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Mitsubishi’s German mills get re-certification for chain-of-custody


in Germany have successfully completed monitoring audits and re-certification for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain- of-Custody and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Chain-of- Custody. Both locations continue to carry


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the FSC and PEFC certifications, and all coated speciality papers


itsubishi HiTec Paper’s mills at Bielefeld and Flensburg


Monitoring audits and re-certification have been completed at Mitsubishi’s German mills


produced at the mills are still available as FSC Mix or PEFC certified.


“The world is facing major climatic and social challenges. It is therefore all the more important


Extraction of probiotics could make larch more cost effective


A relatively cheap method of producing probiotics from larch wood chips has been developed by Hamrick Engineering, better known for its CelloFuel Portable Biomass Refinery, which enables the production of sugars and ethanol from sugar beet, sugarcane, sweet sorghum, softwood wood chips and straw. The company has successfully and economically extracted arabinogalactan and taxifolin from larch (tamarack) wood chips, and been granted patents for this


technique in the countries with the most larch trees – the USA, Canada and Russia. This technique is said to be scalable to the sizes needed for large pulp and paper mills. Arabinogalactan and taxifolin


have been shown to have significant probiotic effects in both people and animals, and can aid in producing animal feed without antibiotics that can be labelled as ‘organic’. Ed Hamrick, president of Hamrick Engineering, says “We’re


very excited about these excellent test results after many years of working on this technology. We’ve developed these technologies in Minneapolis, Minnesota and we’ve been consulting with a research institute in Saint Petersburg, Russia who have many years of experience working with arabinogalactan and taxifolin. “Our aim is to find partners in some of the large pulp and paper mills in Russia and Canada. These mills have access to millions of


for us to ensure that the raw materials we use and our products meet the highest standards in terms of sustainability and social responsibility,” says Nic Holmer, sales & marketing director at Mitsubishi HiTec Paper. Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH is a German subsidiary of Mitsubishi Paper Mills in Japan, a leading manufacturer of speciality paper. Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe produces high-quality direct thermal, inkjet, carbonless, label and barrier papers.


tons per year of larch wood and have the infrastructure in place for harvesting, chipping and pulping this wood. Our technology is a simple, low-cost add-on to existing pulp and paper mills.” Larch wood chips are much


more valuable for making pulp and paper if the arabinogalactan and taxifolin are first removed, but this is difficult and few pulp and paper mills will currently accept larch (tamarack). After extraction of the arabinogalactan and taxifolin, the paper produced from these chips is said to be much stronger and more valuable than the paper produced without this extraction.


Bioeconomy is the theme of Pulpaper 2021


Innovations and future opportunities in the bioeconomy will be the focus of Pulpaper, the forest industry show being held from 27 to 29 April 2021 at Messukeskus in Helsinki, Finland. With the theme ‘Building


tomorrow’s bioeconomy’, the aim is to bring professionals together


July/August 2020


for a comprehensive introduction to the latest forest-industry technology. PulPaper will include a


conference and related events, an evening programme, and excursions to Finnish industrial and research facilities. Around 400 companies are expected to


participate at the event, which was previously held in 2018, attracting more than 9,200 visitors. “Companies in the forest-based industry are capable of offering many concrete solutions and technologies to address global challenges. Next spring, it is important for us to look ahead and


offer companies the opportunity to present these great solutions for building a sustainable future”, explains Antti Lindqvist, managing director of Forest Products Engineers, which is supporting the event. More information from www. pulpaper.fi #pulpaper2021


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