July-August 2017

July - August 2017

July-Aug 2017

Whether for a rebuild or conversion project, or for scheduled maintenance, every mill outage requires a tremendous amount of resources, including skilled labor. In regions with a high concentration of manufacturing facilities, high demand for resources can leave mill managers, contractors, and labor unions scrambling to meet demand. For mills in the paper-centric Wisconsin-Minnesota-Michigan Upper Peninsula (WI-MN-UP) area, a new ...

REBUILDS & CONVERSIONS Very different rebuild projects at two Midwestern mills both found success through Virtual Process Integration. DAN BAYER AND TONYA DITTMAN Collaboration. It’s a word often overused today. However, when executed well, true collaboration can transform how business is done. At Miron Construction, collaboration has transformed the way rebuilds are being delivered for several clients in the forest ...

The new shoe press section boosts productivity, improves quality, and reduces energy consumption. MARK WILLIAMSON The growth of containerboard demand in recent years has spurred new production capacity and some grade conversions of former publication paper machines. However, there is a third and very viable option for containerboard producers to modernize key parts of existing production assets—thereby boosting productivity, gaining ...

July-Aug 2017

…in case you missed it in TAPPI’s weekly electronic newsletter MANUFACTURERS Cascades Inc. celebrated the official inauguration of its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, PQ— a US$26.4 million investment. International Paper will invest about US$300 million to convert PM 15 at the Riverdale Mill in Selma, AL, from uncoated freesheet to high-quality whitetop linerboard and containerboard. The investment will ...

Jan Bottiglieri [email protected] As of press time for this column, Puerto Rico is still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Maria. Early estimates for the cost of the damage to the US South and Southeast from hurricanes Harvey and Irma range over US$100 billion. Images from the aftermath of these storms show the devastating effects that they’ve had on the ...

World-class performance can only be achieved in a reliability partnership work system. This graphic shows the engineering, maintenance, and operations partnership, with key responsibilities for reliability.