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Stories segment: Fiber-based materials

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Catch the troublemakers – Microbial control for recycled board

The microbiology of recycled fiber processes has been unknown territory in the pulp and paper industry. Now, after a pioneering research, Kemira has created unique tools to identify and quantify the different bacteria in the recycled containerboard process – to catch and control the real troublemakers.
Paper reels at Metsä Board warehouse.

Predicting board quality hours ahead at Metsä Board

At Metsä Board Kemi mill, the operators can see the board quality hours into the future and prevent disturbances that cause end-product defects. Predictive Wet End, a digital service by Kemira, increases transparency to the complex wet end chemistry.
A person folding a brown package to a recycling bin.

Food packaging – Toward a strictly regulated future?

Recently, Kemira asked a group of industry experts to engage in scenario work to investigate the possible futures of food packaging. One of the four scenarios identified paints a picture of a strictly regulated market. What kind of challenges and opportunities would this mean for the fiber-based packaging value chain if it became a reality?
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