Forest Products Division: Links

Index to this Page:

Government
Magazines and Other Information Sources
News Groups and Mail Lists
Wood Science and Technology

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 Other 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.
Pulp and Paper Online: A useful resource with news, a technical calendar. Free, but requires registration. A service provided by the producers of Pulp and Paper magazine.
US Mills Online at CPBIS: A tool to show you what pulp and paper mills are in any state of the US.
The Environmental Examiner: A newsletter for students that examines environmental issues with an understanding of costs and benefits. Examines free-market solutions to environmental issues.
PaperBase: An information source that pools the resources of CTP (France), KCL (Finland), Pira International (UK) and STFI (Sweden). Online information of many kinds is provided. Information can be provided via Internet, Intranet, CD ROMs, and other means.
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 Papermill Channel: A large resource aimed at paper mills. Provides lists of service resources, equipment suppliers, etc.
ForestInformation.com: A rich source of information about US and Canadian forests. For example, interactive maps allow the user to obtain facts about forests in various states and provinces. They have virtual walks through the woods, information on environmental issues, photos, and much more.
List of paper industry facts: Long list of assorted facts and tidbits about the paper industry. Provided by Power Specialties.
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.
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.
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).
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.

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.
The NAPL Paper Forum: The National Association of Printers and Lithographers offers this news forum on the Web for the discussion of paper-related issues.

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)


	Curator: Jeff Lindsay, Contact: Last Updated: May 12, 2005 URL: "http://www.forest-products.org/misc.html"



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