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POWER, ENERGY &RECOVERY
More efficient drying
By understanding misinformation surrounding superheat in paper machine dryer systems, mills are able to better control superheat, leading to increased production and more efficient paper drying
STATUS REPORT OF THE AMERICAS
Mid-year industry outlook
The North American paper industry continues to struggle through another difficult year as companies work on better managing their mill operations to enhance financial performance. As a result, mergers and acquisitions and mill closures have dominated the regrouping efforts
WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Boiler feedwater treatment options
Faced with the need to upgrade its boiler feedwater treatment system, does a mill choose to invest the necessary capital to upgrade or does it choose to outsource the function? A discounted cash flow analysis of the two options for a mill is examined
WOODYARD
SPECIAL EDITORIAL SUPPLEMENT
Maintaining Mills
A special product report highlights some of the latest equipment, chemicals, and services available for improving mill maintenance efforts at pulp and paper mills
EXPANSION/MODERNIZATION
Dryer section upgrade
For Donohue’s 30-year-old No. 4 newsprint machine in Clermont, Que., dryer section improvements address operational and moisture profile problems
MILL MANAGEMENT
Ergonomics regulations likely
Federal regulations to minimize repetitive motion, stress, and strain injuries may be developed for the pulp and paper industry. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. and Willamette Industries Inc. are already experiencing benefits of ergonomics improvements at their operations
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Month in Statistics
U.S. paper and paperboard production data for April
Grade Profile
Market pulp: Prospects improving with increased demand, less new capacity
| News Scan |
| Weyerhaeuser buying MacMillan Bloedel |
| G-P seals Unisource deal for $1.24 billion |
| Kruger proceeds with Corner Brook rebuild |
| Abitibi to shut PMat W. Tacoma mill |
| IP shuts machine, cuts 350 jobs |
| G-P, Chesapeake form tissue partnership |
| Crown, CEP union disagree on ESOP |
| Freight delays follow Conrail carve up |
| Rock-Tenn closing N.J. paper mill |
| Weyerhaeuser drops plans for Ark., mill |
| Planet Pulp & Paper program team expands |
| Re-Box Paper mill delayed until 2000 |
| Millar Western will run Chetwynd mill |
| Gallaher Thorold closes paper mill |
| Mead restructures, shuts 4 PMs |
| Explosion idles G-P tissue, pulp mill |
Comment
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Maintenance
Contract maintenance or not?
Editorial
Changing the nature of the beast
Mill Operations
News of People
Product Showcase
Supplier News
Conference Calendar
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