Development of new technologies for the pulp and paper industry

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The Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry is facing challenges due to emerging e-commerce and increasing competition from countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and China, which rely on inexpensive labour costs and/or raw material. To remain healthy and competitive, the industry needs innovations in the development of new value-added products and/or of improved manufacturing processes. The present proposal by Dr. Yonghao Ni addresses these needs. He has established an extensive research program in the past 24 years on the development of new technologies/ products for the pulp and paper industry, which includes both the improvements in the present manufacturing processes/ products and novel processes/ products. In this application, he will continue the same research program and focus on two aspects, namely: 1) development and characterization of high electro-conductivity paper and its application for paper antenna and its application in the radio-frequency identification (RFID);