Initiatives

Currently, Cosmo is confirming the commercial viability of extracting:

Cellulosic sugars from the mill’s red liquor stream;
Acetic and other acids from the red liquor condensate stream;
Formic acid from the boiler system C02 emission stream.

Current Products

Cosmo Specialty Fibers produces lyocell, viscose, acetate, ethers, MCC and nitrocellulose dissolving pulp. The mill also works with customers to produce custom applications in rolls or bales.

ZhenCel™ is our low viscosity, high purity dissolving pulp made solely for the lyocell market. ZhenCel™ is made from Pacific Northwest softwood, which is the basis for this world-class high-purity cellulose. ZhenCel™ is the world's leading ultra-premium pulp for lyocell production, hence the name reference in Chinese Zhēnguì de yīge, or precious one. ZhenCel™ is a unique blend of sustainable softwood species, acid bisulfite pulp.

The pulp has a desirable narrow low viscosity range and is unsurpassed in brightness, low dirt and ash levels. The result of many diverse inputs is one of the purist lyocell pulps available worldwide. CSF utilizes unique niche’ proprietary technology to manufacture ZhenCel™, elemental chlorine free (ECF) pulp which delivers consistent high quality performance either in roll or bale form.

Products.

Cosmo is a dissolving wood pulp sulfite mill annual capacity of 170kt and can provide a wide range of High Purity Cellulose softwood-based products.

Sales.

Central National-Gottesman, Inc., based in New York, is the exclusive world-wide sales agent for Cosmo Specialty Fibers.

Ownership.

Cosmo Specialty Fibers is a private corporation with majority ownership held by The Gores Group, a Los Angeles based, global private equity firm.

Sustainability.

From bio-mass power generation, to PEFC™ chain-of-custody wood certification, Cosmo’s continual goal is to be best in class.

Bio-Refinery.

Cosmo is completing commercial pilots to add cellulosic-based bio- chemical products processed out of residual streams from mill operations.