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Here’s What It Actually Involves. The complexity concern around MFC production is, in many ways, the most human of the misconceptions we encounter about MFC. Mills are precision environments. Adding a new process step carries real risk – of disruption, inconsistency, and unexpected interaction with existing systems.  The concern deserves a direct answer rather than reassurance. So…

Setting the record straight Of all the misconceptions about FiberLean, this one has perhaps the clearest origin story – and the clearest rebuttal.  FiberLean Technologies was established with roots in Imerys, a global minerals group. That history has left a residual impression in some quarters that FiberLean’s MFC contains minerals, or that mineral addition is somehow integral to the process. It is not.  FiberLean produces MFC…

Why Specification and Production Route Matter More Than the Name. Microfibrillated cellulose has a branding problem. The term ‘MFC’ is used as if it describes a single, uniform material – but it doesn’t. The word covers a spectrum of materials with meaningfully different physical properties, production economics, and performance characteristics. The differences begin with how MFC is produced. How…

Why the Cost Conversation Needs to Change Cost is one of the most common objections in MFC conversations and one of the most frequently misframed.   The objection almost always starts in the same place: a comparison between the price of externally supplied MFC and the cost of existing fiber or additives. On that basis, MFC does look expensive. But that framing…

Understanding the Difference Between Supplying MFC and Producing It It’s the misconception we encounter most often, and it’s the one that causes the most confusion early in a conversation. People assume FiberLean is an MFC supplier. Predominantly, we are not.   What Does FiberLean do? FiberLean designs and supplies the grinding equipment that enables paper and board mills to produce microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) in-house, using their…