1. Index

2. Attendance

3. Steering Committee Meeting

4. Business Meeting

5. Subcommittee Meetings

6. Technical Session (copies of papers in Appendix ????)

7. Mill Opportunities Session

8. Mill Problems and Solutions Session

Appendix 1 - Subcommittee Reports

Appendix 2 - Liaison Reports

Appendix 3 - Technical Session

Appendix 4 - Miscellaneous

ATTENDEES:

Ron Arsenault

G

Air Liquide, Moncton, NB

Tom Mullen

Mp

Air Products, Allentown, PA

Burton Branch

M

Alcell Technologies Inc., Miramichi, NB

Shawn Russell

M

Avenor Inc., Dryden, ON

Ron Dokis

M

Avenor Inc., Thunder Bay, ON

Jack Ayton

M

Canadian Liquid Air, Vancouver, BC

John Brazil

M

Canfor, Prince George, BC

Anders Samuelson

G

Crestbrook Forest Ind., Cranbrook, BC

Nancy Van Allen

M

CXY Chemicals, North Vancouver, BC

John Kronis

Ms

Degussa Canada, Vancouver, BC

Dennis Owen

M

Dennis Owens Associates, Kingston, ON

Dominique Phaneuf

M

Domtar, Cornwall, ON

Gordon Brown

Mp

Dow Chemical, Sarnia, ON

Ross Anderson

M

Dupont Canada Inc., Maitland, ON

Doug Reid

G

Eka Nobel, Marietta, GA

Andy Hollebakken

Ms

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Crofton, BC

Carlo Dal Monte

M

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Elk Falls, BC

Don Olson

M

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Mackenzie, BC

Michel Aumont

Ms

FMC of Canada, Joliette, PQ

Robert Duncan

Ms

Fraser Inc, Edmunston, NB

Peter Gleadow

Ms

H.A.Simons, Vancouver, BC

Dave Johns

Mp

Hampshire Chemical, Lexington, MA

Doug McKenzie

M

Harmac Pacific Inc., Nanaimo, BC

Stan Heimburger

M

Heimberger and Company, Bellingham, WA

Gerry Pageau

M

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper, Port Mellon, BC

Chris Kanters

M

ICI Canada Inc., Montreal, PQ

Frank Agostinelli

G

Ingersoll-Rand, Montreal, PQ

Tom McDonough

M

Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA

Jeff Tolan

M

Iogen Corporation, Ottawa, ON

Don McCabe

M

Irving Pulp and Paper, Saint John, NB

Jack Histed

M

Jack Histed Consulting Ltd., L’Orignal, ON

Jim Collins

M

James River Marathon, Marathon ON

Norm Liebergott

M

Liebergott and Associates, Montreal, PQ

Lorne Morey

M

Natural Resources Canada, Hull, PQ

Bernard McNicoll

G

NLK Consultants, Montreal, QC

Tasso Skothos

M

Noranda Technology Centre, Pointe Claire, PQ

Dennis Matson

M

Northwood Pulp and Timber, Prince George, BC

Mike Towers

G

Paprican, Prince George, BC

Jean Bouchard

M

Paprican, Pointe Claire, QC

Hassan Loutfi

G

Paradigm Technology, Saint John, NB

Paul Baker

G

Paradigm Technology, Saint John, NB

Rosanna DiLabio

G

Praxair Canada, Mississauga, ON

Bob Hamilton

Ms

Rainy River Forest Products, Fort Frances, ON

Leon Magdzinski

G

Repap Technologies, Valley Forge, PA

Stuart Scott

M

Repap, Miramichi, NB

Mike Luers

Ms

Sandwell, Vancouver, BC

Doug Peeling

M

St. Anne-Nackawic Pulp, NB

Réal Paquin

M

Stone-Consolidated R&D, Grand-Mere, PQ

Jean Barrette

M

Tembec Inc., Temiscaming, PQ

Tony Gomersall

Mp

Valmet Automation Canada Ltd., Montreal, PQ

Gary Berndt

M

Weyerhauser, Kamloops, BC

Eric Yee

M

Weyerhauser, Prince Albert, SK

Phil Pagaria

G

Weyerhauser, Tacoma, WA

M = member, Mp = probationary member, Ms = member’s substitute, G = guest