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The AIChE Forest Products Division home page is no longer here, but now has its own domain at www.forest-products.org, with Jeff Lindsay still serving as Webmaster.

Forest Products on the Internet

Good Starting Points
Forestry
Pulp and Paper
News Groups and Mail Lists
Wood Science and Technology
Just for Fun: Entertainment with Paper

Good Starting Points

An excellent starting point is The Pulp and Paper Jumplist, which offers links and other information for many aspects of the pulp and paper industry. Frequently updated, extensive. David Craig is the originator of this page.

Steve Shook's Directory of Forest Products - a useful general resource for most things related to the forest products industries. It offers well organized information (mostly WWW links) on forest products, forestry, wood engineering, research, markets and marketing, etc. Primary emphasis is on solid and composite products.

PaperOnWeb - a huge collection of links relating to the paper industry, divided into groups such as pulp producers, paper producers, chemical suppliers, consultants, etc.

The Wisconsin Paper Council is a trade association of 28 paper companies in Wisconsin. In addition to corporate links, there is useful information about papermaking, history, new, etc.

Industry Link offers a huge set of links to many industries, including a large page of links for the pulp, paper, and forestry industries.

Forestweb- A major Internet provider of news, information and on-line services to the forest products industry.

Forestry Sites

A huge list of forest industry and forestry sites can be found at the WWW Forestry Virtual Library. This list is maintained by Jarmo Saarikko and is sponsored by the EMIT laboratory at the Finnish Forest Research Institute, METLA, in Helsinki. A smaller but useful forestry list is offered by CSIRO in Australia.
Forest World: A large site with extensive information about forestry and the forest products industries, including trees of the world, a marketplace, 6500 Internet links, a photogallery (including a contest), news, conferences, etc. A marvelous site!

Pulp and Paper:

Universities and Research Organizations

Auburn University Pulp and Paper Research and Education Center: The Pulp and Paper program at Auburn is in the Chemical Engineering Department of this fine university in Alabama. The web site provides information about the program, the people, and their work.
University of Maine's Chem. Eng. Dept.: The department offers a B.Sc. in Pulp and Paper Technology and has a program in Paper Surface Science. Also of interest is the Pulp and Paper Foundation and the Pulp and Paper Process Development Center.
The Institute of Paper Science and Technology: The former private graduate school supporting the paper industry has now been assimilated into Georgia Tech. This site includes general information on IPST research programs, facilities, sponsors, their paper museum, and so forth. Be sure to take the excellent virtual tour of The American Museum of Papermaking. An example of the work being done at Georgia Tech/IPST is that of Dr. Art Ragauskas.
NC State Dept. of Wood and Paper Science: This site offers information about North Carolina's academic and research work.
Oregon State University: This site for the College of Forestry includes useful pages about forest products and careers. You may also wish to visit the Oregon State Forest Products Department.
Western Michigan's Department of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging: Information on classes, facilities, pilot plants, and faculty.
University of Washington: Paper Science and Engineering: The College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington offers a graduate program in Paper Science and Engineering leading to a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
McMaster Centre for Pulp & Paper Research: The McMaster Centre is part of the Chemical Engineering Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Paprican: Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, is the largest pulp and paper research and technology institute in the world. Paprican's education program has two parts: post-graduate teaching and research at university centres and professional development short courses offered for member company staff. Paprican has pulp and paper centers at McGill University, the University of British Columbia, and Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal.
STFI - The Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute: A highly professional Web site offering many well-designed, attractive pages with useful information on research programs in pulp and paper.
The Pulp and Paper Centre at the University of British Columbia: This is a good site, but it uses large graphics files, making access slow for graphical browsers. The Director is Dr. Richard Kerekes. (Also visit the UBC Department of Wood Science.)
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering: Formerly the Wood and Paper Science Department, this department is part of the College of Natural Resources at the University of Minnesota. Department faculty members conduct teaching, research, and extension programs in the areas of bioproducts, and biosystems, with a variety of majors offered, including Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, and also Bio-based Products Marketing and Management. The department is located in St. Paul.
Paper Science and Engineering at SUNY-Syracuse: The paper page for the State Univ. of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Also the host for ESPRI, the Empire State Paper Research Institute.
Herty Foundation: A unique pilot facility in Savannah, Georgia used by many companies and schools for research in papermaking.
Centre Technique du Papier (CTP): CTP (or the Pulp and Paper Research and Technical Centre) is a leading paper research institute in Grenoble, France. (You may wish to use the English version of their Website.) They have pilot facilities such as a bleach plant, paper machine, coaters, recycle, and printing equipment, and do contract research for many companies. They also develop analytical instruments. A subsidiary of CTP is Techpap, which commercializes the inventions from CTP.
Department of Forest Products at the University of Idaho: Good information about their programs and faculty, useful links to related resources, and a valuable set of lesson plans from workshops on forest products and wood.
University of California Forest Products Laboratory: A lab in Richmond, California.
The University of Tasmania Chemistry Department: A student there once made a page offering a "virtual tour of handsheet making."
CSIRO of Australia and their Pulp and Paper Products Program.
Miami University - Paper Science and Engineering: (This is the university in Ohio, not Florida.) New and improved! This pulp and paper site offers information about Miami's pulp and paper program, the faculty, and more.
Univ. of Toronto Chem. Eng. Dept.
Paper Science at UMIST (Univ. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology): A good university in the United Kingdom with a well known program in paper physics and paper technology. Of particular interest is the web page of Professor C.T.J. Dodson, who offers an extensive web site dealing with the mathematics of paper physics.
Paper Converting Institute: PCI is at the Tampere University of Technology, Finland. This page explains the work and research at PCI and shows a diagram of their pilot line.
Norwegian Institute of Technology - Paper Program: From the pulp and paper chemistry department at this school in Trondheim, Norway. This recently improved site offers information about the Norwegian paper industry, the university, the city of Trondheim, etc. Good site.
YKI - Institute for Surface Chemistry: A Swedish research institute with a focus on paper-related surface chemistry.

Professional Organizations and Non-profit Groups

TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industries): TAPPI has finally has got a Web site now - and it's good. This site features information on conferences and other events, publications, and more. An excellent feature is the listing of executive summaries of Tappi Journal articles (beginning with July 1995). You can also see technical programs of upcoming conferences. Well done, TAPPI!
The American Forest & Paper Association: AF&PA is a large U.S. trade association, actively engaged in public relations, lobbying, and promotion of the forest products industries. It was once called the American Paper Institute. Their attractive site is informative and interesting.
PIRA: The Paper Industry Research Association in the United Kingdom is an important organization promoting research and disseminating practical information about packaging, papermaking, and related technologies. Their web site has grown significantly in the past year.
Forest Industry Suppliers and Logging Association (FISLA): FISLA is an independent Canadian-based non-profit industry organization devoted to the sustainable development of all forest industry sectors. FISLA consists mainly of companies that provide a variety of goods and services (including logging) to primary producers.
The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies: The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies is a joint venture between the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Pulp and Paper Industry. The overall mission of the Center is to become the preeminent business studies research and education enterprise dedicated to issues of the Paper Industry worldwide. And now they have an excellent US Mills Online tool that lets you learn what pulp and paper mills are in any state.
The Australian Pulp and Paper Institute (A.P.P.I.): An educational and research center within the Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University. The Institute is sponsored by the major pulp and paper companies. It also receives valuable support from supplier companies.
The Australian Paper Industry Council: An excellent source of information about the Australian paper industry. Links to industries, statistics, and much more.
The Forest Products Society: The society is in Madison, Wisconsin. It is a "non-profit organization promoting technical information transfer to further the socially beneficial use of wood and fiber resources." They publish the Forest Products Journal.
Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada: A membership organization of technically oriented people seeking to improve their own technical and scientific competence and to raise the technology of the Canadian pulp and paper industry. They sponsor significant technical meetings and expositions, among other things.
Paper Industry International Hall of Fame: Recognizing people who have made major contributions to the paper industry. The Hall of Fame also displays historical elements of the industry at its new home and provides an educational center for industry advancement.
The Society of Wood Science and Technology
NAPL (National Association of Printers & Lithographers): A technical organization for those in the graphic arts industries.
The Corrugated Packaging Council: The CPC develops and coordinates industry-wide programs to address corrugated packaging issues. Its mission is to increase awareness of corrugated's performance and environmental attributes, and to promote corrugated recycling. The site includes information on performance of corrugated materials, environmental issues, and news.
Wisconsin Paper Council: A network of papermakers in Wisconsin. This site includes a basic tour of the papermaking process (good for kids).
Walden-Mott.com: A network of printing and paper companies. They also offer PaperCatalog.com for printing papers.
International Sanitary & Supply Association
The Canadian Pulp and Paper Association: A major industry organization which sponsors excellent technical and trade conferences and publications. (URL updated Feb. 24, 1997.)
Quebec Forest Industries Association (QFIA): The Quebec Forest Industries Association represents most of the pulp and paper producers and lumber producers in Quebec.
The Paper Federation of Great Britain: An informative site covering interesting topics concerning the environment, the industry, and legislation.
AIChE Home Page: It's not forest products per se, but it's vital for chemical engineers. This useful site provides information on upcoming meetings - including many extended abstracts online - as well as info on other divisions, AIChE activities, etc.
Numerous other technical and scientific organizations: A giant list!

Pulp and Paper Manufacturers

AbitibiBowater

AbitibiBowater Inc. is the thrid largest paper company in the world, after completeing its merger with Bowater, Inc. on Oct. 2007. It is the largest producer of newsprint in the world and the largest recycler of newspapers and magazines in North America. AbitibiBowater produces a range of newsprint and coated and specialty papers, market pulp and wood products globally. It owns or operates 28 pulp and paper facilities and 31 wood products facilities located in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Korea. AbitibiBowater also sells pulpwood, saw timber, wood chips and electricity to customers located in Canada and the United States.

American Fine Paper Company

Located in Appleton, Wisconsin, AFP specializes in the purchase and sale of bond, offset, kraft and newsprint in rolls and skids of sheets. AFP has 22 paper mills in the Fox River Valley producing printing and writing papers.

Appleton

Formerly known as Appleton Papers, Appleton is a large and innovative paper company head-quartered in--you guessed it--Appleton, Wisconsin. Appleton Papers produces carbonless and thermal papers, labels, etc., as well as many specialty coated papers. They developed the microencapsulation process behind carbonless paper. And they are doing some great things with new technology like RFID (radiofrequency identification).

Aracruz

Aracruz is a major producer of eucalyptus pulp in Brazil. Soon to merge with Votorantim Celulose and Papel SA, another Brazilian pulp producer.

Boise Inc

Boise Inc. was formed when Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp. acquired the paper and packaging assets of Boise Cascade, L.L.C. in February 2008. Boise Inc. manufactures specialty and premium paper products, including papers for pressure-sensitive and flexible packaging applications, as well as containerboard and corrugated products, imaging papers for office and home, printing and converting papers, and newsprint and market pulp. As of Oct. 2008, they own five paper mills, five corrugated products plants, a corrugated sheet plant, and two distribution facilities. (NYSE: BZ)

Buckeye Technology

A leading producer of absorbent fibers and airlaid nonwovens for personal care markets. (NYSE: BKI).

Canfor Corporation

A British Columbian company that recently acquired Slocan. Their web site includes a great deal of information, including materials for teachers to help in educating about forests and environmental issues.

Clampitt Paper

A small company in Texas with a long tradition of making fine papers. A creative site.

Crane & Co.

Founded in 1801, Crane & Co. is a world leader in the production of secure papers for currency and official documents. Located in Dalton, Massachusetts. They also offer business and nonwoven papers.

Domtar (Canada)

Domtar is a major forest products company in Canada, producing pulp, paper, construction materials, etc. This site may be THE PREMIER CORPORATE SITE in terms of its educational benefit. In particular, their Wonderful World of Trees is definitely one of the best sites on the Web about trees. It is loaded with photos, info, games, etc. (Nice idea - I wish more paper companies offered educational features in their web site.) Requires frames.

FiberMark

Formerly Specialty Paperboard. They produce specialty fiber materials, including paper and synthetics. They have nine production facilities in the US and Europe.

Finch, Pruyn & Co.

This small company in Upstate New York has historic roots and a fine web site with a lot of information (including history dating back to 1865). They produce fine coated papers.

Fox River Paper Company

A leading manufacturer of premium writing, text and cover papers. Founded in 1883 and located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Their CEO, Bob Buchanan of Appleton, was named PIMA's 2000 Executive of the Year.

Georgia-Pacific

A giant in papermaking and forest products. GP's paper products include tissue (bath tissue, facial tissue, napkins, etc.), cups, packaging, specialty papers, and more. GP is also a major producer of building products such as plywood, gypsum, etc. The GP Website offers a lot of useful information, including do-it-yourself projects with forest products, such as making a dog house. If you are looking for the former Fort James Corporation, which itself was a merger of the former James River Corp. and Fort Howard Corp., then you've come to the right place, because Fort James was acquired by GP.

P.H. Glatfelter

A paper company that produces tobacco papers, printing paper, and specialty papers. Headquartered in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. The company also runs subsidiaries in Australia and Canada, including the Glatfelter Pulp Wood Co. Their Website provides an overview of the pulp and paper industry, as well as the forest preservation efforts of the company.

Hollingsworth & Vose Co.

Founded in 1843 and headquartered in East Walpole, Massachusetts, H & V offers specialty, industrial and technical papers and nonwovens. Process capabilities include wet laid, dry laid, meltblown and composite technologies.

Inveresk PLC

A British company that acquired Weir Paper. Inveresk offers a useful Learn about Paper section of their site.

International Paper

One of the world's largest and most diverse paper companies with operations in 31 countries and numerous products, including printing and writing papers, fluff pulp, market pulp, linerboard and corrugated boxes, packaging, etc. The newly updated web site provides basic information about the company - along with an enjoyable and creative section on their new packaging product for six-packs. They also have (or had - things change so quickly!) a site used as a recruiting tool. (IP recently acquired Union Camp.)

The Johnson Company

Johnson produces dryers for the paper industry, including the TechDry System.

Johnson Corrugated Products, Corp.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

K-C is the world's largest producer of tissue, including facial tissue, bath tissue, and paper towels. Personal care items such as disposable diapers and feminine care products are also an important part of this large company, along with nonwoven materials and other products. In 1995, K-C merged with Scott Paper Company and now has operations in 35 countries.

Klabin Paper (Brazil)

A Brazilian paper company with an interesting history.

Kruger

Kruger is a diversified maker of paper products based in Montreal.

Marcal Paper Products

Marcal offers 100% recycled tissue and other products. Their site is a good source of recycling information. One example is an interesting discussion on using the clay recovered from coated paper as an additive in cement. There is a kids page with games, a maze, etc., all pushing recycling. Information on company history has some interesting details, including the founder's invention of a wax paper dispenser.

MeadWestvaco Corporation

MeadWestvaco is a large and diverse paper company (packaging, imaging technologies, coated papers, chemical products, etc.), combining the expertise of the former Westvaco and Mead companies. As one interesting example of their modern approach to business, MeadWestvaco has launched MeadWestvaco Intelligent Systems, a group looking at high-tech solutions to better meet the needs of their customers. These solutions include RFID technology andother tools to give retailers real-time item-level inventory visibility for improved store performance.

Menasha Corporation

Founded in 1849 and located in Neenah, Wisconsin, Menasha Corporation operates more than 60 facilities serving various industries such as packaging, promotional graphics, materials handling, polymer technologies, and paperboard. Menasha Corp. is in the midst of a wave of layoffs in 1999.

Minas Basin Pulp and Paper

A Nova Scotia company making 100% recycled paper.

Mohawk Paper

A paper company in New York that produces a variety of paper grades, including premium writing papers, artist papers, and papers for digital printing.

NamPak

This African company is the second largest packaging company in the Southern Hemisphere and includes Nampak Tissue Division in South Africa. There are a variety of mills and offices in several countries.

Nexfor

Nexfor is a forest products company divested from Noranda in 1998. Northwood Pulp is now a part of Nexfor.

Norske Skog

This Norwegian company specializes in wood-containing printing papers and is one of the world's largest producers of newsprint.

Packaging Corporation of America

Formerly Tenneco Packaging.

Potlatch Corporation

Centered in Spokane, Washington, Potlatch is a forest products company with about 1.5 million acres of timberland in Arkansas, Idaho and Minnesota. They manufacture wood products, coated printing papers, bleached paperboard, premium private-label tissue products and market pulp.

Procter and Gamble

A major producer of tissue and absorbent articles, along with many other consumer products. Procter has operations in 140 countries. Their site is well crafted and informative. There is also a site for Procter and Gamble of Germany (alles auf Deutsch).

Rayonier

Riverwood International Corp.

Sappi

This is an international forest products group based in South Africa. They have a production capacity of over 3.2 million tons of paper and 2.6 million tons of pulp per year.

Sonoco

Sonoco is a global packaging corporation employing 19,000 people. They are especially known for their paper tubes and cores for wound rolls, produced with special proprietary methods. They also produce grocery bags, composite cans, pressure-sensitive labels, etc.

Smurfit-Stone Container

Stone Container and Jefferson Smurfit merged resulting in this large holding company that specializes in corrugated board and packaging materials. Now they are expanding into RFID and a variety of other innovative packaging solutions. (NYSE: SSCC)

StoraEnso

A large global forest products company headquartered in Helsinki, the result of a merger between the Scandinavian companies, Stora and Enso. They have also acquired Consolidated Papers. Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. Stora Enso Group has 36,000 employees in more than 40 countries on five continents and is said to be the world's largest producer paper and board. According to Wikipedia's article on Stora Enso, they may be the world's oldest limited liability company: "Originally known as Stora Kopparberg, it was granted a charter from King Magnus IV of Sweden in 1347. The first share in the company is however dated already in 1288 and mining in the mountain had started possibly much earlier."

SCA - Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget

A large Swedish company. SCA has 35,000 employees and deals with paper and packaging, primarily in Europe. SCA is also one of the biggest private forest owners in Europe with extensive research in forestry and pulp & paper manufacturing.

Tembec

A new and interesting site with information about Tembec's history, operations, products, environmental and forest management activities as well as financial results, company news and employment opportunities.

Treeco

Recycled, "tree-free" paper products - including pens and materials made from circuit boards.

UPM-Kymmene

This Finnish company is one of the largest forest products companies in the world. It deals in areas such as production of chemical pulp, sawmilling, plywood, papers for office and printing use, and magazines, advertising materials and sales catalogs.

Wallen, Inc.

A company specializing in roll grinders and service.

Wausau Paper Mills

Headquartered in Wausau, Wisconsin, they manufacture uncoated printing, writing and imaging papers, specializing in colored papers. The Web site is attractive and diverse, even offering a movie about the mill (the 2 MB movie file is surprisingly large for the very brief movie offered).

Whatman Company

A major producer of filter paper, engineered fibers, and special cellulose products for scientific applications, including diagnostic devices for a wide variety of analysis and separation techniques. Their Website is informative and interesting.

Weyerhaeuser

With nearly 40,000 employees and over 5 million acres of US forests, Weyerhaeuser is a major player in the forest products industries. They grow and harvest timber and make products such as building materials, pulp, paper, specialized fibers and other products. They lead the world in market pulp production.

Willamette Industries

Based in Portland, Oregon and founded in 1906, Willamette has two major product lines. Its Building Materials Group manufactures lumber, plywood, composite panels and custom products as well as engineered wood products. Its Paper Group manufactures business forms, fine paper products, market pulp, and unbleached paper products such as corrugated boxes and bags and sacks. They also produce their own inks and printing plates for several custom applications.

Other Commercial Sites: Labs, Consultants, Vendors, Consumer Products

ABB Pulp and Paper Solutions: This section of ABB's Web site deals with their offerings for the pulp and paper industries. ABB is large company that provides process control systems, drives, instruments, and energy systems for the paper industry (and other industries as well).
Abba Makolin Waldron & Associates, LLC: A new consulting firm with a lot of expertise in papermaking and consumer products. Includes a couple of experts formerly with Kimberly-Clark.
Ahlstrom: A home page for Ahlstrom, offering links to their annual report, product sectors, office locations, and "Ahlstrom scenery" - the latter has very big graphics files that may download slowly.
Air Products: This large company provides resources, technology, and expertise for bleaching operations (including oxygen and ozone bleaching), environmental operations (air pollution control and water quality), and other aspects of pulp and papermaking. The site is attractive and well organized, with many pages and lots of information.
Black-Clawson: A supplier of major equipment to the paper industry, including paper recycling systems, approach flow systems, and pulp processing equipment.
American Fine Paper: A supplier of fine printing paper made in mills in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin.
Andritz AG: This Austrian company provides machinery and unit operations for the pulp and paper industries, including recycling systems, systems for tissue paper mills, and systems for pulping and bleaching.
Babcock and Wilcox: Power generation, recovery boilers, and process control for the pulp and paper industries is just part of what this large and historic company does. Their web site is heavy on graphics (including animation) and offers many pages of information.
Bayer AG: A large supplier of chemicals for the pulp and paper industries and many other industries, as well. Dyes, fluorescent whiteners, pigments, fillers, and fixation agents are among the chemicals they offer.
Buckman Labs: Chemistry services and chemical products for the paper industry. This web site offers some of its information in four languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French. Nice! The photos of microbes offered at this site are especially interesting.
Calgon: They have a list of products, with some links to other sites.
Clariant: A major supplier of dyes and other chemicals (bleaching agents, wet end chemicals, barrier coatings, etc.).
Cytec: A major supplier of chemicals for the pulp and paper industries and many other industries as well. Their page of pulp and paper products features sizing agents, recycling aids, strength agents, wet end polymers, coating resins, etc.
Delta Training: A consulting firm specializing in training for personnel in the forest products industries. Their site offers a good demo of a training module for a chip screening system with information about the equipment.
ECC International Europe: ECC International is part of English China Clays, dealing primarily in speciality minerals and chemicals. ECC International is the minerals division and is the world's largest producer of white speciality minerals, many of which are used in the paper industry (e.g., coatings and fillers).
Econotech Services: Econotech is an independent laboratory providing services to the pulp and paper industries. This site is maintained by Graham Vandegriend, "full-time microscopist/wood technologist and part-time webmaster."
Eka Chemicals: A manufacturer of chemicals for bleaching, papermaking, and recycling.
GL&V/Celleco AB: An international supplier of separation technology solutions for the forest products industries. Based in Sweden, they provide centrifugal pulp cleaners, stock deaeration systems, fiber recovery and dewatering filters, screw presses, and recycled fiber systems.
Harris Associates: A job-search firm specializing in the paper and forest products industries. You can register as a candidate online.
Heidelberg USA: Suppliers of advanced printing and bindery equipment.
HeatWave Drying: This commercial site offers information on radio frequency drying technologies for wood products and other materials.
Honeywell Controls: (I did not find specific pulp and paper information at this graphics-intensive site.)
Indufor of Finland: A consulting firm whose services cover forest industry and environmental management.
Industrial Technology Institute: They offer equipment and services for surface topography measurements of paper products (embossing structure, for example). Moire interferometry is one interesting method for assessing surface structure.
Integrated Paper Service: A test lab and consulting service in Appleton, Wisconsin, featuring some of the past stars of the Institute of Paper Chemistry. A helpful resource for many paper companies and universities.
Jaakko Poyry: Jaakko Poyry is a major global player among forest products consultancies and apparently have the largest engineering group for forest products in the world. They also own Marathon Engineering in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Johnson Screens: Manufacturer of a popular solid-liquid separator, widely used in the paper industry.
Kadant Black Clawson: A supplier of major equipment to the paper industry, including paper recycling systems, approach flow systems, and pulp processing equipment. Located in Mason, Ohio.
KDM International: A forest products company in the UK, offering market reports and other information.
Metso Corp.: A giant firm that comprises several former equipment manufactures such as Valmet, Sunds Defibrator, and others. Metso Paper specializes in pulp, paper and power generation industry processes, machinery, equipment and aftermarket services. Offerings extend over the entire life cycle of the process, covering new lines, rebuilds and various services. They also offer control and automation systems.
PPG: PPG (Pittsburgh Plate and Glass) produces many chemicals used in the paper industry.
Resource Information Systems, Inc. (RISI): A consulting firm for economic analysis of the international forest products and related industries.
Saimatec: A Finish company specializing in roll wrapping systems and bulk material handling for the forest products industry.
Sunds Defibrator: A major producer of pulp processing equipment.
Tenneco Packaging: A diversified packaging manufacturer offering fiber-based materials and packaging for both consumer and industrial applications, as well as aluminum and plastic-based specialty packaging for consumer, retail, food service and food processing applications.
Thermo Fibertek: A division of Thermo Electron. They make equipment for the paper industry such as dryers, doctor blades, fabric treatment equipment, fiber prep devices, etc.
The 3M Innovation Page: The 3M site offers some great information and ideas about how to organize and manage research to promote innovation. 3M produces many paper-related products, including masking and packaging systems.
Thompson Analytic International: A firm that deals with the areas of marketing communications and support, community relations, recycling and strategic services. This web site is well organized and provides useful features without excessive graphics. One such service is a list of pulp and paper foundations (with e-mail addresses of key contacts).
Valmet: Valmet is now owned by Metso Corp.
VanNatta Logging and Forestry: An excellent guide to logging machinery - but it's much more than that. This is a Web site loaded with personality and interesting information. Classy and interesting. Offers extensive text about logging trucks, equipment, etc., as well as information on Oregon. There is also a photographic history of the VanNatta Family, whose ancestors have been logging in Columbia County Oregon for many years.
Voith, Inc.: A major supplier of equipment and technology to the paper industry. This interesting site has many pages with photos of equipment and information about their technology and businesses. Paper-related divisions include Voith Paper and Voith Fabrics.
Weavexx: A supplier of paper machine clothing.
Webex: Manufacturers of idler rolls, heat transfer rolls, vacuum rolls, custom machines, etc. Located in Neenah, Wisconsin.
Western Laboratories Inc. (Lännen Laboratoriot): Established in 1992, this is Finland's largest privately-owned research company serving the forest products industry. They provide long-term research collaboration, consultation, and laboratory analysis. This site now features an on-line "Ask an Expert" service.

Third-party Information about Paper-related Companies

Yahoo's Directory of Paper Sites (B2B)

Yahoo Paper News

Hoovers

Hoovers provides useful and extensive business information about many companies, including the paper industry. Specific information on various companies can be obtained, such as Kimberly-Clark, Procter and Gamble, Badger Paper Mills, MeadWestvaco and Georgia Pacific.

Other

Ei Paper Village - a new Internet-based information service focused on the international pulp and paper-related industry. Ei collects, evaluates and monitors quality sources and organizes them into easily accessible centers that make up the Village. Ei Paper Village includes a variety of journal articles. You can register for a free Village trial.
InfoSpace - A valuable general resource for finding locations of companies (as well as names, phone numbers, addresses, of people all over the U.S. and Canada).
Wood Chemistry Web
The Pulp and Paper Industry in Africa - a great resource offered by MBendi Information Services. They provide information about several mills and about Sappi (the South African organization of pulp and paper industries).

Government

US Forest Service: A very useful site providing extensive information related to US forests and USDA-sponsored research activities.
US Dept. of Agriculture home page
The Forest Products Laboratory: FPL is in Madison, Wisconsin, and is run under the auspices of the US Forest Service (USDA). The FPL site provides information on research (and allows you to order articles) on topics such as recycling, pulp and paper technology, wood use, and more.
EPA: Learn about new and proposed regulations.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

Magazines and Miscellaneous Information Sources

PaperAge: An excellent, free magazine for those in the paper industry. One of my favorites.
Pulp and Paper magazine: An excellent trade journal is now represented on the Web. This useful site features headlines, subscription information, and some news.
PaperLoop.com: A information and business exchange for the paper industry and related industries. A rich site with many tools and services.
Tappi Journal: One of the best sources of technical information about the pulp and paper industries, as well as nonwovens. Online abstracts are available. Nicely done!
Paper Industry Magazine: A new source of news for those in the paper industry. Their online resources provide a good way to check out upcoming events, new products, and industry news.
Paper Recycling Working Group: Also home of the excellent journal, Progress in Paper Recycling, this site offers useful information and forum on the science and engineering of paper recycling. The technical journal covers many aspects of recycling technology, waste paper sources and uses, deinking, recent patents, related university research, etc.
The Textile Institute and Textiles Magazine
Papermaking Science and Technology: A new and comprehensive book series in the field of papermaking. Published by the Finnish Paper Engineers' Association and TAPPI.
Alliance For Environmental Technology: Fascinating and thorough site - and possibly controversial. AET is "an international alliance of chemical manufacturers and forest products companies dedicated to advancing the environmental performance of the pulp and paper industry."
The site they provide is an extensive resource representing much of the paper industry on environmental issues related to bleaching. AET promotes the use of chlorine dioxide bleaching (rather than TCF) for reducing toxicity of effluents. This site offers thorough discussions, technical articles, and news, with attractive graphics, good layout, and generally good content. Many articles on environmental issues, with graphs, charts, and references. Features news articles, scientific discussion, etc. Highly recommended.
Recycler's World: A large commercial site with extensive information on recycling in general, including some on waste paper. Information includes listings of key organizations (such as AF&PA), magazines, and vendors of recycled materials. Rated as a "Top 5%" web site by Point Communications, but this site doesn't seem especially helpful for the pulp and paper crowd.
Pulp and Paper Net: Register for this free service to access information about suppliers, trade shows, etc. New and growing.
Finishing and Converting Page: Luigi Bagnato's outstanding service provides information about finishing and converting. On the lighter side, he also provides a page about making trees out of paper. Clever and funny.
The Forest Industry Network: An online business resource for the forest Industry. Lots of useful links, information sources.
WoodWeb.com: Loads of information and resources pertaining to wood and woodworking.
The Cotton Online Resource: Yes, it's cotton, but there's a lot for forest products people to learn from this area. The Cotton Online Resource, for example, offers an extremely valuable page called "Cotton for Nonwovens" that provides insight into cellulose chemistry, properties, etc., with respect to cotton, of course.
Wam Paper: A service of Wide Area Markets Ltd based in the UK. The main emphasis of the service is on the UK and the rest of Europe. Wam Paper is a focused service for senior professional people in the paper related industries.
The POZONE process for ozone bleaching of paper
Paper: A Stochastic Structure Of Fibres, Flocs and Voids: Professor Kit Dodson's extensive Web site providing lectures on paper physics (formation, fiber-fiber interactions, etc).
Access Business Online: A powerful new source of business and market information in many areas. It's just coming online, but already is very useful. Looks like a deep, well organized, and effective tool.
Gas Research Institute: GRI promotes research in several paper-related areas, including infrared drying and gas-fired drying methods.
Malaysian Timber Council: A very innovative, colorful, and refreshing web site (for those with fast modems or high-speed Internet access). Lots of good information about timber, forestry and wildlife in Malaysia and elsewhere. Also has paper-related links. Fun and diverse.
The American Museum of Papermaking: America's leading museum about papermaking is sponsored by IPST. This web site offers an excellent virtual tour of the museum and some great information about the history of papermaking.

Online Sources and E-commerce Centers

Research Consortium in E-Business in the Forest Products Industry: This is the FOR@C Research Consortium in e-business for the forest products industry, based at the Université Laval in Quebec City and our research is centred on the value creation network and the use of new technologies to plan, manage and control the activities and operations of that network.
PrintNation.com: Online purchasing of supplies relating to the printing industry, including many paper products.
Paperloop.com
E-Fibre.com: E-Fibre is an online auction site that acts as a neutral intermediary between sellers and buyers of papermaking fibres. Products are identified by grade definitions and region where manufactured, with quality attributes. Buyers and sellers remain anonymous until an auction is complete.
Forest Express: This new business-to-business enterprise made headlines when it was launched by Georgia-Pacific Corp., International Paper, and Weyerhaeuser Co. It's an electronic marketplace that will serve manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, buyers, and sellers. Functions include processing quotes and sales contracts, providing catalog information, and assisting in inventory management, insurance, credit, and both forward and reverse auctions. The initial focus is on printing and writing papers, building materials, recovered fiber and timber. Real-time transactions for the timber industry will be provided.
PaperCatalog.com: One of several services offered by Walden-Mott, the Paper Catalog lets printers and paper buyers compare and request quotes on printing papers. Gives detailed information on mill brands, manufacturers and distributors. Free services after registration.
Paper Exchange: This electronic marketplace focuses on paper. It provides an anonymous, secure Internet marketplace in which to negotiate, buy, sell and trade paper products.
Canada's Forest Network: CFN is a free online quote board designed to get buyers in touch with suppliers quickly. Focus is on lumber.
Pulp and Paper.Net: A site dedicated to many aspects of the global pulp and paper industry. You can locate products and suppliers from around the world, keep track of key events and conferences, stay in touch with the job market, and access a library of information.
US Mills Online at CPBIS: A tool to show you what pulp and paper mills are in any state of the US.

News Groups and Mail Lists

The Pulp and Paper USENET news group: Features free-forum electronic discussion of the pulp and paper industry. Location is "misc.industry.pulp-and-paper".
The Wood Science Mail List: This list, run by the Univ. of British Columbia Dept. of Wood Science, deals with wood and fiber science and many other areas of value to the AIChE Forest Products Division. To subscribe, send the message:
subscribe wood-science
to majordomo@unixg.ubc.ca.

Wood Science and Technology

Laboratory of Wood Tech. at Helsinki University of Technology: Offers good information on wood technology research, publications, etc. Not a forestry site.
Steve Shook's List of Wood-related Academic Institutions: Steve has compiled an extensive and useful list. This is just part of Steve's Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science, and Marketing site.
The Forest Products Laboratory: This USDA institution in Madison, Wisconsin produces a good deal of useful research in wood technology and other issues related to forest products. A useful site - lots of information.
Louisiana Forest Products Lab: A lab at LSU. Graphics intensive - worth visiting if only to see the beautiful wood background on their pages.
The Institute of Wood Science (Australia)

Just for Fun: Entertainment with Paper

Magic with paper: ideas and tricks

Jeff Lindsay's offering. Ideas for the magically inclined.

The Origami Museum: How to Make Origami

Macromedia Flash is used to show you in detail how to make the folds needed for beautiful origami structures.

The Paper Folding Project

A fascinating site by Paul Haberli within the Grafica Obscura site. Lots of information and demonstrations of beauty achieved by folding paper. Also see Dr. David Huffman's paper folding page.

The Best Paper Airplane in the World

Fun Toilet Paper Facts

An entertaining page on toilet paper. Hey, wipe off that smile! Toilet paper can be serious stuff.

Hand Papermaking

Arnold Grummer is an expert in making paper by hand and an artist who can show you how to have a lot of fun making beautful creations in your own kitchen.

Fun Paper Folds

Peter Callesen's Art with Paper

George W. Hart's Paper Polyhedra

A great site showing how to make complex paper structures (polyhedra).

The Prairie Paper Project

Douglas W. Jones at the University of Iowa has initiated an educational project based on papermaking with straw, designed for students (5th -10th grade). His site describes the project and its success. Looks like fun!

Joseph WU's Origami page

A cool site, with pictures of origami art (an F-14 Tomcat, for example - one of the favorite works of the ancient masters) and lots of information.

Yahoo's Origami Resources

Paper Art at the Folk Art and Craft Exchange

Paper Money

Frequently asked questions about the hobby of collecting paper money. Very informative. (Now if you really want to learn about the extensive history of money of all kinds, please see A Comparative Chronology of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day.)

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Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2007
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Special thanks to Laura Hermans for helping to update links!