Rule 41, Item 222 was modified to use either the face, the
weight, or the ECT of the corrugated carton for determining
the board grade use of a given product.
IPST held the first graduation ceremony in Atlanta.
A Ground Breaking Ceremony was held for the Paper Tricentennial
Building. International guests from the paper industry, government
officials, university presidents, and executives from the
business community were in attendance.
A U.S. patent was assigned to M. Rafique Uddin for his research
on somatic embryogenesis in gyrnnosperms.
The IRF Capital Campaign was successfully concluded with IPST
obtaining the needed funds to match The Woodruff Foundation's
challenge grant for the purchase the IRF.
A construction contract was signed for IPST's Paper Tricentennial.
Building on the Georgia Institute of Technology's campus,
four blocks from the IRF.
IPST closed sale on purchase of Industrial Research Facility
(IRF).
Research conducted by J. Wozniak and D. Dimmel at IPST established
the first use of a pulping catalyst prepared from lignin,
a by-product of the pulping process.
IPST was awarded a contract by the Library of Congress to
evaluate deacidification of paper and paper permanence.
Two U.S. patents were assigned to D.R. Dimmel and J.C. Wozniak
for their research on methods for the delignification of
wood pulp utilizing fused ring quinone compounds prepared
from lignin or lignin derived substances.
IPST in cooperation with TAPPI and Paprican published the Thesaurus
of Pulp and Paper Terms which contained more than 22,000
hierarchically arranged words.
IPST established a marketing agreement with Arbor Publishing
in Sweden to distribute the Thesaurus publication in Scandinavia.
IPST closed the sale with the City of Appleton on four acres
of the Appleton campus.
IPST received a major financial gift from alumnus, Dr. William
R. Haselton, and his wife, Fran, to fund the purchase of
furnishings and automation equipment for the new library
in the PTB.
A U.S. patent was assigned to D.R. Dimmel and J.C. Wozniak
for their research on lignin derived quinonic compound mixtures
useful for the delignification of cellulosic materials.
IPST and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) established
an agreement to transfer RIT'S publications and information
service to IPST.
Abstract Bulletin and PAPERCHEM production increased to more
than 15,000 abstracts per year and three new search features
were added to the IPST PAPERCHEM database, which included
online document ordering.
IPST received a contract from the U.S. Bureau of Printing and
Engraving to use radioactive isotopes to evaluate water and
ink penetration in paper. IPST research on short-dwell coaters
by C. Aidun has led to a major breakthrough in coating systems
and an announcement by Valmet of a new coater capable of
operating at speeds of 1800 meters per minute.
An agreement was established between IPST and TAPPI to exchange
services. As part of an agreement with the Rochester Institute
of Technology, IPST began publishing a new Graphic Arts Bulletin
covering the science and technology of the printing and graphic
arts industries.
IPST closed sale with JLN & Associates on 17 acres on the
Appleton campus.
A U.S. patent was assigned to IPST for research performed by
D. Orloff, W. Rudemiller, and G. Kloth on impulse drying
methods and apparatus for the drying web.
IPST's academic accreditation was reaffirmed by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools until the year 2002 with
no response required by IPST.
IPST's new library in the PTB received a microfilm gift of
Chemical Abstracts (from 1907 to 1992) from the American
Chemical Society, Chemical Abstract Service.
IPST received the keys to the Paper Tricentennial Building
at 500 10th Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia.
IPST created a new Affiliate Organization Program to encourage
annual corporate support of IPST's academic and service programs.
IPST's offices moved from the IRF to the newly completed PTB.
The William Haselton Library catalog was converted to electronic
format and became accessible to the faculty and students
of IPST and the Georgia Institute of Technology. 1993
The American Paper Institute, the Forest Products Association,
and the American Forest Council combined to create the American
Forest and Paper Association.
The first graduation was held in the Otto Kress Auditorium
of the new PTB.
A formal dedication of the Haselton Library was held preceding
the 1993 Executives' Conference at the PTB.
The American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA) held its first
Executive Committee meeting at the new PTB.
IPST's Paper Tricentennial Building (PTB) was dedicated as
part of the 1993 Executives' Conference, which was attended
by senior executives of the international paper industry,
governmental officials, presidents of local universities,
and other officials of the business community. IPST's Paper
Tricentennial Building.
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