Tissue World 2007

With the event drawing over 2,400 people from over 89 countries, this year's event was claimed by the organisers to be the best ever! (Tissue World 2007). What was there for the paper chemicals industry? A good opportunity to network with tissue producers - the event does attract a higher proportion of papermakers than many other industry events. The conference covered the following paper chemical topics:

Supporting Roles of Fabrics and Chemicals in the STT™ Process
Jeffrey B. Herman, Market Development Manager – Global TAD, Albany International Corp., USA & David M. Volpe, Sr. Applications Specialist, Hercules Inc., USA

Give me Strength!
Geoff Sheridan, Marketing Manager, BIM KEMI, United Kingdom

Energy Reduction through Wet End Addition - Fact or Fiction?
Chris McGregor, New Product Launch Manager, Hercules Ltd., United Kingdom
co-author:
Ian Padley, Global Market Segment Mgr., Tissue & Towel, Hercules Ltd., United Kingdom

More Tons, Less Energy, and Reduced Total Costs via Enzymatic Deinking
James Tausche, Co-Founder and CEO, Enzymatic Deinking Technologies, LLC (EDT), USA

Wet End Impacts on Creping: Effect of Retention/Drainage Aids
on Yankee Coating
Gary S. Furman, Research Associate, Nalco Company, USA
Co-authors:
Richard B. Phillips, Tissue Industry Technical Consultant, Nalco Company, USA
Sam L. Archer, Principal Consultant, Nalco Company, USA

There was a good overview of the European Tissue Industry by Esko Uutela of EU Consulting and much of this work is covered in a recent article (European Tissue Market).

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