Today’s mills are under constant pressure from rising costs and performance expectations. Nalco Water works side-by-side with mill teams to improve on‑machine efficiency, take cost out of operations, and drive sustainable business growth, turning innovation into measurable, day‑to‑day performance gains.
Driving Efficiency, Reliability and Sustainability for Top Paper Mill Performance
Trusted partner. Real operational value.
Unlocking productivity, sustainability and value-driven growth across your mill.
Mill Partnership and On-Site Expertise
On-site expert advancing your mill goals
On-site expert advancing your mill goals
Continuous improvement delivering results
Continuous improvement delivering results
Innovation driving mill performance
Innovation driving mill performance
Targeted Solutions for Immediate Operational Impact
Technologies that unlock profitable operations for your mill
Pulp washing optimization with 3D TRASAR™ for Pulp Wash
Pulp washing optimization with 3D TRASAR™ for Pulp Wash
Ecolab® PulpIQ™ with 3D TRASAR for Pulp Wash delivers real‑time intelligence that automatically adjusts pulp washing performance to meet your specific business goals, whether that’s maximizing production, reducing energy and steam use, improving pulp quality consistency, or optimizing water and chemical efficiency. By continuously responding to incoming pulp conditions, the system gives you dynamic control aligned with what matters most to your operation.
Cooking stability with Uniform Wood Cooking Agent
Cooking stability with Uniform Wood Cooking Agent
Uniform Wood Cooking Agent enables a more uniform and efficient cook by improving cooking liquor penetration throughout the wood chip. This allows mills to actively control cooking performance to meet their priorities: higher yield, improved quality stability, reduced variability, or lower chemical and energy use.
Recovery boiler leak indication and earlier leak detection with RBLI
Recovery boiler leak indication and earlier leak detection with RBLI
3D TRASAR™ for Recovery Boiler Leak Indication (RBLI) detects recovery boiler leaks earlier to help protect people, critical assets and mill uptime. By distinguishing critical from non‑critical leaks, RBLI helps operators respond decisively, reducing unnecessary shutdowns, minimizing operational risk, and protecting recovery boiler reliability.
Innovative Programs that Support Performance Across your Mill
Raw water management
Raw water management
FirstCLEAR™, Nalco Water’s comprehensive raw water solution, is designed to control costs, improve operational efficiency and minimize product defects with more reliable raw water.
Wet end performance
Wet end performance
When integrated into a comprehensive wet-end optimization program, Nalco Water’s microparticle technologies improve additive efficiency and reduce effluent treatment costs, helping drive measurable gains in on-machine efficiency and reduce total cost of operations.
Strength additives
Strength additives
Our extensive portfolio of strength additives, including the METRIX™ product line, help improve supply chain performance through optimized packaging weights, improved mill performance and reduced water and energy requirements.
3D TRASAR™ for Boilers
3D TRASAR™ for Boilers
3D TRASAR technology leverages real-time data and system monitoring to optimize your boiler performance and protect valuable equipment assets, helping maximize system efficiency, reduce downtime and increase overall production quality.
Explore Our Interactive Paper Mill
Your partner in improved mill operations.
Our programs and innovations have helped our partners increase productivity, improve quality and meet sustainability goals.
Metrix™ Horizon Delivers Strength & Productivity
Metrix™ Horizon Delivers Strength & Productivity
METRIX Horizon delivered improved containerboard strength, reduced refining and increased speed resulting in reduced energy and greenhouse gases and $3.1M total value delivered.
High Performance Linerboard Mill Implements METRIX™ Technology
High Performance Linerboard Mill Implements METRIX™ Technology
Nalco Water’s METRIX Technology helped a mill obtain environmentally sustainable results of reduced basis weight and increased production.
HYBRID™ technology saves more than $700,000 annually at Gypsum Liner Mill
HYBRID™ technology saves more than $700,000 annually at Gypsum Liner Mill
Today’s gypsum liner paper machines are solving their challenges with Nalco Water production aids for packaging.
3D TRASAR™ for Pulp Wash Delivers Consistently Clean Pulp
3D TRASAR™ for Pulp Wash Delivers Consistently Clean Pulp
Ecolab® PulpIQ™ with 3D TRASAR for Pulp Wash provides better control and optimization of washing stages, helping one customer save 90,000 MMBTUs of energy per mill and reducing greenhouse gases.
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| ✓ | Increase product quality |
| ✓ | Maximize production efficiency |
| ✓ | Increase water, energy and waste savings |
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With unparalleled expertise and cutting-edge technology, we partner with customers to deliver world-class results and optimized operations. Contact us to learn how we can help you.
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St. Paul, MN 55102
Ecolab Customer Service
Phone: +1-800-352-5326
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