Perspectives

Product Life Cycle Analyses: Are Results Meaningful?

Jan 15, 2015 at 11:00 am by admin

Since the 1950s, companies have attempted to project the life cycles of new products. Intuitively, it seemed realistic that once a product was introduced, it should advance th.... Read More

Media hype on climate change

Dec 18, 2014 at 11:01 am by admin

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fifth Assessment Report in November 2014 (AR5 in IPCC jargon). This is a summary of the various scientific re.... Read More

Are Traditional Training Methods Obsolete?

Dec 11, 2014 at 11:00 am by admin

When I was working as a young engineer at the Mead Corporation, I had the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive training course entitled "Paper Knowledge." Mead recogn.... Read More

Australasian Pulp & Paper in 2014: Is there any good news?

Nov 20, 2014 at 11:01 am by admin

Annually at about this time of the year we look back at how the pulp and paper industry in Australia and New Zealand has fared for the business fiscal year, which in Austral.... Read More

Rethinking Environmental Concerns Associated with Paper Manufacturing

Nov 10, 2014 at 11:00 am by admin

Many of the major environmental objections by groups opposed to the paper manufacturing processes have been largely refuted. The most effective pushback was organized in Europ.... Read More