Wet strength resins are critical for achieving the desired quality targets for most tissue grades, such as towels, industrial wipes, facial tissues, hankies, and napkins. In the current, highly competitive tissue market, tissue producers are under increased pressure to find profitable and sustainable chemical solutions.

The resin efficiency impacts greatly the operating cost of wet-strengthened tissue grades. Typically, high dosages of wet strength resins are needed to achieve the desired product quality, which makes wet strength resins the most expensive chemical application in tissue production. In addition to the chemical cost, high usage of wet strength resins can cause issues with machine runnability, such as foaming, felt deposits, and reduced dewatering. At the same time, the regulation on chloro-organic residuals (CPD, DCP, and AOX) in the tissue sheet and effluent is increasing and many mills are struggling to stay compliant.

This whitepaper discusses the profitable and sustainable chemical solutions for wet-strengthened tissue. It introduces Kemira’s innovative high-performance wet strength resins, which enable tissue producers to gain savings on both cost and chemicals, achieve lower residual levels in paper and effluent, and improve machine runnability – without jeopardizing the sheet quality targets. The whitepaper also includes 3 industrial case studies with demonstrated benefits.