of the current,
and environmental emissions from the energy production will decline with
Raisio’s own bioenergy plant. 

RAISIO PLC

Heidi Hirvonen
Communications and IR Manager
Tel. +358 50 567 3060



Further information:
Jarmo Puputti, Managing Director, Raisioagro and Raisionkaari Industrial Park,
tel. +358 50 352 8740 





Raisio plc

Raisio plc is an international specialist in plant-based nutrition. Raisio’s
operations are divided into two divisions: Brands and Raisioagro. The Group’s
key market areas are Finland, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Russia and
Poland. Markets for cholesterol lowering Benecol products are global. Raisio
plc’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Raisio’s turnover in 2014 was
EUR 494 million. The Group employs some 1,700 people. Raisio’s best-known
brands are Benecol, Benemilk, Elovena Honey Monster, Fox’s and Poppets.
Benemilk feeds for milk production and Benecol for cholesterol lowering are
Raisio’s top innovations. For more information on Raisio go to
www.raisio.com/en 





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