May 2003.

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Technology: New mixer reduces energy costs, chemical consumption at pulp facility

By David Lazare, ITT Fluid Technology

In a drive to reduce manufacturing costs, the Alabama River Pulp Company, the largest market pulp mill in the United States, examined its bleaching process. Replacing two older mixers with one unique, powerful new mixer increased mixing efficiencies, lowered chemical consumption and greatly reduced the energy required to run the bleaching process.

Personal Finance: Developing your estate plan

By Carter Kelley, Morgan Stanley DW

You spend years growing your wealth and building your estate, so it is just good sense to plan to protect your assets and pass them on to your beneficiaries according to your wishes. This article offers several clear tips to keep in mind when you are ready to sit down with your financial professional and develop an estate plan.

Products: Calumet Carton's "postal billboard" really gets noticed

By Del Williams, technical writer

In the battle for consumer or business-to-business attention, advertising and marketing executives have a new ally in positioning their oversized mailings to be noticed, opened, and acted on: the "postal billboard." Calumet Carton's new Expand-A-Mailer[TM] envelope for oversized items serves as the industry's first "postal billboard" to showcase key images, logos, or messages directly on the envelope, while expanding up to one-inch to protect the contents from image-detracting tears, wrinkles, and crumples. Calumet's investment in modern CAD equipment and specially engineered glue and folding process enables the creation of gussets that expand to match the depth of package contents.