Paper Industry

raw starch

One of the uses of corn starch is in the paper industry; Starch, as a reinforcement of the paper structure, gives the necessary strength to the paper and also gives the paper the ability to print by filling the pores of the paper surface; In our country, in the paper industry, most of the starch used is used in the surface bleaching stage.
In this case, corn starch is either modified at the factory or the modified starch is purchased directly. About the first method of starch slurry, changes are made to it either by enzymatic treatment or by using a series of oxidants, which makes it suitable for the liming process, and in the second case, oxidized starch is purchased readily from the manufacturer.