Pulping / Fibre

Tissue World Magazine, Technical Theme: Pulping / Fibre

Pulp Fact … ‘less is more’ in the search for cost, resource and energy...

Tom Nickull, Vice President in charge of technical customer service, Metsä Fibre The new business logic demands a comprehensive cost-effective audit of high-quality raw materials,...
Efficient wood supply and logistics

Efficient wood supply and logistics

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations Availability of sustainably sourced eucalyptus wood for the new mill is secured through UPM’s plantations on its own and leased...
Sustainable eucalyptus plantations - Ensuring natural biodiversity

Long term commitment in sustainable eucalyptus plantations

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations In Uruguay UPM today operates a eucalyptus pulp mill in the southwestern town of Fray Bentos, as well as a...
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Strength and softness – how NBSK pulp fibres deliver

Canfor Pulp, the world’s fifth largest supplier of softwood kraft pulps, planted 78 million trees in 2015 alone in British Colombia, Canada. Here, manager of innovation and optimisation Paul Bicho explains...
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CANFOR’S CIRCULAR ECONOMY INITIATIVES DRIVING ITS ‘MORE VALUE, LESS IMPACT’ STRATEGY

Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation High tensile strength pulp, major reforest planting, a bio-crude oil program, and a commitment to...
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The future for fibres

The higher web strength that premium reinforced pulps bring the tissue maker improves tissue machine and converting efficiency, says Bill Adams, senior director at Canfor Pulp, the world’s fifth largest producer of market...
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Metsä Fibre’s most recent ambitious development project aims to increase its competences in the...

The Northern softwood pulp supplied by Metsä Fibre in its Botnia-branded products are used as raw material for a range of fibre-based paper and board products, and products based on refined wood-based...

The right chemistry to lower your pulp costs

By Mark Christopher, global market development manager – Tissue, Buckman, Daniel Glover, innovation director – Pulp & Paper, Buckman Daniel Glover Innovation director – Pulp...
Climate control: Canfor maintains forest certification on the 23 million hectares of forest licenses in Canada.

New technology for the circular economy

Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimization and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation We have a vision to be a leader in the circular economy and have embarked...

High quality NBSK fibre for premium tissue paper grades

By Paul Watson, director of Canfor Pulp Innovation and Wlad Janssen, specialist on tissue for Canfor Pulp Fibre is the highest single cost element of a finished tissue product, typically more than...
Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimization and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation

The importance of forest certification

Paul Bicho, PhD Manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation When it comes to sustainability, we focus on reducing our environmental impact by streamlining manufacturing...
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High quality NBSK for premium tissue

By Paul Bicho, Ph.D., manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation The makers of premium bathroom and facial tissue strive to maximise softness and bulk while maintaining tensile strength to ensure runnability and...
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‘The right fibres – treated correctly – gets the optimal fibre furnish’

In the last few years UPM has expanded its pulp production intensively. Due to its recent investments UPM Pulp has established a strong position on the pulp market through developing a versatile...
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Driving home the message – products from sustainable forests do make sense for consumers...

In October, Södra was awarded the “Best Sustainable Project/Social Category” at the Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award. The award acknowledged the pulp supplier’s “Act of a hero” marketing campaign, which encourages the conscious...
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Significant economic boost

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations Based on independent socioeconomic impact studies, the new pulp mill is estimated to increase Uruguay’s gross national product by about...

Tissue World Virtual Conference 2021: 24 speakers – six sessions for all tissue industry...

In September, Tissue World hosted eight hours of critical insights over the course of two days, analysing how the tissue market is preparing itself for...
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Pulp: signs that prices are finally levelling

Pulp price is the single most important driver of tissue profitability. Currently at a record high, analysts point towards a temporarily more static market, and even a modest decrease. Report for TWM...
Uruguay UPM Pulp

UPM TAKES A STEP CHANGE AS A PULP SUPPLIER INVESTING IN A WORLD-CLASS...

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations US$2.7bn mill investment and a US$350m boost to port and local logistics will increase pulp production capacity by more than...
Efficient single-line operation UPM eucalyptus pulp mill Uruguay

UPM Euca pulp for versatile tissue products

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations The Fray Bentos pulp mill started operations in 2007. Its annual production capacity is 1.3 million tonnes of eucalyptus pulp,...
UPM Pulp

State-of-the-art mill to produce premium pulp

Sari Hörkkö, Director, stakeholder relations The new pulp mill has been created as an efficient single-line operation representing state-of-the-art design in the pulp industry. The machines,...