TU/e signed an agreement this week with 14 European paper
producers for the further development of a breakthrough new solvent. This new
solvent, developed by TU/e professor Maaike Kroon, will potentially enable the
paper industry to make big energy savings in production and to use raw
materials more efficiently. The European paper industry has high expectations
of the new solvent. “This is a game changer, and it means the paper industry
will look very different 20 years from now”, said Henk van Houtum, chairman of
Royal VNP, the Netherlands Association of Paper and Cardboard Producers.