Final Products

Pulp

Required Inputs

Sugar cane bagasse

Competing Products

Low competition
Imported pulp

Potential for Export

High

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

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

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)

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

Environmental

Eco-friendly use of industrial waste

Social

Increases returns on industrial waste and creates job opportunities.

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