Ahead of the Curve

‘Make in India’ vs. Making Paper in India: A Balancing Act?

20 Sep 2017 This is an excerpt from an article originally published in the Jun-Jul 2017 issue of Paper Mart India magazine (www.papermart.in). With the incessant and nagging challenges of raw material availability, adherence to environmental norms, and competing with swiftly increasing cheaper imports, India’s pulp and paper industry has the arduous target of creating 1,000,000 tonnes (metric tons) of integrated capacities in pulp, paper, and paperboard to meet consumption demands—a daunting task without conducive policy environment. Does the Indian government’s “Make in India” campaign take stock of challenging manufacturing conditions in this vital industry? The editors of Paper Mart India interviewed experts in India’s growing pulp and paper industry to learn more.

Mountains of waste could lead to new U.S. manufacturing, jobs

21 Jun 2017 By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University Researchers at Texas A&M University are exploring ways that lignin waste from pulp and paper operations can be transformed into carbon fibers used in a range of products from tennis rackets to automobiles.

Moving maintenance from reactive to proactive

29 Jul 2015 My experience has taught me that most folks working in the pulp and paper industry don't have an understanding of what it takes to change a reactive maintenance department to a proactive and reliable one.

Engineered Softwood Could Transform Pulp, Paper, Biofuel Industries

06 May 2015 April 20, 2015. Scientists today demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods.

TAPPI's southeast Ambassador's program identifies knowledge that pulp mills need

25 Mar 2015 Earlier this year, TAPPI members and staff visited several pulp mills in the southeastern U.S., as part of the TAPPI Ambassador program.

APPI plants trees to commemorate its 100th anniversary

11 Mar 2015 To help celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2015, TAPPI, along with RockTenn, Valmet, TREES Atlanta, and members of the Dekalb County community, planted 100 trees in Decatur, Georgia.