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Month : July 2015
Khanna Paper Mills: All for Youthful Synergy
Young leaders lending their fresh outlooks to many conventional industries helping these to bask in novel success are not rare anymore. Indian paper industry is all set to change its functional dynamics by infusing youthful vigor to its fold and Khanna Paper seems to lead the pack. For over four......
ITC: Into Every Niche
Managing a diverse and wide product portfolio ranging from niche to universal is not just about creating a new product. ITC knows it better. ITC- Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (ITC-PSPD), is amongst the leading names in the business worldwide. ITC-PSPD has constantly increased the bandwidth of products with new......
FINISHING CONVERTING & HANDLING : For Paper, Flawless and Safer
Paper has many faces. Intricate processes of finishing and converting render the paper those many faces; handling ensures the faces reach the user intact. The ultimate usability of paper depends on a number of factors. The rolls of paper produced by the paper machine must still undergo a number of......
Solenis: All Indianized Now
Solenis’s recent acquisition of pulp and paper business assets from CBC India marks its foray into Indian market with more India specific technological solutions. The acquisition of Ashland Water Technologies by a fund managed by private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) was completed on July 31, 2014. After......
Packaging On the Move
Global packaging is getting driven by many visible, invisible factors and it’s moving for sure. Paper and board packaging is set to gulp the largest chunk; Indian pulp and paper industry may read many prolific omens in this. The packaging industry, as per almost all reports and market surveys, is......
Engineered Softwood May Revolutionize Pulp, Paper and Biofuel industries
Altering the distinction between softwoods and hardwoods could create opportunities for the multi-billion dollar industries Scientists recently demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods. The finding, published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy......
Bio-Plastics From Paper Crumbs!
A ground-breaking approach to sustainable waste management Network Waste has been working with the University of East Anglia on a ground-breaking approach to sustainable waste management that could lead to paper waste being turned into bio-plastic. The project involves paper crumb – the waste from paper milling – which is......
Big Push to Turn Waste From Paper Industry into Plastic
Research hopes to produce chemicals from plant and agricultural waste that can be made into plastic In a related development, a £3m investment in the development of plastics made from waste from the paper industry has been unveiled by Innovate UK, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the......
Turning Paper Sludge into Bio-oils via Pyrolysis
Pyrolysis can crack the organic material in a few seconds by heating it in the absence of oxygen Paper mill sludge (PMS) is a residual biomass that is generated at paper mills in large quantities. Currently, PMS is commonly disposed in landfills, which causes environmental issues through chemical leaching and......