Joint TAPPI and PIMA Pacific section meeting.The Pacific Sections of TAPPI TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and PIMA held their joint meeting, "Paper Machine Optimization and Emerging Technologies", April 30--May 2, 2003. Keynote speaker for the event was Paulette Pyle, Director of Grass Roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. for Oregonians for Food and Shelter (OFS (OFS, Norcross, GA, www.ofsbrightwave.com) A manufacturer of optical fibers and interconnect equipment. Formerly the Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) Group of Lucent, OFS was turned into a stand-alone company acquired by Furukawa Electric in 2001. ). Jim Luce and Wayne White, consultants with OMNI OMNI Omnidirectional OMNI Organising Medical Networked Information OMNI Opportunities for Micronutrient Interventions Project OMNI Operating Missions as a Node on the Internet (NASA networking project) Continental, Vancouver, BC, Canada, presented a short course concentrating on the topics of paper machine optimization and emerging technologies. The conference concluded with a paper machine superintendents panel fielding questions from the audience on topics related to the technologies covered. The panelist included Murry McDowell of Longview Fibre, James McClure of Georgia-Pacific, and Tom Olstad of Weyerhaeuser. |
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