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This pulp grade is very diverse. All NBSK pulps have long fibers and is often used as reinforcement pulp. [1] NBSK from British Columbia is mainly from Lodgepole Pine, with a significant amount of White Spruce. Redcedar, douglas fir, hemlock, and larch make up a smaller portion of the chip furnish. NBSK is known for having longer fiber lengths ...
The kraft process (also known as kraft pulping or sulfate process) is a process for conversion of wood into wood pulp, which consists of almost pure cellulose fibres, the main component of paper. The kraft process involves treatment of wood chips with a hot mixture of water, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and sodium sulfide (Na 2 S), known as white ...
Absorbent kraft paper is made with controlled absorbency (i.e. a high degree of porosity). It is made of clean low kappa hardwood kraft and has to have a good uniformity and formation. Spinning kraft paper is an especially strong type of kraft paper with relatively low grammage (40 g/m 2). This paper requires the best possible machine direction ...
Deinking equipment give the facility capacity for 992,000 tpy of newsprint with a recycled fiber content level of 20%. 1998 Bowater Pulp and Paper Canada Inc. (through the acquisition of Avenor Inc., July 24, 1998, Bowater became the second largest producer of newsprint in the world and the third largest producer of market pulp in North America)
A pulp mill in Rauma, Finland Woodchips for paper production. A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber sources into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Pulp can be manufactured using mechanical, semi-chemical, or fully chemical methods (kraft and sulfite ...
A mid-19th century paper mill, the Forest Fibre Company, in Berlin, New Hampshire. Historical investigations into the origin of the paper mill are complicated by differing definitions and loose terminology from modern authors: Many modern scholars use the term to refer indiscriminately to all kinds of mills, whether powered by humans, by animals or by water.
Canfor also owns a controlling share in Canfor Pulp Limited, which produces northern softwood kraft pulp and kraft paper in BC. [ 4 ] As of 2016, the company has an annual production capability of 5.9 billion board feet of lumber, 1.1 million tonnes of northern softwood market kraft pulp, approximately 220,000 tonnes of BCTMP and 140,000 tonnes ...
The Navigator Company (formerly known as Portucel Soporcel Group) is a Portuguese pulp and paper company.. The Navigator Company has a productive capacity of 1.6 million tonnes of paper and 1.4 million tonnes of pulp, [9] with 1,380 km 2 of forest, and an annual turnover of over €1.5 billion (US$1.9 billion).