CELLULASE MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

• Cellulase require less energy during refining and it also improves paper quality, owing to which the use of cellulase in paper and pulp has significantly increased. Some other applications of cellulase are deinking of paper, which improves fiber brightness, freeness, cleanliness, and eliminates the usage of alkali. Moreover, the ability of cellulase to decrease viscosity of pulp facilitates efficient drainage of waste in paper mills. Therefore, such applications are expected to increase demand for cellulase in paper & pulp production.
• In bioethanol industry, cellulase is widely preferred for production of ethanol, wine, and brewery. Cellulase improves the quality and yield of fermented products and improves extraction and clarification of fruit and vegetable juices. In animal feed industry, it is used to improve nutritional value, silage production, and enhancement of digestibility of grasses.
• Cellulase is used in agricultural industry to enhance plant growth, soil fertility, and to control disease in plants. Increasing production of wheat and other cereals is fueling growth of the cellulase market. According to the statistics of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the worldwide production of wheat was 749 million tons in 2016 and it increased at the rate of 1.7% from 2015.
• However, processing of cellulase includes high costs. It is one of the largest obstacles for commercialization of biomass bio-refineries because a huge amount of cellulase is consumed for biomass saccharification. Such advantage may restrain use of cellulase for the production biofuel.