This week, Jim issues a challenge: "If you are not working at the best pulp and paper company ask yourself two questions: (1) do I have the ability and power to make this the best pulp and paper company, and (2) how long am I going to exert myself to make this the best pulp and paper company?"
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Wear condoms, retire the bear, and eat less fried chicken. Those are among the unusual ideas for helping the environment in general and forests in particular that were turned up by a study of recent news reports. Warning: This is not your typical Earth Day sermon.
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Neil McCubbin offers some thoughts on "Some Thoughts on the Future of Pulp" in our new offering on the global dimensions of pulp and paper: WorldView.
And don't forget the Lightweight Machine Conference & Workshop May 1. See http://www.globalpapermoney.org/ for more information.
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And don't forget the Lightweight Machine Conference & Workshop May 1. See http://www.globalpapermoney.org/ for more information.">
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"Perhaps modern purveyors of goods are rediscovering the value high quality packaging and paper can add to retail products...the key is to create a high value experience with materials less expensive than the competition. If you can do that, you can win."
This year The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) (1) schemes will be exhibiting at Ipex 2010 for the first time. This important trade show billed as "the largest English-speaking global technology event for print, publishing and media" is organised by IIR exhibitions and w
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Brussels, Belgium, – 14th April, 2010 – International Paper, the world’s largest paper and packaging company, has underlined its commitment to the Tinted Papers product sector with the announcement of the launch of nine new shades in its Rey Adagio range, and also the addition of additional weights
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What should we call farm land at the end of the fall harvesting season? Silly question, right? Just because the land is void of vegetation in the winter does not mean that it is something less than farm land; unless, that is, you work for the U.S. Geological Survey. If that is the case, then what h
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For the second time this year, Congress plans to “pay” for a new program partly by closing a non-existent loophole involving a pulp byproduct. First it was black liquor; this time it's crude tall oil.
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"The mathematical and scientific intelligence of elected leaders may be more important in some ways than their political leanings."
And the evidence that our leaders have a lot of math and science knowledge is not good, so where does that leave us?
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And the evidence that our leaders have a lot of math and science knowledge is not good, so where does that leave us?
Join the conversation: www.nipimpressions.co">
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The United Nations doesn’t just sponsor biased and distorted global warming research. Forestry propaganda is similarly designed to promote an agenda. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization, which is responsible for forestry issues and the report to be reviewed here, has a huge vested interest in
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Fifty-year-old copies of National Geographic often look as good as the day they were printed, but current issues of the magazine might not age so gracefully. The publisher recently revealed that the magazine is printed (in the U.S., at least) on coated groundwood paper, which is prone to yellowing.
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There have been four recent closures of recycled newsprint paper machines, in addition to the January shut down of Catalyst’s deinking pulp facility in Coquitlam British Columbia. These are not all permanent closures but it will
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The NewPage agreement with Domtar apparently commits NewPage to filling orders accepted by Domtar before it shuts down. NewPage does not, however, prefer the heavy basis weights (45# and higher) that were produced at Columbus. Although NewPage purchased the Columbus backlog, it doesn’t appear that
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The news media are finally realizing that ObamaCare's supposed savings from ending a black liquor tax credit are a mirage. It's making for some interesting reading about this once-obscure pulp byproduct.
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