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COLUMNS
Heads-Up
Back to Basics. The fog raised by the biofuel trend has obscured some fundamental aspects of our industry. The new technology could transform and reward the business, but there are other issues we need to return to, like making paper.
Market Grade
UNCOATED FREESHEET. After a record setting fall due to the global recession uncoated freesheet demand appears to have stabilized. But underlying structural changes are likely to have permanently changed the U.S. market for uncoated fine paper (and other grades) and demand may never recover to pre-recession levels, making the mid-term outlook uncertain. .
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note
Universal Health Scare President Obama's universal healthcare plan will not fix what's wrong with our curent healthcare system.
Of Interest
Commerce Sets Duties on China, Indonesia Coated Paper. The U.S. Commerce Department preliminarily determined that Chinese and Indonesian producers/exporters have received net countervailable subsidies ranging from 3.92 to 12.83 percent, and 17.48 percent, respectively. Final determinations will be issued in July.
FEATURES
Thinking On All Sides of the Box
At Packaging Corp. of America, it's more than just producing containerboard and boxes. It's about efficiently producing products that customers value. An exclusive interview with PCA's chairman and chief executive, Paul Stecko.
PerfectFit for Furnish Recipes
Furnish modeling and furnish potential analysis is a valuable tool for cost optimization for graphical paper grades. By examining furnish recipes, filler content, basis weight, machine speed, and refining the components, critical weak points in furnish strength can be identified and corrected.
Floating to the Top
Rebuilt deinking line flotation system delivers results in improved end product quality and lowered production costs.