PAPTAC Elects Mangin Chairman, Names Two New Council Members
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Patrice J. Mangin has been elected chairman of PAPTAC for 2011. Mangin is general director of CIPP (Integrated Pulp and Paper Centre) in Canada, professor in chemical engineering at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières (UQTR), and a member of the PAPTAC Executive Council since 2008. He holds a PhD in process engineering from the Institute National Polytechnique of Grenoble and a pulp and paper engineering degree from PAGORA (Grenoble, France).
 Mangin's 38-year career with the pulp and paper industry includes CEO of Centre Technique du Papier (CTP, Grenoble), Quebecor chair holder at UQTR and Stora-Enso chair holder at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Stockholm), scientific Director of the Swedish Print Research network, and various positions at PAPRICAN (FP Innovations).
He has been chair and a member of numerous professional and technical association boards in Canada, USA, and Europe, including president of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), chairman of the TAPPI International Research Management Committee, and chairman of the Research Group of the Confederation of European Paper Industry (CEPI, Brussels). He is the out-going chair of PAPIER, the Canadian Pulp and Paper network for Innovation in Education and Research. He is the sole Canadian member of Agenda 2020 (Washington) CTO Committee.
Patrice is a TAPPI Fellow (2010), an Institute of Printing Fellow (1992), and received the Michael H. Bruno Award (2009), the highest TAGA distinction.
Two new PAPTAC Council members were also elected for 2011: Robert Dufresne, GM at Canfor Pulp's NorthWood Pulp Mill, and Carlo Dal Monte, Catalyst Paper's corporate energy director. Dufresne holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in chemical engineering from Laval University and has a Doctorate in pulp and paper engineering from the University of Trois-Rivières. He has published several articles and served as a university lecturer. He is a member of the OIQ, PAPTAC, and TAPPI.
Dal Monte graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in mechanical engineering and a M. Eng in pulp and paper (1993). He has been corporate energy director at Catalyst since 2008. He served as co-chair for the 2009 PACWEST Conference and currently serves as chairman of the Association of Major Power Customers of British Columbia.
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