If the energy crisis intensifies as the government continues to pursue low-carbon economic policies, will this dynamic accelerate consolidation within the industry?
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Should Maintenance Cost be Benchmarked?
TOR IDHAMMAR Trying to benchmark maintenance cost is a very common practice among many plants or companies. The maintenance cost/ton or maintenance cost/unit is usually considered the most important benchmark. However, only focusing on the maintenance cost/unit benchmarking is not useful. Why not? First, comparing maintenance cost between plants is very difficult because of variables such as the organization’s definition ...
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COVID-19 tops list for 2021, with the next dominating factors going forward being sustainability and diversity.
Read More »TJ Honors TWO Best Research Papers for 2020
For the first time since the award’s inception in 2006, two papers have been selected
Read More »2021 TAPPI/PIMA Awards: Rising to the Challenge
These outstanding professionals demonstrate that volunteer leadership and personal achievement all contribute to the success of our industry.
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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.
Read More »Young Professional Perspective: Shaping the Future Through Mentoring
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.
Read More »Two Processes: Two Systems?
The days when senior management could afford a limited understanding of a company’s systems and strategy in supporting the ADM and O2C processes are rapidly disappearing.
Read More »Anthony Pratt is RISI’s NA CEO of the Year
The Visy/Pratt Industries executive chairman is leading a recycling resurgence and is aiming to develop a ‘Lights Out’ mill.
Read More »Capturing the Momentum of Change
Adele Elice-Invaso looks toward the future for Australia’s pulp and paper industry, and how Appita can help turn the challenge of rapid change into an opportunity for transformation.
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