Profits were offset by higher input costs on materials like wood pulp during the quarter.
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Refineries of the future will spew out chemicals and plastics from corn sugar or wood pulp instead of from fossil fuels.
Mr Messier found that the photographic paper was made of wood pulp not rags, a sure sign that it was made after the 1930s.
Wood pulp input costs have also risen since a year ago.
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Meanwhile, the US Forest Service has been deriving cellulose nanocrystals from wood pulp extract to create a material that's stronger than Kevlar and carbon fiber.
Which is why I remain partial to processed wood pulp.
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Paper and consumer care products maker Kimberly-Clark said first quarter earnings fell 8.9%, largely as a result of a sharp increase in costs that the company pays for materials like wood pulp.
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You cannot, he notes, do that with a steel mill or an automotive company or a wood-pulp mill.
The next phase is to scale up the manufacturing process, with the aim of making the material rather as you would convert wood-pulp to newsprint.
After a hurricane, for example, large trees that are snapped or sheared often become pulp wood rather than saw-timber, reducing their value by two-thirds or more.
He admits that it is not simple to pull the sugars out of non-food material like pulp or wood waste, but says that even factoring in the extraction process, the final cost should be lower than using corn starch or sugar cane, both of which are much higher-priced commodities.
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It produces pulp from raw wood, but also boasts state-of-the-art machines to make the speciality papers that constitute most of its production.
Other big names up for prizes include Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood, X Factor host Dermot O'Leary, musician Jamie Cullum and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.
They build a paper nest by chewing small amounts of wood from trees, reeds or garden fences and mix it with saliva to form a pulp which is added to the nest in thin strips.
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