Cover photo: The 225-foot tall continuous digester at Bowater's Catawba mill. The digester uses low solids cooking for lowest kappa number and highest fiber quality.
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Editor's Note Ken Patrick David Price Harold Cody
Is it here yet? Economic indicators are positive. Hundreds of thousands of new jobs have been created since the start of 2004. But the question remains: Is the recovery here yet?
The Canvas Back Kid. Paper met its match against plastic grocery bags and liquid containers. Will electric hand dryers deliver the next upper cut?
The biggest ever? China's recent announcement that it will spend $24 billion in the next six years in a forestation and papermaking program is the largest investment in the history of papermaking. Has anyone noticed?
Coated Groundwood Supply Limits
May Boost North American Market. Continuing weak dollar, unchanged postage rates, improved demand in summer months could lead to modest growth and price increase for some coated groundwood papers.
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New Fiberline, Paper Machine Conversion Repositions Bowater Mill with Expanded Product Mix Adapting to a Challenging Market Cascades Mill Uses Atomized ClO2 to Oxidize TRS, Optimize NCG Treatment 
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Bowater's new kraft mill with O2 delignification and ECF bleach plant is now producing superior fiber for a broadened spectrum of coated and uncoated publication papers at the company's Catawba, South Carolina, mill.
A merger and some gut-checking market conditions created opportunity for paper machine clothing maker, AstenJohnson, to rethink its business model and differentiate itself from its competitors.
Cascades Fjordcell mill is reducing TRS by atomizing a fresh solution of 10-g/l ClO2 directly into the kraft mill's NCG duct, significantly reducing odorous emissions.
A pictorial review of the American Forest & Paper Association's 2004 Paper Week convention, which took place March 21-24 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.