Cover photo: MeadWestvaco's Covington, Virgina bleached board mill.

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COLUMNS

Heads-Up
Will Russia be the next forest products superpower?

Market Grade
Super Calendered (SC) Papers. Groundwood paper demand growth in 2006 is expected to be challenging, but SC grades should fair better than average. Groundwood prices may head up in lock step with increases on other grades if enacted.

Mulling it Over
Here's to recognizing just a few of the “everyday” people who have made a difference in the paper industry.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Note
Manuevering atoms to create a desired product or mechanism, or as it is better known, Nanotechnology, holds some exciting possibilities for the paper industry.

Of Interest
Environmentalists continue to hammer away at Tasmanian timber company Gunns' proposed $1.4 billion pulp mill in Bell Bay, Australia.

FEATURES

Repackaging MeadWestvaco
In the midst of restructuring its four business segments, MeadWestvaco is also building a new packaging R&D center in Raleigh, North Carolina and relocating its headquarters to Richmond, Virginia.

Nanotechnology - The New Technological Revolution
Creating functional “machines” by rearranging atoms sounds like science fiction. But the science of working with things small could change every aspect of our lives.

Teaching Old Retention Agents New Tricks
Used with enhancers under the right conditions, polyethylene oxide provides highly effective retention for a Canadian newsprint mill using large portions of DIP in its mechanical furnish.