February 2001, VOLUME 43, NUMBER 2

All aboard the e-train
According to a new survey, the forest products industry is lagging behind in its attempt to conquer the e-business world. Douglas P Hayhurst takes a closer look at the industry's current projects and makes some suggestions for future moves in this area.

Samba style
Paper producers are slowly warming up to the idea of internet portals and the heat has certainly been turned up recently in Brazil. Rhiannon James takes a whirlwind tour of the country's main internet players.

The merchant of Austria
Europapier has established a strong foothold in its domestic market of Austria and also further afield in eastern Europe. The company's latest merchanting plans will be supported by a robust e-business and supply chain platform. Caroline Jewitt investigates the new plans.

Refusing to stick to old ways
The Dutch envelope producer, Stronghold, decided to radically change its supply chain management system. Martin Mommersteeg checks out how the new solution is working out at the company.

Pro innovation
Advances in forming technology have reached the point where corrugating materials machines can now be equipped with two gap formers. Propapier in Germany will be the first company to try out the new technique. Rhiannon James visits the new mill to find out what all the fuss is about.

Private planning
Jonathan Roberts takes a look at Haindl's huge new machine in Augsburg, Germany, and finds out what it is like to be a private company investing in the pulp and paper industry.

Chinese whispers
By now, the Nordic companies are well known for their overseas expansion crusades. In the first of a two part series, Robert Ryan checks out the latest moves from UPM-Kymmene with a report on the Changshu mill in China.