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Appleton Coated: Focus on quality & sustainability

Appleton Coated: Focus on quality & sustainability

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April 2011 VOLUME 53 NUMBEr 4

Cover: Dale Kohl, Appleton Coated, p. 29. Photo by Martin Koepenick, Innova.

13 CELEBRATING A CENTENNIAL Boise’s International Falls mill has always been a leader in product innovation, investment and safety

21 FINE TUNING OPPORTUNITIES IN WOOD EXTRACTIVES CONTROL A new and innovative contaminant control technology also offers application expertise leading to process stability

29 THE NEW MODEL? For Appleton Coated, sustainability is not just a buzzword, but a way of life that centers around the customer

35 CHIP AND SHIP South American chips came to the rescue when foul weather hampered harvesting in the south east US

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f ro m t h e e d i t o r s f ro m t h e e d i t o r s

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

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

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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 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. A case in point is Mitsubishi Paper Mill’s (MPM) integrated Hachinohe mill, in Aomori prefecture. The plant, which can produce 585,000 tonnes/yr of bleached hardwood and soft-wood kraft pulp, around 849,000 tonnes/yr of printing/writing paper and 59,000 tonnes/yr of solid bleached board, was hit hard by the tsunami.

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. However, the company expects normal production to restart soon. 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 being affected by the earthquake. The company has not announced when it will restart production.

And Hokuetsu Kishu Paper’s 100,000 tonne/yr cartonboard Hitachinaka mill in Ibaraki prefecture has also stopped

production. The company has released no details about injuries or the extent of the

structural damage, but about 30% of its stock has been lost.

C o r p o r at e s t r at e G Ymetsä tissue switches to green electricity in ZilinaMetsä Tissue celebrated the extension of its local electric-ity distribution system and a new connection between the VVB Žilina dam and Metsä Tissue’s Žilina, Slovakia, mill. The connec-tion from the hydropower plant and associated high-voltage transformers were installed successfully to provide a source of renewable non-fossil electricity for Metsä Tissue’s ad-

jacent tissue paper mill in Žilina. In future, electricity produced with hydropower will account for some 70% of the mill’s total electricity consumption. In 2009, Metsä Tissue and VVB initiated co-operation aimed

at realizing this energy- and eco-efficient source of electricity.

The successful completion of this EUR 3.5 million project will bring

various positive ecological and economic impacts. The new hydropower connection

will lower transformation losses and thereby achieve improved energy efficiency.


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L A S T M O N T H1. RockTenn’s bold move to become second largest North American

containerboard producer2. RISI VIEWPOINT: Prospects generally improving for world pulp

and paper industry in 20113. Pulp and paper activity hit as massive street protests roil Egypt

4. EU plans anti-subsidy duties of up to 16% on coated fine paper from China5. RISI VIEWPOINT: Will sliding CWF prices further limit magazine

paper prices increases in Europe?6. International Paper introduces new was alternative product for the poultry industry

7. Boise to acquire Tharco Packaging and expand in packaging markets8. UPM’s planned acquisition of Myllykoski reported to EU competition authorities

9. Shandoing Huatai tests new fine paper machine10. Chilean earthquake strikes same region hit last year; Arauco,

CMPC confirm no major damageNote: Four of the original top 10 headlines dealt with RockTenn’s

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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.

m e r G e r s & a C Q u I s I t I o N sCmpC announces merger with newsprint subsidiary Inforsa in ChileChilean 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 finlandA 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

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Century India’s Century Pulp & Paper has postponed the startup of a new board machine and fiber line at its mill in Lalkua, in Uttaranchal state. The firm planned to bring the 180,000 tonne/yr Voith PM online in February, but a spokesman for Century Pulp & Paper said the date had been pushed back to April.

andhra pradesh (appm) A fire at the Indian company’s Rajahmundry facility caused Rupee 13 million ($287,000) damage, the company told the Bombay Stock Exchange. The blaze broke out due to an electrical short circuit on February 23 and was extinguished within three hours, according to APPM.

holmen Holmen has decided on the date for closure of the smaller paper machine, PM 61, at the mill in Madrid. Production will cease on 31 March. PM 61 has a capacity of 170 000 tonnes/yr. This equates to almost 10% of the business area’s production capacity. The paper machine produces coated magazine paper (LWC) as well as improved newsprint.

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weyerhaeuser The company has been named the world’s most admired forest and paper products company ac-cording to a study published in the March 21 edi-tion of FORTUNE magazine. Weyerhaeuser earned the top ranking in its industry for innovation, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, long-term investment, and quality of products/services.

Kimberly-ClarkThe company has been recognized as one of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Re-sponsibility Magazine. Kimberly-Clark ranked eighth in the 2011 listing, making it the top-rated non-food consumer products company on the magazine’s list.

China shengda packaging The company has signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the land use rights for a 166,533-m2 plot of land in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, China, to build a paper mill. It plans tobuild the new plant in two phases. Phase I will entail the construction of 100,000-150,00 tonnes/yr of paper capacity. Phase II is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.



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the Dutch Pehami investor group, which raised Euro 11 million ($15 million) for the project.

p r o J e C t s & o p e r at I o N sshandong huatai to commission second-hand newsprint machine in ChinaChina’s largest newsprint producer Shandong Huatai Paper has kicked off mechanical tests on a second-hand newsprint machine at a green-field mill in Jiangmen city, in the country’s southeastern province of 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. 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.

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.Sappi’s only DP is made at its Saiccor mill at Umkomaas, KwaZulu-

Natal in South Africa, but new DP capacity could come elsewhere.“We have no capacity currently outside of Saiccor, but we certainly have the ability to create capacity at our own facilities, besides Saiccor and besides South Africa,” Boëttger told Engineering News.


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PROjEcTS TO WATcH THIS MONTH

At the end of February 2011, model Group revealed plans to up-grade the sole paper machine, PM 2, at its Aarepapier recycled contain-erboard mill in Niedergösgen, Switzerland. The firm will replace the PM’s forming section with a new one supplied by Voith, in a bid to improve the paper quality. The 160,000 tonne/yr machine will be stopped throughout

July 2011 as a result. The Niedergösgen mill manufactures testliner 3 with a basis weight of 120-220 g/m² and

wellenstoff in the range of 100-170 g/m².

On January 6 2011, The Harper Government announced a new investment to protect

jobs in Canada’s forest industry through the Pulp and Paper Green Transforma-tion Program. The announcement will benefit alberta pacific forest Industries (alpac). As part of the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program, the Boyle

mill will receive $62.9 million to be used for upgrades that will improve the

mill’s energy efficiency and allow it to provide Alberta’s power grid with enough

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. Negotiations with the project’s prospective partners, Russia’s Vneshe-conombank (VeB) and Sweden’s södra, are at the final stage. VEB is set to provide the financial support for the Rouble 45 billion ($1.57 billion) scheme. Södra will become the project’s strategic and financial 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 the groundbreaking ceremony. The information above is from RISI’s Global Mill Projects Database, which gives you online access to continuously updated information on thousands of projects worldwide. For more information on RISI’s mill intelligence content, visit www.risi.com/millintel

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“We’re very pleased to see this deal come together. “This project is great news,

and it was achieved without the direct investment of taxpayers’ money. It is further

proof we have created the right business climate and a strong economy that attracts new

investment, activity and jobs to Saskatchewan.” Saskatchewan (Canada) Premier Brad Wall and

Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd on Domtar’s announcement that the Prince Albert pulp mill has been sold to Paper

Excellence and will be converted to produce dissolving pulp.

dev priya Industries, India, commissioned Voith paper automation with the stepwise upgrade of its pm 2 at meersut. amit Gupta, technical director, says that Voith automation provides the mill with “deep process knowledge”.

Burrows paper has completed work on the extensive rebuild of its pm 41 at pickens, ms. metso supplied a new 15-ft mG cylinder and integrated hood. a new winder was also installed.

a paper lamp was on display at the recent Northern light fair 2011 in sweden. the led lamp

has already won numerous awards. It is constructed of

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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSA U S T R A L I AIntegrated 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.

C A N A D AKruger 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.

F I N L A N DUPM, 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.

I N D O N E S I AJakarta-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

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.

N E W Z E A L A N DSCA 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.

S W E D E NSödra 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.

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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERSbiomass 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-

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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By GRAEME RODDEN, Executive Editor

Thinking ahead of the curve has helped International Falls survive and thrive 100 years


There 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

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.


Interestingly, three of the mill’s four original paper

machines still operate today although they have been

upgraded significantly over the years. As with many

mills that opened at the time, International Falls was

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.

Closely t ied

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


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the “Mando” mill as it appeared in the early part of the 20th Century. the building in the right foreground is now used as offices.

the new PM 1 started up in 1990



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

by the two mills and together they control the level

of the lakes above the mills with the approval of the

International Joint Commission.

Abundant wood and easy access to water were

the reasons for the construction of many a mill in the

early part of the 20th Century, just as they are critical

success factors today. Most of the mill’s fiber comes

from the region in the US, but at times, some may

come from further afield, even from Canada. It is pri-

marily hardwood (aspen and poplar). “These species

grow vigorously here,” says Anderson. The mill will

also buy chips from area sawmills.

In addition to the pulp manufactured on site, the

mill purchases pulp through the Fort Frances pipe-

line, the Boise mill in Wallula, WA, and recycled pulp.

Far s ighted ManageMent

So many of International Falls’ contemporaries have

shut their doors, how has this remote mill survived?

One of the first keys to its survival came more than 35

years ago, in 1975, when copiers and home printers

were beginning to make their mark, Boise Cascade

made the strategic decision to move to cut size

papers. “Being in these grades certainly helped us,”

Anderson notes.

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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, fl exible 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

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 fi ve 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 Certifi ed seal of approval for fi ve

years running, recognizing the paper’s outstanding

performance of papers in offi ce machinery.

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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.”

Bob Anderson: A special manAs 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.


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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DC-PRO Contaminant Control Technology offers papermakers an innovative chemistry solution and application expertise leading to...

FINE TUNING OPPORTUNITIES IN WOOD EXTRACTIVES CONTROL

With 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-

ture of contaminants, effect of water chemistry, and

an overall process stability and monitoring strategy

that make extractives control more effective.

REMOVING EXTRACT IVES 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 EXTRACTIVES

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 EXTRACT IVES CONTROL STRATEGY

Two major focuses of extractives control strategy can

be clearly identified and defined:

• Preventinguncontrolledagglomerationofcolloidal

fraction;

• Managingsolublefractionofextractivesby

preventing its re-precipitation.

These challenges are significantly higher at

neutral and alkaline pH, in the cases of using blended

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.

FACTORS AFFECT ING AGGLOMERAT ION OF COLLOIDAL P I TCH

Controlling colloidal pitch particles requires a clear

understanding of factors that affect their stability. Since

colloidal stability is based on repulsion of anionic

particles, all factors that either lower their charge level,

lower repulsive forces between charges or increase en-

ergy of collisions between particles leads to increased

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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Fig. 1 - STRuCTuRE OF COLLOIDAL PITCH PARTICLE AND bASIC PITCH COMPONENTS AT VARIOuS PH VALuES



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.

MAJOR STRATEGIES IN CONTROLL ING COLLOIDAL P I TCH

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

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 IXAT ION AND AGGLOMERAT ION: HYbR ID F IXAT IVES

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-

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 FRACT ION: PREVENT ING PREC IP I TAT ION

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


chemicals

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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

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 D IFFERENT F IbER SOuRCES : bEST PRACT ICES

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.

CONCLuS ION

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

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?

Appleton 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

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 &


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


customer services, for Appleton Coated, emphasizes

fl exibility 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 effi ciency 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 effi ciency, 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.”

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PUTT ING FLEX IB IL I TY INTO PAPERMAKING

A decisive difference over the last fi ve years has been

the determination to increase fl exibility 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 effi ciency


papermaking

Some green factsAppleton 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 satisfi es our customers and us for all the right rea-sons; the power of print combined with social responsibility.”

Mark Pikturna, Appleton Coated director of operations, believes that “Versatility is designed into the way we run our paper machines

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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 confi rms that millions of dollars

were saved in 2010, based upon projects to optimize

runnability and effi ciency, while at the same time

opening the way for greater fl exibility 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 benefi ts

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 effi ciently. In addition, being

higher in solids, transport costs are lower, so the

papermaking

Propelling inkjetAppleton 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 fi rst 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 fi nished 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.”

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


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.”

RETH INKING COAT ING FORMULAT IONS

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

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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international logistics

By ROLAND FRITSCH

South American chips came to the rescue when foul weather made harvesting operations in the US south east virtually impossible

CHIP AND SHIP

Raw 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

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

logs and woodchip inventory at the different pulp

and paper mills in the south east US. The immediate

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


AMCEL chip mill and Santana port, Amapa, Brazil

Typical five-year-old E.Urograndis plantations at AMCEL


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

to three million tons/yr.

A US EnqUiry

While Fulghum was involved in the AMCEL chipping

operation, providing technical assistance and evalu-

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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operations in Chile and trading division, meant that everything

was in place to start this new venture.

After arranging all the legal aspects of the operation, in mid-

February the green light was given for AMCEL to proceed with the

production and vessel loading of two full woodchip carrier cargos

for G-P. At the end of February, Lee Temple, fi ber general manager

at G-P, together with Fulghum personnel, traveled to the AMCEL

facilities in Brazil to supervise the loading of the fi rst vessel. Produc-

tion and quality of the product were monitored during the fi ve-day

loading time. This visit confi rmed the high quality of the product

together with Amcel’s enormous potential for fi ber supply.

Woodchip carriers have an average capacity of 40,000 green

metric tons (44,000 green short tons), loaded in six discrete holds.

The Reserve, LA, port was chosen for the unloading by G-P. With a

stationary crane and an ample stock pile area, the port was ideal

for the incoming woodchip carriers. Sailing time from Santana to

Reserve was only 10 days, a refreshingly short voyage time compared

with the long round trips often experienced in the international

woodchip market trade.

Some initial technical problems with the unloading equipment

and operation made the unloading of the fi rst vessel a little slower

than expected, but the chips arrived just in time at the Port Hudson

mill, thus avoiding problems that could have been generated by the

lack of raw material at the mill. The second vessel offl oading also

concluded with few issues.

In addition to the two vessels for G-P, Fulghum Fibres con-

cluded a two-vessel sale of similar fi ber to MeadWestvaco (MWV),

imported through the port of Beaumont, TX, and dispatched to

the Evadale, TX, pulp mill. Hard work and fi ne coordination had

to be implemented in order to arrange four vessels (two for G-P

and two for MWV) at short notice, but AMCEL and Fulghum had

the capacity to fulfi ll the requirements needed. Initial unloading


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rates at Beaumont were also lower than expected,

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 fi ber 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 fi ber

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, offl oaded and transported

to the two pulp mills within the forecasted time

frames

• The chips were stored, digested and processed

into fi nal 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 benefi t of planning in advance for such contin-

gencies, including having a back up volume com-

mitted from a “trouble free” zone, could be extremely

benefi cial for the pulp and paper industry. PPI

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A W A R D SHoneywell 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 SLorentzen & 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.

M E R G E R S & A C Q U I S I T I O N SPolyOne 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 SMetso and Suzano Papel e Celulose are in advanced negotiations towards concluding a contract for the supply of all

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.

O R D E R S & C O N T R A C T SMitsubishi 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.

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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.

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.

P R I C I N GEffective 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 and paper mill process water.

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R I S I v i e w p o i n t

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

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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