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5 EDITORIAL

Agility and adaptation in a dynamic business worldScott Rosencrance, Joe Mahoney, and Lebo Xu

9 FOAM ADDITIVES

Application of foamed additives to the surface of wet handsheetsTerry Bliss, Mingxiang Luo, and Matthew Nicholas

21 SPRAY STARCH

Spraying starch on the Fourdrinier—An option between wet end starch and the size pressCole Price and Martin A. Hubbe

29 PAPERMAKING

Understanding wet tear strength at varying moisture content in handsheetsAdele Panek, Joel Panek, James Faught, and Peter W. Hart

39 ADDITIVES

The effect of contact time between CPAM and colloidal silica on the flocculation behavior in the approach flowPaul Krochak, Klas Johansson, and Ignacio De San Pio

49 MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE

Co-ground mineral/microfibrillated cellulose composite materials: Recycled fibers, engineered minerals, and new product formsDavid Skuse, Jonathan Phipps, and Tom Larson

61 MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE

The effect of microfibrillated cellulose on the wet-web strength of paperJonathan Phipps, Tom Larson, Mark Paradis, and Diana Tanase

?COVER CREDIT:In their study of microfibrillated cellulose and the wet-web strength of paper (p. 61), Phipps and co-authors devised a laboratory method for preparing handsheets with varying moisture content. Top image shows the handsheet after formation, middle shows couching with a variable number of blotters, and bottom show s the laboratory press with constant p ressure and variable blotters.

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