Research into Fibre Processing

Research to date has included:

Evaluating the impact of pulp and paper manufacturing processes on South African fibre characteristics and end product quality, value and cost reduction.
Development of expertise on the characteristics of South African fibres and how they can be best exploited in pulping and paper making applications.
Development of standardized methods and techniques to evaluate the fibre resource, pulp and paper properties, and processing characteristics.
Studying the influence pulping aids with respect to Kraft pulping of South African grown wood resources
Mitigating high energy cost in South African pulp and paper industry through modified pulp refining
Research on improvement of Kraft pulping operations has also evolved into forest biorefinery producing value added products along with pulp production