The International paper Loveland site is the world R&D center of the company.

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Therefore, they had all the device for a paper laboratory, by strain measurement and scanning electron microscope to gaz chromatography.

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We have visited the main rooms accompany with Dennis Crawshaw, analytic science International paper unit director.

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Mr Crawshaw have presented to us differents mission of the Loveland site, such as lastly, pizza packaging IP produced rejected an unpleasant smell after pizza transport. In order to discorver where does this odor come from, IP engineers have heat up the board and pass them into the gaz chromatography. Thereby, they have spotted the element responsible of the unpleasant smell and they have erase it from the pizza packaging process.