Cellulose is used in the pulp and paper, wood, textiles and biotechnological industries. 

Paper and pulp industry

Paper products such as newspaper, writing paper, packaging and paper cartons, are ubiquitous in our daily lives and are used in an ever increasing quantity.

This explains why the paper and pulp industry is one of the world’s largest and lucrative markets. The global paper products market grew by 10.2% in 2007 to reach a value of USD 630.9 billion. In 2012, the global paper products market is forecast to have a value of USD 821.3 billion.

Currently, the pulp and paper industry, especially paper mills, uses large number and amounts of auxiliary chemicals and dyestuffs. The chemicals in use degrade slowly and are detrimental to our biota and even our wellbeing.

Furthermore, with escalating prices of raw materials and energy, there is a bona fide push for technology breakthroughs to help reduce the fiber and energy consumption in this particular industry.

OrganoClick® technology enables you to optimize the efficiency of chemical and raw materials usage, with the addition of new functionalities to your paper products.

To find out more, please go to Products & Services → Paper and Packaging

Textile industry

With a market of USD 635 billion, growth is still envisaged in this industry. In the textile manufacturing process, large amount of synthetic chemicals which can be deleterious to health, is used to treat the materials to give the desired properties. Consequently, a new consumer trend to select organic and eco- labeled products has transpired. More often than not, the chemicals are removed from the textile fiber material during washing.

OrganoClick is able to bring the textile materials to the next level by reducing the amount of chemicals used and enhancing the functionalities of the textiles. OrganoClick® technology will appreciably strengthen the attachment of the chemicals to the textiles and hence, resist leaching.

To find out more, please go to Products & Services → Textiles.

Wood industry

Wood industry includes all processing of wood in various forms and has fetched sales of USD 3.2 billion in 2005 and since then, it’s been growing 2% annually. With the enforcement of banning non- environmentally friendly chemicals in wood preservation, traditional methods of wood preservation are gradually superseded with new means of wood preservation.

OrganoClick® technology will enable the wood to be impregnated with anti-microbial properties, which will retard the decomposition of wood.

To find out more, please click go to Products & Services → Wood.