Let's step into the wonderful world of paper. Not just your everyday piece of paper, but tons of it being manufactured. Sound exciting? Then come along. So, a little tidbit of information ... there are 200+ paper mills in the country producing over 200,000 tons of paper every day. Reality check, that's 400,000,000 pounds of paper a day, and that could really ruin your day if it fell on you. Additionally, America is the largest paper manufacturer in the world. So, for now let's visit International Paper in Columbus, MS. Here these folks produce the pulp required to produce paper products. The inbound products coming from local sawmills are anything from wood chips to tree logs. From little bits to really big bits they are all cut and pressed into uniform square chips and then dried. Many additional facilities like Proctor & Gamble in Northern Utah take huge bales of pulp to make the finished paper products. They process it, package it, wrap it, store it until it's time to ship it. And don't forget, Mike Rowe is announcing and we all know what that means ... yep, let's hear from the maintenance teams and the people that know how to troubleshoot problems within their area. Great job everyone!
—molnarmd