Tissue Technology

Bringing the right products and people to your papermaking
Ashland Water Technologies is dedicated to helping pulp and paper mills operate more efficiently and profitably. We offer a
state-of-the-art product portfolio that addresses nearly every aspect of papermaking. Our highly skilled team of field sales
representatives, applications engineers, and research scientists ensure our products work in your specific mill environment. By
bringing together the best of both worlds — innovative chemistries and innovative people — Ashland is setting the standard in
papermaking excellence.
Tissue makers have to face consumer demands every day — demands for
softer, stronger and more absorbent products at no extra cost. Whether
producing premium brands or value brands for consumers or the awayfrom-home market, the need to improve product quality and machine
productivity never ends.
Sometimes these conflicting demands seem impossible to reconcile. You
can reduce cost by increasing machine speed and substituting lower-cost
fibers, but this can come at the expense of product quality. Slowing down
can improve product softness, but can result in a higher cost.

Our Tissue portfolio Includes:
Creping Adhesive Technology
Our technology controls adhesion
between the tissue and the Yankee
cylinder under variable operating
conditions, including the extremes
of high or low moisture and high
temperatures. Key benefits include:
•tSurface protection for the cylinder

products that provide exceptional
protection. Other key benefits are:
•tLonger run times and higher
production potential
•tOverall improvement of the coating
film formation
•tProlonged doctor blade life

“Our commitment
to innovation
leads to superior
results for our
customers, for
consumers, and for the

•tIncreased production speed

•tEasier start-up after regrinds

•tImproved creping uniformity

Release Technology

•tImproved doctor blade life
•tImproved heat transfer to reduce
energy costs

This technology provides you with a
consistent and uniform coating film to
aid in the release of the sheet from the
Yankee cylinder. Benefits include:

•tImproved softness and hand-feel

As the world’s largest supplier of creping technology to the tissue industry,
Ashland provides integrated solutions that are designed and formulated
to help you meet your specific needs. Chemicals that improve the tissuemaking operation, when combined with Ashland’s hands-on approach,
can resolve your particular tissue production and quality issues.

•tIncreased doctor blade life

New patented fully crosslinked
creping adhesives open up the
operating window on the machine,
allowing improved machine efficiencies
and reduced energy consumption on
any Yankee surface.

•tControl of coating buildup

Coating Modifier Technology
To control rewettability, coating
development, rheology, and
uniformity, our technology modifies
the adhesive coating. Key benefits
include:
•tControlled adhesion
•tBulk/caliper improvements

environment.”

•tIncreased stretch
•tCoating uniformity

Yankee Cylinder Conditioning
Technology
You can extend the operational
life of the Yankee cylinder with our
specifically developed conditioning

•tImproved ply bonding in converting
•tYankee cylinder edge control
New multifunctional release agents
change the technology curve to add
additional sheet properties, such
as improved softness or increased
absorbency.

Debonder and Softener
Technology
These products are specifically
formulated to ensure and enhance
surface smoothness, bulk softness,
and hand-feel of tissue products.
Other benefits are:
•tIncreased sheet flexibility
•tEnhanced creping efficiency
Through research and application
experience in all stages of the tissue
production process, we ensure that
our tissue technology meets all of your
expectations.

With good chemistry great things happen.™