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SAMANTHA GEIER In the early 1940s, a group of safety professionals gathered to form the Southern Pulp and Paper Safety Association. This non-profit, member-based organization grew to become the leading association devoted to safety throughout the forest products industry and is now known as the Pulp and Paper Safety Association (PPSA). Since its inception, PPSA has been dedicated to promoting ...

Customer Alignment meetings bring suppliers and mills together. When things are in alignment, they run smoothly—it’s a necessity for great performance. That’s the idea behind ASPI’s Customer Alignment Initiative. Each fall, the ASPI Customer Alignment meeting is hosted by a leading pulp, paper, or packaging company, which gives attendees a stellar opportunity to engage with a major customer in a ...

SAMANTHA GEIER                                          It’s not unusual to hear praise for the achievements of veteran workers; often, these workers are provided with prestigious awards and their accomplishments are noted in respected places and publications. Of course, such    successes have typically taken many years to ...

More than 80 years ago, a small group of manufacturing executives, concerned about improving the internal conduct of businesses manufacturing engineered equipment in the United States, decided that the best way to address their concerns was through working together. In 1933, this group founded the Pulp & Paper Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (PPMMA). PPMMA was comprised of executives from US companies ...

SAMANTHA GEIER In the fall of 2014, TAPPI started a dialogue with the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington, DC to restore three books from our library. The books we chose showed signs of significant deterioration and ranged from more than 150 to 204 years old. The entire restoration process took almost 23 months, after which we donated one of the volumes ...

Strategy First is a strategic advisory and consulting firm providing services to investors, owners, and suppliers in paper and forest products industries worldwide. Strategy First serves a variety of clients in paper, packaging, pulp, and supplier industries, including raw materials, chemicals, machinery, renewable energy, engineering, and process automation. Company founder and CEO Asko Hyttinen formed Strategy First in 2010. Before ...

Every fall, the ASPI Customer Alignment meeting is hosted by a leading pulp, paper, or packaging company, which gives attendees the rare chance to network with their customers’ senior executives. At press time, WestRock was set to host the ninth ASPI 2016 Fall Customer Alignment meeting November 16-18, 2016, in Peachtree Corners, GA. Attendees will have the chance to learn ...

SAMANTHA GEIER As each year comes to a close, we take time to reflect on our accomplishments and anticipate the new achievements to which we aspire. In addition to hosting several successful events in 2016, TAPPI has decided to embark on a new one next year: Tissue 2017. Since 2012, PaperCon has hosted the Tissue 360° Forum, a tissue industry-focused ...

SAMANTHA GEIER TAPPI is dedicated to developing a technologically advanced workforce, and we understand that training needs are as various as the many industry segments we serve. That’s why TAPPI Academy offers the opportunity to acquire unsurpassed technical education and career enhancement through a variety of channels such as face-to-face courses, eLearning, company classrooms, and our new certificate program. FACE-TO-FACE ...

SAMANTHA GEIER TAPPI is dedicated to developing a technologically advanced workforce, and we understand that training needs are as various as the many industry segments we serve. That’s why TAPPI Academy offers the opportunity to acquire unsurpassed technical education and career enhancement through a variety of channels such as face-to-face courses, eLearning, company classrooms, and our new certificate program. FACE-TO-FACE ...