Deinking mill receives PCF certification.The Cascades Auburn Fiber Inc. mill, Auburn, Maine Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Androscoggin CountyGR6, Maine, United States. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine , has completed the Chlorine Free Products Association's (CFPA CFPA Center For Policy Alternatives CFPA California Food Policy Advocates CFPA Center for Professional Advancement CFPA Canadian Fluid Power Association CFPA Cooled Focal Plane Array CFPA Canadian Federal Pilots Association CFPA Canadian Fighter Pilots Association ) Sustainable Manufacturing & Marketing Initiative Totally Chlorine Free--Processed Chlorine Free (PCF PCF - A simply typed, functional language. ["Fully Abstract Translations Between Functional Languages", J. Riecke, 18th POPL, pp. 245-254 (1991)]. ["LCF Considered as a Programming Language", Theor CS 5:223, 1977]. ) certification third-party auditing and passed the PCF requirements, making it the first mill in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to receive the designation. The mill had a ranking of 1,217 out of a possible 1,350. This certification guarantees Cascades Auburn Fiber's customers that the product they purchase meets or exceeds the stringent guidelines needed to make the PCF claim. In unrelated news, Cascades' Tissue Group has acquired the assets of Newstech MD, Hagerstown, Md. The plant, opened in 1995, has been idled since 1997. The facility, with two deinking pulp lines, has a capacity of 400 metric tons per day. Suzanne Blanchet, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cascades Tissue Group, says, "This transaction enables us to acquire excellent production equipment at a very attractive price. Over the next few months, we will use them either to improve our production of deinking pulp or in the production of tissue paper." |
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