Integrity is the foundation of our relationships, with each other and with our business partners.
On May 25th, 2018 the Personal Data Act (PUL) is replaced by the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that your personal data will be even safer. We want to inform you about our new privacy policy, where you can read about how we handle, protect and use your personal data in a safe and secure way. Further, we inform how you can exercise your right to access or object to processing of personal data.
Our Annual Report is here. Get an overview of our performance, read about our division’s marketing highlights, our community support and learn how we every morning face a new day to meet the challenges of a changing world in order to surpass expectations!
Also this year we continue the tradition of having an artist featuring the report. The 2017 report is designed by the street artist Jonathan “Ollio” Josefsson.
Although Jonathan Josefsson started his artistic career as a street artist, calling him a graffiti artist is like saying da Vinci was skilled at drawing helicopters! Graffiti is just the tip of Jonathan’s creative iceberg; he is accomplished in so many other areas.
Jonathan studied textile design at the Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden, and became adept at hand-tufted rugs, adding yet another technique to his palette of artistic expression: spray, paint, laser cutting, drawing and print.
Jonathan has a very personal style; an organic, pulsating microbe world, easily recognizable in the often same, same but not so differ-ent world of street art.
He has managed to lift his anarchistic art form from the edgy world of the street into the established art forum, without losing his integrity or playfulness.
He is represented in museums and private collections in Sweden and the rest of the world.
Find out more about Jonathan and his artwork here.
One of the biggest challenges faced by many producers is knowing how to manage and profit from the byproducts created during the pulp making process. Through our expertise in the industry and our knowledge of the growing demand for lignosulfonates, we can help to drive this sector forward and create high value for our clients. For the purpose of this article, we would like to focus on some of the co-products produced during the pulping process and the opportunities they present for commercialization.
Chemistry by Nature
Lignosulfonate, also known as sulfonated lignin, is an organic polymer that occurs naturally in wood and which “glues” the cellulose fibers together. In simple terms, they are responsible for holding the woody part of a plant or tree together. During the sulfite wood pulping process, these natural polymers are made soluble and recovered from the spent pulping liquids and are burnt for energy or further extracted and used in a broad range of applications.
To the chemical engineer working in the pulp mill, lignosulfonates can be a troublesome component in the pulping process. They need to be separated and removed from the wood chips to ensure the best grade of pulp is produced. Considering the large volume of pulp that is resulting with large volumes of coproducts, finding profitable uses for these products could have significant economic importance. For this reason, CellMark found lignosulfonates to be a perfect fit for its business model.
The Ingenious Uses for Lignosulfonates
Once lignosulfonates have been extracted through the sulfite process and rendered soluble (being evaporated at 45-60% solid), they resemble a brittle dark brown resin that offers many ingenious uses. In fact, there are currently over 3,000 patents in place worldwidethat cover the use of lignin and lignosulfonates. Indeed, research can be traced back to the mid-20th century or even prior.
The sustainability and abundance of these co-products are now inspiring today’s scientist to rediscover lignin and advance the research on different applications. Lignosulfonate is a chemically very interesting and versatile polymer.
Artist: Keith Negley
Its chemical composition makes it suited for several applications. Indeed, it keeps its original attribute as a binder, while it acquired the ability to disperse through the sulfite process. Also, its chemical composition makes it ideally suited in agriculture as an efficient carrier for micro nutrients and an efficient partial substitute for other polymers.
Several Applications
As a dispersant – When the lignin is sulfonated, it gives it dispersing or water reducing properties. It will be used to disperse chemical solutions in agriculture, dyes, inks, mining, construction among others. Of late, it has been ”rediscovered” as a natural and partial substitute to some oil based polymers.
As a Binder – Lignosulfonate deploys some of its original function whence it plays a critical role in providing stiffness and rigidity to trees. It is an effective binder in the preparation of animal feed and fertilizer pellets, carbon black, activated carbon, tiles, bricks and refractories and mineral dust briquettes among others.
They are also used for stabilizing soil on unfinished roads or soft shoulders where they act as a binder and help to control dust. Lignosulfonates as an organic polymer is full of nutrients. As such it may contain nitrogen, sulfur, magnesium, ammonium, potassium, calcium. It can be additivated with other nutrients and becomes an excellent carrier to deliver the nutrients to plants as a complexing agent. In some countries, its abundance in organic matters will make it ideally suited for such use as soil enrichment or soil remediation.
Extracting the Most Value from Lignosulfonates
Key to success is to always seek the best collaborative innovation relationships. By working closely with end users in the lignosulfonate and lignin industry we can help them to position products in segments that create the utmost value and create strategies designed to surpass existing offerings and improve production and development processes.
Our strategy is simple; to develop and market the world’s best lignosulfonate supply solutions and to deliver them to our customers worldwide. ”In doing so we can help customers develop and market cost-efficient and optimal products for a specific application and provide high value creative customer-driven mill-to-market logistics solutions” indicates Jean-Luc Carrière Vice President and General Manager, Lignin.
Artist: Dan Page
A Sustainable Business Opportunity
Lignosulfonates offer green, sustainable solutions and are in abundant supply. Their demand is also rising, and this has caused a growing interest from producers who realize the potential value of their byproducts and wish to explore the possibilities of marketing them. Conversely, one of the biggest challenges for our partners is accessing byproducts like lignin and lignosulfonates in a way that is economical, reliable and sustainable. When their processes rely on a steady and sure supply of these components, it is essential that they have the right strategies in place to ensure the right level of supply.
How CellMark can bring value
This is where CellMark can assist. We specialize in providing a wide range of services and know-hows to further develop the use of lignin and lignosulfonates across a broad selection of applications. Most importantly, we are committed in introducing the concept required to produce the optimal quality lignosulfonates, facilitate future development and to market 100 percent of the finished product. This not only helps producers position their products in the market, but ensures that those who need them will benefit from a consistent quality supply.
To help absorb faster the producers desire to grow their lignosulfonates sales. A strategy is not complete without the development of new applications to ensure growth in current applications and work on new applications. Carriere indicates: ”one way to achieve this and support producer and end-user alike is through selecting some of the most innovative technologies through active partnerships”. He continues: ”Furthermore, we can develop and execute supply solutions for most basic chemicals used in today’s biorefineries”.
Defining the Future of Lignosulfonates
CellMark is an supply chain services company specializing in services for the pulp and paper industry among others, and excels in identifying and building collaborative innovation partnerships. One of the biggest challenges faced by many producers is knowing how to manage and profit from the byproducts created during the pulping process. Through our expertise in the industry and our knowledge of the growing demand for lignosulfonates, we can help to drive this sector forward and create high value for our clients.
Ersin Alkan President of CellMark Basic Chemicals; We wish to distinguish ourselves as an entrepreneurial team consistently looking for complete solutions from the forest to markets”. He adds, ”CellMark is the ideal platform for entrepreneurial companies wishing to have a partner that will support them in the execution of their strategies”.
We are very proud to announce that Andrew Cowie at C52 Graphic Design won a Wood Pencil at the D&AD Awards Ceremony last week for his fabulous work with our 2016 Annual Report!
Andrew started his career studying art and drama, and works now primarily as a graphic designer. His qualifications are many.
Our collaboration with Andrew over the years has been great. In the 2016 Annual Report, we also featured the very characteristic French entrepreneur in art, Jean-Claude Floc’h.
Our greatest congratulations to you, Andie!
About Andie Cowie
Having studied art and drama, Andrew had the good fortune to work with Charles Marowitz at the Open Space Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, London in the production of Palach. He moved to Athens where he taught at an American junior high school and then moved to Sweden where he taught, worked as an illustrator, curated exhibitions for Ron Arad, Danny Lane and Jennifer Lee at Röhsska Arts and Crafts Museum and was responsible for designing the Photo Fair for two years. He now works primarily as a graphic designer, but also finds time to exhibit his own work internationally.
Andie has two children, one grandchild and two cats and lives in a converted barn in the country just north of Gothenburg.
Exhibitions: Athens · Borgvik · Borås · Bovallstrand · Båstad · Copenhagen · Edinburgh · Eskilstuna Göteborg · Hjørring · Koster · Kungälv · Lincoln · London · Los Angeles · Marstrand Munkedal · Mölnlycke · New York · Stenungsund · Stockholm · Skärhamn · Tokyo · Trollhättan · Vesterås · Vienna
Collections: Röhsska Museum, Göteborg
Strandverket Museum, Marstrand
Abecita Art museum, Borås
Books: From Russia With Love, 2007 · Same, same… but different, 2009 · Imagine, 2010 Things that surround us, 2015 · Archaeology for the next century, 2015
Awards:
The Swedish Publishing Prize: First Prize and Visual Prize 2010, First Prize 2011
The Swedish Publishing Prize: Nominated 2009, 2017
Creativity International Awards, 2011
D&AD Awards Wood Pencil, 2018
The winners of PaperSeed Foundation’s 2018 Recycled Materials Art Competition are now announced! Among several beautiful and creative entries, the judges finally found five lucky winners who all had made a great job of turning recycling into art. And by that demonstrating how creative problem solving can help us achieve a sustainable future.
Winners– Group Projects
”Kandinsky Circles” by Teresa Bowe’s Kindergarten Class
“From Trash to Treasure” by Julie Ryan’s Second Grade Class
”Recycled Color Wheel” by Yvonne Bruner’s 5th Grade Class
Winners – Individual Projects
“Design Thinking” by Jack, 2nd Grade
“Recycled Print-Making” by Jude, 5th Grade
CellMark are impressed
We are impressed by this initiative by the PaperSeed Foundation to start the Recycled Materials Art Competition with elementary school students in Marin County, California, USA. It started three year long and has now become a highly appreciated happening engaging many local students in this area. The range of creative works of art are astounding, and we realize the judges have had a very difficult time choosing winners.
In this post we showcases some of the amazing work created during the competition. To view the work submitted by all 2018 young artists, click here.
CellMark would like to thank PaperSeed for this great initiative. We also extend our thanks to Mill Valley Refuse Service for their sponsorship, and the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Doodlebug for generously providing prizes.
Congratulations, everyone!
PaperSeed Foundation about RMAC
”Much of our work in the United States focuses on sustainability, which can often feel like a monolithic word. What is sustainability? How do you teach it?
The truth is, sustainability doesn’t need to be complicated, at least as far as our day-to-day is concerned. It means avoiding single-use items, making sure we dispose of waste properly, and opting to utilize green solutions like wind and solar when we can.
Children are remarkably receptive to these ideas, which is fantastic because getting them involved in the conversation is the key to our sustainable future. Simple things like getting outside to appreciate nature, and making sure your household is recycling, can make a huge difference.
That’s a big part of why we started the RMAC- because while you can teach a child about recycling in a 30 minute lesson, we think that having them work with these materials- and see for themselves how many single-use items our schools and homes go through – is a more meaningful way for them to learn.”
CellMark Medical will attend the AFSUMB 2018 in Seoul to exhibit the high-level disinfection system AntiGermix! If you would like to learn more about how you can be the supplier to your local hospitals and patients to this exciting technology, visit us at the AFSUMB and get the opportunity to talk to us directly.
Contact us to set up a meeting
Email our regional representative, Mr. Alex Wong at alex.wong@cellmark.com who will be representing us at the AFSUMB to set up a time to meet.
AntiGermix Product Description
As ultrasound technology is fast becoming the ideal method for diagnostics due to its non-invasive characteristic, the importance of proper disinfection is increasingly vital. This mobile, nontoxic and environmental friendly system allows for a fast (90 sec) and automated high-level disinfection between patients for transvaginal, transrectal and transoesophageal ultrasound probes.
AFSUMB Details
Congress of the Asian Federation of Societies for
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (AFSUMB) COEX Convention Center in Seoul, South Korea from Wednesday to Saturday, May 23- 26.
We are very proud of the positive response which our Compliance Management System (CMS) got from the audience.
Recently Dow Jones organized a Nordics Risk Management Seminar under the heading “Different Risks, Converging Strategies”. A seminar aimed to facilitate a discussion between risk practitioners in diverse sectors to share best practices and identify areas of convergence and shared approaches as well as areas of difference.
As one of the panalists, Uwe Schoumakers, Corporate Compliance Manager at CellMark, explained our Compliance Management System (CMS). Among other things, one of the positive feedback he got from the participants was based on the fact that CellMark follows a value based Compliance Management approach, which doesn’t focus on the communication of threats or financial and legal consequences of non-compliance, but more emphasizes that our CMS supports the business culture we believe in and communicates Compliance Management as a value addition to our organization.
It was a successful conference for everyone involved!
Five members of our Basic Chemicals team recently attended the AFPM’s annual International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio, Texas. We met delegates from a variety of companies. Attendance at events like these are crucial to increase possibilities to connect with the world market and to be able to present the value that we can bring to an organization.
Our international presence and flexibility seemed to be a key point that customers and suppliers both focused on as we presented the strengths of CellMark’s platform.
These meetings are also great opportunities to meet with far flung colleagues and collaborate on new ideas about how we can do business together. Overall, the meeting was a success and some collaboration with new clients has started as direct result of the meetings.
AFPM
American Fuel and Petrochemicals Manufacturers, AFPM, is a trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of the entire U.S. supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other fuels and home heating oil, as well as the petrochemicals used as building blocks for thousands of vital products in daily life. Learn more about AFMP here.
Shanghai Pulp Week concluded two weeks ago and the overwhelming sentiment was one of continued positive momentum for pulp pricing traction and a desire from Chinese paper customers for stability. Incredibly, pulp availability continues to be tight and without the prospect of new capacity in either hardwood or softwood on the horizon, this market condition might continue for some time.
CellMark’s Pulp Division was represented by Doug Smith, who also presented on behalf of our partner PaperSeed Foundation.
Thanks to the generosity of Hawkins Wright, Pulp Division and the Shanghai Symposium attendees, PaperSeed Foundation has given the opportunity to fund four unique education projects that have directly impacted over 1,400 children in rural China.
Early March we made a relocation of our our Korean office. Now, four out of our seven divisions are represented in this office: Chemicals, Metals, Basic Chemicals and the Pulp division with their Energy team. Our presence in the Korea market goes way back to our early beginnings. In 1984 we established our first sales office in Taipei. Through this relocation we can in a more accessible way showcase our diversified portfolio, come closer to and better service our customers in this important market.
CellMark Korea Co and CellMark Asia Pte Ltd, Korea Branch are now located at:
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