AstenJohnson University is offered annually in Charleston, SC, at our corporate office. Experienced AstenJohnson associates teach the courses and bring papermaking and paper machine clothing experience to the class. Started in 2005, the course is designed for individuals who are new to the papermaking industry as well as seasoned veterans who want to learn more about papermaking. Those with extensive hands-on experience but little formal technical training will benefit from the course. AstenJohnson University can also be tailored and brought to your paper mill for on site training. To find out more about this, please fill in the form on the right.
AJU Experts
Our experts come from a variety of backgrounds in the paper industry. Short biographies can be found here
Customer Testimonials:
2012 Printing and Writing Course
- “This was an outstanding class that has given me priceless information to pull from for my entire career.”
- “The fundamentals of papermaking and theory behind it were the most useful. The math behind forming and pressing was interesting.”
- “Great program!! I will definitely recommend it to anyone else at my mill. I was impressed at how every knowledge level could take something away from this.”
- “This is the best training course I have attended. Formation and press theory were very well covered; I found the showering information very beneficial.”
- “It was very helpful to meet/network with a great group of people and resources from AstenJohnson.”
- “Great seminar! At a minimum I feel that I will be able to call the resources at AstenJohnson and will be able to talk to an expert.”
- “I will be sending more of my employees. It was great. The trouble shooting tips were most useful: different things to pay attention to especially around the forming board and wet end.”
- “Good roundtable discussion. I recommend the school for everyone.”
- “Very good experience, very educational. I will highly recommend.”
2011 Packaging Course
We asked participants “What did you find the most useful about this course?”, and here are their responses:
- “The ability to network.”
- “Operational theory about how the process is designed to work. The fundamental science behind how things work is critical.”
- “Exposure to other ideas and techniques.”
- “Sharing information.”
- “All the course material and the expertise of the instructors.”
- “Enjoyed press and dryer section. Understanding how felts and fabrics impact water removal and sheet formation and appearance.”
- “To be able to interact with other mills.”
2011 Shoe Press Users Roundtable
- “The presenters were very knowledgeable in the subject matter. Great conference. I will highly recommend to my mill for future attendees.”
- “Having the chance to work with other mills was very valuable”
- “It was a good mix of topics with thorough response/follow-up on questions. The product information was good and was done without a sales pitch”
- “I liked the “You’ve had a wreck, now what?” approach. It produced very helpful, practical tips.”
