Bleached Hardwood Kraft Pulp Uses
For the forecast year up to 2029.
Bleached hardwood kraft pulp uses. The main raw materials are slash pine longleaf pine shortleaf pine loblolly. Conversion to pulp in the past the technology available to carry out the pulping operation was limited at a location to either of two distinct procedures one of them mechanical and the other one chemical in nature. Market nbsk is produced mainly in canada and the nordic countries. Also known for its ease of refining this pulp is well suited for premium tissue and towel grades as well.
Northern bleached softwood kraft nbsk is the paper industry s benchmark grade of pulp. Our bleached hardwood kraft pulp bhkp has short fibers and features excellent cleanliness formation and surface properties. Bleaching of wood pulp is the chemical processing of wood pulp to lighten its color and whiten the pulp. Metsä fibre offers a wide selection of pulp.
Bleached hardwood kraft pulp bhkp is commonly used in paperboard and specialty paper as well as coated and uncoated papers and tissue. Nordic birch and eucalyptus from uruguay provide you with a variety of fibre characteristics. The southern bleached softwood kraft sbsk pulp is produced mainly in the southern states of the usa. The report on bleached hardwood and softwood kraft pulp market provides qualitative as well as quantitative analysis in terms of market dynamics competition scenarios opportunity analysis market growth etc.
Our bhkp offering includes birch and eucalyptus grades. Endurafiber fluff pulp made from southern bleached kraft fluff is designed to cushion your product requirements and buoy your success. Whether you make board tissue specialty paper or printing writing paper we can supply you with pulp that s made to meet your needs. Providing softness for tissue stiffness for board or graphic for example.
Global bleached hardwood and softwood kraft pulp market is estimated to be valued us xx x million in 2019. We serve customers in a range of paper and board segments and we deliver our pulp products around the world using state of the art logistics. Our bleached hardwood kraft pulp bhkp range offers the best of the north and the south. Nbsk futures are traded on the chicago mercantile exchange.
Take advantage of our experience in using hardwood pulp ourselves. In many applications hardwood pulp provides excellent strength and surface properties. Northern bleached hardwood kraft nbhk our nbhk pulp produced from high quality aspen at the thunder bay mill features excellent cleanliness formation and surface properties which are enhanced by good bulk and opacity. The primary product of wood pulp is paper for which whiteness similar to but distinct from brightness is an important characteristic.
It is complemented by good opacity porosity absorbency and bulk. As an example bleached softwood kraft bsk is considerably stronger than bleached hardwood kraft bhk. Our hardwood pulp is used to make our metsä birch products.