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Manufacturing
Manufacturng Process
Our mill stands as the largest integrated bagasse (sugarcane waste fiber) based paper
mill in the world.
Bagasse” is the name
given to the discarded husks of the sugarcane plant after they have been pressed to extract the juices which are refined to
make the sugar we use everyday. This agricultural waste is very plentiful – the USDA estimates that approximately 160
million tons of sugar is currently being produced, and 78% of this sugar is made from sugarcane plants. Our partnerships with
surrounding sugar mills and farmers ensure that we have an ongoing supply of this readily available renewable resource. Our
mill recovers this agricultural waste fiber that would otherwise be burnt or discarded, and uses it to produce high quality
paper for everyday office use, commercial printing, and converting at a rate of over 700 tons per day. Making
use of agricultural waste fiber like bagasse represents the future of the global paper industry as a critical environmental
solution. Deforestation has released an estimated 120 billion tons of global warming gases into our atmosphere. Paper that
is made from tree based fiber can only be recycled up to 6 times before the fibers degrade to the point where they can no
longer be reused. While recycling is critical, utilizing agro waste fiber can prevent us from having to go back to the forests
for more raw material for papermaking. Canefields sugarcane waste fiber based paper helps to take the pressure off our forests.
We have perfected environmentally friendly, innovative, and unique facilities and
systems for the preserving, handling, processing and pulping of recovered sugarcane waste fiber. For over 22 years, our Research
and Development technology advances have ensured that we remain leaders in high quality sugarcane paper production dedicated
to environmental excellence and corporate social responsibility.During the sugarcane paper
manufacturing process, renewable “green” energy is used to power the facility. Our wind farm and agro waste /
biomass co-generation combine to supply the mill with over 50 MegaWatts of power. Excess green energy of up to 10 MegaWatts
is passed on to the main grid for house hold usage. Canefields eco friendly paper products are manufactured carbon neutral.The
use of a Closed Loop Water System and an Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) paper cleaning system ensures that our manufacturing
processes offer the best environmental standards in practice today. This Closed Loop Water System addresses a critical environmental
issue relative to the process of papermaking. ECF bleaching can be environmentally damaging if mill wastewater, or effluent,
containing chlorine compounds like dioxins is discharged into local waterways. Our effluent is 100% purified at our mill owned
and operated water treatment facility. This purified water is then reused as process water and is also utilized for irrigating
the otherwise arid land surrounding the mill. We believe that our Closed Loop Water System exceeds Total Chlorine Free (TCF)
and Process Chlorine Free (PCF) bleaching environmentally, and it enables us to produce world class papers at highly competitive
prices.Canefields sugarcane paper is produced landfill free. The solid waste bi-product of
the papermaking process is converted to high quality concrete.Our manufacturing processes are
ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified. We are approved and registered by the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC).
The mill trades more than 160,000 metric tones of carbon credit per year.
Cane Fields
- Quality Control, Research & DevelopmentTNPL's contemporary cutting edge technology processes
and equipment along with a team of dedicated trained professionals ensure that customers always get consistent quality products.
State of the art Online-Process-Control-Systems installed at various stages of the manufacturing processes continuously measure
and control critical parameters. R&D and QC activities are aimed towards achieving the company's corporate goals:
- Sustained
R&D efforts to support process for improvements in quality and trouble shooting.
- Customized support to clients
and workable solutions for specific problems
- Right quality and quantity of raw materials usage ensured through
structured sampling and testing.
- Effective pollution abatement measures to meet all statutory and mandatory norms
which also achieve Carbon Credit benefits.
- Set product norms /specifications to meet customer requirements based on national
/ international standards applicable.
- Appraise conformance by inspection and testing of periodic samples
in one of the best equipped laboratories in the country. - Take corrective action, if necessary and sustain the standards achieved.
R&D and QC department
plays a pro active role in meeting the company's environmental and quality policy.
Canefields
provides full transparency in all facets of our operations from fiber sourcing to emissions controls. Our work and our products are offered for the greater good
to help meet the challenges of our global climate crisis.
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