2009 International Mechanical Pulping Conference
Product code: 09IMPC
Date: 6/1/2009 to 6/4/2009
Venue: Södra Berget Conference Center
Location: Sundsvall, Sweden
Sponsor for Event: FSCN - Fibre Science and Communication Network - Mid Sweden University And SPCI
Call for Papers – IMPC 2009 official home page can be found here.
The suggested areas of subjects connected to mechanical pulping and chemimechanical pulping are:
- Wood species and properties, wood handling and wood processing
- Increased understanding of refining and grinding processes
- Connecting pulp fibre properties to final paper and paper board properties
- Energy aspects of pulping in connection to paper and paper board production
- Pulping process developments; TMP, CTMP and SGW/PGW
- Screening and fractionation
- Bleaching and brightness stability
- Process control strategies
Conference date
May 31 - Evening reception at 18.00 Södra Berget Hotel, Sundsvall
June 1 - Conference Starts. Dinner: Suppliers evening
June 2 - Mill and research lab visits: SCA Ortviken Paper Mill (with new TMP-plant), SCA Östrand Pulp Mill (CTMP), Metso paper, FSCN at Mid Sweden University and SCA R&D Centre. Dinner: no common dinner room for informal meetings.
June 3 - Conference day with poster sessions. Evening gala dinner at Sundsvall City Hall with - The Arne Asplund Mechanical Pulping Award"
June 4 - Final conference day. Conference finalized at 15.00
Program Committee
Ingunn Omholt, Paprican, Canada
Yonghao Ni, University of New Brunswick, Limerick Pulp and Paper Canada
Annikki Vehniäinen, KCL, Finland
Esa Viljakainen, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Michel Petit-Conil, Centre Technique du Papier (CTP), France
John D. Richardson, Ensis Papro, Pac/Rim New Zeeland
Lars Johansson, Paper and Fibre Research Institute, PFI, Norway
Thomas Granfeldt, Metso Paper, Sweden
Lennart Salmén, STFI-Packforsk, Sweden
Brad Cort, Andritz, USA
Program Committee Chairman
Per Engstrand, FSCN, Mid Sweden University, Sweden