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April 2011 VOLUME 53 NUMBEr 4

OPINION
3? FROM THE EDITORS
The first steps in a journey of
a thousand miles

48 RISI VIEWPOINT
Worldwide graphic paper demand
13 29 35 is growing again, but the forecast
risks are high
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FROM THE EDITORS
The first steps in a journey
of a thousand miles
By MARK RUSHTON, Editor
Having been in tHe pulp and paper industry media
for a number of years now, i have been on numerous mill trips.
However, i have just returned from one mill visit with a real
difference. normally PPI goes at the invitation of the mill - or at
least at the behest of a supplier to the mill - and in most cases
we are there to look at new technology or some exceptional
development in the production process. in the latest case
though, it was nothing of the kind.
On my latest mill visit, i was asked to follow a member of
the public as he ventured into a modern paper mill for the first
time, and then report on his reaction to it. the member of the
public was a Mr antony rathbone, production and logistics
manager for a major charity, who was also responsible for set-
ting the policy of paper buying. rathbone was the winner of a
competition organized by two sides, the growing association
in europe promoting the environmental benefits of paper, and
the mill visit was the prize.
Who could fail to be impressed?
the mill chosen for the competition winner’s visit was the out-
standing 1-million tonne/yr stora enso fine paper mill at Oulu
in northern Finland, a mill i had heard a lot about and always
wanted to visit – and what a great location to bring an industry
first timer! stora enso Oulu’s staff really pushed the boat out in
terms of getting its clean, green and lean message across, and
as well as the mill visit, there was also a trek into the forest in
the middle of winter together with one of the company’s own
forestry experts.
the result of this of course was that the competition win-
ner was obviously impressed; who could fail to be when you
are confronted with the reality of a modern mill, which not
only conducts itself in immaculate and transparent fashion,
but also happens to be a major employer and revenue earner
within both stora enso, and the country of Finland?
Hats off to two sides for taking this small step in an effort
to getting what seems to be an almost impossible message to
get across to the general public. but clearly it is going to take
a lot more visits, and a lot more presentations, as well as a
Pulp & Paper International (PPI) A p r i l 2 0 1 1
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continuing ramping up of communications about just how
versatile and eco friendly paper is, particularly as the threat
of the electronic media looms. in subsequent conversations
with rathbone and the stora enso team after the Oulu visit,
the conclusion was drawn that “yes” the paper industry has a
great story to tell, but it needs a simple consistent message that
crosses all products and gets to all people across all genera-
tions, particularly the young. the full report on the two sides
visit to Oulu can be read in the next issue of PPI.
One thing that is becoming abundantly clear is the take up
of digital media and communications, and now more than ever
the threat is becoming real. Having traveled fairly extensively
over the last few months, whenever i get on a plane or train the
first thing i do is have a look at how many e-readers in the shape
of ipads or amazon Kindles are being used by fellow passengers.
it seems to me that each time, the number proliferates, and now
i would say that around 25% of people i see on my travels are
reading, watching films or doing some kind of browsing on these
devices. now more than ever, the message needs to be out to the
general public, not the print buyers or the paper buyers, and not
the graphic designers or the stationers. it is the people on the
street that need to get the message, and two sides’ first steps are
just the start of what will be a thousand mile journey.
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
as we went to press with this issue of PPI, news was coming in
of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has hit Japan.
early reports indicate that some of the major pulp and paper
companies have been affected, including the nippon paper
group, Oji and Mitsubishi paper Mills. Clearly this disaster will
have major implications for the pulp and paper industry, both
in the region and globally. Our risi news teams are working
around the clock reporting on the affects of the disaster, please
visit our website for regular updates www.risi.com
To read more industry opinions or give your own opinion, please
visit our RISI Blog and Forums online at www.risi.com
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N e w s s h o r t s f r o m t h e p u l p a N d pa p e r w o r l d

J a pa N e s e e a r t h Q u a K e
NpG, mpm and hokuetsu Kishu hit by Japanese earthquake, tsunami; fears for
integrated mills

A massive 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11 has put several
large pulp and paper mills out of commission. The megaquake, whose
epicenter was in Miyagi prefecture north of Tokyo, sparked a huge tsu-
nami that caused devastation across much of the country’s northeastern
seaboard. Both the quake and the tsunami may have damaged several
pulp and paper facilities in the region severely, though firms are still
determining to what extent.
And while such physical damage seems mostly localized to a few
northeastern prefectures so far, a local source explained that, as several
large integrated pulp mills and receiving ports for wood chips from North However, the company expects normal production to restart soon.
America, South Africa and Australia are located there, raw materials
procurement is going to be more difficult for the country in general.
Many Japanese paper and board producers have chosen over the years to
produce their pulp in-house. The measure is intended to control raw mate-
rial costs, as woodchip prices tend to be less volatile than those of market
pulp. However, after being hit by one of the largest earthquakes on record,
followed by a 10-m tsunami, there is some fear that the receiving docks
and equipment of the northeastern pulp mills will be offline for some time. being affected by the earthquake. The company has not announced when
A case in point is Mitsubishi Paper Mill’s (MPM) integrated Hachinohe
mill, in Aomori prefecture. The plant, which can produce
Within Miyagi prefecture itself, Nippon Paper Group (NPG) reports that
two of its mills, Ishinomaki and Iwanuma, have been offline since the
quake. Elsewhere, in Fukushima prefecture, NPG’s carbonless paper mill
in Nakoso has also stopped production, and stocks there have been
significantly damaged as well.
Further afield on the northwestern coast, the Akita mill, operated by
NPG’s subsidiary Nippon Daishowa Paperboard, has stopped production.
No information is available yet on damage levels or a possible restart
date. Also, production has been somewhat interrupted at NPG’s Fuji mill.
Activities are continuing as usual at NPG’s other mills, including its mills
in Hokkaido prefecture, which is relatively close to the quake’s epicenter.
But the company is concerned about the procurement of raw materials
over the medium term. It flagged up that all of its stocks in the Sendai
port, on the east coast and close to the quake epicenter, have been
destroyed, and that it lost some stock at a Tokyo port as well.
Oji Paper’s Nikko mill in Tochigi prefecture has stopped production after
it will restart production.
And Hokuetsu Kishu Paper’s 100,000 tonne/yr cartonboard

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585,000 tonnes/yr of bleached hardwood and soft- Hitachinaka mill in Ibaraki prefecture has also stopped
wood kraft pulp, around 849,000 tonnes/yr of TOP TEN HEADLINES production. The company has released no
printing/writing paper and 59,000 tonnes/yr ON THE RISI WEBSITE details about injuries or the extent of the
of solid bleached board, was hit hard by LAST MONTH structural damage, but about 30% of its
the tsunami. 1. RockTenn’s bold move to become second largest North American stock has been lost.
containerboard producer
2. RISI VIEWPOINT: Prospects generally improving for world pulp
and paper industry in 2011
C o r p o r at e jacent tissue paper mill in Žilina.
3. Pulp and paper activity hit as massive street protests roil Egypt
s t r at e G Y 4. EU plans anti-subsidy duties of up to 16% on coated fine paper from China In future, electricity produced
metsä tissue switches 5. RISI VIEWPOINT: Will sliding CWF prices further limit magazine with hydropower will account
to green electricity in paper prices increases in Europe? for some 70% of the mill’s
Zilina 6. International Paper introduces new was alternative product for the poultry industry total electricity consumption.
Metsä Tissue celebrated the 7. Boise to acquire Tharco Packaging and expand in packaging markets In 2009, Metsä Tissue and VVB
extension of its local electric- 8. UPM’s planned acquisition of Myllykoski reported to EU competition authorities initiated co-operation aimed
ity distribution system and a 9. Shandoing Huatai tests new fine paper machine at realizing this energy- and
new connection between the 10. Chilean earthquake strikes same region hit last year; Arauco, eco-efficient source of electricity.
VVB Žilina dam and Metsä Tissue’s CMPC confirm no major damage The successful completion of this
Žilina, Slovakia, mill. The connec- Note: Four of the original top 10 headlines dealt with RockTenn’s EUR 3.5 million project will bring
tion from the hydropower plant and acquisition of Smurfit-Stone various positive ecological and economic
associated high-voltage transformers were For more daily news headlines, impacts. The new hydropower connection
installed successfully to provide a source of visit www.risi.com will lower transformation losses and thereby
renewable non-fossil electricity for Metsä Tissue’s ad- achieve improved energy efficiency.

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WHAT’S NEW
sun paper to convert existing chemical pulp line
and install new line for dissolving pulp
Sun Paper is converting a 300,000-tonne/yr bleached hardwood
kraft (BHK) pulp line into a 200,000-tonne/yr dissolving pulp
(DP) line at its flagship mill in Yanzhou city, Shandong province.
Startup of the overhauled unit is scheduled for September.
The company also intends to install a 200,000-tonne/yr DP line
at a greenfield mill in the port city of Fangcheng, China’s south-
ern autonomous region of Guangxi.
Sun Paper initially ordered the pulp line from Andritz for a
greenfield plant in Laos, to produce 300,000 tonnes/yr of BHK.
The pulp line is capable of making both BHK and DP. But the
soaring profitability of DP has prompted Sun Paper to transfer
the pulp line to the new Fangcheng facility.
merGers & aCQuIsItIoNs
CmpC announces merger with newsprint subsidiary
Inforsa in Chile
Chilean Empresas CMPC’s CFO Luis Llanos announced that the com-
pany will merge with the newsprint producer Inforsa. “The board pro-
posed a merger with Inforsa, a CMPC Paper subsidiary which produces
200,000 tonnes/yr of newsprint in Chile,” Llanos said.
Investors to restart cartonboard production at for-
mer stromsdal mill in finland
A group of investors has set its sights on restarting production at
the cartonboard mill of the bankrupt Stromsdal in Juankoski, cen-
tral Finland. Led by Val Samoriz from the Netherlands, the group
recently signed the letter of intent regarding the acquisition of
Stromsdal’s assets. The deal was to be wrapped up in late March.
The restart of production at the 70,000-tonne/yr folding boxboard
facility is slated for May.
Financial difficulties forced Stromsdal to initiate bankruptcy
proceedings toward the end of 2008. Production at the mill has
been down since then. Several attempts by the firm’s adminis-
trator to sell the assets in Juankoski failed.
The new investors plan to restart production via the newly es-
tablished Premium Board company. The firm is wholly owned by

cALENDAR Ç gOOD MONTH fOR . . . È BAD MONTH fOR . . .

MAY 2011
1-4: TAPPI PAPERCON weyerhaeuser Century
Northern Kentucky Convention Center The company has been named the world’s most India’s Century Pulp & Paper has postponed the
Covington, KY admired forest and paper products company ac- startup of a new board machine and fiber line at its
memberconnection@tappi.org
cording to a study published in the March 21 edi- mill in Lalkua, in Uttaranchal state. The firm planned
17-19: SPCI tion of FORTUNE magazine. Weyerhaeuser earned to bring the 180,000 tonne/yr Voith PM online in
Stockholm International Fairs the top ranking in its industry for innovation, use February, but a spokesman for Century Pulp & Paper
Stockholm, Sweden of corporate assets, social responsibility, long-term said the date had been pushed back to April.
www.spcievent.com
investment, and quality of products/services.
JUNE andhra pradesh (appm)
13-15: RISI Asian Pulp & Paper Kimberly-Clark A fire at the Indian company’s Rajahmundry facility
Outlook Conference The company has been recognized as one of the caused Rupee 13 million ($287,000) damage, the
Four Seasons Hotel “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Re- company told the Bombay Stock Exchange. The
Shanghai, China sponsibility Magazine. Kimberly-Clark ranked eighth blaze broke out due to an electrical short circuit
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in the 2011 listing, making it the top-rated non-food on February 23 and was extinguished within three
19-22: PPSA Safety & Health consumer products company on the magazine’s list. hours, according to APPM.
Conference
Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX China shengda packaging holmen
www.ppsa.org The company has signed a Letter of Intent to Holmen has decided on the date for closure of the
purchase the land use rights for a 166,533-m2 plot smaller paper machine, PM 61, at the mill in Madrid.
OCTOBER 2011
11-14: PPI Transport of land in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China, to Production will cease on 31 March. PM 61 has a
Symposium 19 build a paper mill. It plans tobuild the new plant in capacity of 170 000 tonnes/yr. This equates to almost
Amsterdam, Netherlands two phases. Phase I will entail the construction of 10% of the business area’s production capacity. The
www.transportsymposium.com 100,000-150,00 tonnes/yr of paper capacity. Phase II paper machine produces coated magazine paper
is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. (LWC) as well as improved newsprint.

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WHAT’S NEW
the Dutch Pehami investor group, which raised Euro 11 million Natal in South Africa, but new DP capacity could come elsewhere.
($15 million) for the project. “We have no capacity currently outside of Saiccor, but we certainly
have the ability to create capacity at our own facilities, besides Saiccor
p r o J e C t s & o p e r at I o N s and besides South Africa,” Boëttger told Engineering News.
shandong huatai to commission second-hand
newsprint machine in China
China’s largest newsprint producer Shandong Huatai Paper has kicked LATEST RISI PULP PRIcE INDIcES
off mechanical tests on a second-hand newsprint machine at a green-
field mill in Jiangmen city, in the country’s southeastern province of RISI European Pulp Price Index
Guangdong. The unit was expected to produce its first sheet of paper in
late March.
The Jiangmen facility is operated by the joint venture (jv) Guangdong
Huatai Paper, which is 70% owned by Shandong Huatai and 30% owned
by the Chinese electricity company Guangdong Xinhui Shuangshui Power.
The jv was formed back in 2006, at a time when the domestic newsprint
market seemed promising, in the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games in
August 2008.
The jv initially intended to fork out RMB 2.5 billion ($381 million) to build
the greenfield plant that would house a new 400,000-tonne/yr newsprint
machine. But instead of booming, Chinese newsprint demand went down-
hill since the Beijing Olympics. RISI North American Pulp Price Index
Shandong Huatai decided to soldier on despite the poor newsprint
outlook and stagnant pricing. But it changed the plan, opting for the
second-hand unit to save costs.

saICa to revamp recycled containerboard pm at

Venizel mill
SAICA is set to upgrade its 250,000-tonne/yr recycled contain-
erboard machine PM 4 at its Venizel mill in northern France.
The Spanish papermaker has signed up PMT to replace the PM’s
existing iron case frame for an inox plated part to avoid corro-
sion and to extend life time of the unit.
Due to the revamp, PM 4 will be stopped for three weeks in
June. RISI Asian Pulp Price Index

sappi to plan dissolving pulp capacity expansion

Sappi, the world’s largest dissolving pulp (DP) producer, is expected to
announce a capacity expansion within the next six months that will
further its position as the grade’s top producer, according to a company
official and news report. Sappi, with a listed 802,000 tonnes/yr of DP
capacity at its Saiccor mill in South Africa, wants to expand its position
soon, according to Sappi CEO Ralph Boëttger.
“Our chemical cellulose business is performing strongly and we intend
to accelerate our plans for expanding this business through investment
in additional capacity,” said Boëttger during the firm’s recent quarterly
earnings report. Get an objective view of pulp and paper markets with the industry’s most
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t h e m o N t h I N p I C t u res
dev priya Industries,
PROjEcTS TO WATcH THIS MONTH
India, commissioned Voith
paper automation with At the end of February 2011, model Group revealed plans to up-
the stepwise upgrade
of its pm 2 at meersut. grade the sole paper machine, PM 2, at its Aarepapier recycled contain-
amit Gupta, technical erboard mill in Niedergösgen, Switzerland. The firm will replace the PM’s
director, says that Voith
automation provides
forming section with a new one supplied by Voith, in a bid to improve the
the mill with “deep paper quality. The 160,000 tonne/yr machine will be stopped throughout
process knowledge”. July 2011 as a result. The Niedergösgen mill manufactures
testliner 3 with a basis weight of 120-220 g/m² and
QUOTE wellenstoff in the range of 100-170 g/m².
Of THE MONTH
On January 6 2011, The Harper Government
“We’re very pleased to see this deal
announced a new investment to protect
come together. “This project is great news,
jobs in Canada’s forest industry through
and it was achieved without the direct
the Pulp and Paper Green Transforma-
investment of taxpayers’ money. It is further
tion Program. The announcement will
proof we have created the right business climate
benefit alberta pacific forest
and a strong economy that attracts new
Industries (alpac).
investment, activity and jobs to Saskatchewan.”
As part of the Pulp and Paper Green
Saskatchewan (Canada) Premier Brad Wall and
Transformation Program, the Boyle
Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd on
mill will receive $62.9 million to be
Domtar’s announcement that the Prince
used for upgrades that will improve the
Albert pulp mill has been sold to Paper
mill’s energy efficiency and allow it to
Excellence and will be converted to
provide Alberta’s power grid with enough
produce dissolving pulp.
green electricity to power 8,400 homes.

In December 2010, angara paper revived its project

to build a 900,000-tonne/yr bleached softwood kraft (BSK) pulp
mill in the Krasnoyarsk region of eastern Russia. The investment was
announced in 2008 but was interrupted by difficult market conditions.
Burrows paper has completed Negotiations with the project’s prospective partners, Russia’s Vneshe-
work on the extensive rebuild conombank (VeB) and Sweden’s södra, are at the final stage.
of its pm 41 at pickens, ms.
metso supplied a new 15-ft mG VEB is set to provide the financial support for the Rouble 45 billion ($1.57
cylinder and integrated hood. a billion) scheme. Södra will become the project’s strategic and financial
new winder was also installed.
partner. It will also manage the sales and marketing side of the project.
The partners are still to define the site for the future mill.
For a few years now, VEB has had a similar pulp project on cards in
eastern Russia, the Boguchanskiy Pulp and Paper Mill. The Rouble 87.6
billion ($3.06 billion) scheme, which would include an 880,000-tonne/
yr BSK pulp mill in Yarki, in the Krasnoyarsk region, was scheduled for
completion before 2013. The project, however, has not moved beyond
a paper lamp was on display at the groundbreaking ceremony.
the recent Northern light fair
2011 in sweden. the led lamp The information above is from RISI’s Global Mill Projects Database,
has already won numerous which gives you online access to continuously updated information on
awards. It is constructed of
sandwiched paper sheets
thousands of projects worldwide. For more information on RISI’s mill
of södra’s durapulp. intelligence content, visit www.risi.com/millintel

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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
AUSTRALIA
Integrated forestry company Gunns Limited nounced the Federal
Government had granted the final environmental approvals for the
proposed Bell Bay pulp mill. The fully plantation timber-based mill now
has all approvals necessary for construction and operation. Gunns
managing director Greg L’Estrange said the successful approvals were a
critical step in finalising finance for the mill to begin construction.
CANADA
Kruger Products announced that it has received Forest Stew-
ardship Council® (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification
from the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program for its
consumer and away-from-home tissue products, making it the
first Canadian tissue company to achieve this standard. The
company intends to apply this certification to some 150 items
in its consumer and away-from-home tissue products portfolios,
the largest FSC CoC-certified tissue products line-up in North
America. Certified products will include tissue, towel and napkin
brands, such as Cashmere, SpongeTowels, Purex, Scotties, White
Swan, Embassy and Esteem. This certification ensures account-
ability through every step in the supply chain, from forest to
product to shelf.
FINLAND
UPM, in cooperation with TuuliSaimaa, has established a wind power
development company VentusVis. In the starting phase, the operations
will focus on developing land areas, which are leased from UPM, for
wind power production. The development work includes evaluation
of the land suitability, permitting process and preparation for possible
wind power construction projects and wind power production. “UPM’s
land assets in Finland include several areas that could be suitable for
wind power production. Our target is to study the circumstances in
more detail and develop the areas that are suitable for wind power
production,” says Anja Silvennoinen, senior vice president for UPM
Energy Business Area.
INDONESIA
Jakarta-based Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has joined
Indonesia’s leading trade associations and companies involved
in exporting wood-based products to pledge its support of
and commitment to Indonesia’s national timber legality and
traceability standards. The unified industry group also called
on countries worldwide to adopt national procurement policies
recognizing and endorsing Indonesian standards. “We are here
today representing the Indonesia Pulp and Paper Association
(APKI) and its membership across Indonesia with a simple mes-
sage and call to action: APKI members are jointly committed
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to 100 percent adherence to Indonesia’s National Standard for
wood legality. We want to send a message to the world that we
will not tolerate, nor will we accept illegal wood entering the
Indonesian pulp and paper supply chain,” said Aida Greenbury,
APP managing director. Indonesia’s chain of custody (CoC)
certification program, enacted in 2009, establishes strict wood
legality and verification systems (Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas
Kayu/SVLK) to ensure wood products exported from the coun-
try are legal and traceable to verified points of origin. SVLK
certification is designed to ensure that the industry will only
receive and process timber from legal sources according to the
regulations of Indonesia, covering aspects of licensing, harvest-
ing, transporting and processing for the industry. SVLK is an
important step in the effort to achieve full Sustainable Forest
Management (SFM) certification.
NEW ZEALAND
SCA has announced the achievement of Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) Chain of Custody certification for its Tork paper manufacturing
site in Kawerau. FSC certification is an independent global standard
for tracing a product back along the supply chain to the origin of its
fibre, and represents global best practise in responsible forestry. Mark
Stevens, SCA Hygiene Australasia’s Head of Sales New Zealand, says
the FSC certification applies to a wide range of Tork toilet tissue, hand
towel and wiper products, and adds further strength to its existing
environmentally responsible range.
SWEDEN
Södra has opened its six wind farms at its industrial site out-
side Mönsterås. The project has taken three and a half years to
complete, with six wind farms producing an estimated annual
production of 32 GWh, enough electricity for around 6,000
households. In early March, four wind farms that Södra owns
together with Statkraft also opened. These are situated just
north of Södra’s industrial site in Mönsterås. Over the next few
years, Södra and Statkraft are planning a major joint initiative
to include 30 or so projects at various locations in Sweden,
with a total output of around 600 megawatts (MW). “By build-
ing these wind farms next to the mill in Mönsterås, we have
been able to optimise our excellent coastal position in terms
of the amount of wind available, and we have also used the
existing infrastructure and built on it,” said Gustaf Tibblin, CEO
of Södra Vind.
U N I T E D S TAT E S
Clean Energy Pathways, alternative energy and renewable energy solu-
tions company, has been selected by Buckeye Technologies to provide
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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
biomass fuel for a 75,000-gallon test burn at the company’s cellulose
mill in Perry, FL. The mill provides specialty fibers and non-woven mate-
rials to high-end niche markets worldwide. Buckeye received approval
from the state of Florida to conduct the test burn, designed to reduce
emissions at the facility and demonstrate the company’s commitment
to improving the environment. Clean Energy Pathways’ biomass fuels
have been proven to reduce SO2 emissions and dependence on non-
renewable resources and foreign oil.
NCASI has launched the Environmental Footprint Comparison
Tool (EFCT), an online resource to better understand environ-
mental decision-making related to the forest products industry.
The website (www.paperenvironment.org) will help stakehold-
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ers understand the challenges that forest products companies
face in simultaneously meeting a broad array of environmental
objectives. A number of environmental releases are associ-
ated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposing of paper
products. When a company explores ways to minimize one of
these releases, it may find that other environmental releases
are minimized at the same time (co-benefits), or it may find
that other environmental releases become larger (trade-offs).
Environmental decisions therefore become something of a bal-
ancing act, maximizing co-benefits while minimizing trade-offs.
The EFCT helps the public understand these sometimes complex
interactions that become the scientific backbone of decisions
related to minimizing a company’s or a facility’s environmental
footprint. The EFCT focuses on eight manufacturing-related
subjects: Recycled Fiber; Greenhouse Gases; Water; Chlorinated
Compounds; SOx and NOx; Non-Wood Fiber; Energy; and BOD/
COD/TSS.
Two clean-water advocates, including the Northern Shenandoah Valley’s
Shenandoah Riverkeeper, have filed a lawsuit against a paper mill in
U.S. District Court, accusing it of major pollution violations, according to
the Northern Virginia Daily. The suit, filed March 3 and announced in a
news release by the Shenandoah and Potomac riverkeepers, states that
Ox Paperboard violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants
from its Halltown, WV, mill. Those discharges harm Flowing Spring Run
and the Shenandoah River and, among other things, contribute to fish
kills, it states.
Chesapeake has announced that during 2011 it has commit-
ted to in excess of 140 environmental related improvement
projects across its 40 global operations. The projects, part
of Chesapeake’s environmental initiative, Chesapeake 100,
have been agreed at each location and form part of each
site’s objectives for the year. Phillip Adams, Director CSR, said,
“Chesapeake has a well established pedigree in this area but
the Chesapeake 100 has allowed projects and targets to be
formalised and presented in a coordinated manner for the first
time. Although the Chesapeake 100 is new, our commitment
is not and many projects represent a typical year at Chesa-
peake.” The projects demonstrate that, due to Chesapeake’s
scale, making even the smallest changes can deliver impres-
sive results. All sites have analysed local environmental needs
and focused on projects that meet these objectives as well as
wider global issues.
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CELEBRATING A CENTENNIAL
By GRAEME RODDEN, Executive Editor
Thinking ahead of the curve has helped
International Falls survive and thrive
100 years
T
here was just cause for great celebration in
International Falls, MN, in 2010. The Boise
Paper mill celebrated its centennial. Any mill
reaching its 100th birthday should be honored but
with the travails the North American pulp and paper
industry has been through recently, this milestone is
indeed a special occasion.
The mill was founded by Edward Wellington
Backus who subsequently built mills in Fort
Frances and Kenora, ON. The company was known
as the Minnesota & Ontario Paper Company
(Mando). Unfortunately, the Great Depression
of the 1920s and 1930s was the downfall of many
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a financier and Backus lost the company in these
times.
Jump forward to 1957 when Bob Hansberger
bought a sawmill/lumberyard and started Boise
Cascade. In 1965, Boise Cascade bought the former
Mando mills from a Minneapolis group that owned
it. In 2004, in the era of private equity investment in
the pulp and paper industry, Chicago-based Madison
Dearborn Partners purchased the manufacturing
assets and timberlands of Boise Cascade.
In 2008 Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp. acquired the
paper and packaging assets of Boise Cascade, L.L.C.,
including a network of corrugated plants and five pa-
per mills. The company name was changed to Boise
Inc. and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Now, the mill at the foot of the Koochiching
Falls on the Rainy River produces 548,000 tons/yr of
uncoated freesheet in office business papers (cut size
copier and printer paper), label and release papers,
basesheet, business and specialty grades on four
paper machines, a coater and five sheeters.
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the “Mando” mill as Interestingly, three of the mill’s four original paper
it appeared in the
machines still operate today although they have been
early part of the 20th
Century. the building upgraded significantly over the years. As with many
in the right foreground mills that opened at the time, International Falls was
is now used as offices.
built to meet the burgeoning demand for newsprint
in the US. By 1914, the mill could produce more than
200 tons/day, far above the production of any of its
in-state rivals.
C l o s e ly t i e d
It was also in 1914 that the Fort Frances mill was
opened. It sits on the Canadian side of the Rainy
River and although ownership of the two mills is no
longer the same, strong ties continue to exist, not
only between the mills but also the two communities.
Bob Anderson, public affairs manager for the mill and
who’s spent 50 years working at the mill in various
jobs, says the two mills work closely together. Some of
the bleached pulp produced by the AbitibiBowater-
owned Fort Frances mill is shipped by pipeline to the
International Falls mill. Steam and water are also sent
by pipeline between the mills.
The bridge that crosses the Rainy River was built
by Backus in 1912. Ownership of the bridge is now
shared by Boise and AbitibiBowater. Backus also

the new PM 1
started up in 1990

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started the Minnesota, Dakota and Western Railroad

(MD&W), which continues to serve both communi-
ties. The MD&W is a short line hauler taking products
from both mills about three miles to the main CN
line, where the large Canadian carrier hauls the cars
to Chicago and points south. Anderson estimates that
80% of International Falls’ production and 70% of
Fort Frances’ is shipped by rail. As Anderson says, the
two communities are very inter-related. Harnessing
the power from the Koochiching Falls was Backus’
first goal and the mill today generates enough power
to provide about 50% of the mill’s electrical needs.
It buys the rest from the state grid. In another point
of cooperation, water from the Rainy River is shared
international Falls
by the two mills and together they control the level mill purchases pulp through the Fort Frances pipe- produces 1,100 tons/
of the lakes above the mills with the approval of the line, the Boise mill in Wallula, WA, and recycled pulp. day in sheets
International Joint Commission.
Abundant wood and easy access to water were Fa r s i g h t e d M a n a g e M e n t
the reasons for the construction of many a mill in the
early part of the 20th Century, just as they are critical So many of International Falls’ contemporaries have
success factors today. Most of the mill’s fiber comes shut their doors, how has this remote mill survived?
from the region in the US, but at times, some may One of the first keys to its survival came more than 35
come from further afield, even from Canada. It is pri- years ago, in 1975, when copiers and home printers
marily hardwood (aspen and poplar). “These species were beginning to make their mark, Boise Cascade
grow vigorously here,” says Anderson. The mill will made the strategic decision to move to cut size
also buy chips from area sawmills. papers. “Being in these grades certainly helped us,”
In addition to the pulp manufactured on site, the Anderson notes.

PM 2 dates from the

mill’s opening in 1910

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Prior to 1975, besides newsprint, the mill also
made bag papers, forms and foil packaging papers for
use in cigarette packages.
Over the years the owners have not been afraid
to spend money. In 1988, another strategic decision
taken was to rebuild the mill. Over two years, $535
million was invested, including the installation of a
new PM 1. In all, besides the new paper machine,
the mill added a new bleach plant (three-stage with
chlorine dioxide as the main bleaching agent), lime
kiln, three digesters, two Will sheeters, warehouse,
two package boilers, and a high-pressure boiler (bark
and biomass). The wood plant and recovery boiler
were upgraded.
The recovery island underwent further modern-
ization in 2001 during a $20-million overhaul that
included rebuilding the recovery boiler.
Finally, but by no means least, Anderson credits
the workforce at the mill. “We have a great employee
base. There is a well-educated workforce in Minne-
sota. This workforce along with the capital improve-
ments and the product lines say why Boise is still
here.”
The population of International Falls is about
6,700. With about 830 fulltime employees and an-
other 360 under contract (including wood suppliers),
it is easy to see the importance of the mill to the town
and surrounding communities. There are numer-
ous families that have sent generations of workers
to the mill: grandfathers, fathers, mothers, sons and
daughters.
PMs 2, 3 and 4 are in the original machine
building and are parallel to each other. Boise invests
annually in the equipment, including the latest auto-
mation features such as state-of-the-art quality and
distributed control systems. The three machines also
produce more of the specialty grades that Interna-
tional Falls markets.
Papermakers operating these machines produce
a wide variety of papers, including laser copier paper
C1S release paper, flexible packaging such as micro-
wavable popcorn bags, and Boise®FIREWORX® col-
ored papers (40-50), and repositional note paper (that
is, paper with a strip of adhesive along one edge).
Boise FIREWORX contains about 30% recycled
content. A number of white paper grades also contain
recycled content, usually 20-30%. However, the
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mill can and has produced paper with up to 100%
recycled content
With a wire width of 380 in., PM 1 can far outstrip
its “older” siblings. Its production consists primarily
of uncoated freesheet (cut size paper).
PM 1 produces cut size paper that is destined
for another special innovation developed at Inter-
national Falls and introduced in 2004: the Boise®
SPLOX® Paper Delivery System. SPLOX stands for
speed loading box. Boise holds the patent on the
machine that stacks five reams (2,500 sheets) per box.
The box is designed for productivity and ergonomics,
with a special top that makes it easy to unload the
paper. “The box unfolds and the paper is ready to go,”
explains Anderson. “It’s great for high speed copiers.”
PM 1 also produces Boise® X-9® multipurpose
papers, the company’s best selling multi-use copy
paper. Boise X-9 has earned the Buyers Laboratory
Inc. Performance Certified seal of approval for five
years running, recognizing the paper’s outstanding
performance of papers in office machinery.
Bob Anderson:
A special man
As noted Bob Anderson has been with the
International Falls mill for 50 years, half of the
mill’s lifespan. He started in production with what
was then Mando. His work with the community
went beyond the mill. He also served as mayor of
International Falls. This led into his position at the
mill as public affairs manager.
Partnership will help
In December 2010, the National Center for Pulp and Paper Technology Training an-
nounced that Rainy River Community College (RRCC), International Falls, has joined
the National Network for Pulp and Paper Technology Training (NPT2).
According to Tammy Cook, director of instructional services at RRCC, the partnership
“will make available additional training and experience necessary to meet the increas-
ing demand for advanced technology workers at the local Boise Inc. mill.”
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In total, the mill produces 548,000 tons/year of uncoated
free sheet. The mill’s main market is North America.
Environmental sustainability is core to the success of the
mill and Boise Inc. Employees have earned the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Certificate of Commen-
dation six times since 1998, for the outstanding operation,
maintenance, and management of the mill wastewater treat-
ment system.
Anderson says that 100% of the mill’s wood waste and
90% of its sludge are recovered for fuel for the high-pressure
boiler. About 90% of the ash is then used as a soil additive on
agricultural land in the area.
Safety remains the integral value of the mill and the
company. “We were the first business in Minnesota to
receive the MN Star Flag that says we are a safe operation,”
Anderson states. This is a Minnesota Occupational Health
and Safety Administration program. The employer must
demonstrate leadership, an allocation of resources to ad-
dress safety issues, have systems in place that identify and
control workplace hazards and, have a plan for employee
safety training and education.
Anderson explained why International Falls has been
around for 100 years and he explains how it will survive an-
other 100. “It will be by being quick on our feet with regards
to grades, equipment and keeping the people trained; the
same things that brought us the first 100 years. This includes
a continuous improvement in all phases of the operation.”
As for advances in communications, he says, “We have
gone through various communications revolutions before;
electronics is just the latest.” PPI
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By PRZEMYSLAW PRUSZYNSKI
DC-PRO Contaminant Control Technology offers papermakers an
innovative chemistry solution and application expertise leading to...
FINE TUNING OPPORTUNITIES
IN WOOD EXTRACTIVES CONTROL
W
ith the increased content of recycled fiber,
decreased and highly varying quality of
recycling raw materials, a trend towards
neutral pH in mechanical grades and the increasing
application of high-yield pulps (HYP) in typical fine
paper furnish, issues related to controlling pitch and
stickies are becoming increasingly more important
to the overall economic results of many paper mills.
These issues normally extend beyond typical wet end
runnability, press section, dryers and calender stack
deposits, reaching all the way to printing press depos-
its and printability complications. Blending virgin
mechanical pulps and recycled fiber can also create
additional opportunities for uncontrolled agglomera-
tion of colloidal pitch and stickies particles, resulting
in productivity and quality issues.
Natural wood extractives will remain a primary fo-
cus of this article, with some additional insight to col-
loidal fraction of synthetic stickies. Some fundamen-
tal information is also referenced to better understand
how the roadmap to successful strategy for extractives
control and related best practices were defined.
The trend towards neutral pH operations in
mechanical grades has been driven primarily by the
ability to utilize higher brightness calcium carbonate
fillers[1]. This important industry trend has redefined
challenges related to extractives control by limiting
an access to aluminum chemistry, utilized widely
for pitch control under acid pH. Although small
amounts of either alum or polyaluminum chloride
(PAC) are still commonly used under neutral, and
even alkaline pH, it is clear that pitch control under
neutral pH is more challenging and requires careful
system wide focus. Nalco’s DC-PRO Contaminant
Control Technology program provides such a system-
wide approach based on an understanding of the na-
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ture of contaminants, effect of water chemistry, and
an overall process stability and monitoring strategy
that make extractives control more effective.
REMOVING EXTRACTIVES
FROM THE SYSTEM
It needs to be stressed that the main strategy for any
deposit control program should be reducing the amount
of potentially detrimental, hydrophobic contaminants
entering the system. Every opportunity to use any sig-
nificant thickening stage in TMP and bleaching plants
(hydrogen peroxide bleaching plants offer such op-
portunities) to divert rich contaminant pressate streams
out from the process, should always be attempted and
maximized. Optimizing pH at the thickening stage to
increase the solubility of extractives, and application of
dispersants to increase flow of extractives with the pres-
sate stream, should also be evaluated through detailed
studies of extractives mass balance. The compromise
between reduction of extractives levels and potential
fiber losses needs to be understood. Fiber recovery steps
in terms of efficient screening or floatation units (DAF)
are often introduced to conserve overall process yield.
MAJOR FORMS OF WOOD EXTR A C T I V E S
According to Back and Allen[2], energy in mechani-
cal pulping (refining or grinding) results in colloidal
dispersion of wood extractives and unimodal distri-
bution of all pitch components within colloidal par-
ticles. Individual pitch components, fatty and rosin
acids, triglycerides and sterols all distribute them-
selves within the pitch particle in a way to expose
more hydrophillic groups to water and to hide more
hydrophobic components inside the core of colloidal
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particles, Fig. 1. Acid functions, mainly carboxylic
groups from fatty and resin acids on the surface,
provide particles with a surface anionic charge, re-
sponsible for its colloidal stability. Steric stabilization
from sugars adsorbed on the surface provides some
additional stability to colloidal particles.
Further, especially at higher pH solubility levels of
some pitch components, mainly resin and to a lesser
extent fatty acids, increases. Richardson[3] studied solubil-
ity of various resin acids as a function of pH in distilled
and process water. In most general terms he concluded
that solubility of these species gradually increased with
pH, especially when pH=7 was approached. Soluble resin
and fatty acid salts may also be a source of deposits when
they react with calcium ion to form insoluble calcium
salts, or when their solubility is suddenly decreased by
recirculation to areas of the process with lower pH.
GENERAL EXTRACTIVES CONTROL
S T R AT E G Y
Two major focuses of extractives control strategy can
be clearly identified and defined:
• Preventing uncontrolled agglomeration of colloidal particles, all factors that either lower their charge level,
fraction;
• Managing soluble fraction of extractives by ergy of collisions between particles leads to increased
preventing its re-precipitation.
These challenges are significantly higher at
neutral and alkaline pH, in the cases of using blended
Fig. 1 - STRuCTuRE OF COLLOIDAL PITCH PARTICLE AND bASIC PITCH COMPONENTS AT VARIOuS PH VALuES
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fiber sources and in systems using calcium carbonate
used as fillers.
In essence, successful deposit control strategy
needs to include preventing agglomeration of col-
loidal fraction, and reducing the detrimental impact
of fraction larger than colloidal. In the case of natural
wood pitch control where most of extractives enter
the system in colloidal form, preventing colloidal ag-
glomeration seems to be a key to success. Stickies en-
ter the papermaking process with a larger spectrum
of initial sizes. Therefore, controlling the detrimental
effect of large particles (detackification) is generally a
part of every stickies control program. Even in stickies
control applications however, focusing on colloidal
fraction remains very important, as it prevents forma-
tion of very detrimental secondary stickies.
FA C T O R S A F F E C T I N G A G G L O M E R AT I O N
OF COLLOIDAL PITCH
Controlling colloidal pitch particles requires a clear
understanding of factors that affect their stability. Since
colloidal stability is based on repulsion of anionic
lower repulsive forces between charges or increase en-
agglomeration. This easily explains why the terms
of shear, temperature and pH shocks come to mind
as major destabilizing factors for colloidal materials.
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Conductivity change resulting in screening individual
charges and in turn reducing repulsive forces between
anionic colloidal particles is also less often considered,
but can still be a significant trigger to poor colloidal
stability. Papermakers should look for pitch deposits in
cases when overdosing bleaching chemicals is required
to reach certain brightness targets.
Changes in pH, especially around pH=pKa value
of carboxylic function (pKa≈5), vary the amount of
charge by changing degree of dissociation of carboxy-
lic functions on the surface of colloidal particles. It is
therefore well understood why sudden changes in pH
or just localized pH drop, especially at high conductiv-
ity, already unstable, systems, which can trigger signifi-
cant deposition problems. Factors affecting colloidal
stability make it very clear that improving machine
chemical stability[4] needs to constantly be a goal of
the papermaker. Such stability projects are especially
important for mechanical grades of paper with their
close integration of pulping, bleaching and papermak-
ing operations creating large potential for instability.
M A J O R S T R AT E G I E S I N
CONTROLLING COLLOIDAL PITCH
The cheapest and most abundant detackifiers for
pitch and stickies particles remain fibers and fines.
Attaching hydrophobic colloidal particles to cellulosic
materials effectively prevents their agglomeration.
Microscopic evaluation of the amount of colloidal
pitch particles throughout the papermaking process
remains the best and simplest way to monitor the
amount of colloidal pitch. This easy evaluation
provides the opportunity to assess the “health” of
colloidal pitch dispersion by monitoring not only a
number but also the size of its particles. Informa-
tion collected systematically may provide a mill with
important clues when things unexpectedly worsen.
Papermakers should actively take full advantage
from initial colloidal dispersion created in the pulping
process and prevent the natural process of colloidal
agglomeration by applying fixation additives very early
in the process. Delaying this action makes extrac-
tives control more expensive and often less effective.
Increasing the diameter of typical colloidal pitch
particle between 1 μm, 2 μm and 3μm represents an
increase of relative mass from 1 to 8 and 27 (volume
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of sphere particle is proportional to r3). It does not re-
quire further explanation how such a seemingly small
particle size increase affects colloidal stability. It is very
important to catch such early stages of agglomeration
to prevent formation of larger deposits.
Effectiveness of the fixation mechanism strongly
depends on the proper selection of fixatives, configu-
ration of feed points and effective program monitor-
ing. A stable retention program and an adequate level
of retention is also an indispensable element of a suc-
cessful fixation-based pitch/stickies control program.
Fixation of colloidal particles to the elements
of papermaking furnish has historically been done
through the application of chemical additives operating
solely by a charged neutralization mechanism. Nega-
tive charge of the controlled particles, cationic charge
density of the polymeric additives, pH and the level of
soluble anionic trash all affect the effectiveness of ad-
ditives that operate through charge neutralization. An
almost universal source of charge in cationic polymers
is an amine function. Primary, secondary and tertiary
amine functions develop a positive charge in water
through attaching a proton (H+). Such a proton can be
detached at higher pH (depending on amine structure
and its basicity), leading to a reduction of cationic
charge. Quaternary ammonium salts do not display
such charge sensitivity related to pH, retain their charge
regardless of pH and are recommended as a choice for
neutral and especially alkaline papermaking.
F I X AT I O N A N D A G G L O M E R AT I O N :
H Y b R I D F I X AT I V E S
Flow Cytometry has been used recently to study
changes in size and surface tackiness of hydrophobic
particles during fixation. Vahasalla[5], in the work on
fixative treatment of coated broke latexes, deter-
mined conditions for successful fixation by avoiding
complicating process of agglomeration of colloidal
particles. In most general terms he concluded that
aggressive treatment resulted in undesired agglom-
eration, while mild, gradual treatment led to desired
attachment of particles to the fibers and fines.
Nalco in Canada introduced a class of fixative prod-
ucts known as HYBRIDS in 1993[6]. HYBRIDS were de-
fined as lower charge and higher molecular weight when
compared with typical coagulants, Fig. 2. Their success
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in treatment of a wide range of hydrophobic materials
(pitch, stickies, coated broke) could be well explained by
their molecular structure. The special position that this
group of fixatives occupies was confirmed by Richard-
son[7] in work on how various classes of fixatives interact
with major components of natural pitch in terms of
their ability to fix the fiber (desired) or deposit on other
surfaces (undesired). Richardson indicated that these
non-classical, lower charge fixatives are more specific in
driving fixation of pitch components towards the fiber.
This observation might well be explained in terms
of a Patch Assisted Fixation mechanism illustrated
in Fig. 3. Lower charge density of HYBRID fixatives
have the built-in protection against aggressive charge
neutralization and operate through mild charge neu-
tralization as recommended by Vahasalla. At the same
time, due to higher molecular weight combined with
lower charge density, HYBRIDS assume less compact
conformation on the fiber, with polymer loops and
tails expanding further out from fiber surface and as a
result form well-defined and persisting (slow penetra-
tion into fiber structure) cationic patch. Such cationic
patch provides an attractive force towards anionic col-
Fig. 2 - PLACEMENT OF HYbRID POLYMERS IN CHARGE – MOLECuLAR WEIGHT TECHNOLOGY SPACE
(bLuE SHADE ON THE bACkGROuND SYMbOLIzES CONTRIbuTION OF CHARGE NEuTRALIzATION)
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loidal pitch particles, directing them towards the fiber
surface while their residual negative charge limits the
competitive and undesired agglomeration process.
Nalco is currently working towards a new
generation of HYBRID polymers with charge neutral-
ization and patch forming properties tuned further to
specific extractives types and system conditions.
MANAGING SOLubLE FRACTION:
P R E V E N T I N G P R E C I P I TAT I O N
Preventing precipitation of insoluble salts of fatty
and resin acids requires controlling concentration of
calcium ion and understanding changes in solubil-
ity as a function of pH. Both seasonality in the fatty
acids:triglycerides ratio and the effect of applying
the hydrolytic enzyme, Lipase, significantly changes
the situation related to soluble extractives manage-
ment. There is little that can be done to reduce the
concentration of fatty or resin acids as it is defined
by chemical structure, pH and system temperature.
Controlling hardness in papermaking systems utiliz-
ing calcium carbonate fillers requires a constant
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focus on pH control and optimization of saveall
operations to limit the amount of calcium carbonate
fillers recirculation back to acidic TMP operations.
Any opportunity for a local pH drop needs to be re-
viewed and avoided, as it will result in local hardness
generation. This also includes following best practices
in broke management and preventing microbiologi-
cal activity in broke chests. Monitoring hardness out
of the broke chest, in addition to pH, is the best way
to detect any symptoms of localized pH drops in the
tower (pH measurement itself may not be sensitive
enough). Application of CO2 directly in pH control or
to increase system alkalinity through in-situ reaction
with caustic (ADALKA) are also good options for pH
management with low hardness generation.
Colloidal and soluble pitch found in clear white
water stream generated by saveall operation often
chemicals
agglomerates and forms troublesome deposits in
white water tanks and lines. Fixation in these streams
is not recommended, since in the absence of fibers
and fines it would result in pitch destabilization and
deposits. Instead some mills benefited from stabiliz-
ing effect of either non-ionic of low charge anionic
dispersants added to these lean water streams.
bLENDING DIFFERENT FIbER
SOuRCES: bEST PRACTICES
It has been generally observed that machines using
mixed TMP and DIP experience more severe de-
posit issues than systems using a single pulp source.
Typically, an acidic TMP stream mixed with calcium
carbonate containing DIP pulp causes hardness
development, destabilization of colloidal pitch and
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stickies fraction and, finally, precipitation of soluble
fraction of extractives. Since reactions initiated with
pulp blending involve complicated equilibria within
the structure of the fiber, their impact on machine
deposits continues beyond the blending stage. It
is important to condition individual pulp streams
properly before they are mixed. This includes fixation
of colloidal fraction for each individual pulp stream
and matching their pH values as close as possible.
Fixing TMP and DIP streams prior to mixing allows
the ability to treat them early, selecting best fixatives
for their individual water chemistry and avoiding un-
controlled colloidal destabilization during blending.
Typically ΔpH<0.5-1.0 should be attempted between
TMP and DIP prior to blending. When deciding about
strategy for correcting ΔpH, one should remember
that dropping DIP pH below 6.5 is not recommended
(hardness development) and that increasing TMP pH
needs to take under consideration potential bright-
ness losses. Due to a high pH in bleaching stage, TMP
bleached with hydrogen peroxide may have a pH
closer to that of DIP. Blending coated broke with TMP
or GWD pulps requires particularly effective fixation
of both streams prior to mixing since pitch was found
to serve as a tackifier for coating latexes.
CASE STuDY
Recent work done in a newsprint mill in Australia[3, 8]
illustrates the benefits of a comprehensive approach to
contaminant control. This mill had been using blended
TMP and DIP as furnish and under acid conditions
using a pitch and stickies control program based on
high charge and non-quaternary polyethylene imine

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chemistry. The mill observed a severe loss of machine
efficiency related to calender stack deposition after con-
verting its operation to neutral pH. Changing deposit
control program to quaternary fixatives, implementing
early and specific fixation of TMP and DIP streams
prior to their blending, the application of HYBRID
fixative to TMP pulp, adding polishing fixative treat-
ment closer to paper machine and CO2 pH control all
resulted in full recovery of machine efficiency lost as a
result of conversion.
CONCLuSION
Extractives control requires a total system approach
to be fully successful. Essential technical elements
of these programs were discussed in this paper. A
new mechanism of operation of HYBRID polymer
was proposed. Further work in optimizing fixatives
chemistry, on-line control and monitoring of deposit
control applications and a better understanding and
control of extractives distribution within the sheet
structure (important to dryers, calender stack and
printing press deposits) will remain major develop-
ment efforts in this area. PPI
By Przemyslaw Pruszynski, Global Technical Special-
ist, Nalco Company
Pulp & Paper International (PPI) A p r i l 2 0 1 1
chemicals
LITERATURE
1. PRUSZYNSKI, P., STURTEVANT, P. and SMITH, C.:
Pulp and Paper Canada, 100 (9), 24 (2010)
2. BACK, L.E, ALLEN, L.H.: Pitch Control, Wood Resin
and Deresination, Tappi Press, Atlanta (2000)
3. RICHARDSON, D., WALLER, N., PARSONS, T., STAL-
LARD, J., YOUNG, M., WATKINS, T. and DECHANDT,
A.: Appita Conference Proceeding, 219 (2003)
4. PRUSZYNSKI, P., JAKUBOWSKI, R.: APPITA Journal,
59(2), 114, 2006
5. VÄHÄSALO, L.: Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Chemical
Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland,
(2005).
6. PRUSZYNSKI, P, LEROUX, R., ARMSTRONG, J.,
LIN, J., POLVERARI, M. and ANGELAC, A-P.: Pulp and
Paper Canada, 98(9), 54-58 (1997)
7. MAHER, L.E., STACK, K.R., MCLEAN D.S. and RICH-
ARDSON, D.E.: APPITA Journal, 60(2), 112-119 (2007)
8. DECHANDT, A., Watkins, T.,and PRUSZYNSKI, P.:
APPITA Journal, 57(1), 13-18 (2004)
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By MARTIN KOEPENICK
From the branding firms to the printers, paper merchants, and even
suppliers to Appleton Coated, sustainability is not just a phrase
THE NEW MODEL?
A
ppleton Coated, a subsidiary of Arjo Wiggins,
is based in Combined Locks, WI. Its Utopia
line of premium coated papers is the brand of
choice for marketing campaigns, corporate com-
munications, brochures, and fine art books. Appleton
Coated could be called an embodiment of sustain-
ability, as well. Producing more than 400,000 tons/
yr of fine paper on three machines, its marketing and
sales team sells through paper merchants.
Appleton Coated, known for its Utopia family of
premium coated papers, lives and breathes customer
support, combined with an honest “green” commit-
ment. Is this the road to the future for a wide range of
paper producers? Who better to ask than the customers?
Says Bill Thorburn, owner of the Thorburn Group,
“As a branding design firm, we must make paper
choices without compromise—meaning that high
performance and green go together. Utopia contrib-
utes to the creation of powerful marketing pieces
According to April Van Camp, Appleton Coated
process engineer, “Our ability to improve
consistency and save money is facilitated by
an open relationship with strategic suppliers
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with uniqueness and personality that people often
want to keep. Our customers are also assured of social
responsibility.”
Adds Linda Hartinger, president and CEO of
Anchor Paper, an independent paper merchant in
Minneapolis, MN, “We have become true partners
with our customers. We are constantly strategizing and
generating new ideas, technologies and techniques
to help them maximize growth and profitability.
Appleton Coated is an ideal fit for us, because they fill
orders quickly with consistent quality. Their product
range allows us to meet customer needs from offset to
rotogravure to digital and their prices are competitive.”
Notes Patti Reppucci, senior sales executive
with Universal Millenium, a leading printer in New
England, “Our customers don’t want any excuses for
“green” papers, performing at a lower level. And green
or not, we can’t afford waste from poor print runs
due to inferior paper. We value the full Utopia range,
including the new inkjet offering. We can now also
offer the efficiency of shorter runs, and the variability
that ink jet allows in terms of content — without giv-
ing up quality.”
To say there is an enthusiastic following for Utopia
may not be an overstatement.Appleton Coated’s Utopia
brand has been a market leader for more than 16 years,
and has continued to maintain a preferred position,
especially since the broadening of the brand to em-
brace sustainability issues. More recently, the launch
of Utopia ink jet grades represents yet another plus for
their position in the high end coated paper market.
A SENSE OF URGENCY
FOR CUSTOMERS
Ann Whalen, senior vice president, marketing &
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papermaking
Dale Kohl, Appleton Coated, technical services representative, inspecting the color
bars of a test print to insure proper ink and water balance of the Komori press
Mark Pikturna, Appleton Coated director of operations, believes that
“Versatility is designed into the way we run our paper machines
Some green facts
Appleton Coated research indicates that there is, in fact, an increasing role of “green”
in the US economy. More than 80% of consumers are buying green products and
services; 43% of companies plan to increase spending on green marketing; 85% of
employees believe corporate sustainability programs generate greater employee pride
and engagement. Sixteen out of 18 companies, recognized as focusing on sustainabil-
ity, outperformed their competitors.
Says Van Ert, “Strategically, many businesses are leading with a genuine concern for
social or sustainable choices.
Thorburn adds, “Appleton Coated satisfies our customers and us for all the right rea-
sons; the power of print combined with social responsibility.”
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customer services, for Appleton Coated, emphasizes
flexibility and a sense of urgency on behalf of custom-
ers. “We are known for reliability, knowledge and
availability. While most paper mills schedule in block
scheduling, we make the grade when a customer
places an order.”
Mark Pikturna, Appleton Coated director of op-
erations, believes that “Versatility is designed into the
way we run our paper machines. Fast grade changes
and high machine efficiency are mandatory. Adapting
formulations, monitoring key parameters closely, and
employing advanced chemistry allow for continuous
improvement.”
Says Sandy Van Ert, CEO of Appleton Coated,
“Sustainability is our way of life, centering around
customers, and everyone who touches our products,
or connects to our mill and our community. Far more
than political correctness, our objective is to make
products that serve a purpose in society, made by
self-motivated people, who care about others. Quality
for a fair price demands extreme efficiency, and a
commitment to minimizing waste. So, we have our
work cut out for us.
“We make paper to match beliefs of customers
and ourselves. The sustainability branding of Utopia
is not just a gimmick to satisfy popular trends. We
actually offer an environmental calculator to help
customers better understand the facts about our
mutual practices to make the world a better place.”
Continues Whalen, “Our marketing themes, The
Green Zone, and Print With a Purpose actually repre-
sent the essence of who we are. We respond quickly to
customer needs, but our dedication to premium and
green performance are beliefs that can inspire others.”
Go to http://www.appletoncoated.com/green-
zone/ for more information.
PUTTING FLEXIBILITY
I N T O PA P E R M A K I N G
A decisive difference over the last five years has been
the determination to increase flexibility for faster
grade changes, reduced breaks, adjusted raw mate-
rial mixes, reduced energy consumption, and the
development of entirely new grades for the digital
and inkjet markets.
Says Pikturna, “Our goal to raise efficiency
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began with a complete reevaluation of formulations
and methods of running our paper machines. We
explored avenues of paper science on a conceptual
and practical level to impact runnability, quality,
and consistent output. One important step forward
was the application of a 4th generation nanoparticle
system that boosted production on one machine,
and saved a lot of energy on another. Greater clarity
and control of the wet end allowed for adopting
grades faster and more effectively, and developing
new grades more easily.”
According to April Van Camp, Appleton Coated
process engineer, “Our ability to improve consistency
and save money is facilitated by an open relationship
with strategic suppliers. Eka Chemicals has played a
critical role in our success, because they have been
part of the team striving to meet very tough objec-
tives. We challenged them, and they came through.
“Being a lean organization can actually be an as-
set if suppliers are prepared to take on risks, including
extensive lab testing and trials. It’s only natural that
they should gain from our success by getting a greater
share of the business.”
Pikturna proudly confirms that millions of dollars
were saved in 2010, based upon projects to optimize
runnability and efficiency, while at the same time
opening the way for greater flexibility to accommo-
date customer requests. “We improved the cost basis
and running statistics for PM 6 and PM 7, having
fewer breaks and faster grade changes. We became
faster and more nimble, while at the same time
reduced raw material costs.
On the environmental front, Pikturna notes that
the application of advanced wet end chemistry also
reduced the amount of solids in water systems. “The
saveall and whitewater systems are now cleaner.
Fewer pounds of solids go into waste treatment, and
less into the ecosystem. Another plus from the silica
nanoparticle products is an improvement in solids at
the forming section, which produces a dryer sheet,
requiring less energy to dry.”
Pikturna and his team all point to the importance
of extending their capabilities through close relations
with strategic suppliers.
Adds Pikturna, “Our goals demand participation in
brainstorming, diligence and hard work. When a sup-
plier contributes creative input and hands-on benefits
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like prescreens in our own lab, this can make the dif-
ference between marginal success and a big win.
“One valuable development has been the switch
to new alkyl ketene dimer emulsion (AKD) formula-
tions, which size more efficiently. In addition, being
higher in solids, transport costs are lower, so the
Appleton Coated recently
introduced Utopia® Inkjet
and Utopia® Book Inkjet
products for high-speed,
four-color, inkjet web
platforms in North America.
Utopia Inkjet coating
technology was developed
jointly with HP to supply
coated product to early
adopters of high-speed,
inkjet web presses
Propelling inkjet
Appleton Coated recently introduced Utopia® Inkjet and Utopia® Book Inkjet products
for high-speed, four-color, inkjet web platforms in North America. Utopia Inkjet coating
technology was developed jointly with HP to supply coated product to early adopters
of high-speed, inkjet web presses. With the optimized coating of Utopia Inkjet, printers
can run high-quality, full-color jobs faster than 400 ft/min, an industry first for high-
volume continuous-feed inkjet production platforms.
For the publishing market, Utopia Book Inkjet is offered in a 45-lb matte text.
“High-speed, inkjet web press technology is a game-changer for the book publishing
business,” says Paul Bradshaw, Appleton Coated’s senior vice president of publishing
papers. “This technology can have a dramatic impact on improving the publisher’s
supply chain by lowering finished goods inventories and reducing the cost of obsoles-
cence. It will immediately improve the supply chain by lowering costs for the custom
publishing business and has even more potential for improvement on the short-run
offset side of the business.”
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papermaking
Jeff Alderton, process
engineer with
Appleton Coated,
April Van Camp and
Mike Sigman, Eka
Chemicals, AkzoNobel
product costs us less. On PM 7 we introduced a new
formulation of AKD and saw immediate cost savings,
before of lower dosages with equal or better effec-
tiveness. Less sizing in the system also allowed our
retention aids to work better.”
R E T H I N K I N G C O AT I N G F O R M U L AT I O N S
Comments Jeff Alderton, process engineer with
Appleton Coated, “You have to closely watch gloss
performance, and make sure that mottle does not
occur. We have been very successful with improv-
ing coatings, while at the same time lowering costs
through new formulations.”
Van Camp and Alderton worked closely on the
issue of grade changes. Taking a holistic view, they
documented a wide range of factors, ranging from the
way dyes are set up, fiber blends, where caliper needs
to be and so on. They developed tools that operators
now use to plan, and adjust as needed. In fact, they
shaved off 20% of the time previously required.
Pikturna has assigned energy teams for each
machine. Projects range from a reduction in silo tem-
perature on PM 7 to work around doctor blades to
improve the coefficient of friction. Energy efficiency
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has risen because of synthetic doctor blades applied
at the dryer section. Variable speed pumps have been
implemented to tune into the need at the moment;
based on the demand.
Appleton Coated’ annual financial support of the
Fox Valley Literacy Coalition helps fund textbooks,
student workbooks, picture dictionaries, and learning
software for the computer lab. Book Publisher, Scholas-
tic Inc, works closely with Appleton Coated responds
generously to provide a large selection of books to
national and local organizations. Appleton Coated feels
that it is important to give back to the community and
to support our employees in their volunteer efforts.
Concludes Van Ert, “Making money for our
customers, our shareholders and ourselves—all with
the environment and community in mind, makes it
easy to sleep at night, and know that we are making a
difference every day and for the long term.” PPI
Martin Koepenick, Innova, Atlanta, GA, has been writing
about the forest products industry for many years
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South American chips came to the rescue when foul weather made
harvesting operations in the US south east virtually impossible

CHIP AND SHIP

R
aw material supply security is always a major
concern for pulp and paper companies. It is
one of the driving forces of the industry and a
company’s raw material procurement plan can often
make the difference between success and failure.
The year 2010 was unusual in many ways, but
especially in terms of weather. The effects of the “El
Niño” phenomenon (the variable climate pattern
that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean about
every three to five years) was intense in the US South,
bringing a large surplus of rain to the area, as shown
in the rainfall maps.
This increase in rainfall, in certain areas up to
200% (N.O.A.A. data service), had a direct effect in
wetlands hardwood harvesting operations in the
AMCEL chip mill and Santana port, Amapa, Brazil area, making it almost impossible to be carried out.
The most important implication of local fiber supply
was the drastic reduction in some cases in the pulp
Typical five-year-old logs and woodchip inventory at the different pulp
E.Urograndis and paper mills in the south east US. The immediate
plantations at AMCEL
challenge was to avoid running out of raw material
and the associated extra costs of replacing those raw
materials. Different paper companies started a quest
to find supplemental raw material sources that
could supply enough woodchips to keep the mills
up and running.
Fulghum Fibres specializes in fiber process-
ing and trading, with a production of more than 18
million tons/yr. With 35 chipping operations under
contract, export operations, logs procurement opera-
tions, and with offices and representatives in various
places worldwide including USA, Chile, Uruguay,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Fulghum
Fibres has a very active presence in the international
woodchip market.
In 2009, Fulghum Fibres was contacted by a

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February’s normal rainfall vs. February’s 2010 rainfall in the US South (Gulf)

long-time customer to provide technical assistance at

one of their operations. The client was Nippon Paper
and the operation was AMCEL, a joint venture in
Brazil between Marubeni Corporation, Nippon Paper
Industries and NYK-Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Located
in the northeast corner of Brazil, next to the Amazon
river, AMCEL produces close to one million tons/yr
of Eucalyptus Urograndis (with a small percentage of
Acacia Mangium), with an expansion capacity of up
Logistics Chain to three million tons/yr.

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hold of the Crimson While Fulghum was involved in the AMCEL chipping
Mercury, the first vessel operation, providing technical assistance and evalu-
from Brazil to the US
ating possible new projects, Fulghum’s headquarters
in the US received an enquiry from Georgia-Pacific
(G-P) about importing woodchips from Fulghum’s
South American operations or for contacts from Ful-
ghum’s extensive fiber network. Fulghum’s Chilean
and Uruguayan operations had their production
already committed, so it was not possible to fulfill G-
P’s requirements from Fulghum’s existing operations.
AMCEL, however, had capacity available. Fulghum
and AMCEL started working hard and fast on their
production programs to evaluate this challenge. At
the same time, G-P investigated import port options
in the Gulf area to unload woodchip carriers.
There was, however, a missing link: the USDA
permits to import eucalyptus woodchips from a
tropical zone into the US. Fortunately Fulghum had
these permits in place and received the blessing
to continue this importing. This, together with the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody
permits that Fulghum had in hand through its export

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Some initial technical problems with the unloading equipment
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A vessel hold with fumigation products inside, before hatch closing
Unloading at the reserve, LA, port
although with time, the unloading team reached the
required rates.
The four vessels of chips imported to the US Gulf
region were processed during the months of March,
April and May 2010. This was obviously a new venture
for both pulp mills, using a single species supply as
compared with the diet of mixed southern hardwood
chips, but the need for supplemental volume was
balanced with the technological advantages of the
eucalyptus short fiber supply.
While the supply of 200,000 green short tons of
Eucalyptus chips to the two pulp mills was statisti-
cally small in comparison with the overall fiber
consumption, it is safe to conclude the following:
• The logistics from Brazil to the Southeastern USA
worked for both pulp mills
• The chips were imported with the appropriate
USDA approvals
• The chips were received, offloaded and transported
to the two pulp mills within the forecasted time
frames
• The chips were stored, digested and processed
into final products with no downtime
• Some encouraging signs on kappa control and
paper machine speeds were reported.
More rainy years such as 2010 could be ahead.
The benefit of planning in advance for such contin-
gencies, including having a back up volume com-
mitted from a “trouble free” zone, could be extremely
beneficial for the pulp and paper industry. PPI

Roland Fritsch, Senior Business Development Man-

ager, Fulghum Fibres. www.fulghumfibres.com

Eucalyptus Urograndis is a fast growing species that

was genetically designed to grow in warm tropical
weather and has similar characteristics to its world-
famous relative and “world star” Eucalyptus Globulus,
making it very attractive to the world pulp and paper
industry.

MWV’s Jeff Zimmer,

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AGREEMENTS
Sappi Fine Paper Europe has announced that it has joined forc-
es with HP to develop coated papers for the high-speed inkjet market.
The two companies presented Jaz™ silk at the Hunkeler Innovationdays
in Lucerne, Switzerland. Jaz™ silk is a coated paper for high-quality
graphic applications such as direct mail or commercial print. This new
paper grade has drawn on the experience of HP to combine the flex-
ibility of inkjet with Sappi’s high quality paper.
AWARDS
Honeywell announced its Precision FotoFiber solution has
won the Paper Industry Technical Association’s (ATIP) Silver
Palm Award, which recognizes innovation in the French paper
industry. The solution was commended for its cutting-edge
technology, ability to boost productivity and quality, and reduce
environmental impact and cost. Honeywell accepted the award
at the ATIP gala dinner which was attended by 250 global and
European papermakers and industry suppliers.
FA C I L I T I E S
Lorentzen & Wettre with head office in Stockholm, Sweden,
continues to grow. To further strengthen the local customer services a
new sales and service office was opened in São Paulo, Brazil, in early
2011. The office is responsible for sales in Brazil and for service in the
whole of South America.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
PolyOne has announced the sale of its 50% ownership inter-
est in SunBelt Chlor Alkali Partnership to Olin. SunBelt,
a chlor alkali manufacturer, is a 50:50 joint venture formed in
1996 between PolyOne (formerly The Geon Company) and Olin.
PolyOne’s stake in SunBelt was sold to Olin for $175 million,
including $132 million in cash and the assumption of PolyOne’s
guarantee of $43 million of SunBelt debt, with an additional
earn out over the next three years if certain performance met-
rics are achieved.
Hawk Measurement has announced the purchase of Fluidic
Flowmeters, a manufacturer of specialty flow measurement prod-
ucts for industrial process control systems. Fluidic Flowmeters’ products
are classified as oscillatory flowmeters, which utilize specially designed
geometric shapes to create an environment where self-induced, sus-
tained oscillations will occur.
N E G O T I AT I O N S
Metso and Suzano Papel e Celulose are in advanced
negotiations towards concluding a contract for the supply of all
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main pulp making technology for the 1.5-million tone/yr green-
field pulp mill of Suzano to be built in the state of Maranhão in
the northeastern part of Brazil. Startup is scheduled for the first
half of 2013. At this point of the negotiations the value of the
delivery were not disclosed.
ORDERS & CONTRACTS
Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has received orders from
Jiangsu Oji Paper, a Chinese joint venture company of Oji
Paper, for ozone systems to be used in facilities producing kraft pulp.
The orders comprise ozone generators and their construction works,
which will be used to bleach kraft pulps. Deliveries will begin from
February 2012, and the operation of the system will start from 2013.
Dev Priya Industries, India, commissioned Voith
Paper Automation with the stepwise upgrade of PM 2 at
its Meerut location, 70 km northeast of New Delhi. The Indian
family-owned business has invested in an OnQ quality control
system for the PM 2 test liner and fluting machine, which pro-
duces 250 tons/day of corrugated cardboard with a wire width
of 4,400 mm. Furthermore, a MD color control as well as a local
service contract for the OnQ quality control system are part of
the scope of supply.
Qurius UK has announced that it has signed an agreement with
Palm Recycling to deliver its Enwis (formerly known as Regener-
ist) business management software solution. Enwis is based on the
Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP solution, specifically designed for the
waste and recycling industry, and now very much established as the
leading solution for paper recyclers.
PMT Winding will supply a winder to Jiangsu Danyang
Chanfeng Paper, China. The new winder will be installed in
the company’s mill in Houxiang Town, Danyang City in Jiangsu
Province. The startup of the new winder is scheduled for the
third quarter of 2011.
In only seven weeks, GE has completed a major “flange-to-flange”
upgrade of a Frame 6B gas turbine at an industrial recycling paper mill
in El Burgo de Ebro (Zaragoza), Spain. Replacing the key components
of the gas turbine with new, advanced design parts has resulted in in-
creased operating efficiency, a significant reduction in emissions and a
considerable life extension for the plant. The project marked the world’s
first flange-to-flange replacement for a GE 6B gas turbine.
In May 2010, Yuen Foong Yu Paper MFG (Yangzhou)
signed a contract with PMP to rebuild the reel of PM 1, which
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produces fluting paper in the basis weight range 105-180 g/m2.
After the rebuild, paper width at the reel should be 3,960 mm
and operation speed 800 m/min. The assembly and startup were
due in March 2011.
Vaahto Pulp & Paper Machinery has received significant
orders from Union Paper Mills in Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
and Asia Paper in Korean Republic. Union Paper Mills placed an
order for novelty spray-technology, runability components, starch make-
down expansion and general revamping of PM 2 to produce improved
test-liner. Paper width at reel is 3,744 mm and design speed after the
rebuild up to 600 m/min.
International technology Group Andritz has been awarded or-
ders for the supply of fiberlines and chemical recovery systems
for renowned customers in India and Laos. It received an order
from Sun Paper Holding Lao to deliver major equipment
for a new kraft pulp mill with a production capacity of 300,000
tonnes/yr in Muang Phin, Laos. The scope of supply includes
equipment for chip and bark handling, a complete fiberline
(continuous cooking, washing, oxygen delignification, screening,
and bleaching), the pulp drying line (wet end, dryer, cutter/lay-
boy, and baling line), and the white liquor plant including kiln
and recausticizing equipment. The kiln will be equipped with
LimeFlashTM technology. Startup is scheduled for late 2012.
Andritz Pulp & Paper, together with Enmas Andritz
PVT, a joint venture of Andritz and Enmas Engineering, will supply
a fiberline and recovery island for the pulp mill (design capacity: 635
bdt/d) of JK Paper in Rayagada, Orissa. The delivery encompasses
the latest technology in woodyard equipment, a complete continuous
cooking line and fiberline with an ECF bleaching plant, recovery boiler
and evaporation plant, as well as the white liquor plant (kiln, recaus-
ticizing, including dregs washing/ dewatering). Startup is scheduled in
October 2012.
Raumaster Paper will supply a roll handling system for
Saica Containerboard’s new production line in Trafford,
UK. The new lightweight containerboard production line with
the production capacity of 400,000 tonnes/yr will be based at
Partington Wharfside, in Trafford, near Manchester in the United
Kingdom. Startup of the production line is scheduled for the
first quarter of 2012. Raumaster Paper’s (RMP) delivery will
include a complete roll handling system from winder to ware-
house. The use of proven components and modules will ensure
fast and trouble-free commissioning, as well as rapid attain-
ment of the product quality requirements.
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The Metso-supplied containerboard machine, PM 3, of Fujian
Liansheng Paper in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province in China
successfully started up in February 2011. PM 3 produces fluting within
the basis weight range of 80-120 g/m2. The annual production capacity
of the 6.4-m-wide (wire) machine is around 300,000 tonnes and the
design speed is 1,100 m/min. The production line was started up with a
Metso wet end machine clothing package.
Cascades has announced an investment that could total
more than $30 million and the startup of a new technology
at its Candiac, QC, tissue paper mill. Cascades now becomes
the only manufacturer in North America to have the Voith
Atmos technology to produce a superior quality tissue paper
with less recycled fibres. It will allow Cascades to manufacture
tissue products with fewer fibres, less energy, less water and
fewer chemical products than in any other paper manufacturing
process.
PRICING
Effective April 1, DuPont Titanium Technologies has an-
nounced a price increase of $0.15 per pound (USD), or as permitted by
contract, for all DuPont TiPure® titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades sold in
North America (United States and Canada).
Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, Canexus has
increased the price of sodium chlorate by CAD $50/metric tonne
in Canada, by USD $50/ton in the United States and by USD $50/
metric tonne for international shipments.
Buckman has announced a global price increase on products and
programs to all market segments of 5% to 15% depending on the
specific product or program and region of the world. Increases became
effective March 1 or as contracts allowed. Mounting raw material
prices and availability, as well as rising freight costs, are the major
drivers behind this increase.
R E G U L AT I O N S
Eka Chemicals, the AkzoNobel Pulp and Paper
Chemicals business, announces that it has been granted per-
mission by the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency
to use its Purate technology to produce chlorine dioxide for
applications to control microorganism contamination in pulp
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Worldwide graphic paper demand
is growing again, but the forecast
risks are high
By John Maine, Vice President World Graphic Paper, jmaine@risi.com
The worldwide markeT for graphic papers, defined
as newsprint plus printing and writing papers, is coming back
to life after two years of record worldwide decline. The increase
in demand last year was pretty impressive as world demand
jumped 6.5 million tonnes, or 4.8%, to a level of 143 million
tonnes. however, we need to point out that demand fell 20 mil-
lion tonnes in the previous two years, and a significant portion
of the recovery last year was an inventory bounce. Now that
the inventory recovery is largely complete, we will get to see in
2011 if the recovery in demand has any real roots.
on the positive side, we are seeing strong worldwide gdp
growth and it is driving increased demand for advertising,
communication and business transactions. gdp growth is
expected to stay between 4% and 5% per year for the next five
years. The energy shock may dampen some of the growth in
2011, but we still expect worldwide gdp to grow in excess of
4% in 2011, led by gains of 8-9% in india and china. for the
last 20 years, worldwide demand for graphic paper has been
growing about 1.5% per year less than gdp, mainly due to
declines in developed countries. so according to the historical
trend, if world gdp is growing 4-5% per year, world demand
for graphic paper should gain about 2.5-3.5% per year.
Shift to new technology will accelerate
The market certainly beat that trend last year, however, we do
not believe that global demand will keep up with its historical
trend relative to gdp. The major influence behind this change
is, of course, the rapid adoption of new electronic technolo-
gies, not only in the developed world, but also in many devel-
oping regions of the world that will leapfrog ahead and skip the
print applications that drove demand growth in North america
and europe. The i-pad and similar devices that were only intro-
duced in the second half of 2010 are already getting adopted at
a faster pace than any new technology has ever been adopted
before, including smart phones. and the potential for displace-
ment of print media is huge. New technologies have certainly
impacted paper demand trends in the past as well, and are in
fact the major reason why paper demand growth has lagged
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gdp, but we believe that this shift from print to new technol-
ogy will actually accelerate over the next five years.
A slow return
Because of this rapid adoption of new technology, it will take
the world demand for graphic paper a long time to dig its way
out of the hole into which it fell in 2008 and 2009. we have had
several downturns in world demand in the past, one in 1996
followed by a more severe drop in 2001. in both cases, world
demand was setting new records again within 12-24 months
after the downturn ended. Because the slide in 2008-2009 was
so steep and the recovery will be muted by rapid advances in
technology, we do not show world demand for graphic paper
regaining its 2007 peak for another six years.
The buffering effect of new technology will begin imme-
diately in 2011. we are predicting a meager growth rate of only
1.3% in world graphic paper demand in 2011, a much lower
result than the initial 4.8% spike out of the recession in 2010.
The risk to this forecast is high, with equal risk on both
the down and up sides. and the consequences for the major
market players are huge. although world demand will grow
2 million tonnes per year, world capacity growth in asia will
exceed this amount. so asian producers will be forced to scour
the globe looking for growing markets, and european and
North american exporters may be forced to permanently shut-
ter more capacity that the world does not need. There are, of
course, many differences by grade and region, but the bottom
line is that North american and european markets will decline,
and there will be limited opportunity to push a lot of un-
needed capacity onto a maturing world market. Thus, capacity
closures will likely continue for several more years. we already
have several occurring in both North america and europe in
2011, despite the fact that worldwide demand and prices are in
the middle of a recovery.
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