Projects

Revitalizing U.S. Market Pulp

Research Theme: Innovation

Project Objective Statement: Analyze market trends in the pulp industry and provide a comprehensive database book of market pulps for revitalizing the U.S. market pulp business.

Project summary:

The purpose of this project is to analyze market trends in the pulp industry and provide a comprehensive database book focusing on the various market pulps to achieve the following goals:

1) Stimulate the market pulp industry in the US to refocus their strategies.
2) Provide value-oriented descriptions of the major market pulps.
3) Enable specialty paper mills to develop high performance, more profitable products.

The book should deliver the information as a practical, relevant "Resource Book" of the market pulps with highly instructive SEM micrographs of all the major pulp species accompanied by a detailed description of each fiber's distinctive properties, unusual attributes and most appropriate applications. Structure of the final products will be shown by SEM photographs to emphasize the importance of fiber morphology to the product performance.

Contact:

Dr. Hiroki Nanko, Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech

Tel: 404 894-9520

Hiroki.Nanko@ipst.gatech.edu

Planned Duration: 1 year; started in Summer 2002