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A Solution to Reduce Vessel Picking

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The increased use of fast growth tropical hardwoods has led to a significant increase in issues relating to vessel picking. Hardwood pulps contain vessel elements, large diameter cells which function to transport water throughout the tree. Different HW species will have different quantities (and sizes) of vessel elements ranging from less than 10% to greater than 50% by volume. These...
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Black Liquor Properties and Impact on Recovery Island Operation

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1.0 Introduction Chemical Recovery Process is used to meet the following objectives in an integrated paper mill: (i) To treat and dispose waste liquor generated from pulp mill, thereby reducing the environmental pollution. (ii) To recover the alkali used for pulping, thereby reducing fresh alkali consumption (iii) To burn the organic matter and beneficially use the thermal energy for the...
Interviews Paper People

Rendezvous with Harsh Pati Singhania

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Initiating with our February- March 09 issue, Paper Mart has begun a new regular section, 'Rendezvous with a Paper Personality.' For our first issue, we have interviewed Mr. Harsh Pati Singhania, Managing Director of JK Paper Ltd. Mr. Singhania was recently appointed President of the FICCI. As Managing Director of one of India's foremost paper manufacturers, and scion of one...
Special Feature

Custom duty scrapped on newsprint similar move is envisaged on wastepaper

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The bottom-line of all newsprint manufacturers in the country is already affected following a substantial fall in the price of newsprint in the international market during the last couple of months. The situation may worsen with the further 3% cut in the custom duty on the imported newsprint announced by the Union Government. Recently the finance ministry has exempted newsprint,...