Achievements of Pulping & Bleaching

  • UNIDO project “Development and Adoption of Appropriate Technologies and Practices for Enhancing the Sustainability of the Indian Paper and Pulp Industry” supported by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) under Ministry of commerce and Industry, Govt of India.
  • Ozone bleaching of mixed agro-residue pulp.
  • Complete know-how on Utilization of Rice Straw and other Non Conventional Raw Materials for Production of Various Grades of Pulp.
  • Storage and preservation of fibrous raw materials used in Indian pulp   paper Industry.
  • Production of unbleached and bleached pulp in laboratory and pilot plant scale for Empty fruit bunches (EFB) sponsored by M/s. EKO Pulp & Paper SDN BHD, Malaysia.
  • New innovative post digester pulp pre-treatment technology-CPPT (CPPRI Pulp Pre-treatment Technology).
  • Studies of ozone Treatment of indigenous raw material Pulp for better bleachability.
  • Laboratory & pilot plant trials of Canadian wheat straw (International) sponsored by Prairie Pulp & Paper Inc., Canada.
  • Pilot plant trial of KOH-AQ pulping of bagasse sponsored project M/S Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
  • Increase in Brightness Ceiling of Agro Residue Pulps in Cost Effective Manner Specifically.
  • Improvement in Selectivity of Oxygen Bleaching.
  • Successfully completed laboratory and pilot plant extraction of pulping trials of hardwood M/s. ITC Life Sciences and Technology Centre, Bangalore.
  • Laboratory and pilot plant pulping and bleaching trials of Agrifibres M/s. ITC Life Sciences and Technology Centre, Bangalore.
  • Laboratory and pilot plant trial of core jute (waste) M/s. National Jute Board, Kolkata.
  • Laboratory and pilot plant trials of coir fibers sample M/s. Indian Institute of Carpet Technology Bhadoi (M.P.).
  • Production of BCTMP Pulp from the low density wood variety Melia Dubia, eucalyptus and poplar wood for different mills. 
  • Preparation and characterisation of dietaryfibre from hard wood.
  • Research on wood quality and physical properties of pulp wood fibres as the basis for development on eucalyptus and subabul plantations.