April 28, 2023
March 29, 2023
Passing of David McDonald
It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of David McDonald on March 21st at the age of 72. Dave spent 45 years in the pulp and paper industry as a research scientist and was a member of PAPTAC for many of those years. He wrote many peer-reviewed…
February 20, 2023
PAPTAC CENTRAL: Bleaching Committee Spring Meeting 2023
PAPTAC’s Bleaching Committee Spring 2023 meeting will be held April 18-20 in Fredericton, NB, hosted by Aditya Birla Nackawic Mill. The first two days of the meeting (April 18th and 19th) will be at the Delta Fredericton from 8am to 5pm, and then there will a tour of the Nackawic…
February 12, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Another successful conference delighted participants
A World-Class Program Delighted PaperWeek’s Participants The 2023 PaperWeek edition rewarded participants with another stunning program and an incredible mill participation, with 746 mill employees among a total of 950 registered delegates.Over 100 speakers presented their work, and shared their thoughts and ideas in panels and roundtables at PaperWeek 2023,…
February 4, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Bleaching & Environment Program
The 2023 PaperWeek edition will feature 2 bleaching sessions dedicated to Chemicals & Additives on Monday and Tuesday afternoon, as well as an Environment session on Tuesday afternoon, 14:30 ET. BLEACHING I, Monday February 6, 14:30 ET 14:30 “Energy Demand and Carbon Footprint of Bleaching Chemicals”, Alexis Metais, Xylem 15:00…
February 2, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Reliability Program
After a 27 year career in the pulp and paper industry, Tom joined Reliability Solutions in 2011 to return to his passion for building people. On Monday February 6, 12:30 ET, Tom Carr will share his reliability experience in a full session entitled “What is Robbing you of a Good…
February 1, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Tissue Program
The Tissue track will run 4 technical sessions from Monday to Thursday in the afternoon, with expert presentations around timely topics related to various stages of tissue making. SESSION 1, Monday February 6, 14:30 ET- Pulp Furnish for Tissue – Market Trends 14:30 “Key Issues for NBSK demand & supply…
January 17, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Energy Program
The Energy track will run 3 technical sessions from Monday to wednesday in the afternoon, as well as a Workshop on Thursday afternoon. SESSION 1, Monday February 6, 12:30 ET- Energy Efficiency Programs/Incentives and Impacts A discussion around presentations by: • Hydro-Québec – Bernard Bégin • NB Power – Spencer…
January 12, 2023
PaperWeek FLASH: Papermaking Program
The PaperMaking track will run 4 sessions from Monday to Thursday in the morning. Look forward to expert presentations on Chemistry, Recycling and New Grade Development! SESSION 1, Monday February 6, 10:00 ET- Advances in Papermaking Chemistry 10:00 “Quick Inversion Polymers: A New Family of Fixatives and Particle Retention Boosters”,…
December 5, 2022
PaperWeek FLASH: Program at a Glance and Registration open at PaperWeek Virtual 2023
PaperWeek Canada, PAPTAC’s flagship conference serving the pulp & paper and forest products industry, will be held February 6-10, 2023 on the MSTeams platform. PaperWeek will offer participants a complete technical program in papermaking and pulping, bleaching, energy, tissue, environment, reliability, safety, management, chemical recovery, including roundtables and a supplier…