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Soft calendering technology has continued to develop into one of the major papermaking technologies in the 1990s. Voith Sulzer, Beloit Kusters and Valmet are the three major soft calendering installation suppliers. Soft calendering was invented in the 1960s but evolved at a faster pace during the 1980s. Multi-roll hot soft calendering is the most innovative commercial development during the 1990s., Soft calendering technology, while at this point in time certainly not a new technology, continues to evolve into a key papermakers tool in both on- and off-machine applications (including locations [...]

MacMillan Bloedel utilized transfer roll coating and soft nip calendaring, two of the newest papermaking technologies, when it restarted its rebuilt no. 5 paper machine in late 1995 at its Port Alberni, British Columbia, plant. The machine manufactures quality lightweight coated groundswood paper in a unique configuration. Design simplicity and unique machinery usage are the hallmark of this design., In late 1995, MacMillan Bloedel started up the rebuilt No. 5 paper machine at its Port Alberni, British Columbia, mill, and quietly changed the status quo or accepted thinking in [...]

The favorable economic situation of the North American paper and pulp markets has boosted pulp and paper manufacturers' capital investments in new plants and equipment. Pulp and paper manufacturers are spending more money on mill upgrades to improve productivity and better control operating costs. Other investment options include share buy backs and acquisitions. Canadian pulp and paper mills also plan to increase capital spending for mill modernization and expansion projects., THE SUDDEN UPSWING IN CAPITAL SPENDING in the 199495 period, which closely paralleled rising profits for North American producers on the way up, is now being influenced the same way [...]

The paper industry has adopted healthy capital spending plans during 1994 and 1995, due to the improved market conditions, record cash flow and profits. Since 1993, market conditions have become better, and a survey by Pulp & Paper indicates that firms plan to spend $13.6 billion to improve their operations during 1995 through 1997. Growth areas include the containerboard sector, in addition to recycled fiber facilities and deinked market pulp capacity., Steadily improving market conditions during 1995, with volumes high and prices at record levels, led to the second consecutive year of recovery in capital spending plans in the U.S. paper [...]

CALENDERS HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE the days when steel-rolled machine calender stacks were mainly used to remove lumps and even up the caliper profile. Soft calendering, which developed [...]

Calendering technology expands in U S. as first online coated lines are ordered and two major lines on SC uncoated grades start up this year Online calendering continues to transform [...]

Demand growth has slowed while capacity and output expand, but consolidation is changing the landscape in all regions During the past decade, demand for coated papers has continued to expand [...]

* According to some views, buying and selling paper via the Internet will force radical Change on the pulp and paper industry as it expands THE EXPLOSION AND WIDE spread [...]

LAST MONTH I TALKED ABOUT changes in paper markets for 2000. Well, changes just keep occurring, so we'll talk about some more. Of course musical icon Bob Dylan put it [...]

Dr. Michael Smurfit selected Pulp & Paper/Pulp & Paper International Global CEO of the Year for his aggressive, innovative leadership in Smurfit-Stone merger R. MICHAEL W.J. SMURFIT, CHAirman and chief [...]

* Paper companies have been proponents of supplier consolidation but views on whether costs, service, and innovation will be better or worse vary SUPPLIERS PROVIDING A WIDE range of equipment, [...]

* A recent business study projects major changes in use for key print products, but growth will exceed projected substitution losses AS CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS professionals, we're constantly exposed to [...]

IF THE PAPER INDUSTRY PLANNED FOR THE future like many people plan for retirement, I think it would be further ahead. Instead, it functions like a bunch of day traders, [...]

Financial problems slow growth, delay big projects, but region's long term prospects remain positive ASK WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS in a general sense for Latin America, and more specifically for [...]

BEING BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO PREsents all kinds of problems when you work in the pulp and paper industry. It isn't exactly the most efficient location in terms of proximity [...]

Push for quality while minimizing total system cost is transforming producer and supplier side of the business SEVERAL MAJOR TRENDS ARE RESHAPING the coated and uncoated paper business, as well [...]

HAROLD M. CODY is Editorial Director of Pulp & Paper magazine TWO ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE BEGIN TO explore the all-important question of how North American, and particularly U.S. mills, [...]

HAROLD M. CODY is Editorial Director of Pulp & Paper magazine ARE YOU AS SICK AND TIRED AS IAM OF hearing, thinking, and talking about how dreary it is working [...]

Exports remain key factor in supply/demand; mixed use grows as mills opt for supply flexibility U.S. WASTE PAPER--OR TO USE THE NEWER term recovered paper--demand continues to rise, as use [...]

Description of expansion and modernization done by Boise Cascade at their pulp and paper mills. New machinery going on-line, new plants being built, and waste and environmental supports designed in.

Georgia-Pacific's Kalamazoo, Michigan paper mill revamped it's no. 7 paper machine. Detailed description of all changes made given with their impact upon total productivity assessed.

HAROLD M. CODY is Editorial Director of Pulp & Paper magazine MAY IS THE MONTH WHEN MANY OF North America's and the world's leading technical people will get together for [...]

* Duluth, Minnesota mill is first in North America to make new SCA Plus grade commercially, and targets publication papers market LAKE SUPERIOR PAPER INDUSTRIES, a company of Consolidated Papers [...]

* VCP's $350 million expansion is first in Brazil to use Z stage on market pulp VOTORANTIM CELULOSE E PAPEL SA (VCP) is one of Brazil's fastest growing pulp and [...]

DESPITE MONTHS OF HOPEFUL THINKING by industry forecasters, managers and executives, the full impact of the problems in the global economy are hitting the paper industry. U.S. forest products exports [...]

World's largest market pulp mill raises capacity to 1.2 million mtpy, $297 million project incorporates several firsts in Brazilian industry SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE ARACRUZ MARKET pulp mill has been [...]

Pulp and paper demand and output rising as economic changes transform the region IN RECENT YEARS MUCH OF THE WORLD'S attention, and in particular the pulp and paper industry's attention, [...]

A VERITABLE MERGER FEEDING FRENZY IS currently sweeping through almost every facet of the business world--including the pulp and paper industry. Many observers are placing their bets that this is [...]