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Producing heat and electricity together is an energy winner
Sometimes what’s old becomes new again, and cogeneration, which is more than 130 years old, is gathering momentum across the world.
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What Papermakers Are Thankful For
Accounts of the “First Thanksgiving” vary; but we know that President Abraham Lincoln made it official in 1863 with a proclamation that read, in part: “The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies… I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.”
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Museum Restoring Rare Model Fourdrinier
Many AOTC readers remember their first glimpse of a running paper machine—and the awe of seeing how much technology and engineering expertise goes into a simple sheet of paper. For some, viewing that first operating machine is the moment that cements a lifelong commitment to a career in the pulp and paper industry.
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A Week to Celebrate Forests and Print
It’s commonly accepted science that leaves turn color in the autumn when changes in air temperature and sunlight hours trigger a chemical process during which the leaves cease their food-making, causing the green chlorophyll in the leaves to break down and reveal the carotenes and xanthophyll pigments lying beneath.
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3 Things about the Paper Industry I Wish I’d Learned Sooner
By Sarah Garchinsky I come from a research and development background, with no previous paper experience. Now that I’m working regularly in mills, here are a few things that I wish I learned sooner about the paper industry.
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Stop Swapping Your Pumps and Start Testing Them Instead
y Jay Shellogg This article appears in the forthcoming January/February 2016 issue of Paper360°. Does anyone out there run two pumps in parallel so that if one fails you can swap to the other pump with little or no consequence to operations?
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North American Outlook: Coming out of COVID
Despite all the woes created by the pandemic, there is some optimism. The following article is an excerpt from a feature in the Jan/Feb 2021 issue of Paper360°, and is offered here as a “sneak peek” for Ahead of the Curve readers.
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Paper: A sustainable Holiday Tradition
Note: The articles below were first published on the blog of Two Sides NA, an independent, non-profit organization that is part of the Two Sides global network, which includes more than 600 member companies across five continents.
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Safety, Sustainability, Recycling are Top Advocacy Priorities
This article originally appeared on the AF&PA website at www.afandpa.org. AF&PA advances public policies that promote a strong and sustainable US forest products industry in the global marketplace.
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Exploring Possibilities in Packaging: Meet the Winners of the PPA Student Design Challenge
When you were a kid, did you ever build a rocket ship, adventure fort, or pirate boat?
