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Dave Hillman

Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave HillmanIndependent Consultant
Dave Hillman
Member of the Natural Resources Council

Dave Hillman is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the pulp and paper industry. Mr. Hillman provides consultancy to pulp producers and producers of specialty papers. He has more than 35 years of experience in providing technical assistance to paper companies in producing recycled pulp from post-consumer-waste. Prior, Mr. Hillman was Hammermill's Market Pulp Sales Manager, where he was responsible for the sales of 1150mt/day from the Selma, AL mill. Prior to his position at Hammermill, he was Vice President of Technical Sales for Woodpulp International, and before that he held a variety of production, technical, and product development positions for Westvaco. Mr. Hillman has conducted over 100 day long in-plant seminars for companies in the US, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, and throughout Europe, and has spoken at numerous conferences and world pulp and paper congresses. He is the co-author of The World of Market Pulps, the industry's reference book on the world's most distinctive market pulps. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1987 - present Independent Consultant
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Methane from cellulose in sewage | 05-09-2008
Analysis of: The Biofuels Backlash | online.wsj.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

There is a huge amount of cellulose in municipal sewage and represents enormous potential for producing an energy source from a current discarded material.  What would it take to make this commercially feasible? If a process could be proven effective, every municipality in the US could incorporate...

China + India = A Tight Global Pulp Market | 04-11-2008
Analysis of: Pulp Imports To China Surged In 2007 | www.paperage.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

China's growing middle class has developed a strong appetite for both Uncoated FreeSheet (A4 Copybond, Offset Printing paper, envelope, tablet, thermal imaging papers etc) that has exceeded the PRC's expectations.  How much more will it grow?  The Government has already said by 2010 their...

Russia's New Pulp Wood Tax Will Seriously Hurt Finland & China | 03-26-2008
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

Russia has now realized the value its Spruce, Pine and Larch trees have and has imposed a 20% tax on any logs greater than 25 cm (10").  It is these larger logs that are so valuable to processing into Newsprint and also for Kraft cooking to produce the highly regarded NBSK market pulp.  Did...

Has IP bitten off more than it can chew? | 03-25-2008
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman

At a time when contraction seems to be the rule (Smurfit Stone having shut down 20 boxplants over the past few years), does IP really see the value in growing their container division by an additional 72 plants? IP's management believes it can cut expenses within 3 years by $400 million including $175...

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