Pulp and Paper 



3081 



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MILL CAPACITY (TONS PER DAY) 

 • LESS THAN 250 



•250 TO 499 



A 500 TO 999 



■ 1,000 TO 1,499 



♦ 1,500 OR MORE 



OMILLS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 



Figure 25-1 . — Locations and capacities of 1 1 6 southern pulp mills. (Drawing after Bella- 

 my and Hutchins 1981). 



Reeves (1979a) concluded his discussion of the dominance of southern mills 

 by observing that "all types of printing and writing grades of paper are now made 

 in southern, as well as northern mills. In every case, where volume is large for a 

 particular grade of paper, it is certain that a mill in the South manufactures it, or 

 soon will. This has been a general trend for the past 30 years and is likely to 

 continue, as the South has the available wood supply, the fiber and processing 

 technology, and the modem high-speed machines to make virtually any qualities 

 of paper." 



THE PROSPECT FOR HARDWOOD PULPS^ 



Hardwood pulps are most frequently used in white papers, that is, in printing 

 paper, writing paper, and in tissues. Reeves (1979b) noted that for these prod- 

 ucts, use of hardwood pulps is virtually essential to provide the properties 

 needed at an acceptable cost. Use of hardwood pulps is increasing faster than 

 that of softwod or non-wood fibers, because of the great demand for white 

 papers occasioned by increased populations and increased information 

 exchange. 



^Text under this heading is condensed from Reeves (1979b). 



