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COLUMNS

Heads-Up
A Game Plan? Closures, cancelled orders, job losses, downsizing, poor timing and contracting markets, among other things, present a combination of obstacles that will be hard to figure out..

Market Grade
CONTAINERBOARD In one of the fastest turnarounds in history, containerboard markets did a U-turn in fourth quarter 2008 as demand collapsed in the face of an economic perfect storm of events. Massive mill downtime has helped control the bleeding, but any major improvement seems unlikely before the second half of 2009 – at the earliest – so the next six months will be a big challenge.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Note
I'm Reading "THE PAPER." It doesn't seem that long ago when newspapers were being tossed onto every driveway in the neighborhood. But, under the strain of falling ad revenue and decreased circulation numbers, newspapers today are barely surviving, and some have already published their last copies.

Of Interest
AF&PA Pushes Obama, Congress on Stimulus Deal for Forest Products Industry The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has urged quick action by Congress and the Obama Administration to revive the economy and help preserve the $200 billion forest products industry's one million jobs.

FEATURES

The Journey to Asset Management Improvement
Most mills have a number of areas where opportunity exists to create better reliability at less cost.

The Advantages of Increased Press Dewatering
Machine speed and energy savings are only a few of the potential benefits gained by delivering a dryer sheet out of a machine's press section.