Search

The article reports on the business operation of Lincoln Pulp and Paper Co. after it had shut down in January 2004 and left hundreds of people out of work in Lincoln, Maine. The mill belonged to a subsidiary of Eastern Pulp & Paper Corp. in Amherst, Massachusetts, a privately-held company that had declared bankruptcy. Now the mill is adding a new machine to expand tissue production. It has a leading market position in bulky uncoated freesheet for business reply cards and other products. INSET: LINCOLN TO INSTALL NEW TISSUE MACHINE..

Discusses the use of ink attachment force to paper in paper recycling operations by researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia. Introduction of a range of ink and paper combinations into the feed furnish of a newspaper deinking plant; Problems encountered in attaining pulp quality targets during changes in furnish composition; Measurement of the ink removal as a function of applied force for various ink-paper combination found in a typical old newspaper feed furnish.

The article features the top ten paper companies around the world. First on the list is the International Paper Co., which operates a range of pulp, paper and packaging and converts plants, as well as merchanting companies, wood product facilities and specialty chemicals plants. The company is followed by Weyerhaueser Co., which harvests and distributes pulp, paper and other forest products and operates a sizeable real estate division. The Georgia-Pacific Corp. is producing and distributing building products, including various industrial wood products, lumber and gypsum board.

Presents technical information papers related to the pulp and paper industry. Water treatment-related opportunities for energy conservation in a paper mill powerhouse; Method for determining length and other properties in rolls of various diameters and basis weights.

Reports on the performance of the paper industry in the U.S. and Canada. How the North American paper industry reacted to a recessionary economy in 2001; Effectof the recession on financial performance; Changes in capital spending trends.

The article provides information on the case studies regarding the use of modern clothing designs in order save energy costs in paper making. Accordingly, the high costs of energy due to used of paper machines had caused the shutting down of non-competitive mills. The author suggests that in order to save costs of energy consumption, industries must install modern paper machine clothing designs.

The article reports on the issue regarding the way to understand the market changes in order to sustain profitable growth in the coated paper industry. Accordingly, Dow Chemical Co. is one example of coated paper company that should maintain techniques on how to sustain company's growth. Dow has created a forecasting model to assists coated paper businesses in North America, Europe and Asia in terms of determining the global imports and exports in the future.

Discusses how paper recovery is growing in Europe. Net trade in recovered paper from 1990 to 2010; Trends in recycling rates of paper and paperboard; Raw material consumption structure in paper and paperboard manufacturing in Western Europe in 2002; Effort by Confederation of European Paper Industries to encourage legislators to promote the separate collection of wastepaper, as well as trying to educate the authorities at all levels that recovered paper is not a waste product.

Evaluates the financial and non-financial performance data for the North American pulp, paper and packaging industry. Overview of all publicly traded pulp, paper and packaging firms in the U.S. and Canada; Analysis of product segment competition, sales return and earnings per share; Annual sales and capital expenditures.

Presents a list of various technical information papers from the organization TAPPI.

Focuses on the impact of machine closure on the additives and the quality of the paper. Reduction on the overall mill energy costs per unit of production; Increase on the level of dissolved solids; Recognition on the need to conserve water.

Reports on the growth of SuperCalendered (SC) paper. Factors that contributed to the growth of the SC paper market; Economic advantages of SC paper over light-weight coated paper and machined-finished paper; Different users of SC paper in North America; Outlook for SC paper for 2004.

The article focuses on Mosinee, Wisconsin-based mid-sized paper company, Wausau Paper. The author details the financial performance of the company in 2005. He examines the contribution of the company's marketing efforts in its Bay West away-from-home tissue segment and active new product development process to the expansion of its market share. He also shows how Green Seal certification has raised Wausau Paper's environmental profile.

Looks at how the trade dispute in the Finnish paper industry in 2005 was resolved. Strike of the Finnish Paperworkers' Union and the Finnish Electrical Workers' Union in May 2005; Employers' retaliation through lockouts; Efforts to facilitate negotiations; Details of the agreement, which includes pay increases and new shift patterns; Charts on Finland's forest industry production and on Western European mechanical paper statistics.

Focuses on the supply and demand of copier papers. Brand marketing used to gain market shares; Impact of Brazilian and Indonesian paper exports to the U.S.; U.S. demand for copier papers; Competition in the paper industry. INSET: STOP THE PRESSES—DEMAND IS INCREASING..

Provides information about the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry's 2004 Paper Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. Events and activities scheduled for the summit; List of topics and speakers.

The article focuses on the costs of the existence of a maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) storeroom in a paper mill citing duplicated cost in the MRO supply chain which can be eliminated. Cost reduction programs, electronic procurement and other internet programs may provide levels of cost recovery for manufacturers.

Provides an overview of the value proposition of technology solution providers in the pulp and paper industry in the U.S. Details of the offerings of various providers such as Accenture, Microsoft and Peoplesoft; Tips on how to successfully implement technology solutions; Need for an overall technology solution map that is tied to short and long term business issues and opportunities.

Presents the survey result on confidential paper machine performance issues. Assessment of the feedback on machine information provided by paper company representatives by comparing performance data to TAPPI guidelines; Compilation of data for the next revisions of technical information papers; Reduction of maintenance spending by paper mills in an effort to lower operating costs.

Focuses on factors which may affect paper companies with large energy consumption in Europe. Reason why a new emission trading scheme may affect paper companies; Possibility that paper companies will face antitrust fines; Charts depicting coated and uncoated paper deliveries.

Discusses the market changes for U.S. coated paper and board. Demand for coated free sheet; Increasing interest in the coated ink jet and coated papers for digital printing; Coated folding carton board demand; Specific processes and materials affecting production.

Focuses on ways to create an effective budgeting process for companies in the paper industry. Impact of assets with high cost on profit; Importance of considering the exposure time to risk in budgeting; Effect of reinvesting less than full depreciation on manufacturing operations.

Presents several paper industry people's comments on the good things about the industry. Energy self sufficiency according to Jim Atkins of Atkins Inc.; Contribution to sustainable planet according to Gail N. Petersen of Datamasters.

Advises how to teach paper science to a non-technical audience. Preparations for teaching the course; Organization of the course; Teaching the course; Evaluation of the audience.

Studies the strength of periodic press section marks in paper by researchers from Great Britain. Parameters that influence the degree of felt marking; Development of new technique that can predict the degree of felt marking quantitatively; Usability of pressure-sensitive material to measure the distribution of loads arising from the fabric's structure when the applied load is constant.

The article presents news briefs regarding the paper industry. Cham Paper Group plans to focus its Hunsfos mill for the manufacture of uncoated paper. Sonoco has raised prices in North America for uncoated recycled paperboard, effective with shipments on July 3, 2006. Taiho Paper plans to invest in a joint power corporation to reduce energy costs.

The article reports on Tokyo, Japan-based Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s development of a paper bag for industrial use made from a stretching method. The "wavy-wavy" paper has the following features: better energy-adsorbing properties and can stretch 20 percent more than regular kraft paper. A paper bag can be manufactured from two layers rather than the normal three by using stretched paper.

Reports developments related to Metso Paper Inc. Agreement of Metso Paper with Modern Karton Sanayi Ticaret AS; Modernization of the Paper Machine Number 3 at Stora Enso Varkaus Mill; Order placed by Irving Paper Inc. with Metso Paper.

The article reports on Dorpen, Germany-based Nordland Papier's enlisting of Voith Paper to deliver machines and services for its paper machine 2 approach flow screening project. Nordland Papier has also selected C-bar screen baskets and MultiFoil rotors from Voith. The existing screening equipment will be replaced by a two-state screening system.

The article reports on the voluntary filing of bankruptcy of the Smart Papers LLC at Hamilton, Ohio under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Accordingly, Smart Papers also files a motion in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for immediate relief so that it can continue its operations in its different facilities including the papermaking center in Ohio and the distribution facilities at California and Illinois.

The article reports on the move of Badger Paper Mills Inc. to shut down its operation in mid-October 2005 after an agreement to sell the firm to a shareholder named James Azzar, in the paper industry in the U.S. The agreement that fell through had provided for the acquisition of Badger through a merger with an entity to be formed by Azzar.

Reports that United States-based Lagasse Inc. has completed the purchase of the stock of Hialeah, Florida-based Sweet Paper Corp. and substantially all of the assets of Sweet Paper Group, a privately-held wholesale distributor of janitorial and sanitation, paper and foodservice products, in a cash transaction.

Examines the relationship between papermakers and specialty paper. Definition of specialty papers; Prospects for making commodity paper into value added specialty paper; Definition of a value added machine; Dimensions of specialty paper; Processes and equipment used.

Reports that the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry has announced the formation of the National Network for Pulp and Paper Technology Training in the United States. Leadership of the Alabama Southern Community College in Thomasville in the program; Aim of training workers for the paper and chemical industries; Offer of scholarships and internships; Features of the industry, government and education collaboration. united states

The article reports that Metso Paper will supply a complete Advantage DCT 100 tissue machine to Augusta Tissue Mill LLC in Augusta, Maine. The tissue machine will have daily production based on recycled fiber will be 80 to 100 short tons per day of high-quality towel and bathroom tissue grades.

Reports on corporate changes and reorganization of Mondi Business Paper, formerly Anglo-American, a major papermaker company in Europe. Reasons behind the company's name change; Transformation in the paper and packaging group; Development of new company goals and policies.

Reports that three paper manufacturers have been visited by investigators of alleged anticompetitive activities in the European paper and forestry products sector. Norske Skog of Norway; Bemis Co. of Minnesota; Stora Enso of Finland.

Discusses the challenges facing the European paper industry and managing director Teresa Presas of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI). Reorganization of the CEPI to accommodate expansion of the European Union; Chemical legislation; Recycling targets; Future wood availability; Sustainability; Renewable energy sources; Emission trading directive.

Presents the TAPPI Paper and Board Division Technical Award and Harris O. Ware Prize to Paul Olof Meinander, the founder of POM Technology Oy Ab. Recognition of accomplishments which have advanced the industry's technology; Educational background of Meinander; Improvement of the operating efficiency and productivity of the papermaking process.

Reports on the 2005 Paper Expo exhibit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Objectives of the exhibit; Educational activities and events; Content areas addressed by the Practical Papermaking Conference.

The article reports that International Paper has announced its plans to sell its coated and supercalendered papers business to CMP Holdings LLC for about $1.4 billion. The business is composed of four paper mills and produces approximately two million tons of coated freesheet and coated groundwood papers every year.

Reports that Helsinki, Finland-based Metso Paper Inc. will deliver a wire section rebuild to UPM's mill in Rauma. Capability and features of the paper machine.

The article reports that Metso Paper Inc. has announced the settlement of a claim resulting from a project at the Papiers Gaspésia paper mill in Quebec. Metso Paper received an order for a rebuild of an extensive printing and writing paper line from the mill. The planned 2004 completion was stopped for financial reasons. In an arrangement, the mill will be transferred to the to the development company owned by the city of Chandler.

Reports on the contract between Metso Paper Inc. and Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd. for the delivery of a printing paper manufacturing line.

Focuses on the potential of high-speed curtain coating process to produce superior lightweight coated paper. Result of the pilot-coater trials; Process used to achieve high-speed curtain; Requirement for high-speed curtain coating process.

Features the new solution for costly problem of paper barring in multinip machine calendars from Metso Paper Inc. Distinct features of the paper barring preventions system; Contact information.

Reports that an EcoChange CIT turn-up system in German paper manufacturer Voith Paper has been installed in a production line at Sappi's Ehingen mill. Production of woodfree coating base papers.

Reports that the Japanese paper manufacturer Nippon Paper has announced an investment to convert two bleaching lines to elemental chlorine-free process at its Iwakuni mill. Use of chlorine dioxide, oxygen and high temperature sulfuric acid treatment; Environmental improvement efforts by Nippon Unipac Holding Group.

Reports that Mondi Fine Paper's division Merebank Paper Mill in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa has contracted German firm Voith Paper to perform a major rebuild and conversion of its PM 31 paper machine. Conversion of the machine for the production of woodfree paper grades; Speed of August Koehler AG's machine.

The article reports that Stora Enso Fine Paper AB and International Paper Co, two of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies have announced restructuring programs for their businesses. Stora Enso revealed a long list of closures as the company looks to revamp its profitability profile while International Paper has gone even further and targeting a whole new focus on a new key market strategy.