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Expert has 30 years experience producing fibers and structures designed to yield optimal absorbent performance on a variety of substrates (water, oils, urine, menses, etc.). Expert's structures have been adapted and implemented in numerous consumer and B2B products currently on the market.

Expert has extensive experience in the design, installation, start-up, and optimization of deinking plants. Careful study of the operating characteristics of each piece of equipment ensures the right selection for each particular application. Expert has designed and started up 10 deinking plants globally using various configurations of the following technologies:

• Drum and high speed belt washers.
• Shaft and disk dispergers.
• Oxidative and reductive bleaching and decolorizing.
• Flotation cells.
• Slotted and perforated screens.
• Forward and reverse cleaners.
• High, medium, and low consistency pulpers.

Expert is well versed in the design and optimization of water systems and also has significant experience with chemical applications and recognition and solution of chemical interferences.

Expert has designed and started up deinking plants from 35 to 1000 tonnes per day using a variety of grades of recovered paper, including:

• Office paper
• Coated book
• Ledger grades
• Old newsprint
• Old corrugated containers


Expert has extensive experience in the design, installation, start-up, and optimization of mills producing a variety of paper grades. Careful study of the operating characteristics of each piece of equipment and knowledge of the principles of operation ensure optimal process performance. Expert has extensive experience with a number of paper mills around the world and is knowledgeable about the following operations:

• Stock prep.
• Forming.
• Pressing.
• Drying.
• Slitting and rewinding

Expert has modified and started up pulp mills from 30 to 1400 tonnes per day producing a variety of paper grades, including:

• Tissue
• Fine papers
• Specialty papers
• Newsprint
• Coated and uncoated grades
• Packaging grades

Expert has also been involved in a number of paper mill redesigns, expansions, and retrofits to increase throughput, reduce fiber costs, develop more efficient water use strategies, and improve quality.


Expert has extensive experience in the design, installation, start-up, and optimization of virgin fiber production facilities. Careful study of the operating characteristics of each piece of equipment and knowledge of the principles of operation ensure optimal process performance. Expert has worked with a number of pulp mills around the world and is knowledgeable about the following operations:

• Batch and continuous pulping, (kraft, sulfite, CTMP, groundwood).
• Brown stock washing, including pressure washers.
• Oxidative and reductive bleaching.
• Slotted and perforated screens.
• Forward cleaners.
• Pulp dryers.

Expert has led the design and start-up of pulp mills from 50 to 1400 tonnes per day using a variety of fiber sources, including:

• Northern softwood
• Southern softwood
• Mixed hardwood
• Aspen
• Maple
• Eucalyptus

Expert has also been active in the development of intellectual property:

• Designed, implemented, and started-up two different pilot/research facilities for pulping and bleaching, including lay-out, equipping, staffing, qualification and start-up of a comprehensive testing facility. Pilot facility is used for research and operations support for eight global pulp mills.
• Invented a pulp modification technique to reduce energy requirements for drying by 30 percent and increase finished product bulk by nearly 70 percent. Process implemented in 10 different tissue operations.
• Invented a fiber treatment to perform three-stage bleaching in the same operation while increasing finished product bulk.
• Five US Patents related to fiber modification.
• One US Patent related to broke recycling in tissue operations.
• Four US Patents related to absorbency improvement

Expert has also been involved in a number of pulp mill redesigns, expansions, and retrofits to increase throughput, reduce fiber costs, and improve quality.


Expert has extensive experience in the design, installation, start-up, and optimization of airlaid production lines. Careful study of the operating characteristics of each section of the line and knowledge of the principles of operation ensure optimal process performance. Expert has extensive experience with a number of airlaid mills around the world and are knowledgeable about the following operations:

• Fluff pulp and fiberizing operations.
• Synthetic fiber addition systems.
• Air forming.
• Compaction and embossing.
• Curing and drying ovens.
• Web handling and converting.
• Particulate addition systems.
• Latex addition and bonding.

Expert has led the modification and start-up of airlaid lines from 30 to 300 tonnes per day using both DanWeb and M&J technology.

Expert has been active in the development of intellectual property and proprietary product redesigns:

• Led absorbent material re-design for product improvement in FDA compliant industry.
• Led proprietary material development to increase product absorbent capacity over 200%.
• Four US Patents related to product/materials absorbency improvement.
• Three US Patents related to process efficiency improvement.

Expert has also been involved in a number of airlaid line redesigns, expansions, and retrofits to increase throughput, reduce fiber costs, and improve quality.


Developed method to turn cigarette filter material into medical gauze pad substitutes.Developed method to reduce dust in thermal bonded airlaid by 80 percent.Solved bleed-through problem when applying aromatic to personal care substrate.Developed cement additive manufactured from paper mill sludge.Developed method of manufacture for next-generation paper towel.