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COLUMNS
Heads-Up
Finding a Way Forward in Europe. A clutch of annual reports by European companies offer some clues of a way forward for pulp and papermakers on my side of the Atlantic. It's not trailblazing stuff and conditions remain fragile, but their views are mildly encouraging.
Market Grade
COATED FREESHEET. Demand has finally begun to improve and unprecedented shocks to world pulp supplies coupled with trade disputes have provided a strong cost push for price gains in 2010.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note
Cap and Trade Not About Climate Change. If enacted, a proposed "Cap and Trade" bill on carbon dioxide would cost U.S. Manufacturers billions, while having what scientists say would be a meaningless effct on global warming.
Of Interest
A Path Forward. A bold new “roadmap” released by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance outlines measures to make the forest products industry more competitive, sustainable, and efficient.
FEATURES
Putting Ideas to the Test
Multivariable testing, or MVT, works by combining the ideas and knowledge of a pulp and paper mills' work force with powerful mathematical methods in order to find optimum combinations to solve a problem.
Energy Savings through Optimized Doctoring at the Dryer Section
Improved doctoring processes help mills improve cylinder drying capacity and runnability, achieve better paper quality and higher production efficiency, reduce power consumption, and cut both doctoring and operating costs.
Paper2010: The Future of Paper
A longstanding industry convention takes on a new identity with expanded appeal.