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Heads-Up
Good News Is Happening. North American industry has cut costs, brought discipline to production and listened to the customer. Elsewhere there is expansion, new investment and some high-cost mills are being reopened. Suppliers are also selling a load of machinery again.
Market Grade
MARKET PULP. Rally in pulp prices takes hold despite unusually dismal numbers for many key indicators. The two exceptions that are making a difference are a plunge in pulp inventories and a surge in export demand from Asia. The big question is whether this rebound will have legs enough to carry forward.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note
Keep It Going. The paper industry has a pretty good product and a proud history of producing it.
Of Interest
The Rittenhouse Paper Mill ...the Beginning in America. A look at America's first paper mill and the men behind it.
FEATURES
Veracel Revisited
Due to the Veracel pulp mill's remote location in Bahia, Brazil, the local pool of technical maintenance talent is a shallow one. Dan Holmsten, the mill's maintenance manager, talks about the ever-evolving challenges and strategies the facility has implemented since its start-up in May 2005.
So Smart
Measuring press nip performance during machine operation is hands-down a better way to gain critical feedback from the nip - feedback that can be used to improve sheet quality, decrease production costs and reduce machine downtime.