BIO-BASED ECONOMY
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Pulp from sugarcane bagasse for the paper industry
Market
Final Products | Pulp |
Required Inputs | Sugar cane bagasse |
Competing Products | Low competition Imported pulp |
Potential for Export | High |
Process
Complexity – Type of Process |
Simple–chemical treatment |
Technology | Oxygen delignification, bleaching, and pulping |
Equipment and Material | Batch/continuous digesters |
Human Resources | Manual labor and skilled technicians to operate digesters |
Business Linkage
Forward Linkage | Paper mills and cardboard manufacturers |
Local/Regional/Nationwide | Local market- nationwide |
Backward Linkage | Sugar factories |
Supporting Entities | Waste contractors, equipment suppliers, and testing facilities |
Competitive Edge |
Lower cost due to local availability and use of waste inputs |
Economic Features
Revenue Stream | Sales of pulp |
CAPEX | 300M EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment. |
Investment Size | Large (between 50-500M EGP) |
Considerations
Key Challenge | Seasonality and high-water content of bagasse, cash flow management, transportation cost, absence of designated recycling areas on industrial zones and absence of formal industrial waste collection services |
Advantages | Replacement of imported products |
Potential Pathways to Growth | Production of other bagasse-based feedstock or final products such as food packaging items, paper, boards and alternative fuels |
General Impact
Environmental | Eco-friendly use of industrial waste |
Social | Increases returns on industrial waste and creates job opportunities. |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
Relevant sub-market | Intermediary to industries (food, pharmaceutical, wood, and paper) |
Lies within the following value chain/cluster(s) |
Sugarcane, municipal, and industrial waste |
Impact | Promotes value-addition to the sugarcane waste and paper industry |
Studies
Serial | File name | Download |
1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |