BioPRIA Services

BioPRIA offers pulp & paper testing and consultancy services for industries that manufacture and utilise paper & paperboard products. We are commited to collaborative research, working with many major companies.

Our laboratories are well equipped with a wide range of pulp & paper testing equipment, as well as various colloid & surface characterisation instruments. The paper testing laboratory features a temperature and humidity-controlled environment to ensure accurate and reproducible test results. All testing and analysis of products and materials is to specifications using Australian/New Zealand Standards, TAPPI Standards and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards.

Testing/Equipment Capabilities at the BioPRIA Laboratories:

• Paper and board testing
• Pulp and repulpability testing
• Coating and calendering
• Ink and printability testing
• Particles, colloid & surface characterisation
• Microscopy and image analysis
• Contact angle and wetting measurements
• Other capabilities