Chemical company BASF has announced the launch of a new solution for the production of packaging paper and board, under the brand name XELOREXTM.
The new BASF brand XELOREX reduces complexity in the wet-end through its 4-in-1 functionality and enables papermakers to achieve and improve the effects of retention, drainage, fixation and strength.
Application of the solution also leads to improvements of various dry strength parameters and results in a 10-30% improvement in the area, depending on the basis weight and the paper grade.
Manufacturers of packaging as well as graphical papers benefit from the additional productivity increases yielded by the XELOREX which targets various cost drivers in the papermaking process.
The solution also enables the increased use of recycled fibers and supports an increased filler loading, as it leads to a better integration of filler particles into the paper web.
The new XELOREX portfolio will be initially introduced in Europe and gradually extended to Asia Pacific, North and South American regions.
