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Pulp from sugar bagasse for paper and cardboard manufacturing

Opportunity Description: Pulp from sugarcane bagasse for paper and cardboard manufacturing
Replacement of imported products
PRODUCT: Pulp
Sector: Waste Management
Market: Paper and cardboard industry
Initial Investment Required: Above 500,000 EGP
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold paper mills and cardboard manufacturers in Lower and Middle Egypt and Red Sea. Competing products include imported pulp.
Supply: Sugar mills in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, and in the Delta. Required inputs include sugarcane bagasse and other agriwaste.
Process: Oxygen delignification -> bleaching -> pulping.
Human Resources: Manual labour and trained labour to operate digesters.
Financial: CAPEX is Above 500,000 EGP
OPEX is Less than 150,000 EGP
Risk: Seasonality of supply
IMPACT: Environmentally friendly use of waste Increase return on agriculture and agroindustry waste.