Abstract: The invention provides a method for the production of a composite comprising microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and precipitated calcium carbonate. The method is characterized in that MFC is added to a suspension of calcium hydroxide during carbonation, whereby calcium carbonate is precipitated onto fibers or fibrils of the MFC in a controlled manner. By adding microfibrillated cellulose to the calcium suspension during the carbonation, the brightness and the strength of the MFC/PCC-composite is enhanced. Moreover, the inventive method facilitates the distribution of calcium dioxide and MFC in the suspension and thus gives rise to a more homogenous product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ground cover in the form of a mulch, comprising a microfibrillated polysaccharide. Also methods for its manufacture and use thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a film, wherein said film is manufactured in a paper or paper board machine, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a solution of a nanofibrillated poly-saccharide, wherein said solution comprises from 0.01 to 50 weight-% nanofibrillated polysaccharide, and wherein the nanofibrillated polysaccharide is any one of microfibrillated cellulose, nanofibrillated cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose whiskers and cellulose derivative or a combination or mixture thereof, wherein the method further comprises the steps of providing an amphiphilic polymer; and providing a mixture of said amphiphilic polymer and said solution comprising nanofibrillated polysaccharide, whereby an intermediate solution is obtained; bringing said intermediate solution into a foam; providing said foam in the paper or board machine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ground cover in the form of a mulch, comprising a paper substrate originating from fibre-bearing pulp, preferably emanating from lignocellulosic material, which has been web-formed or sheet-formed. Paper based mulches face problems with biodegradability and microbial attacks, mechanical strength and cost. The solution according to the invention is that the fibres have been coated with one or more minerals, e.g., calcium carbonate, and the mulch comprises one or more functional agents, e.g., a colorant. Further, the mineral coated onto or into the fibres predominantly show up when precipitated in the form of one or more metal carbonates.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a film comprising microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a first suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose, having a dry content of from 0.2 to 2.0%, wherein the first suspension has a first Schopper-Riegler (SR) value; forming a first web of said suspension; at least partly dewatering said first web; applying a second suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose, and/or fines and/or fibers onto a surface of said formed and at least partially dried first web, wherein the second suspension has a second Schopper-Riegler value which is higher than said first Schopper-Riegler value, thereby forming a film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a film, wherein said film has a basis weight of less than 50 g/m2 and wherein the density of the film is higher than 750 kg/m2 comprising the steps of: providing a suspension comprising microfiber Hated cellulose (MFC); forming a web of said suspension on a porous wire, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); surface sizing said web, wherein the web, at the beginning of the surface sizing step, has a moisture content in the rage from 10 to 50 wt-%; drying said surface sized web to a final moisture content of between 0.1-20 wt-% to form said film.

Abstract: A method for the production of a film from a fibrous web, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a fibrous suspension comprising a microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the content of the microfibrillated cellulose of said suspension is in the range of 60 to 99.9 weight-% based on total dry solid content, adding an amphoteric polymer to said suspension to provide a mixture of said microfibrillated cellulose and said amphoteric polymer, providing said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web, wherein the amount of amphoteric polymer in said mixture is in the range of 0.

Abstract: Method for producing microfibrillated cellulose(MFC), wherein the method comprising the steps of: Pre-treating of chemical pulp, such that, the pulp reaches a Schopper-Riegler (SR) value above 50, and refining the pulp, at a consistency of 3-6%, in a refiner with refiner blades, wherein the height of the refiner blades is in the range 2-3 mm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a shaped tray or plate of fibrous material. The method comprises the steps of (i) providing a fibrous pulp, in which the fibres substantially consist of at least 85 wt-% of softwood fibres having an average fibre length of at least 2.0 mm and at most 15 wt-% of broke having a fibre length of about 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm, (ii) turning the pulp into a foamed suspension, (iii) supplying the foamed suspension from a headbox to a forming fabric of a board machine to form a fibrous web, (iv) drying the web to obtain a dried web having a compressibility in the thickness direction of at least 20%, and (v) including the web as a layer in a board, which is turned to said tray or plate by thermopressing or deep-drawing. The invention even covers shaped trays and plates produced by use of the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a paper or paperboard substrate having barrier properties which substrate comprises a first fiber based layer, a second layer comprising micro-fibrillated cellulose, a third layer comprising a heat sealable polymer, and a fourth layer comprising aluminum, aluminum oxide or titanium dioxide. The invention further relates to a process for the production of said substrate and a package formed of said substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging board comprising a fibrous base and one or more polymer coating layers on one or both sides of the fibrous base. According to the invention the fibrous base contains the combination of an alkyl ketene dimer size, stearic acid anhydride, a wet-strength size and an aluminium compound, which give the board resistance to aggressive liquids as well as thermal treatment, particularly an improved resistance to raw edge penetration in such circumstances. The invention further relates to containers and packages made of the board, for instance disposable drinking cups, dairy product cartons and auto-clave packages, as well as use of the board for such purposes.

Abstract: A substantially dry composite material comprising a nanofibrillated polysaccharide and two or more additives, wherein the composite nanofibrillated polysaccharide is a microfibrillated cellulose and wherein the additives are lime milk and carbon dioxide, wherein the additives are allowed to react with each other and forming a precipitated calcium carbonate on the nanofibrillated polysaccharide, thereby forming a composite product comprising precipitated calcium carbonate and nanofibrillated polysaccharide.

Abstract: A ply for a paper and paperboard made from a ply substrate material, wherein the ply comprises a hybrid material, in an amount of 1-25 wt-% of the ply, wherein the hybrid material is introduced into a target suspension of the short circulation of a fibrous web forming process of a fibrous web machine, in an in-line process, wherein said target suspension forms the ply substrate material, and the hybrid material comprises an alkaline earth carbonate precipitated onto or into fibers or fibrils of a nanofibrillated polysaccharide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for applying a wallpaper material onto a surface comprising the steps of providing a liquid suspension comprising cellulosic fibers wherein at least part of said cellulosic fibers comprises microfibrillated cellulose and wherein said liquid suspension has a dry content of at least 10% by weight, applying at least one layer of said liquid suspension onto the surface, drying said liquid suspension layer after it has been applied onto the surface, and thereby forming a dry fiber web layer, wherein said fiber web layer forms said wallpaper material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophobically sized fibrous web layer, methods for the preparation of a fibrous web or a fibre-based coating, a multilayer board product having at least a middle layer formed of said fibrous web, as well as use of a heat-sensitive surfactant for said methods and products. According to the method microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and hydrophobic size are brought to a foam with water and the heat-sensitive surfactant, the foam is supplied to a forming fabric of a paper or board machine, dewatered by suction of air through the forming fabric, and dried to a web product. Alternatively the foam may be supplied onto a premade fibrous web and dried to form a coating layer. To prevent gradual degradation of the hydrophobic sizing the hydrophilic functionality of the surfactant contained in the web is finally destroyed by heating. The method uses e.g. AKD-based surfactants with a hydrophilic moiety, which decompose is decomposed by heat, may be used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying, such as salt/ion depletion, and/or ash reduction,and/or sulphur removal, and/or free sugar depletion,and/or VOC depletion or fractionating,preferably by using dewatering, of a slurry comprising a lignin or lignin derivative or a combination thereof. A lignin or lignin derivative obtainable from said process and uses thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) where a retention/strength enhancing chemical is added to milk of lime to form a mixture thereof prior to adding the mixture of the retention/strength enhancing chemical and milk of lime to paper making stock in a pipeline leading to a headbox of a paper making machine, whereafter carbon dioxide is introduced to the paper making stock, and the carbonation reaction between milk of lime and carbon dioxide is allowed to proceed in the presence of both fibers and the retention/strength enhancing chemical.

Abstract: A hydrophobically sized fibrous web layer, preparation of a fibrous web or a fiber-based coating, a multilayer board product having at least a middle layer formed of said fibrous web, as well as use of a heat-sensitive surfactant for said methods and products, whereby microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and hydrophobic size are brought to a foam with water and the heat-sensitive surfactant, the foam is supplied to a forming fabric of a paper or board machine, dewatered by suction of air through the forming fabric, and dried to a web product. Alternatively the foam may be supplied onto a premade fibrous web and dried to form a coating layer. The hydrophilic functionality of the surfactant contained in the web may be destroyed by heating. Pulp of a greater fiber length, such as CTMP, may be included, to provide improved wet and dry tensile strength for the paper and board products.

Abstract: A substantially dry composite material comprising a nanofibrillated polysaccharide and two or more additives, wherein the composite nanofibrillated polysaccharide is a microfibrillated cellulose and wherein the additives are lime milk and carbon dioxide, wherein the additives are allowed to react with each other and forming a precipitated calcium carbonate on the nanofibrillated polysaccharide, thereby forming a composite product comprising precipitated calcium carbonate and nanofibrillated polysaccharide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a surface of a fiber based substrate with a barrier layer wherein the barrier layer is formed by depositing nanofibers on the surface by the use of electrospinning or meltspinning and wherein the film is formed by post treatment of the substrate. The invention further relates to a substrate comprising such a carrier layer.