Paper and Fibre Research Institute information

The Paper and Fibre Research Institute (PFI) (Norwegian: Papir- og fiberinstituttet AS (PFI)) is a centre of expertise for wood fibres, pulp and paper, new...

called pulp. The pulp is then processed, and the network of tiny fibres is pressed flat, becoming paper. Wood fibres can be pressed into hard, flat panels...

saves waste paper from occupying homes of people and producing methane as it breaks down. Because paper fibre contains carbon (originally absorbed by the tree...

said to have invented paper about 105 CE using mulberry and other bast fibres along with fishnets, old rags, and hemp waste. Paper used as a writing medium...

deforestation. However, more companies are presently using more recycled fibres in tissue paper. The key properties of tissues are absorbency, basis weight, thickness...

been an independent research institute. In 1998, the Paper and Fibre Research Institute (PFI), an independent research institute, moved into a new building...

cellulose fibre of the pulp, and the surface of both the starch and fibre are negatively charged. By adding cationic (positive charged) starch, the fibre can...

Rosin paper (red building paper, red rosin paper, brown rosin paper, slip sheet paper, rosin-sized sheathing paper, and building paper) is a heavy duty...

Paper is a thin nonwoven material traditionally made from a combination of milled plant and textile fibres. The first paper-like plant-based writing sheet...

spelled as moulded pulp or moulded fibre) is a packaging material, that is typically made from recycled paperboard and/or newsprint. It is used for protective...

company was founded as Piedmont Pulp & Paper Co. In March 1920, the Mead Fibre Company was created to take over operations of the Kingsport Pulp Corporation...

called Fibre+. The project Consortium included members representing Paper and Packaging European Associations (CEPI, FEFCO), and research institutes specialized...

are relatively thick and spongy, compared to the thin and incompressible nature of solid fibre paper such as paperboard. Due to these characteristics of...

Nobel's division Enka BV, later Akzo Industrial Fibers. The research name of the para-aramid fibre was originally Fiber X, but it was soon called Arenka. Although...

Champion Paper and Fibre Company Colgate-Palmolive Peet Company Collins and Aikman Corporation Crane Company Fitchburg Paper Company Handy and Harman Hercules...

quality Infinited Fibre Company, which manufactures new textile fibre from old textiles or recycled paper Iscent, which produces packaging and printing technologies...

Zealand scientist noted for his research into the properties of wood fibre, particularly in relation to the pulp and paper industry. Born on 20 April 1941...

Practices, Part 303, §303.7 Generic names and definitions for manufactured fibers. The full definition of aramid fibre is "a manufactured fiber in which the...

yarn or clothing made from bamboo fibres. While historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles and the ribs of corsets, in recent years...

used two point discharge counters connected to separate fibre electrometers and recorded the fibre deflections on a moving photographic film. On the film...

than 24 journals. In 2014, he won the Best Technical Paper Award titled "Design with Natural Fibre Composites" at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak – Science...

requirements. Wood and other plant materials used to make pulp contain three main components (apart from water): cellulose fibres (desired for papermaking)...

typically between 45 and 55 dt / ha (decitons per hectare), which is comparable to flax stem yield. Due to the variable fibre content, the fibre yields vary between...

Jute is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus Corchorus, of...

Program (Second ed.). Fibre Box Association. 2022. ASTM D1974, Standard Practice for Closing Corrugated Boxes "Fibre Box Handbook", Fibre Box Association,...