{"416371":{"#nid":"416371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Member Companies Reduce Manufacturing Cost,  Derive Benefits from IPST Relationship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have made significant improvements in operability with substantial dollar savings\u201d is how Peter Hart, MWV\u2019s manager of new technologies, put it. Asked about whether IPST has delivered useful research results for his company, Peter cited materials characterization work in the recovery area as an example. \u201cAs a result of what we learned, we solved the initial problem, and that in turn led us to an unanticipated opportunity to make some significant improvements in our digesters. We\u2019re considering additional work through the advanced chemical recovery forum,\u201d Pete stated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChief scientist Gopal Goyal of International Paper Company, who has been interacting with IPST for 23 years, echoed the sentiment. \u201cOur focus is on cost reduction,\u201d he commented, \u201cand the only people with intimate knowledge of our processes are at IPST and Georgia Tech.\u201d He mentioned an incident in which his ability to obtain same-day data from an IPST professor enabled his company to avoid costly pilot paper machine trials while constructing a major mill. \u201cThen the professor suggested some functionality possibilities we hadn\u2019t thought of, and we subsequently incorporated those as well,\u201d Gopal remembered.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECost reductions are not the only benefits of IPST listed by members recently asked about the value of their relationship. Kimberly-Clark Professional Division\u2019s Chris Luettgen, senior research and en-gineering manager emphasized the breadth, depth, and networking his company enjoys. \u201cThere are few places to go to obtain the breadth and depth of knowledge of forest products as well as the branches into the sciences that we can get from our IPST\/Georgia Tech relationship,\u201d Chris observed. \u201cYou\u2019d wind up replacing IPST with several options, not just one, and then you\u2019d still not be so deep or strategic.\u201d Chris also values the ability to connect with other organizations through just one relationship with IPST.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn IPST alumnus, Chris finds the new IPST\u2014now fully merged with Georgia Tech\u2014as \u201capples and oranges\u201d compared to the past. \u201cHaving the opportunity to reach out to the larger community has been significant,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe can work through IPST in order to reach Georgia Tech\u2019s capabilities in chemistry, chemical engineering, public policy, energy, so many other areas\u2014a clear benefit.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeter Hart mentioned the convenience of the Atlanta location, which enables him and the researchers to sit down together for a half-day a few times a year, which he finds important to idea generation. Networking with current and retired faculty is significant to IP\u2019s Gopal Goyal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoreover, said Gopal, \u201cIPST is very important. The US is a major producer. In Canada and Sweden and other such paper-producing countries, there are major research institutes. IPST cannot be allowed to go away.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs it happens, IPST has no such plans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo inquire about membership, please contact IPST director Norman Marsolan at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:norman.marsolan@ipst.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enorman.marsolan@ipst.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or call 404-894-2082.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IPST and Ga Tech merger derive benefits in reduced manufacturing costs"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-18 13:27:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:41","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"416361":{"id":"416361","type":"image","title":"Members","body":null,"created":"1449254258","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:38","changed":"1475895152","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:32","alt":"Members","file":{"fid":"202538","name":"v6_members.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/v6_members_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/v6_members_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71304,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/v6_members_0.jpg?itok=taXEcZ50"}}},"media_ids":["416361"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"128821","name":"members"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4291","name":"relationship"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. 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