The organizational capabilities of the leading firms shape to a great degree the structural evolution of the pulp and paper industry. The phenomenal expansion and structural change of the North American pulp and paper industry between 1950 and 1980 exhibited many of the dynamic forces in play today, as well as resulting in an industrial organization for which the next challenge was globalizatio...

raft pulp i s manufactured in the United States from nearly all commercially availK ble wood species. About 55 million tons per year are manufactured, 30 million of which are bleached and used mostly for printing and office papers and tissue products. Some kraft pulp is exported, and significant quantities are imported, mostly from Canada and South America. Pulps manufactldred by sulfite, mecha...

The aim of the present work was to find a suitable Kraft cooking process for olive tree pruning (OTP), in order to produce pulp of kappa number about 17. The Kraft pulp produced under optimized conditions showed a viscosity of 31.5 mPa·s and good physical, mechanical, and optical properties, which are suitable for paper production. The physical-mechanical and optical properties were measured be...

Faced with growing energy demand, national energy security concerns, and looming legislation to regulate CO2, the U.S. must grapple with a multitude of issues when examining its future energy supply. The current political focus is on a strong push to develop an industry around domestically sourced and produced, low-carbon liquid fuels and electricity. In this essay, we investigate the potential...

research and doctoral studies are carried out within broad problem areas. Research is organised in interdisciplinary research environments and doctoral studies mainly in graduate schools. Jointly, they publish the series Linköping Studies in Arts and Science. This thesis comes from the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change. Abstract The Swedish pulp and paper industry is the thi...

The pulp and paper industry is applying new, ecologically sound technology in its manufacturing processes. Many interesting enzymatic applications have been proposed in the literature. Implemented technologies tend to change the existing industrial process as little as possible. Commercial .applications include xylanases in prebleaching kraft pulps and various enzymes in recycling paper. In the...