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PAPERMAKING
Indonesian invention
Riaupaper's new PM is starting up at an uncertain time. But as Jim Kenny discovered, the mill is ready for the challenge
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Activated sludge treatment improvements
Operating experience of early installations provide a springboard for mills to improve the performance of their activated sludge wastewater treatment systems
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Information systems review
A discussion of information systems available for mills describes ways for assessing the tradeoffs between integrated suites and specialized applications
Computerized maintenance management
A new CMMS automates the maintenance workflow and helps reduce costs at Fraser Papers' Madawaska, Maine, mill
EXPANSION/MODERNIZATION
VCP's new high technology fiberline
Votorantim Celulose (VCP) installs new pulp line incorporating ozone bleaching and new hydraulic digester, making it Brazil's no. 3 hardwood producer
PROCESS AUTOMATION
A better way of trimming?
Use of a concept called "dynamic trimming" could make use of processing power to enhance production planning and improve the efficiency of roll trimming
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Month in Statistics
U.S. paper and paperboard production data for July
Grade Profile
Kraft paper; Lower market shipments and operating rates
| News Scan |
| Uncoated free-sheet cap strong in Asia |
| Great Lakes and American Fiber merge |
| Abitibi acquires Snowflake mill |
| Planned Smurfit-Stone merger |
| Texas mill expects to break ground |
| Westvaco goes to China, consolidates |
| Shorewood, Greif Bros. report results |
| Gulf States won't add to Alabama mill |
| Fold-Pak, Dopaco in food venture |
| Champion sells plant to Tenneco |
| Temple-Inland mill damaged |
| Solvay to add board machine |
| Southern Bag expands multiwall |
| Irving hit with new charge at St. John |
| On job injuries, illnesses decline |
From the Editors
Here we go again(or, Now what do we do?)
By Harold M. Cody
Career Development
There's nothing new under the sun
By Roberta Bhasin
Maintenance Management
Setting disciplined priorities
By Christer Idhammar
Comment
The Kyoto climate control protocol
By Matt Berler
Mill Operations News
News of People
Product Showcase
Supplier News
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