TransFIRe members paid a visit to Saica Paper this week to find out about their operations and to look for potential collaborative opportunities.
Saica are a leading manufacturer of high-performance and 100% recycled papers for corrugated cardboard in Europe and the US.
During the visit, Sanjoo Paddea gave a talk on the overall TransFIRe project, Natanael Bolson gave some insights on resource flows for the paper industry, Dr Lampros Litos MIET talked about waste valorisation and Simon Curling talked about his work on coatings for paper packaging with Wipak and re-pulping with Pulpex and others.
As part of the presentations, TransFIRe highlighted that best practices in the paper industry could reduce the carbon footprint and energy emissions by up to 50% and we hope to be able to help identify ways in which Saica can move towards this.
