Fiberteknologerna 2013 by Sandra Hindskog

Fiberteknologerna 2013 - Vancouver

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2013

Fiberteknologerna 2013 - Vancouver

ANSVARIG UTGIVARE Carl Moser GRAFISK FORM & LAYOUT Sandra Hindskog TRYCKERI Edita PROJEKTMEDLEMMAR Carl Moser, Carl Lindesv채rd, Jessica Gard Timmerfors, Nina Larsson, Adam St책hlkrantz, Jennie Berglund, Maria Malmrud, Andreas Gabrielsson, Nikola Popara, Hannah Rasel

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Content 4 Preface

34 Vancouver

Fiberteknologerna 2013

44 FPInnovations

Chairman's statement

Visit at University of British Columbia

A stagnated industry?

International Symposium on Wood,

An inspiring evening with the

Fibre & Pulping Chemistry

Swedish forest industry

62 Burgermania

20 CellulosaMut

25 Metso

78 Portland

etra Pak

27 StoraEnso

Longview Fibre Paper and

28 Nalco

Packaging Inc

Thank You!

Lorentzen &Wettrer

Albany International

32 Andritz

A weekend on Vancouver Island

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Preface Text by Mikael Lindström, Professor Pulp Technology

We would like to start by thanking all of the sponsors who provided financial support for the students’ study trip to Canada and the USA, as well as the companies who opened

Olena Sevastyanova, PhD Wood Chemistry, KTH

their doors to us and provided our students with insights into their business. The study trip contributed significantly to the students’ education in pulp- and paper-related subjects. 6

The trip provided everyone with an invaluable experience and exposure to an industry faced with numerous new challenges. These challenges include a worldwide economic downturn, a structural decline in North American newsprint demand, and increased competition from other forest product suppliers. These difficult circumstanc-

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We know that this trip gave our students a good overview of various activities in the forest sector and it will help them to identify their own place as young specialists within the sector.

es have required North American’s forestry sector to transform in ways that will open up new opportunities for the future. Our students’ visits to FPInnovation (the largest public-private forest products research institute in the world) and to The Forest Science Centre at The University of British Columbia provided great insight into on-going forest product R&D work across Canada. The main focus in recent decade was placed on product and process innovations to strengthen the sector’s competitiveness in the long

term. Non-traditional products and services, such as bioenergy, biomaterials and biochemicals, are the subject of intensive research and development. Students concluded their visit in Canada by attending the 17th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry, at which they obtained a comprehensive update on the most recent research progress in the area of wood chemistry worldwide. The trip to the USA was focused on the manufacturing part of the forest sector. The visits to Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc. and TetraPak

USA provided a good opportunity for our students to test their theoretical knowledge obtained at KTH and to understand better the challenges the pulp and paper industry are faced with presently. We know that this trip gave our students a good overview of various activities in the forest sector and it will help them to identify their own place as young specialists within the sector.

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Carl Moser

Originating from Stockholm, Carl Moser started his B.Sc studies, at KTH, within the field of Materials Science. After being fed three years worth of metallurgy, he decided it was time to try something else. A fascination for polymers directed his M.Sc studies to Macromolecular Materials, where he found fibertechnology. Since then he has devoted his studies to the field of pulp and paper, with a niche of nanostructured cellulose. His devotion for the field can only be matched by his love for North America, and this years Fiberteknologerna gave an unique and amazing opportunity to experience both.

Carl Lindesv채rd

Jessica Gard Timmerfors

Carl Lindesv채rd is from Stockholm, but has a background of international travel and is something of a traveljunkie. Having studied at KTH, Stockholm and MIT, Pune (India), with a B.Sc in Chemical Engineering and a M.Sc focused on Energy and Environment, Fiberteknologerna provided the ideal combination of travel and an opportunity to learn more about the pulp and paper industry. Carl is a firm believer in sustainability and is intrigued by the challenges and possibilities with the forestry industry.

Jessica Gard Timmerfors was the Finance Manager of this years Fiberteknologerna and starting her master thesis after the summer to become a chemical engineer. Her great interest in new, greener materials made her take a closer look at the forestry industry. This is not the first time she has organized an event and had contact with companies, but this year specifically she going to remember all the small adventures, road trips and new experiences with Fiberteknologerna. Especially the warm welcomes when they got to visit the companies, she is really looking forward to joining the industry.

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Nina Larsson

» great opportunity to get to know both new people in the forest industry as well as learning more about the forest industry

Nina Larsson is from Gothenburg and moved to the capital to study Biotechnology at KTH. After attending “Cellulosa Mut” in 2010 Nina got interested in the pulp and paper industry. Why she decided to take fiber courses and join Fiberteknologerna. Just before the study trip to North America she finished her master program in macromolecular materials. She loved Vancouver and definitely wants to go back!

Adam Ståhlkrantz

Originally from Huskvarna Adam Ståhlkrantz moved to Stockholm after high school, to start his education at KTH in the material science and engineering department. After his bachelor degree in Materials Design and Engineering, he began his studies as a master student in Macromolecular material, where he has been profiling towards the pulp and paper industry. Adam says that Fiberteknologerna has given him a great opportunity to get to know both new people in the forest industry as well as learning more about the forest industry in Sweden and in North America. This is thanks to our fantastic journey to North America, and all our interesting visits in the industry during the year.

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Jennie Berglund

Maria Malmrud

Jennie Berglund is from a village outside of Piteå, she lived there until 2009 when she decided that it was time to try her wings and therefore applied to KTH and moved to Stockholm. At KTH she received a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering, and then she continued to study the master program with focus on wood based materials. Now studies in the U.S. are waiting, and after that the master thesis. Jennie’s interest for the pulp and paper industry started already in high school when she got a summer job at SCA, a pulp and paper mill in Munksund. To join Fiberteknologerna was obvious for her, and she has really enjoyed meeting all the new people. Especially the trip to North America was a great experience!

Maria Malmrud moved from Gimo in Roslagen to Stockholm to study chemistry at KTH and this year she’s graduating from the masters program in macromolecular materials. Maria really enjoyed all the company visits with fiberteknologerna, it gave insight in how it is to work within the forest industry and it’s amazing possibilities.

really enjoyed all the company visits with fiberteknologerna, it gave insight in how it is to work within the forest industry and it’s amazing possibilities.

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Andreas Gabrielsson

Nikola Popara

Andreas Gabrielsson started to get interested in wood and fibres after reading a course in the chemistry of biofibres. He have always been interested in biology and chemistry and started reading biotechnology at KTH and then progressed more towards chemistry, polymers and natural fibres in his master studies. Therefore it was a natural step for him to join fiberteknologerna and he certainly havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regretted it, giving a deeper insight into the pulp and paper industry and meeting new friends. In the future he see himself working in development or as a project engineer within the pulp and paper field. He just finished his master thesis work at the research company Innventia in Stockholm, which was about tissue paper and development of methods to measure absorption.

Nikola Popara is originally from Croatia, but has lived his entire life in Stockholm, where he attended his studies in chemical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology. With a heavy process oriented Master of Science specialization for energy and environmental systems, Nikola joined Fiberteknologerna to learn and experience more about one the worlds largest sustainable industries. Nikola strongly believes that this industry holds the answers for the future and will most likely want to work and be apart of its development after graduation.

Hannah Rasel

Hannah Rasel is originally from Germany, where she completed her Bachelor in Packaging Technology. After two Erasmus terms at KTH, she came back to Stockholm in 2011 to study the master program Macromolecular Materials. Hannah joined Fiberteknologerna because she is especially interested in renewable packaging materials and sees large potential for the pulp and paper industry to deliver future solutions for this field. Looking back at the last year, she thinks that it was a great opportunity to gain insight into many different aspects of this industry sector and also to learn more about the Swedish culture. Hannah loved everything about the trip to North America and thinks that it is hard to point out what was best!

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Chairman’s statement Text by Carl Moser

Fiberteknologernas’ trip to the land of dreams and superheroes Since the age of five I’ve known I was some day going to be an engineer. Sure there were other dreams - such as becoming a firefighter or a superhero. Though the one never lost was being a scientist or ‘inventor’, as i would call it, growing up while playing with my toolbox full of scrap pieces from various broken down tools.

Even if the dream was always the same, the goals coming from that dream changed over time. Starting of as a burning passion for knowing how things work turned into a, wish or even need, to make a difference. After three years of tiresome studies at the university, I felt lost; being close to a degree but feeling even further away from being able to make a difference.

for this field, which I had previously pulled my hair not to get in touch with, to become my beacon - this was where I could make a difference. Becoming more and more involved in the field as time passed made the choice of becoming a Fiberteknolog, or Fiberengineer, an easy one; and this year I have had the privilege of being the chairman of this venerable group. With knowingly poor leadership skills and a huge Almost without hope, I stumbled thanks to the rest of the group we got upon my bachelors thesis work within through the year, and I would do it the forest industry. It did not take long, again in a heartbeat.

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My goal starting this project was to open other students eyes to the opportunities within the forestry industry, for them to see what I see, and not see it as the retrograde industry which it once was. I see a chance to make a difference, and the ongoing restructuring of this industry exposes new paths allowing you to find your own niche within it. To reach this goal we wanted to make our visits this year as broad as possible; visiting a university, a manufacturing site for wires, one of the largest pulp and paper sites in

northern America and everything in between. North America is especially interesting due to their similarities in vegetation as in northern Europe, namely the long fiber softwood. Another similarity is the current restructuring in product portfolio, due to the change in demand and the increased competition from South America and Asia. To see how North Americans are tackling these issues, we steered our way across the Atlantic, to the land of dreams and superheroes.

Carl Moser, Chairman of Fiberteknologerna 2013

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A stagnated industry?

Text by Nina Larsson

The society is moving faster than ever and we are always online. The consumption of digital media is increasing

decline of newspaper is a fact,

while the

the total consumption of newspaper in Sweden decreased with 5 % in between 2011 and 2012.

Does this mean that the pulp and paper industry is stagnating? No, it means that the industry has to rethink. Â The usage of board and tissue paper did increase the same year. Furthermore there are so many more things that you can produce by trees, for example clothes, plastics.

Lignin is a compound that can be derived from wood. Lignin can for example be used as a raw material for several chemicals such as vanillin and ethanol and as a dispersants in cement.

Viscose, which is a material commonly used in clothes, is produced from wood pulp. By using wood pulp cellulose you can also produce plastics, such as cellulose acetate. This is a plastic that among other things can be used for eyeglasses.

Advanced chemical solutions for the pulp and paper industry

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An inspiring evening with

the Swedish forest industry Text by Jenny Berglund

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» Representatives from the companies

held speeches about how it is to work as an engineer in the forest industry.

On April the 19th it was time for the annual evening with

the Swedish forest industry. Approximately 100 students and employees from four Swedish companies got together and had a great evening.

The event is a collaboration between Fiberteknologerna and the Swedish trade organization Industriabetsgivarna. The companies that were repre-

sented in the Q-building at KTH were; ample what a typical day at work look Stora Enso, BillerudKorsnäs, Holmen like, which problems they could face at work and how they would solve them. and Setra Group. To begin with all students got a souvenir a dishcloth made of spruce. Thereafter the compere of the evening, Mårten Ericsson, welcomed everyone and warmed up the audience with some questions. Representatives from the companies held speeches about how it is to work as an engineer in the forest industry. First out was Maria Granath from Setra Group, thereafter Anna Edebo from Holmen continued, and finally Karin Slättborn from BillerudKorsnäs spoke to the audience. Subjects that were discussed were for ex-

The audience also took the chance to ask many interesting questions. Afterwards there was a small student fair with the companies. This gave students and employees from the companies a chance to mingle and meet face to face. After the mingle everybody ate dinner together in the restaurant Restaurang Q. Now discussions could continue under more relaxed conditions while eating a buffet inspired by North America, the travel destination for Fiberteknologerna 2013.

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Text by Jessica Gard Timmerfors

CellulosaMut - An annual inspiration -

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To light up the autumn semester for the chemistry, biotechnology and material science students Fiberteknologerna in cooperation with Industriarbetsgivarna arrange the banquet

CellulosaMut

every

year.

The purpose is to inspire students and to open their eyes to the possibilities within the wood-fibre industry. Former Fiberteknologer are also pre-

sent at the dinner, invited to tell their story and about their personal firsthand experiences and impressions of the industry. A number of speeches were held during the dinner, where Ann-Soffie Perrin from Industriarbetsgivarna started the event by welcoming the 56 students. We were happy to be able to present Carl AxnĂ¤s, who has previously been a Fiberteknolog and currently represents Nalco. Carl has become something of a honorary guest at CellulosaMut, thanks to his inspiring speeches and commitment to Fiberteknologerna and the students of KTH.

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Rufus Ziesig continued the evening with a pep talk on the bright future of the industry and its new products, and the need of us students to tackle these new challenges.

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Rufus Ziesig continued the evening with a pep talk on the bright future of the industry and its new products, and the need of us students to tackle these new challenges. Through his research at Innventia he has a good insight to the future applications and innovations, one of them is using lignin for new, alternative products. The banquet ended with a speech by Stefan Nyberg, VD at More research, who topped off with a performance of a song with lyrics dedicated to the young students in the chemistry chapter. The take home message was that there are a million opportunities in this industry, and that we all had taken a big step towards a bright future by just being there that night! We in fiberteknologerna hope that we will see you at CellulosaMut 2013.

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Metso Text by Adam Ståhlkrantz

During the spring of 2013 Fiberteknologerna had the opportunity to visit Metsos office in Solna, Stockholm. Metso is one of the worlds largest and foremost global suppliers of technology and services for the pulp and paper industry. Metso has over 30.000 professionals in over 50 countries, and in 2012 Metsos Corporations net sales were 7.504 million EUR. Besides the pulp and paper industry, which constitutes

of about one third of Metsos business, they are also active in the mining, construction and power generation industries, among others.

the first two presentations we had a short break with some coffee and a chance to talk some more with the representatives. This was followed by a presentation form Andreas Averheim about Biorefinery techniques. Then Maria Wennerström told us of how a typical day could look like in the Laboratory and Piloting. The presentations were interesting and we engaged in quite a few good discussions about how it is to work as an engineer, we also got an insight how many different things and areas that you are able to work with after you have graduated.

Our visits at Metso began with a Greek inspired buffet were we engaged in interesting conversations with the four representatives from Metso, whom took care of us during the evening. After a stunning buffet, we moved along to the conference room where we first got a presentation about Metso Paper Sweden AB from Gunnar Carré, Followed by an interesting presentation from Mats Nordgren about sulfate process and how Thanks for this very interesting and it still can be interesting despite the relaxed evening and for the unique optechnique is over 100 years old. After portunity to learn more about Metso.

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Lorentzen & Wettrer

Text by Adam St책hlkrantz

Lorentzen & Wettre

is a company with great knowledge in advanced equipment for quality control and process optimization for the pulp and paper industry. Lorentzen & Wettre was founded 1895 which means that they have many years of experience and recently also become a member of the ABB group. Lorentzen & Wettre are represented in 50 countries, and their products are be found in the industry

as well as Schools and Research insti- but also from the instruments that we tutes all around the world. have been using in school during our education. One of the most interesting The 22th of April this spring Fiber- instruments, which we had the opporteknologerna visited Lorentzen & tunity to see, was the different analyzWettre headquarter and production ing systems, also assembled on site. facility in Kista, just outside of Stock- These systems where customizable holm. There we got an interesting by the customer depending on what presentation about L&W and a guided quality test they wanted the machine tour through their facility by the head to be able to perform. When the tour of Lorentzen & Wettre Kent Jansson. ended we gather again in the conference room and got answers to all our During the tour we saw a wide range questions from the tour and about of the products that Lorentzen & Lorentzen & Wettre. Wettre manufacture; most of these equipment was recognizable from A large thank to Kent Jansson and both our prior visits in the industry, Lorentzen & Wettre for a very interesting tour!

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StoraEnso Text by Jessica Gard Timmerfors

It is not every day that you prepare to be a company’s face to the public for a number of days. It was lucky, and comforting, that we already knew a bit about the forestry industry and about itself.

Stora Enso

This year Fiberteknologerna have had a close relationship with Stora Enso, and after visits to their head office we were enrolled in this project to visualize the company to consumers in Stockholm. Dressed in proper

workwear jackets labeled “Stora Enso” we were tasked with distributing their Rethink magazine at Drottninggatan during a week in March. The purpose was to spread information about their recent activities, and specifically the new innovative way of working that they have adopted. The magazine that we distributed, the Rethink magazine, contains articles with headlines such as “Rubbish revolution”, “Under the Arab sun”, “Transforming Stora Enso” and many more contributing to the theme of “People and purpose”. One of the main texts, “A land of opportunities”, focuses on the investments and living situation for local employees and population in southern China.

If you’re interested in StoraEnsos Rethink magazine, visit: http://www.storaenso.com

Since one of the main interests for this years’ Fiberteknologerna has been “change within the fibre industry”, we were all happy and intrigued by this strong statement from one of the largest companies in the field of pulp and paper. Hopefully, more innovation will follow from others soon too!

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Nalco Text by Andreas Gabrielsson

» for example lots of travelling

We met with Karl Axnäs from

and not always so standard working hours.

Nalco

a late Tuesday afternoon in late May at KTH. Nalco is a company selling chemicals and giving advices to companies within the pulp and paper industry and this afternoon Karl presented their organisation to us. We asked questions like how a normal day could look like working at Nalco and got very interesting answers revealing the varying nature of the job; for example lots of travelling and not always so standard working hours. We also briefly presented our organisation and ourselves and our expectation on future jobs.

After a presentation of around an hour we were all very hungry and therefore set the destination to Beirut café, in Stockholm, for some great Libanese food and drinks. The conversation continued for several hours with splendid wines and desserts. A great thanks to Karl Axnäs and Nalco for a very interesting and pleasant afternoon and evening!

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Albany International

Text by Carl Lindesv채rd

How much engineering could possibly go into weaving a mat? This was one question we asked ourselves in the car on

Albany International

the way to the

production and R&D site in Halmstad, on the west coast of Sweden.

Albany International engineers and produces the wires used in large-scale paper machines of all types, mainly focused to the European region. The answer, after a full day of touring through the production, was a bit more complex than we expected. Apparently, every wire requires a unique set of dimensions and qualities and therefore each order demands a lot of manual trimming and adjustments. Luckily the weaving machines, called looms, are automated and work with impressive speed. If you are in a hurry,

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you can have a mat weaved within a couple of days - and it is not exactly your small kitchen carpet. The wires are easily 10 meter wide and can have a size of 200 square meters. They are large!

explained the importance of the wire properties for the final quality of the paper. The visit really opened our eyes to the size of the paper industry, especially considering that Albany International “only” are suppliers of one component in the papermaking. During our tour we spoke to Mikael Fiberteknologerna really appreciated Danielsson, manager of R&D, who the visit to Halmstad and, as always,

we had a great time with song-intro quizzes in the car and a nice dinner at Adam’s family home in Jönköping. Thank you Albany International and Mikael Danielsson for one of the best study-visits since starting at KTH!

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Andritz Text by Maria Malmrud

On the 8th April Fiberteknologerna met up at Gävlegatan in Stockholm

as Hydro, Metal, Separation, Efficient plant control systems and manufacturing of biofuel.

Andrtiz Pulp & Paper.

We met up with Jimmie and Ulf, both engineers, and Sara from HR who gave us a deeper insight in what it’s like to work at a globally leading company as Andritz. Working as an engineer at Andritz means that you have a wide range of tasks. An interesting aspect of Andritz approach is that those who work with sales in many cases simultaneously are technical experts in their respective areas. As an engineer you get to design equipment and systems, participate in the startup of new factories as well as optimizing existing processes by solving problems that arise in existing plants. After an after-

to visit

Andritz, a globally leading supplier of technical solutions and equipment to major industries, amongst these the Pulp & Paper industry. Andritz is located in 180 different countries and have over 17000 employees, whereas over 350 can be found in Sweden. Andritz provides technical solutions and equipment for the Pulp & Paper industry and is also a front figure within specializations such

noon at Andritz where we got answers to all our questions; “what it is like to work after you graduate”, “what kind of role do you get at Andritz as a graduate” and “what is it like at the SODAconference, and can we join?” we all headed out for a great dinner. Fiberteknologerna would like to address a big and warm Thank you for a very inspiring evening together with Andritz.

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Good news for Mother Nature. She can breathe a sigh of relief.

The industry is ready for some good news. At a time when many industrial processes leave a large footprint on the planet, our industry is leading the way in minimal

impact. ANDRITZ has been at the forefront with solutions on: air, water, ﬁber, chemicals, and energy. Innovation that reduces ﬁber losses, recovers chemicals,

www.andritz.com

uses less fresh water, lowers energy consumption, eliminates air emissions. The industry is ready for some good news – and ANDRITZ delivers.

We accept the challenge!

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Vancouver – “The Greenest City in The World” Text by Nikola Popara

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Our journey began in the Pacific Northwest of North America, in the second largest city, namely,

B.C.,

reflections of the light cast upon the cosmopolitan skyline. To our left we had the Pacific Ocean and to the right you could see huge mountains surrounding the city. The first impression of Vancouver was as taken from a painting.

Arriving late in the evening to the airport after traveling more than eighteen hours and been awake close to thirty, the only thing on our minds was to get to the hotel as soon as possible. We hopped into a yellow cab and set course for Downtown. Exhausted and excited at the same time we found ourselves welcomed by the city with a beautiful burning sunset with bright

The city with its 600’000 inhabitants has received numerous awards and nominations. For instance, TripAdvisor has named Vancouver the Traveler’s Choice Award as the top destination in Canada 2012 and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has nominated the city as the most livable city in the world eight times since 2002 . Furthermore, Vancouver has been considered as the global leader regarding taking actions towards climate change and

Vancouver Canada.

The city with its

600’000 inhabitants has received numerous awards and nominations.

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received the title as one of the greenest cities in the world. The initiated action plan, Greenest City 2020, consists of numerous goals and actions like building energy smart buildings, dense neighborhood to promote walking and cycling instead of building new roads, decrease dependency of fossil based fuels, and more, all to reduce the footprint of greenhouse gas emissions below the levels in 1990. In fact, today, the city already generates its electricity over 93% from renewable resources and has proven that it is a forerunner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vancouver has everything!â&#x20AC;? It is really fascinating how Vancouver has everything, from being surrounded by natural beauty to being

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ÂťVancouver What is most astonishing with is that you could see everything in one day!

a huge cosmopolitan city with a lot of cultural variety. Vancouver has the largest harbor on the west coast in Canada and connects North America with Asian countries, resulting in that all the imported goods, like food, are very fresh, which makes the city an amazing food city. Another factor that contributes to making Vancouver an amazing food city is its rich diversity and variety of neighborhoods. In fact, Chinatown in Vancouver is one of the largest in Canada. Other districts that we visited in Downtown were the trendy Yaletown with its microbrewery, restaurants and bars, and the charming Gastown with its cobblestone streets and old-fashioned historical buildings. Gastown is

considered as the core of Vancouver jumping into the Pacific Ocean for a and is the oldest neighborhood, but swim is also possible to do within less still as vivid and colorful as ever. than ten minutes walk from the hotel on some small sand beaches in StanWe lived on Robson Street, one of the ley Park. However, the water was ice main streets in Downtown. The street cold! Imagine the ambient, having cozy contained more than 200 stores and bonfires and sitting on gigantic logs cafes and extends throughout Down- with your friends while grilling marshtown. mallows and watching the sunset at the horizon. That was the feeling you What is most astonishing with Van- received from the beaches in Stanley couver is that you could see everything Park. in one day! In fact, you could be in the center of downtown in just a few min- We really enjoyed Stanley Park and utes from the hotel, meeting wonder- we noticed that it was very popular ful friendly people while doing some amongst other tourists as well. The shopping. If you rather feel like going park was well suited for early on a mountain hike or even skiing, morning runs when the group was jetyou can do it in approximately thirty lagged and also when everything else minutes. Other options like sailing or in Vancouver was closed.

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After the final day at the conference, the group decided to walk to Granville Island, a former industrial manufacturing area but today a popular shopping district. I must admit it was not quite that easy finding the entrance to the peninsula by foot, since it was located under the Granville Bridge. Granville Island is probably most famous for its public market and charming shops. We were in luck, because the weather was really beautiful that day and it was a delight sitting in the sun, listening to street musicians, and enjoying the view of Downtown’s skyscrapers by the pier.

the group, that had already arrived, was getting restless while waiting for the group to be complete. We decided since it was a really sunny day to go on a fieldtrip to the peak of Vancouver, Grouse Mountain. It is one of Vancouver’s best attractions and was only fifteen minutes away with the bus from Waterfront Centre in Downtown. During the winter the mountain is a great skiing resort and during the summer it offers tons of outdoor activities and adventures too, like watching the lumberjack shows, were real strong men dressed in red checkered shirts throw axes and chop wood into pieces, visit real grizzly bear habitats, or going on an adrenaline filled zip-line “A heart pumping adventure” During the first days in Vancouver, adventure, which we had our eyes on! while some of us were still flying over the Atlantic Ocean, the majority of Reaching the foot of Grouse

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Mountain we get informed that it is possible to hike all the way to the top, however, it would take over one to two hours. So the decision was clear to take the fast Skyride shuttle up, since the top of the mountain wasn’t even visible. Once we got off the shuttle it came to our surprise that were not even close to the top. Around us there were still some snow piles here and there at this altitude, which was shocking since it wasn’t that cold and in the middle of the summer. Adventures, we all agreed that we should climb to the very top of Grouse Mountain. At a final altitude of approximately 1400 meters, the view was quite amazing. It was possible to see the entire city of Vancouver, even some suburb areas. The time had arrived. It was time to push our limits and go on a two-hour heart pumping adrenaline-thrilling experience, the zip-line! The adventure consisted of five dual zip line rides, which would take us across the peak of Dam and Grouse Mountain and give us

a unique view over the entire canyon. Personally, I wasn’t so keen on going, due to my extreme fear of heights, but since the entire group was such adrenaline junkies I had to give in and go. Once standing there with the gear fully equipped, strapped onto the line, and after having signed away your life on a piece of paper, the only remaining thing to do was just to let go. The feeling of hanging onto the zip-line with just two safety lines from your waist 70 m from the ground and reaching almost speeds of 80 km/h, was so terrifying and soothing at the same time. At the end of the journey I think we all in the group agree upon that Vancouver could be described as one of the most unique places in the world because of all the possibilities the city offers. The possibility of combining morning downhill skiing tours, during winter, and then in the afternoon set sails for the horizon on a boat sums it all up fantastically. It was truly an amazing life experience for us to remember!

The time had arrived. It was time to push our limits and go on a two-hour heart pumping adrenaline-thrilling experience, the zip-line!

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FPInnovations -Innovation united with R&D Text by Nina Larsson

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Our first study visit on our trip was at

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in Vancouver. FPInnovation is Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s correspondence to Innventia. It is a research institute that is a unique industry and government cooperation.

FPInnovations hosted a very nice study visit for us. It all started with a presentation by Thomas Hu. Thomas Hu is an adjunct professor in organic/ cellulose pulp/fibers chemistry and also program chairman of the conference; ISWFPC, we were to visit.

FPInnovation, with 550 employees, an annual budget of $90M and more than 300 member companies, is among the world largest private not-for-profit forest research centers. They are a research center that is working with a market-first focus; which includes the NABC (Need, Approach, Benefits, Competition) system. Connecting R&D to the industry needs makes it possible for FPInnovation to help the Canadian forestry to improve it competiveness by reducing costs, diversify products and product innovations. The visit consisted of a presentation and a tour of the building where we among other things got to see a SilviScan and Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). A SilviScan is a measurement method that combines optical

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Connecting R&D to the industry needs makes it possible for FPInnovation to help the Canadian forestry to improve it competiveness by reducing costs, diversify products and product innovations.

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microscopy, image analysis, x-ray densitometry and x-ray diffractometry. This method makes it possible to get industrially important wood properties in a cost effective way without destructing the wood. This instrument enables FPInnovations to run improvement programs such as the effect of environmental stresses e.g. climatic changes.

As mentioned we also got to see some work done on NCC. NCC is regarded as one of the most promising cellulose products due to its; high surface area, high strength, its ability to self-assemble, chirality, optical properties and electromagnetic properties. In January 2012 did FPInnovations together with Domtar start up the first NCC demo plant in the world.

The visit at FPInnovation was very educational and I believe we all agreed upon that it was very interesting to get an insight about how a research institute and industry can work together. We would like to thank Thomas Hu, Shannon Huntley, Nelson Uy, Shunxing Su, James Drummond and Val Lawrence for a wonderful visit.

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Visit at University of British Columbia, Vancouver Text by Hannah Rasel Â

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After an informative morning at FPInnovation, we restored our energy with an extensive burger lunch - prepared to continue our day on the campus of

timber products- a research field most of us were not certainly familiar with.

The head of department, Prof. Robert Kozak, Prof. Shawn Mansfield and their faculty staff, warmly welcomed us at their department - of course, as appropriate, in a large, lecture room constructed of wood timber and even our fika -sugar demand became satisfied with super tasty American (or CaOur next stop was the department of nadian ;-)) cookies! Wood Science at the faculty of forestry, who kindly invited us thanks to the We became familiar with their study good network relations with KTH and program, which is the larges wood Olena, who had been working there science program in Nord America, for a couple of years. We were curi- educating more than 500 full time ous about this visit, knowing that apart students. Four professors introduced from fibre chemistry, the research at us to the current research projects UBC also focuses on the “big stuff” - of their clusters: business operations,

UBC.

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be imagined as a microwave for wood that provides significant advantages over traditional klin drying.

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biotechnology, wood science/ wood products processing, and fibre building technology/ next generation wood products. We heard about the economic effect of uncertainties in biomass for heating, structural bamboo and hollow core wood composites, the advantage of enzyme hydrolysis over organosolv pretreatment and the distribution of copper in cell wall. After the presentations, Shawn and Robert guided us through their facilities - of course including the fibre chemistry labs, where we all could feel Shawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination to his research. But furthermore, we agreed that it was especially interesting to see and learn about the labs that were a lot different from KTH: UBC is equipped with

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a wood building and construction lab, in which the students are practically trained to construct and manufacture furniture and building elements. For the Olympics in 2010 they were even charged with the creation of 23 wooden medal ceremony podia. After looking at several more laboratories, including the analytical equipment for large timber products, professor Stavros Avramidis took us to a cute little garage on the campus - his wood drying laboratory. For many years, Stavros core research has included the development of the high radio frequency drying, an advanced technology of timber drying, which can be imagined as a microwave for wood that provides significant advantages over traditional klin drying.

Our expectations on this afternoon were more than exceeded - the diversified tour of Shawn and his team allowed us to broaden our mind about various aspects and levels that wood research includes and the important role it plays for the Canadian industry. But besides our new subject-specific impressions, we also got to experience the relaxed and friendly attitude of the Canadians: After we had completed our tour through the labs, Prof. Stavros Avramidis spend a lot of his time to further show us the beautiful campus and its “must sees”, telling us about the student and work life in Vancouver and finally recommended us some beautiful beach walk back to Downtown!

For the Olympics in 2010 they were even charged with the creation of 23 wooden medal ceremony podia.

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International Symposium on

Wood, Fibre & Pulping Chemistry Text by Jenny Berglund and Carl Moser

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In the luxurious premises at Sheraton hotel in Vancou-

the 17th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC) ver, Canada,

took place on June 12 - 14. The conference was hosted by PAPTAC. When we arrived at the conference on the first day we could choose between different breakfast items like muffins, juice and coffee from Starbucks. These

were enjoyed while listening to the welcoming remarks and symposium kick-off presented by Theo van de Ven, from McGill University. Thereafter many interesting presentations were held in three different ballrooms at the same time, each ballroom with a specific track. The tracks to choose between where: “Process chemistry”, “Raw materials & new processes”, and finally “Pulping and bleaching process & new products”. Thanks to this convenient setup we were able to select the presentations which interested us the most. To mediate more fascinating research a room with posters was arranged. During breaks from the presentations people could read the posters and mingle with the researchers responsible for the work.

On the first day of the conference a delicious lunch was served at the hotel restaurant. The second day a banquet was given were all participants enjoyed four meals, and by the end of the evening also some entertainment.

Reviews of some presentations Over 60 presentations were held during our visit at the conference, of these a selection from each track is presented here in our magazine.

Track: Process Chemistry ”’New’ Genes from ‘Novel’ Plants for Altering Lignification” Even though far from our field of study, John Ralphs from the university of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, gave one of the most interesting lectures when presenting his work

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The tracks to choose between where: “Process chemistry”, “Raw materials & new processes”, and finally “Pulping and bleaching process & new products”.

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regarding gene-modification of wood lignin, which enhances processing energetics. Genes from different plants, such as grass, can be used in order to modify native lignin in woody plants. A PMT (p-Coumaroyl-CoA:Monolignol Transferase) gene from grass can be added in order to increase the occurrence of p-Coumarate conjugates, easing depolymerization of lignin. Another intriguing gene is the FMT (Feruloyl-CoA:Monolignol Transferase), which can be found in Kenaf, Dong Quai and Balsa; this gene created a bond between lignin molecules which consist of an ester bond, this specific linkage creates a zip-lignin, much more accessible to chemicals.

Track: Raw materials & new processes “Iridescent films from NCC: chiral nematic or smectic multilamellar structure?” In front of a crowded lecture hall Derek Gray from McGill University, Canada, whom had just received the coveted Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his groundbreaking work within the field of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), held a discussion regarding why NCC forms chiral nematic structures and not a smectic organization which had recently been proposed. He concluded that it was possible to utilize high-resolution SEM on fracture surfaces to determine the structure being chiral nematic. Another interesting approach was using passive 3D glasses, which use left and right

circularly polarized light in order to generate a 3D image. A chiral nematic system will only reflect one hand of circularly polarized light, resulting in that the image is dark on one side of the spectacles; this method can also be used to determine whether the sample is left or right circularly polarized. Track: Pulping and bleaching process & new products “Evaluation of physico-chemical properties and predictions of spinning parameters for high-quality lignins produced by ultra-filtration of industrial kraft pulping liquor” Mikaela Helander represented our home university, KTH the Royal Institute of Technology and Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Sweden, when

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Something which is very interesting for high-end lignin products. Carbohydrate amounts ranged from 3-5%, in the higher molecular weights, and sulfur was present in all grade; nevertheless this is still an interesting technique for black liquor utilization as a high-end product.

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presenting her work regarding highquality lignins produced by ultra-filtration. In her presentation she showed the possibility of utilizing ultra-filtration as a way to fractionate weak black liquor into different fractions of

lignin, separated by the difference in molecular weight; yielding lignin with a narrow molecular weight distribution. Something which is very interesting for high-end lignin products. Carbohydrate amounts ranged from 3-5%,

in the higher molecular weights, and sulfur was present in all grade; nevertheless this is still an interesting technique for black liquor utilization as a high-end product.

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Burgermania Text by Carl Moser

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Before going on the trip we discussed things we had to do while visiting North America. After a short and not so intense discussion, I realized that I was not the only dedicated hamburger fan in the group - So, we decided that for each new city we would try another burger. And this was the beginning of what came to be the Burgermania Quest - with a total group consumption of 59 burgers during our two week trip; and now, a few pounds heavier I am documenting this incredible burger-journey.

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Vancouver:

Five Guys - Burgers & Fries

We had no idea that we would find a Five Guys in Vancouver when we got there, the excitement when we did... well it was probably a little over the top. But why did we get so excited when finding a franchise burger joint? The reason is Daym Drops legendary review of the place, along with the hilarious music video which followed: â&#x20AC;&#x153;oh my daymâ&#x20AC;?.

Average Score 8.35

I admit this place was hyped over the rooftops; we first said we would wait until the entire group was gathered before going - that idea was thrown down the dumpster a few hour later. Entering this unobtrusive restaurant with a feeling of almost entering a hospital, we were kindly greeted by the staff; whom by the way all seemed

to love their job, talking, shouting, joking, all while doing their job at a remarkable pace. Not used to the complexity of the menu and the vast options for toppings it took us awhile to organize an order - i went first, a bacon cheeseburger, with my two favorite toppings: barbecue sauce and mayonnaise. While waiting for our burgers there were peanuts for the taking, it may not seem like much but it seriously enhanced the experience. The burgers came foiled up in a grease-soaked paper bag; it all looked slapdash, but it most definitely was not. On the verge of opening my burger, I suddenly realized something. I forgot to ask for a double-patty burger. Feeling a bit

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down, while slowly removing the foil, just to realize they had served me a double-patty burger, without me even asking for it. To quote Daym Drops: “Daaym! That’s customer service.” Once having removed the burger from the bag, I found the root to from where all the grease came from; the bag was filled up tight with fries, and what fries; fried in a special oil making them heavy in both weight and taste. Lurching down a few fried before returning to the burger; looking like a mess of cheese and vaguely visible patty between two crushed buns of bread. First bite... Second bite... Forth bite... I couldn’t stop. I suddenly realized that I, was not alone. Everyone had stopped talking, and all I could

see was three faces covered by a ball of foil in both hands. The juiciness of this burger was sublime; not in my wildest hamburger-dreams could i imagine a patty so moist and yet with that almost burnt taste from the grill. You could really feel the love which had been put into this burger being release inside your mouth while chewing it. All this while constantly being served by the friendly staff asking us how everything was and if we wanted more fries. Amazing experience; however, I am ever grateful for Five Guys not being established in Sweden. Because these burgers are almost a good reason to get fat, and i definitely would not want that...

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Chicago:

Airport

Weak from crossing the atlantic we found ourselves at Chicago airport - starved from what they dare referring to as food on a plane. After some mindless drifting at our transit gate, we found this joint, that to this day remains nameless.

Average Score 6.97

We had all heard - and believed in the clichĂŠs of north-American hamburgers, and now was the time for the truth; my mind was set, and i did not need to open the menu to know what i wanted - a bacon cheeseburger with fries. While anxiously waiting for our burgers, the concept of soft drink refills was explained to us - a concept alien to any swede. The burger came. It was huge. First of; fries so crispy almost tasting like double deep-fried fries - topping it all off with a delicious

barbeque-sauce dip. Sesame bun with a crisp-fried outer shell and a core of soft white bread was the first thing you felt when putting your teeths into this monstrous burger, then came the mix of sweetness from the onion rings and smoky richness from the barbecue sauce; shredded lettuce and a single slice of tomato with its core removed added some texture before munching down on the juicy 200g patty; the bacon immersed in an all American slice of cheddar added additional texture and a salty smoked flavor. Seemingly perfect, this burgers patty lacked that extra something in both juiciness and taste; additionally the hype of an American burger might have smoothened our taste buds. Altogether a very good burger, with a lot of attention to details.

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Vancouver Island:

The Canoe

What a day we had. First a spectacular american breakfast; then losing a portion of my manliness, riding at the back of a red vespa for several hours sightseeing. Luckily it was found again later that same day, by canoeing myself soaked in the gorgeous Sunset which was setting over Victoria. This day could barely have gotten any better than this. But we still needed to eat. Having stumbled upon The Canoe the previous day walking around the more remote areas overlooking the ocean, we decided it was a good a place as any to dine at. We got there late, almost to late, we snuck in the back grabbing the last outside table. The kitchen was half closed, meaning they only served from the bar menu - making little difference in our orders, with the majority ordering the barbecue bacon cheeseburger.

Average Score 9.33

No expectations and hungry from the days adventure we waited, with a beer in hand from the local brewery which the Canoe actually was. A beer or two later came the food. The modern plating made me wince; at a second glance I noticed the massive amount of apple-tree smoked bacon on this seemingly ordinary burger. The burger looked fresh with an ordinary sesame bun and not to many toppings sticking out. Spicing it up with some extra barbecue-sauce before digging in. I took a mouthful, not knowing what to expect. Perfection. One by one every- did not overpower with that lovely apone started to praise the burger. ple-tree smoked flavor. Just as the heat from the sauce and smoky flavor from The bun felt freshly baked, right out the bacon started to fade, the taste of the oven. A patty so juicy and well of the aged cheddar combined with grilled it melted away in your mouth the sweet freshness from the lettuce with an explosion of subtle flavours; kicked in, ending the taste-sensation of massive amounts of bacon which still this glorious burger.

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Seattle:

Somewhere close to the trainstation

Having reached seattle with growling stomachs and very little time before our train would depart, we decided we had to eat; first suggested was some random sea fastfood, evidently a poor choice considering the limited time and the mission to eat a new burger for every city we visit. Not everyone was as crazy about the burger quest as some of us, but we still managed to convince everyone that a burger-joint was the place to eat this day (Honestly, by this time even I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as enthusiastic to burgers as i normally was). We found this place a few blocks away from the central station; a wide gate led us into

the dark locale, which must have been a rebuilt warehouse of some sort. Some regulars at the bar glared at us walking by them to our booth. With no notebook or any help a completely indifferent waitress took the order of all ten of us. We expected a mess. Amazingly enough the waitress delivered everything just as ordered, all while remaining an almost apathetic facade. The burger with no fuss; two light buns encapsulating a single leaf of lettus and tomato, some barbecue sauce, a nicely medium-rare grilled patty accompanied by four hearty slices of bacon glued to the american cheese, pickles on the side. No

Average Score 5.33

doubt this burger was good, it just was not that memorable; something which might have to do with the vast amounts of high-quality burgers which had been consumed the prior week.

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Portland:

Portland City Grill

Average Score 4

At the thirtieth floor in the portland city grill the last burger of the quest was consumed. Neither the amazing view or the cheap drinks could make this burger stand out; it was a small, bar-sized burger, nothing more nothing less. First catching the eye is a fresh-looking burger, kind of pretentious. The taste however, just was not interesting enough; the patty being quite small and thick was juicy, with a hard-shell bun, and very limited toppings, making it almost dry out

while chewing. I am not saying this was a bad burger, on the contrary even with the lowest average score of the bunch, this mini-burger would still beat the burgers of most hamburger joints found in Sweden; with the exceptions of VigĂĽrda and Flippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; burgers, which may be compared within the same price range.

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A weekend on Vancouver Island Text by Jessica Gard Timmerfors

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To really get the vibe of west-coast Canada, one city is not enough so on Friday we left Vancouver behind and took the ferry out to one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most famous areas,

Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island is the biggest Pacific island east of New Zealand with a size of 31,285 km2, making it hard to visit all its wonders in just one weekend. We focused on the populated areas, Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, and its surroundings. Victoria is located on the southern tip of Van-

couver Island, a city great for romantic walks along the harbour close to the majestic Empress Hotel, a landmark for the Inner Harbour. On the initiative of Nina and Hannah, we hired six vespas early on Saturday morning. First cruising the city limits of Victoria, a beautiful city known for its lovely gardens, but soon we left the city behind and started our adventure. Driving along the seaside we experienced the suburb of the town with its piers and beaches. Surprisingly, we quickly entered the countryside and the first stop, Mount Douglas, where we enjoyed a nice lunch with a stunning view of the island. Other stops along the way were Beaver Lake, and a stop at Cordova Bay to dip our feet

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in the Pacific Ocean. After a full day on wheels we headed out on the water to experience Victoria from the sea point of view. Using kayaks we paddled through the harbour and almost reached open seas before heading back. The day was far from over, and starving after the paddling it seemed only logical to head down to the local brewpub named Canoe. The restaurant had a big outdoor seating area that overlooked the harbour and they also a good assortment of its own beers, brewed behind the bar. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our beers have become legendary in Victoria and throughout the Pacific Northwest for their crisp, clean & pure flavours.â&#x20AC;? The atmosphere was

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» When you walk into John’s the first thing you

see are all the pictures of sportsmen and celebrities that have visited the place during the 30 years since it opened.

great and not only did they have the greatest burgers I have ever tasted, but also a great cover band that entertained us throughout the evening. During the short time in Victoria we still managed to find our own favourite spot, John’s Place. In our eyes they served a real North America breakfast, specifically famous for its Eggs Benedict. When you walk into John’s the first thing you see are all the pictures

of sportsmen and celebrities that have visited the place during the 30 years since it opened. After that its the friendly staff and the typical American breakfast on the menu. I had a fruit salad with banana bread, and Belgian Waffles. I could not have had a better start to the morning. It was with a sad heart that we took the ferry, knowing that there was so much more to see on Vancouver Island. However, the next stop was Seattle and new adventures!

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Portland Text by Jennie Berglund

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The ferry took us from Vancouver Island to Seattle, and from there by train to the all American city, Portland, which is also the biggest city in the state Oregon.

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We stayed in the area for about a week and visited the companies Longview Fibre and Tetrapak. While relaxing from our visits we had some time to explore the city and part of the American culture. Intrigued by the tales of tax-free shopping our first day in Portland was spent at the great and famous Woodburn Premium Outlets; where our wallets became lighter as our luggage passed its maximum flightweight, all at heavily discounted prices. Also in the city of Portland you could find good shopping, for example in the mall Pioneer Place. All clothes, cosmetic, shoes, etc. were tax free, which made the shopping more fun and very productive for us Swedes. When asking Portlandians for that special something we had to experice while staying there, we got he same answer - to visit Multnomah Falls. Fortunately we listened to them, and drove out from the city to the falls and walked up the top. Before even

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First we visited the famous restaurant chain Morton´s The Steakhouse, here we had a really pleasant evening with huge delicious steaks and a wonderful atmosphere.

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reaching the falls it was obvious that the attraction was popular and is seemed like many other tourist had gotten a smilar tip as us. Once at the falls it was easy to understand why, the nature was extremely beautiful and elvish. According to Native American lore the fall was created to win the heart of a beautiful princess who wanted a special place to bath at, and after seeing the place I definitely think that the creator succeeded. One evening we did a more modern and hi-tech activity. We went to the cinema in Portland and experienced the movie Man of Steel with excellent quality in 3D and the film format IMAX. Apart from the large amounts of soda

and popcorn that were consumed at the cinema, we tried to explore the American food culture. We ate a lot of bagels from Einstein Bros Bagels, tried the doughnuts at Voodoo Doughnuts (some ate one with bacon on, maybe not the first combination you would think of…), and of course steakhouses. First we visited the famous restaurant chain Morton´s The Steakhouse, here we had a really pleasant evening with huge delicious steaks and a wonderful atmosphere. Another evening we went to a different steakhouse, Portland City Grill, which is located at the 30th floor in “the pink building” with an amazing view over the city. Also here we had excellent food and a great evening.

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Tetra Pak Text by Nina Larsson Â

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Tetra Pak is one of

three companies within the Tetra Laval group. Tetra Pak is a Swedish company founded by Rausingin 1951. Today is the headquarter located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Tetra Paks first product was the Tetrahedron shaped milk carton, also called Tetra classic. Tetra Pak does not only provide food packages but also processing equipment.

The plant that we visited in Vancouver, Washington, is part of Tetra Pak Materials. On this particular site they perform pre-press work, printing and the cutting of packages. This plant is also home to one of the few remaining sheet-fed presses in the world. A sheet-fed press has lower productivity and more waste than a web-feed press, however it is much easier to set up and thus suitable for smaller orders, which is of large interest for certain customers. This is a service that no competitor is able to provide. Â Robert Baker, whom showed us around the plant, has been working for Tetra Pak for 20 years. Â He told us about how the automatization has changed the plant, and how the increase of robots and decrease of

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workers has significantly reduced the claims from their customers; a claim could for example be that the customer received the wrong packages.

promotes reliable and safe production together with improved quality. We got to see the start up of a new project, with the aim to increase the efficiency of a flexo ink chamber. They were talking a lot about different management tools such as 5W+H, 4M, PM analysis. I believe we were all a little confused since none of us are studying industrial management. Â

During the tour we became highly aware of that Tetra Pak is working with the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) methodology, from which they have received a Total Process Maintenance (TPM) excellence award. This methodology gives the We were surprised when we saw a tools to identify the losses in the pro- Swedish 1.75 L Proviva package being duction and make improvements. It printed and cut at the site. We were

told that they are the only ones making this package size. Therefore is material from Sweden shipped all the way here, pressed, printed and cut and then shipped all the way back to be filled with Proviva. We learned a lot of new things about packages and especially about printing. The study visit ended with a lovely seafood dinner at Beaches. Thank you Robert Baker and the rest at Tetra Pak!

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Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc, Longview, WA Text by Carl Lindesv채rd

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After reaching Portland and a full day of shopping we were all eager make our first visit in the US. With our rental cars we drove out to the town of Longview, to visit one of the largest

pulp and papermills in North combined America.

The whole area was arranged according to the mills, and our directions were to take a left off Industrial way and head down to Fibre way, 300 - this was a huge site! After being supplied with safety equipment and welcomed by a team of

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engineers working at Longview Fibre, we headed off for a tour around the site. Considering the size of the plant we had to be a bit selective, and decided to tour around the cooking equipment, the recovery cycle and then the papermachines. A striking difference from Scandinavian mills was that most equipment were outdoors and that unused units were simply left in place. The reason, our guide Jordan told us, was that scrapping and removing the equipment was too expensive. It made sense, but we all agreed that we preferred the Scandinavian way!

unit instead. During our tour we got drenched in a burst of rain, but after passing by the calcination owen that really emitted a lot of heat we managed to steam off the rainwater and get warm again. Very handy!

We would like to thank Longview Fibre for a great welcoming and a thorA part of our tour took us up to the top ough tour of your Longview site- this of the cooker, where we got a really was an experience we will not soon nice overview of the site. Some of us forget! were really scared of heights, and decided to check out the recycle-paper Thank you!

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Without the help from our sponsors neither this amazing trip or the magazine would have been possible. Therefore we would like to

dedicate a thanks to the certain people and companies that have helped us along the way

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Mikael Linström for his help, connections and dedicated participation in the project, year after year! Olena Sevastyanova for her help with organizing the visits in north america and support during the trip. Monica Ek and Åforsk for making it possible for us to visit the conference in Vancouver. Mikael Ankerfors for all the good tips and advice as we started this project. Ours generous sponsors Ringdahl Machinery, Albany International, Styron, Valex Plast AB, Nordkalk Kalcium AB, PaperTesting AB, Nopco, ABB, Nalco, Metso, Andritz, More Research, Stora Enso, SCA, Sweco and Industriarbetsgivarna for their contribution.

cooperation with the two events CellulosaMUT and Branschkvällen. Karl Axnäs (Nalco), Rufus Ziesig (Innventia) and Stefan Nyberg (More research) for their inspirational speech during CellulosaMUT. Nalco, Metso and Andritz for treating us luxurious dinners. Ingela Dunger and Jonas Nordlund at Stora enso for a good collaboration. Fiberteknologerna 2012 for their early involvement and assistance. All the companies/universities that organized study visits for us in Canada and USA; FPInnovation, University of British Columbia, Longview Fibre and Tetra Pak

Lisa Bergström and Ann-Soffie Perrin from Industriarbetsgivarna for their

and Sandra Hindskog for putting together this magazine!

Fiberteknologerna 2013 - Vancouver

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