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WINTER 2006 - VOLUME NO. 20  (557 kb)

• Turpentine yield and terpene analysis.
• Biomass analysis.
• EXFOR 2007
• Need help with shipping your samples?
• New and improved!
• Water Retention Value (WRV)
• Transition
• On the road...
• My trip to Japan.
• Fines fraction by Britt Jar.
• What do you think?

WINTER 2005 - VOLUME NO. 19  (787 kb)

• As per your request...
• Analysis of pulp & paper contaminants by FTIR Spectroscopy.
• Transitions.
• Digester wood requirements.
• From cold to hot!
• EXFOR 2006.

FALL 2004 - VOLUME NO. 18  (569 kb)

• Count your lucky vessels.
• Inorganic pigments in coated and/or filled paper by FTIR spectroscopy.
• The Olympic dream.
• The evolution of paper testing.
• Layered cooking studies.
• Mechanical pulp sheets - the analysis.
• Has it really been 40 years?
• EXFOR 2005 is almost here.

WINTER 2003 - VOLUME NO. 17  (414 kb)

• Have you visited www.econotech.com lately?
• Customer Focus is our business
• What is the diffuse and directional brightness?
• See you at EXFOR!
• High-tech pollution
• Effective Residual Ink Concentration (ERIC)
• The chemistry of a salt water aquarium
• Mechanical pulp handsheets
• What do you think?

SUMMER 2003 - VOLUME NO. 16  (301 kb)

• Fiber length, and fiber coarseness explained
• The scope(s) of microscopy
• The effects that freezing has on the physical properties of pulp
• Can I see some ID, please?
• New additions at Econotech: FTIR & TG
• What do you think?

FALL 2002 - VOLUME NO. 15  (464 kb)

• Funny, we don't look a day over 29
• The samples, they are a changin'
• My 28 years at Econotech
• Fracture toughness revisited
• Allow me to introduce...
• The power of one
• 30 years of cooking at Econotech
• New developments in AOX
• 9 Principles for corporate longevity
• In Memoriam - Wilbert Dorash

SUMMER 2002 - VOLUME NO. 14  (968 kb)

• Microscopy - Your Contaminant Team
• New Perspectives - New Ideas
• PFI Evaluation Differences - Part II
• Don't Throw Out That Old Testing Equipment!
• Need Our Services? - We Can Travel
• Getting Specific - Man-made fibers

WINTER 2002 - VOLUME NO. 13  (685 kb)

• Measuring Mill Pulp Yield by Carbohydrate Analyses
• one square inch
• Opting for Outsourcing
• Something to Ponder
• You Want Us to Analyze Cucumbers?
• PFI Evaluation Differences
• Students Invade Econotech
• We Hope to See You at EXFOR 2002

SPRING 2001 - VOLUME NO. 12  (375 kb)

• Calculating Black Liquor Solids Loading
• A Reminder to Our U.S. Customers
• Econotech Offers a Two Day Seminar
• My Thoughts About Paper
• Frequently Asked Question: Deposit Analysis/Ash
• Ed Becker: Still Going Strong!
• Exfor 2001 (& winners of our salmon draw)
• Picture This - With Our Compliments

FALL 2000 - VOLUME NO. 11  (415 kb)

• US EPA 1650 Testing for AOX
• Microscopic Expansion
• New Microscope!
• Printability Testing
• Love on Christmas
• Econotech is listening
• RLAs Help Keep Lime Kiln Costs Down!

SUMMER 2000 - VOLUME NO. 10  (457 kb)

• Under the Microscope
• Precisely Accurate takes the Gold
• Update: Carbonate Analysis
• Testing Paper and Paperboard for Silver Tarnishing
• Econotech Strives to Provide Better Service to its Clients
• A Clever Idea from a Young Inventor
• Phone, fax, mail or email - let us know what is best for you!
• Fiber Property Comparison

SPRING 2000 - VOLUME NO. 9  (358 kb)

• The Importance of Water Quality on Freeness
• From Lab to Links
• TOX in Pulp
• K No. or Kappa - Which is Better?
• The Bigge Auf Wiedersehen
• BCIT P&P Technology Summer Institute Vancouver, June 5-9, 2000
• Triple Chocolate Cake
• New Standards for Lab Certification

WINTER 2000 - VOLUME NO. 8  (54 kb)

• Standard Pulp & Paper Terminology - Physical Properties
• How much do you know about your testing lab?
• Econotech Reburned Lime Analyzer
• We're Listening to You!
• Save money by knowing about trace metals in your machinery oil and fluids
• "Waxing" poetic about stickies
• Econotech is Working in Indonesia
• HurStory

FALL 1999 - VOLUME NO. 7  (1491 kb)

• Can we help to improve your bottom line?
• Oldies but Goodies
• What exactly is ball fall*, Ralph?
• Sclereids - Barking Up the Right Tree
• Tree Gummies
• Tom's Angel
• The Pulp is in the Pudding
• Conversion Factors

SUMMER 1999 - VOLUME NO. 6  (2605 kb)

• Econotech gets caught in the web
• Sorry, we don't do Basic Dog Density
• One Flew Over The EconoNest
• Adios Jennifer, Hola! Bill
• Congratulations on the new seedling!
• Mr. Pilot Plant
• Are You Getting All The Potential Strength From Your Fiber?

SPRING 1999 - VOLUME NO. 5  (1638 kb)

• We Know How Our Data Rates - Precisely
• Bravo!
• Safety Trends - The New Cool
• Angels Fly to a Place 11,000 Feet Up
• BCIT Pulp & Paper Technology Summer Institute
• Montreal in January? Must be EXFOR® 99!

WINTER 1999 - VOLUME NO. 4  (732 kb)

• Pulp Yield Gains from Anthraquinone
• Continuous Digester Simulation
• Dionex HPLC
• Bigge's Bio/Bread
• Sludge Analysis
• Fiber Length Explained, Part 3 - Table of pure species LWAFL and coarseness values
• Life before Econoland

FALL 1998 - VOLUME NO. 3  (661 kb)

• Fiber Length & Fiber Strength
• BCIT Pulp & Paper Technology Summer Institute
• Standard Pulp & Paper Terminology - Physical and Optical Properties
• Fiber length Explained, Part 2 - How are those numbers generated and what do they mean?
• Pulp Yield Gains from Anthrquinone
• Tik - anik - sta
• Hemp - Panacea or Boondoggle?
• Twibill's Twavels
• Western Red Cedar

SUMMER 1998 - VOLUME NO. 2  (39 kb)

• Encouraging Leadership in Ottawa
• Partners in Prosperity
• Laboratory Results Predict Pulp Performance in the Mill
• A Breathtaking View of Peru
• Fiber Length Explained, Part 1 - An Introduction
• A Dolphin Compared with a Blue Whale
• Fiber Properties of Pinus Species
• Fracture Toughness and Important Considerations for the Pulp & Paper Industry
• World Class Effort at Work and at Play
• Commitment to Freedom
• Computer Experts in the Making
• Pulp You Wear
• Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Wood Chemistry - Answers

SPRING 1998 - VOLUME NO. 1  (34 kb)

• Proud to Celebrate 25 years of Serving the Pulp & Paper Industry
• Pulp You Eat
• What's New at Econotech
• Econotech at this Year's CPPA
• Success is a Journey, Not a Destination!
• Under the Microscope
• Patience and Consistency: The Story of Lori Granger
• Fiber Properties of Douglas Fir
• Matchmaking at Econotech
• Heather goes Hollywood
• Preparing for the Future
• Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Wood Chemistry <<

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