WOODYARD/FIBER SUPPLY
Search for chip quality
Menasha’s Otsego, Mich., mill and Willamette’s Hawesville, Ky., mill invest in advanced chip thickness screening to improve fiber yield and overall pulping operations MAINTENANCE
Aligned for a speedup
Mills rebuilding their paper machine or adding components to increase machine speed should ensure overall alignment to get the maximum benefit

Dryer section gear inspection
“Out of sight, out of mind” location problem of dryer section gears can lead to unexpected gear failure, but scheduled inspections can reduce unscheduled paper machine downtime

MILL PROFILE
Stora Port Hawkesbury aims high
A C$750 million capital infusion at Stora's Port Hawkesbury, N.S., mill has put the company on the fast track to tap the lucrative North American publication papers market PAPERMAKING
Advanced papermaking technologies
New and emerging technologies are allowing printing and writing paper mills to improve sheet properties and cut production costs per ton COATING
Better gloss through steam finishing
Blandin Paper and Stora Kvarnsveden try new finishing techniques to improve printing and writing paper print quality and lower sheet weight

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