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Managing the overlap - Part II

Posted in: Bio-Insight 01/13/2013 - 21:22

BRUSSELS, Jan. 14, 2013 (RISI) -Energy has historically been a major component of an integrated pulp and paper mill's overall operating cost structure. As energy costs have rapidly escalated over the last five years, how well a mill positions itself to manage this spend can be a major determinant in its long-term viability.Click here to read Part I.

Process benefits: Burnt toast

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Modern Karton joins Europe's containerboard giants

01/06/2013 - 14:00

BRUSSELS, Jan. 7, 2013 (RISI) -Modern Karton Sanayi Ticaret AS in Corlu, just outside Istanbul, is the leading lightweight containerboard producer in Turkey and among the top six containerboard producers in Europe.

Modern Karton recently optimized PM 4. Changes in stock preparation and refining now allow operators to maximize a range of mixed waste grades and get much improved runnability on the machine due to cleanliness and a reduction in stickies.

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Increase high-yield pulps in fine paper furnish - Part II

Posted in: Chemicals 12/16/2012 - 23:20

BRUSSELS, Dec. 17, 2012 (RISI) -Replacement of hardwood kraft pulp with high-yield pulps in UCFS and CFS offers some furnish cost optimization, and can drive quality improvements and sustainability benefits. HYP addition also assists another very important trend - increasing sheet filler content.Click hereto read Part I.

Conductivity

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Catalysts are the key to using biomass as fuel

Posted in: Chemicals 12/16/2012 - 14:00

BRUSSELS, Dec. 17, 2012 (RISI) -The elusive goal of a refinery with biomass as a feedstock has moved a step closer to reality, thanks to technology developed by the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) of Des Plaines, IL,and Houston-based Catalytic Research Institute (CRI).

The IH2technology makes use of proprietary catalysts developed through the cooperative efforts of CRI's affiliates in their research facilities in Bangalore, India, and manufactured by CRI affiliates in the US, Belgium and Germany.

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Managing the overlap

Posted in: Bio-Insight 12/09/2012 - 14:00

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