Our bleached hardwood kraft pulp (BHKP) range offers the best of the North and the South. Birch from the Nordics and eucalyptus from Uruguay provide you with a variety of fibre characteristics. Take advantage of our experience in using hardwood pulp ourselves. Don’t hesitate to discuss your requirements with our experts and choose the best solution for your furnish.
Bleached hardwood kraft pulp (BHKP)
Bleached hardwood kraft pulp products
UPM Euca
Made from plantation-grown eucalyptus, this versatile fibre is quick to refine. UPM Euca is used to create clean, soft and smooth tissue products but also provides good surface and optical properties for printing and writing end uses. UPM Euca also provides good bulk when refined to the required tensile strength.
Use it especially for:
- Tissue
- Specialty papers
- Printing and writing papers
UPM Betula
Achieve good strength, structure and surface properties. UPM Betula is a bright, premium grade fibre that requires significantly lower refining energy to reach optimum performance. It’s fast to develop exceptional tensile strength and z-strength, high density and very low porosity.
Use UPM Betula especially for:
- Packaging and carton boards
- Specialty papers
- Woodfree uncoated and coated printing and writing papers
What is hardwood pulp?
Simply put, hardwood pulp is pulp that is made from hardwood trees, such as birch, eucalyptus and maple. At UPM Pulp we make bleached hardwood kraft pulp from birch wood produced in our mills in Finland and eucalyptus pulp produced in our mills in Uruguay. Hardwood pulp fibres are shorter than softwood pulp fibres. The morphology and structure of hardwood pulp fibres makes it ideal for products that require smoothness and good printing properties. Another benefit of hardwood pulp is that it’s well suited for products that require higher bulk.
What are the products of hardwood pulp?
Hardwood pulp is a versatile raw material that serves as the foundation for a wide range of products across various industries. Due to the shorter fibre lengths of hardwood trees like birch and eucalyptus, the resulting pulp provides a smoother finish, ideal for products such as tissue, high-quality printing and writing papers, specialty papers, and packaging and carton boards.
Our hardwood pulp mills are located in Uruguay and Finland
We produce hardwood pulp in Uruguay and Finland. In Uruguay we produce UPM Euca eucalyptus pulp at our Fray Bentos and Paso de los Toros pulp mills. In Finland we produce UPM Betula, our northern bleached hardwood kraftpulp, at the Kymi and Pietarsaari pulp mills.
What is the difference between hardwood pulp and softwood pulp?
Although both hardwood pulp and softwood pulp can be used in various applications, they each give products their own qualities. One key difference between hardwood and softwood pulp is their fibre length. Hardwood fibres are shorter than the fibres in softwood pulp. Hardwood pulp is well suitable for products that require smoothness and higher bulk, whilst softwood pulp is well suitable for products that require high strength and durability.
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