By last count, I have written more than 1,100 columns about the pulp and paper industry. Yet, every time I sit down to write about the industry, I usually have a fresh topic on my mind or a new angle on an old topic. This week, I am thinking about fires as we witnessed the destruction of Soundview Paper in Elmwood Place, New Jersey and a serious fire at Huhtamaki in Waterville, Maine. These were barely under control before we received the news that a research facility associated with Columbia Pulp in Dayton, Washington burned.
