Global Challenges for the Paper Industry: Paper Making Cost Optimisation Strategies

摘要

The paper and board industries have always focused on reducing total costs of operation by improving the paper machine runnability and paper formulation sustainability. Some of the key driving actions in this context involves the substitution of higher cost fibers with lower cost fiber sources, the optimization of the coating formulation and improving the production output of today's paper and board machines. In our paper, we will present an overview of the BASF chemicals and application approaches to achieve these objectives. We will provide case studies on mill scale, to support and validate our concepts and mechanisms.