Leadership

Paper360° spotlights the recipients of TAPPI’s association-level awards.

If the energy crisis intensifies as the government continues to pursue low-carbon economic policies, will this dynamic accelerate consolidation within the industry?

TOR IDHAMMAR Trying to benchmark maintenance cost is a very common practice among many plants or companies. The maintenance cost/ton or maintenance cost/unit is usually considered the most important benchmark. However, only focusing on the maintenance cost/unit benchmarking is not useful. Why not? First, comparing maintenance cost between plants is very difficult because of variables such as the organization’s definition ...

COVID-19 tops list for 2021, with the next dominating factors going forward being sustainability and diversity.

For the first time since the award’s inception in 2006, two papers have been selected

These outstanding professionals demonstrate that volunteer leadership and personal achievement all contribute to the success of our industry.

Lotta Lyrå takes the helm at Södra after a 12-year absence, having spent the last decade in the retail sector. Now she plans to bring what she’s learned back to the pulp industry.

When I look at the pulp and paper industry I see a common thread: all of the support, opportunities, and flexibility it offers young professionals—including working mothers and diverse colleagues from a variety of engineering backgrounds—makes it a great sector to work in, now and into the future.  

The days when senior management could afford a limited understanding of a company’s systems and strategy in supporting the ADM and O2C processes are rapidly disappearing.

The Visy/Pratt Industries executive chairman is leading a recycling resurgence and is aiming to develop a ‘Lights Out’ mill.