NaMiCell pilot

Production of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC)

To produce MFC from different qualities of pre-treated lignocellulosic fibres
To evaluate the interest of new fibres pre-treatments for MFC production
To adapt the process conditions to the targeted MFC quality for a given application

The little story of the pilot

The first experiments to produce microfibrillated cellulose have started in 2006 after the acquisition of a microfluidizer by FCBA InTechFibres division.
Then in 2011, with the financial support of ENCELPA, two homogenisers were bought to comple the production range of MFC at laboratory and pilot scales.
These systems have allowed developing competences and expertice in the domain of microfibrillated cellulose and depositing a patent in 2017 based on a mechano enzymatic pre-treatment combined with homogenisation.
MFC enable to improve the performances of many materials. At CTP, due to their film forming ability, MFCs allowed patenting a wet lamination technology creating barrier properties for paper packaging in substitution to plastics.