A technological innovation that could revolutionise the
paper industry
A researcher at the Terrassa Campus patents a biotechnology
product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes
Oriol Cusola, a member of the CelBiotech paper research
group on the UPC's Terrassa Campus, has patented a natural aqueous compound
that gives advanced properties to any cellulose base material. The patent was
an outcome of Cusola's doctoral thesis supervised by Blanca Roncero and
Cristina Valls. Using biotechnological and environmentally friendly methods, it
will allow the surface of paper products to be modified simply without
interrupting the production process and will help save large amounts of
chemicals.