The North American pulp and paper industry is facing increasing pressure to perform under an ever-expanding number of competitive challenges -- rising labour, fiber and energy costs, aging mills, global competition. In this environment, mills are expected to improve performance while being limited of capital by wary investors. Traditional cost-cutting responses have been pushed near to their limits and many improvement initiatives have realized disappointing or sustainable gains.
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- costs
- productivity
- quality
- reliability
- environmental compliance