MTI now has 13 agreements with paper mills that have adopted the Fulfill E-325 technology introduced in late 2010. MTI notes that the FulFill brand offers papermakers a variety of efficient, flexible solutions that allow papermakers to increase loading levels of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), which replaces higher cost pulp, and increases PCC usage.
"We are very pleased that this premier paper company, with which we have been supplying PCC at Guaiba since 2007, will adopt our new FulFill technology. FulFill will provide CMPC a competitive advantage and allow them to continue producing quality paper but at a lower cost," said Joseph C. Muscari, executive chairman of Minerals Technologies. "We now have commercial agreements with papermakers in Asia, Europe, South Africa, and North and South America, which validates the revitalization of our research and development pipeline and our commitment to advance our technology leadership throughout our global satellite network."
CMPC Celulose Riograndense is one of the largest regional producers of bleached pulp using short eucalyptus fiber. The company's industrial unit, located in Guaíba, in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, runs a state-of-the-art cellulose pulp mill, with modern resources for environmental protection. It has an installed capacity of 450,000 metric tpy of pulp, aimed at the manufacture of personal hygiene paper and specialty paper. Part of the pulp production is directed to the on-site paper machine to produce 60,000 metric tpy of printing and writing paper, mainly sold in the domestic market. CMPC Celulose Riograndense is a subsidiary of Chilean-based Empresas CMPC S.A.
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