Multinational Paper Company

Safety

Quality

Production

Cost

Sustainability & resource management

Installed prefilters for RO to reduce cleaning costs 95%.

Eliminated pH and nitrogen excursions in wastewater and managed lagoon reclamation cutting project cost 50%.

Ran 2 successful softwood trials to reduce cost 10%.

Changed to higher quality bleach product saving 10% on bleach costs.

Changed pulping times to reduce fines generation and increase strength, reducing chemical and fiber cost.

Automated sulfite addition to pulper to reduce impact on wet end chemistry 1%.

Changed SOP for filter press to lower water content and reduce drying time of batches 30%.

Changed SOP’s for communication between units to increase overall plant efficiency by 7%.

Changed SOP’s for receiving waste into plant to allow waste to be used quicker to keep production moving. This increased production in the plant 2%.  

Changed SOP and clean out schedule of a production line to increase production 12%.

Implemented resin regeneration production line increasing plant revenue 3%.

Changed neutralization strategy of batch reactors for wastewater to reduce time to get within discharge limits by 10%.

Changed batch production strategy to reduced cleanouts of tanks and increase use of cheaper alternative abundant material increasing uptime 5% and decreasing raw material costs 13%.

Replaced scrap steel vendor to reduce this raw material costs 30%.

Implemented use of waste rail cars of caustic to reduce cost 22% instead of using virgin caustic.