Pulping    Wet-End     Surface Treatment

Balance cost, performance and sustainability across the fiber value chain

From traditional pulping and wet-end chemistries to specialty surface treatments and innovative fiber-processing technologies, we'll guide you to high-quality results for a variety of paper and board products.

Allow us to facilitate your continuous operations with improved efficiencies, reliable results, and global manufacturing and logistics.

  • Optimize bleaching efficiency and make pulp brighter and whiter
  • Increase board bulk and thickness 
  • Improve control and wet strength
  • Enhance surface properties
  • Create sustainable barrier coatings
Nouryon specialty chemical solutions span the fiber value chain

Pulping

Enhance pulp quality, production efficiencies and sustainable practices.

  • Boost your pulp bleaching with Eka® SC sodium chlorate, Eka® HP hydrogen peroxide and Dissolvine® chelates.
  • Gain efficiencies by designing state-of-the-art chlorine dioxide plants and equipment with our Eka® engineering team.
  • Improve the reactivity of conventional surface-active products using Berol® dissolving pulp and alkali cellulose additives.

Our R&D team's ongoing product development and technical support keep you at the forefront of industry advancements.

Pulping functionalities enabled with chemistry solutions

Wet-End

Balance product excellence with cost and operational efficiencies.

Calexis® CMC strength agents are designed to help you improve economics, machine performance and end-product characteristics.

  • Increase web strength and end-product characteristics.
  • Maximize functionality and efficiency by boosting the performance of cationic chemicals. 
  • Reduce material and energy costs through lightweighting and optimized refining.
  • Reduce product carbon footprint and energy consumption with our bio-based, biodegradable and repulpable products.
Paper towel showcases wet strength enabled by chemistry solutions

Expancel® microspheres help bulk up your board

  • Increase bulk and thickness, production capacity and air  permeance
  • Improve bending stiffness
  • Reduce raw material costs
  • Improve thermal insulation, soft touch and anti-slip

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Boxes showcase board strength enabled by chemistry solutions

Surface Treatment

Amplify your current offering and create innovative paper and board products that meet sustainability demands and exceed expectations. Stand out and achieve efficiency across your operations.

Finnfix® CMC enhances surface properties

  • Improve both strength and printability when used as a surface sizing agent.
  • Construct uniform surface structures in pigment coatings for higher quality printing surfaces and refined optical properties.
Magazine with colorful printing demonstrating surface treatment properties created by chemistry solutions

 

 

Finnfix® BBP advanced barrier coatings deliver sustainable protection.

  • Create innovative biodegradable paper and packaging concepts.
  • Produce on-site with dispersion technology.
  • Combine seamlessly with other barrier elements.
  • Apply to food-contact paper and packaging.

Find out how we can help you optimize operational performance, reduce costs and improve sustainability.

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Burger in paper wrapper demonstrating barrier coating properties created by chemistry solutions

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Packaging materials

We provide essential chemistry that enhances the properties of high-quality packaging solutions.
Young boy using tissue paper to clean up a floor. We help make pulp white and bright! Our innovative Chemical Island – a state-of-the-art facility located next to a customer's pulp mill, often inside the perimeter fence. Operated by our experts who ensure consistent production and delivery of chemicals needed to operate the mill.

Pulp and paper

Discover how we help improve pulp and paper product quality with pioneering solutions throughout the process.

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Learn more about our portfolio

Pulp chelating solutions

Improve efficiency and cost effectiveness of pulp bleaching

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 195.5 KB
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Dissolvine chelates product guide

Refined control of metal ions across applications

Type: Brochure
Language: English
Format: pdf | 11.2 MB
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Eka chlorine dioxide generation systems

Details of vaccum and atmospheric processes

Type: Brochure
Language: English
Format: pdf | 2.7 MB
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Board and packaging solutions

Replace fossil-based chemicals with sustainable alternatives

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 96.5 KB
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Specialty paper solutions

Enhance sustainability and performance with biodegradable CMC

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 113.8 KB
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Printing and writing paper solutions

Elevate end-product quality and environmental sustainability

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 109.9 KB
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Tissue and towel paper solutions

Improve dry and wet strength with non-toxic, bio-based polymers

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 88.5 KB
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Bio-based and biodegradable grease barrier for food packaging

FINNFIX® BBP CMC

Type: Technical Bulletin
Language: English
Format: pdf | 587.2 KB
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For more information about our pulp, paper and board solutions, please contact our experts. We look forward to hearing from you.

Eka®, Berol®, Calexis®, Finnfix®, and Dissolvine® are registered trademarks of Nouryon in a number of territories worldwide.

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