A young researcher from Lleida has managed to patent a very new aqueous compound that functionalises and changes the entire set of properties of the paper as well as any other cellulosic material too. This compound uses natural enzymes that replace the…
The development of a revolutionary solvent is soon to enable energy savings in the paper industry. Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) signed an agreement recently with as many as 14 European paper producers to boost this research. Raw materials will be used…
The European Commission very recently has embraced the communication “Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe” which has the motto of building up a more commonly acceptable and coherent European Union framework in order to promote the circular economy….
The Right Choice of Biofilm Carrier Media used in MBBR-Technology You will proverbially face the agony of choice upon looking for the best suitable biofilm carrier media for the MBBR-Technology in your biological wastewater treatment plant. However, when making up your purchase…
The local paper industry, which is battling to adapt to high input costs and perpetual lack of pulp wood, will confront another test in 2014 — duty free import of paper from South-East Asian countries. On Jan 1st, India’s 2.5 per cent…
Quite recently, an unfortunate fire engulfed the buildings of Merrimac Paper Co. in Lawrence, that had been for long supplied paper for National Geographic. New England’s traditional industries seem to give in to forces of technology and rapid globalization. This fire massacre…
Tests show an increase in brightness, reduced dirt count values and lower stickies content resulting in better machine runnability, often with a lower grade furnish. Deinked pulp from waste paper such as old newspapers (ONP), old magazines (OMG), and mixed office waste…
Several attributes of paper, including its pedagogic and packaging value makes Pulp and Paper industry (P&P) uniquely positioned among the manufacturing industries. Paper, is thus, recognized almost as a touchstone of socio-economic development. This traditional Indian P&P sector had leveraged and played…
Pulp and paper are huge consumers of energy. In fact, the world’s fifth- largest consumer of energy is the pulp and paper industry. The World Resources Institute, a think-tank, put the industry’s CO2 emissions at about 500m tons worldwide in 2005. Comparatively,…
In the age and environment of rapid advances in technology, it is often forecasted, quite comfortably, that the pulp and paper industry will see a lot of steady relationship between IT and process control technology. Though process control departments in many paper…
