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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





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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Supplier News


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