Company

Solam is a leading partner and solution provider for modified starch application in paper, board and non-woven industry in Europe. We provide a wide selection of products, a long tradition of know-how and an efficient logistic network at your service.

Our objective is to create long-term business relations with you as a customer. We work hand in hand with you, take the time to listen to you and analyse your needs and requirements with the goal – Finding the best
solution for you.

Products

Modified starches such as cationic, oxidised and hydroxypropylated.

Applications

Paper - wet end, spray, surface-sizing and coating. Non-woven.

Raw material

Potato and pea.

Market

Focus is the Nordic region and continental Europe. Solam´s market share is roughly 10% of modified starches used in the paper industry in Europe.

History

Solam GmbH and Solam AB were founded in 2010 as a joint venture between Emsland Stärke GmbH and Lyckeby Starch AB. Lyckeby Starch AB took over the ownership of both Solam GmbH and Solam AB in July 2017. Emsland Group continues as a major cooperation partner for Solam. Solam AB was integrated in Lyckeby Starch AB in September 2018, the operations are carried out by the business unit Solam. Lyckeby Starch AB was mergered into Sveriges Stärkelseproducenter, förening u.p.a in November 2019.

Quality

Solam is certified according to ISO 9001:2015. Solam´s mission is to fulfil customer expectations using constantly up-dated routines, processes and knowledge. The know-how of Solam shall make the customer´s processes and products more cost effective with
improved performance.

Environment & Sustainability

We work proactively to develop and produce our products using environmentally adapted, sustainable methods. Our operations are optimised environmentally to the extent that this is technically possible and financially reasonable without therefore waiving any quality requirements. Read more about our sustainability work.

Application support

Our application team carefully creates studies and tests to identify products that make your processes perform optimally. This allows us to provide an individual, customized service that transforms your challenges into optimal product solutions. Our all-in-one service is designed to be an extension of your business.

Solam has an application lab in Kristianstad in southern Sweden. Here we perform application work and studies such as starch adsorption, sheet forming including strength evaluation, surfaces sizing and coating including rheology measurements. Apart from that, we also perform wet end analysis including starch measurements to secure a good performance of our wet end starches at the paper and board mills.

General Business Conditions

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Solam is a leading partner and solution provider for modified starch application in paper, board and non-woven industry in Europe. Please contact us via info@solam.com or

Solam Nordic

Sveriges Stärkelseproducenter,
förening u.p.a

Degebergavägen 60-20
SE-291 91 Kristianstad
Sweden

Solam Continental

Solam GmbH
Hagenstrasse 14-18
D-48529 Nordhorn
Germany

Fax. +49 5921 72 81 521

SOLAM is a part of the Lyckeby Group
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