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Editor's Note
Did We Just Catch a Break? The new national Do Not Call list, coupled with the CAN SPAM Act has created a situation tailormade for papermakers—the revival of "junk" mail!

Ken Patrick
The More Things Change. It's the beginning of a new year and hope for a better one than the last is abound. At the risk of climbing onto the proverbial soapbox, the North American paper industry may be firmly into the early stages of a significant recovery cycle. There might not be any dancing in the streets just yet, but 2004 should bring a few more smiles here and there.

David Price
The Year Ahead. After pouring over industry reports, attending conferences and scanning the popular business journals, PaperAge columnist David Price takes a shot at forecasting some of the tougher issues in front of the pulp and paper industry.

Harold Cody
Coated Free Sheet Under Pressure as Grade, Market Competition Increases. One of the paper industry's historically fastest growing sectors is undergoing wrenching change due to intense market competition from other grades and shifts in global trade largely caused by changes in regional supply and demand.

W. Henson Moore
Celebrating 10 Years Of Success, But More Needs To Be Done. The American Forest & Paper Association recently celebrated 10 years of service to the forest products industry. Its predecessor organizations have roots going back to 1861, but it was just a decade ago that wood and paper industry leaders decided to unite.

GUEST EDITORIAL
Meeting The Challenge: Agenda 2020 Program Developing Breakthrough Technology. Nearly 10 years ago, U.S. Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary challenged the forest products industry to find ways to make its mills more energy efficient. That challenge became Agenda 2020. Then, in 2000, industry CEOs asked the program to focus on achieving breakthroughs that no single company could do on its own. In essence, they asked Agenda 2020 to reinvent the forest products industry. And now, six new breakthrough platforms have been identified.

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Kruger's PM 4 at Wayagamack Meeting
Expectations After Fast, Flawless Startup
Kruger recently brought one of the world's most technically advanced LWC paper machines on stream at its Wayagamack mill in Trois Rivières, Quebec. The new machine with an online film coater and supercalendering is producing high quality LWC and ultra LWC grades for the growing lightweight publication papers market.

Latest Paper Machine Rebuild Options Focus
on Increased Efficiency, Quality
Dilution-type headboxes, gap and hybrid former retrofits, and shoe presses top the paper industry's 2004 wish list of paper machine wet end rebuild options that promise the greatest bang for the buck.