Process Development Center

Brochures and Press Releases

Specialized Services
Pamphlets for general information on the various pilot plant services and equipment available at the Process Development Center are shown below. Click on an image to download an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. For more information on all the pilot plant equipment and services plus pricing, please send email to Pros Bennett at pbennett@maine.edu your name, address and company affiliation.

Pulp Drainage and Retention Evaluation (.pdf)	Fiber Quality Evaluation and Pulp Monitoring (.pdf)	Pilot Paper Machine (.pdf)
Industrial Scale Refining (.pdf)	Pulping Studies (.pdf)	Custom Rewinding and Slitting (.pdf)

Press Releases
These are the press releases and UMaine Pulp & Paper Foundation newsletter articles we've issued in the past.

• 2004 Fall -- A Novel Barrier Coating Development (.jpg)
• 2004 Spring -- Recent Upgrades (.jpg)
• 2003 Fall -- PDC Welcomes New Staff (.jpg)
• 2003 Spring -- PDC Welcomes New Director (.jpg)
• 2002 Summer -- Analytical Capabilities at UMaine (.bmp)
• 2002 Spring -- UM Pilot Plant Helps Companies Save Money (.jpg)
• 2001 Fall -- Patent Donation (.pdf)
• 2001 Summer -- Drainage Apparatus (.pdf)
• 2000 Fall -- Optimize Your Process (.jpg)
• 2000 Spring -- Refining Loop Updated (.pdf)
• 1999 Summer -- Fiber Quality and Pulp Monitoring (.pdf)
• 1999 Spring -- Introduction to Process Development Center (.pdf)