Paper 360
The PPI Awards are the only global awards recognizing and celebrating achievement in the pulp and paper industry.
MARK RUSHTON
The PPI Awards competition is now in its eighth year, and in that short space of time the event has become one of the most important dates on the pulp and paper calendar. This year, industry professionals from all over the world will descend upon the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Brussels, Belgium, on the evening of November 21 to experience a gala evening of celebration and splendor.
The lucky winners will walk away with trophies in the various categories that will mark them out as true leaders, innovators and operators in an industry that has many challenges and opportunities, but is always a joy to be working in.
To find out more about the PPI Awards, visit PPIawards.com. Paper360° will report on winners of these prestigious awards in a future issue. Good luck to all the finalists!
The 2016 PPI Awards finalists
for 2016 are:
Bio Strategy of the Year Award
• BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited – Bhigwan Unit
• Metsä Group
• Mondi Group
• Resolute Forest Products
• UPM
Bringing Paper to Life – Innovative Printing & Writing Campaign of the Year Award
• Bio PAPPEL – “Made from Yourself” Campaign
• iFoodbag AB – ifoodbag
• Sappi North America – Holiday Kit
• Sappi North America – The Neuroscience of Touch: Haptic Brain, Haptic Brand
• Waste Collection and Recycling Co.
Environmental Leadership Award
• BillerudKorsnäs AB
• Bio PAPPEL
• Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
• Mondi Group
• Sappi North America
• Smurfit Kappa
• WestRock India
Fiber Based Packaging
Innovation Award
• Grupo Gondi – 6 Pack Sash
• Mayr-Melnhof Karton Gesellschaft m.b.H – FOODBOARD
• Metsä Board – “Elevated Drink Box”
• Mondi-Industrial Bags – HYBRIDPRO
• Sappi Europe – Algro Guard OHG
• Smurfit Kappa – HotKan
Financial Strategy Award
• Middle East Paper Company
• Metsä Group
• Rengo Co., Ltd.
• Stora Enso
• UPM
Global CEO of the Year Award
• A.S. Mehta, President, JK Paper Limited
• Doyle Simons, President and CEO, Weyerhaeuser
• Kari Jordan, President and CEO, Metsä Group
• Kiyoshi Otsubo, Chairman, President and CEO, Rengo Co., Ltd.
• Luigi Lazzareschi, CEO, Sofidel S.p.A.
• Sami Safran, CEO, Middle East Paper Company
• Walter Schalka, CEO, Suzano
Mill Manager of the Year Award
• Jay Hennessey, Pratt Paper Indiana, Valparaiso
• Jim Roeder, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Fullerton, CA Mill
• Jonas Eriksson, Södra Cell, Värö Mill
• Klaus Peller, Mondi, Syktyvkar
• Murray Hewitt, Greenpac Mill LLC.
• Pavan Kumar Suri, JK Paper Mills, a unit of JK Paper Limited
Resilience – Managing
Risk Award
• BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited – Unit-Ballarpur
• Bio PAPPEL
• Middle East Paper Company
• Mondi Group
• Smurfit Kappa
Tissue – Innovative Product
of the Year Award
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation, North America Consumer Tissue – Scott Tube–Free Toilet Paper
• Papelera San Andres de Giles – Felpita Kids
• SATU Laboratory – Gel Wipe
• SCA – Tork EasyCube
• Sofidel S.p.A. – Dissolve Tech
• WEPA Group – WEPA Hybrid Fair Fiber
Water Efficiency Award
• BillerudKorsnäs AB
• BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited – Bhigwan Unit
• JK Paper Mills, a Unit of JK Paper Limited, Rayagada, Odisha, India
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Smurfit Kappa
• WestRock India
