BIO-BASED ECONOMY
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 |
