Facilities / technology for the design, handsheet preparation, and properties evaluation of prototype wet-laid engineered papers and laminated structures using both natural and synthetic fibers including:

!                   Conventional papermaking technology

!                   Hot-pressed papers / paperboards

!                   Pulp molded shapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

!                   Resin impregnation / including water-borne / water dispersible polymers

!                   Mechanical and thermal binding using a wide range of fibrillated synthetic pulps and  bicomponent  fibers

!                   Optimization of properties by control of pulp refining, fiber geometry, concentration, construction  and other variables.

  !                   Scale-up to paper machines, molding machines ranging from pilot to production scale through various associated  facilities.

  !                   Contract  development and engineering services available to address specific customer requirements.