Problem Summary

Strength is an important issue in the Newsprint industry and is even more crucial in the recycled fiber market. The quality of recycled fiber is continuously decreasing making it more difficult for Newsprint producers to meet their required specification or match the market trend, which is often decreasing basis weight.

To overcome this problem, Newsprint producers have to reduce paper machine speed, which causes a loss in production, or use starch that increases effluent load.

Recommended Solution

Hercobond® Strength Technology is a cost-effective option to recover or reach the strength specification.  Results show that in many cases, Hercobond® Strength Technology can provide higher strength characteristics, which can overcome the need for starch.

Key benefits of Hercobond® Strength Technologies include:

Increased strength characteristics
Improved Newsprint quality
Decreased basis weight
Increased production rate
Improved drainage and/or reduced steam consumption
Reduced lint in the drying section
Reduced breaks
Reach specification using lower recycled fiber quality
Reduced effluent load compared to starch