Lotta Lyrå takes the helm at Södra after a 12-year absence, having spent the last decade in the retail sector. Now she plans to bring what she’s learned back to the pulp industry.

Planning and preparation work. This is especially true in the pulp, paper, and converting industries.

At TAPPI’s recent Student Summit (tappistudentsummit.org) we asked a few of the industry professionals involved in the Summit’s annual Career Fair two critical questions.

When I look at the pulp and paper industry I see a common thread: all of the support, opportunities, and flexibility it offers young professionals—including working mothers and diverse colleagues from a variety of engineering backgrounds—makes it a great sector to work in, now and into the future.  

The use of APS tools creates a disciplined approach and a better way of thinking about problems by creating a common mill language.

The benefits of digitalization are meaningless unless our talent has a deep knowledge and understanding of the pulp and paper industry’s complex process interactions.

CHRISTER IDHAMMARIDCON, INC. FOUNDER AND RECOGNIZED RM GURU In our last issue, Christer explained “Belief 1” of his maintenance strategy in depth. This time, we’ll take an overview of the first nine in a set of 15 beliefs developed from his time spent in various reliability and maintenance positions over the span of six decades throughout 52 countries. Belief I: ...

New boiler enables environmentally friendly and more energy-efficient operation.

BRUCE JANDA The coronavirus pandemic has touched all parts of the global forest supply chain and has brought new visibility into the pulp and paper industry (P&P) in particular. In North America and Europe, the P&P sector has been front-page news since the widespread run on toilet paper that took place from March through June. To meet the surge in ...

Paper manufacturing and recycling industries have manageable options for capturing the benefits of emerging technologies.