Innventia’s Paul Krochak won Tappi Jasper Mardon prize
Innventia’s Paul Krochak named the winner of the TAPPI Jasper Mardon Prize 2013.
"It's an outstanding example of how research can advance technology and in turn lead to improved product quality and thus is very deserving of the prestigious Jasper Mardon Prize."
"There were some times when I thought we were putting in far too much effort into a conference paper, but in hindsight it was completely worth it," says Paul Krochak who will receive the award at PaperCon 2014 in Nashville.
The study investigated the fact that poor dosage and mixing of chemicals in the approach flow has long been suspected to lead to variability in paper products. The results of the study indicate the existence of optimal dosage configurations and point toward a strong coupling between chemical addition strategy, mixing quality and variability in final products.