Evonik’s business line Interface & Performance sells softeners and debonders to the tissue and fluff pulp industry under the AROSURF® and VARISOFT® trade names as well as pulp and paper defoamer under the TEGOPREN® trade name.
“Defoamers help our customers to reduce the foaming in their mills and thereby increasing the throughput whereas our softeners and debonders provide premium softness for a variety of tissues in the market. The lab can form sheets of paper and test them for various properties such as strength and absorbency,” explains Saji Meledathu, Technology Manager Americas, Interface & Performance.
The Competency Center was built upon the existing regional technical service lab with the addition of new capabilities and equipment. Some of the new equipment includes a spray-on system, a new paper sheet former, and strength analyzers. Newly bought equipment allows also to measure absorbency for fluff pulp which is used in diapers and tissues as well as softness of tissues.
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals.