Hardly any industry is as dependent on natural gas as the chemical industry. This becomes particularly clear at the Leuna chemical park. There one resists a conceivable rationing.
If you follow Tim Hesselbarth, the creation of toilet paper is actually a fairly simple process. The production manager at the Wepa hygiene paper manufacturer’s plant in Leuna is standing in front of a six-meter-wide, loudly booming machine. White scraps of paper fly around him, depositing themselves on the surrounding pipes. A slurry of different pulp fibers flows into the machine. This porridge comes under a gigantic drying hood, which removes the moisture from the mass. And then the first stage of the finished paper runs out the back – rolled up on two gigantic rolls that are almost three meters wide. Toilet paper rolls for giants, sort of.
Source: Stern
Jane Stock is a technology author, who has written for 24 Hours World. She writes about the latest in technology news and trends, and is always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to improve his audience’s experience.
