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ENGINEERING
G-P takes fast track approach
When Georgia-Pacific's Woodland, Me., mill decided to build a ClO2 generation system, the mill chose an innovative modular approach where the system was constructed in South Carolina and shipped to the mill for assembly

PAPERMAKING
Improved winder operation
High-tech tools reducing tear-off losses result in significant cost savings at Abitibi-Consolidated's Iroquois Falls, Ont., mill

MAINTENANCE
Painting to maintain
Selecting the appropriate coating systems for specific applications allows mill to preserve valuable assets
MARKETING
Is marketing important?
A benchmarking study of North American pulp and paper producers finds that effective marketing of a company and its products can have a dramatic effect on financial performance skill in the related activities
CONTAINERBOARD
Board makers focus on wet end
In an effort to improve formation and reduce raw material costs, containerboard manufacturers and their equipment suppliers are taking aim at improvements on the wet end of the board machine
PULPING/BLEACHING
K number control at Northwood
Northwood Kraft's market pulp mill in Prince George, B.C., uses online kappa analyzers in the pulp mill and bleach plant to improve the uniformity of its product |




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Month in Statistics
U.S. paper and paperboard production data for May
Grade Profile
Uncoated groundwood: Supply constricts, prices rise on low inventories, mill outages
| News Scan |
| Second-quarter profits up |
| Abitibi joins with Hansol, Norske |
| Bowater seals Halla, Avenor deals |
| EC clears Smurfit Stone merger |
| Drydemill fetches $520 million |
| Tenneco may exit containerboard |
| World coated papers capacity to rise |
| G-P shuts dowpulp production |
| Celgar mill ireceivership |
| Sealright sold to Finnish group |
| Moore restructuring cuts workers, offices |
From the Editors
Who's the Biggest?
By Kelly H. Ferguson
Career Development
Your own board of directors
By Roberta Bhasin
Maintenance Management
70/30 Phenomenon
By Christer Idhammar
Comment
The Asian crisis: Effects on forest products trade
By Evan D. Shield 
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