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SPECIAL REPORT: INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Information systems survey
Pulp & Paper’s 1999 survey of information systems at North American mills reports that the industry is looking to this technology as a way to address competitive issues
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Web use becoming more common
Approaches and content on the Web by manufacturers, suppliers and others vary widely, including marketing, public relations, and customer service information
LATIN AMERICA
Mexico’s changing pulp and paper industry 70
Erratic economic growth, coupled with increased trade under NAFTA, is forcing Mexico’s pulp and paper industry to change. The containerboard sector is one area that is restructuring to adapt to these changes
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Better use for mill sludge
A technology for converting paper mill sludge into glass aggregate is finding application at a facility that is working with eight other Neenah, Wis., area mills
PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING
Machine clothing solutions
Paper machine clothing suppliers share examples of how mills can use clothing solutions to improve profitability
EXPANSION/MODERNIZATION
New gap former at LSPI
Lake Superior Paper Industries improves sheet profile, introduces new SCA Plus grades, following addition of new wet end on a 315-inch wide machine at Duluth, Minnesota mill
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Month in Statistics
U.S. paper and paperboard production data for December
Grade Profile
Uncoated free-sheet:Rising imports put damper on prices, shipments as demand slows
| News Scan |
| M&As boost 1998 Canadian earnings |
| AF&PA says 1998 production down |
| Donohue switch to SC at Lufkin mill |
| Canfor takes charge on Howe Sound pulp |
| Slocan writes off Fibreco B.C. mill |
| Fire curtails Leaf River mill output |
| Ponderosa Fibres files Chapter 11 |
| Limited restart at Ashdown G-P mill |
| St. Laurent details capital spending |
| G-P to acquire packaging plant |
| Smurfit-Stone closes two plants |
| Caraustar to buy Halifax Paper Board |
| Tenneco spins off packaging assets |
| New carton plant planned by Perkins |
| Fraser shuts two PMs, layoffs in Midwest |
| Kruger buys U.S. tissue mill |
From the Editors
From the (e)mailbox
By Kelly Ferguson
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By Christer Idhammar
Comment
North American newsprint: A maturing market
By George Ionides
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