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The early-bird registration for the TAPPI Extrusion Coating Course ends Tuesday, July 27, 2010. You'll want to be in Charleston, South Carolina USA August 24-26, 2010 to network with your peers and a distinguished group of industry veterans as they explore best practices and equipment technology that apply to extrusion coating applications. This three-day course includes a 4-hour Paper and Board Manufacture and Properties Workshop led by Chuck Klass, Klass Associates Inc.
This course is ideal for extrusion engineers, supervisors and operators; technical directors and superintendents, technical assistants and R&D personnel.
Designed to help you learn 'why' things happen on a paper machine, the 2010 TAPPI Paper Machine Operations Course is a three-day course, to be held in Norcross, Georgia USA on August 24-26, 2010. The course will focus on improving your understanding of the overall paper machine operation and improving paper machine operations and product quality.
Participants of this course will gain an improved understanding of the overall paper machine operation. In addition, a fundamental understanding of fiber properties and the way the mechanical components function on the paper machine will give the participant the tools needed to more quickly troubleshoot operational problems and improve paper machine operations and product quality.
After successfully completing this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe how the mechanical components and operations of the paper machine affect the structure of paper and thus the quality.
• Identify design and operating features of the paper machine that affect machine performance.
• Identify ways to improve paper machine efficiency and product quality based on a new understanding of the overall operation.
This course will be held at the Kemira Training Room in Kennesaw, Georgia, and will help you:
• Expand overall understanding of kraft pulp mill operations and bleaching processes
• Broaden awareness of how one part of the process affects other operations
• Demonstrate the affect of processes on kraft pulp quality
• Build confidence for effective interaction among experienced process engineers and operators
• Help you troubleshoot product quality problems
Why should your boss send you?
This course offers a fundamental overview of kraft mill fiber line operations. It’s perfect for anyone new to the kraft pulping processes, particularly engineers and operators.
View the Preliminary Course Schedule developed by instructor Dr. Michael Kocurek, one of the most recognized educators in the paper industry. He has taught undergraduates, graduates, and in-mill courses for more than 3,000 industry professionals and operators for over 50 paper industry corporations and government agencies.
Register soon. Secure your seat before July 28 for an early-bird savings.
This course is ideal for anyone who could benefit from an introductory- to intermediate-level course on tissue. The content can help build confidence for more effective interactions with others on the job like operators, technical staff, researchers, suppliers and customers. It also enables those who attend to:
- Contribute more toward improved tissue manufacturing operations
- Play a stronger role in producing better, more competitive products
You'll learn from one of most distinguished professionals in the industry! Dr. Michael J. Kocurek, PhD, Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University, is the course instructor and has taught this curriculum to multiple corporations and mills. He is a TAPPI Fellow and has taught TAPPI’s oldest and highly ranked short course on Introduction to Pulp & Paper for more than 37 years. In 2005, he was inducted into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed on those who have made preeminent contributions to the global pulp & paper industry.
Nominations for the major TAPPI 2011 awards are due by August 1, 2010. The awards that may be presented in the upcoming year are:
• Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award - The Association's highest technical honor may be presented annually to recognize an individual or individuals for preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven commercial benefit to the world's pulp, paper, board, and forest products industries and the other industries that TAPPI serves.
• Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award - The Association's highest award for service, may be presented annually to recognize leadership and service which have significantly and demonstrably contributed to the advancement of the Association.
• Paul W. Magnabosco Outstanding Local Section Member Award – The highest honor for Local Sections may be presented annually to recognize an individual for outstanding leadership and exceptional service to one or more Local Sections, which have resulted in significant and demonstrable benefits to the Local Section members.
• TAPPI Fellow - TAPPI Fellows are Individuals who have been members of TAPPI for not less than 10 years prior to the nomination, and who have contributed meritorious service to the Association and/or the paper and related industries. Retiring members of the TAPPI Board of Directors become Fellows automatically at the end of their term.
The TAPPI Awards and Honors page has links to these awards which will show the qualifications required and links to the nomination forms that must be completed. You may submit all nomination forms by email to standards@tappi.org, or you may fax them to the attention of the awards department at +1-770-446-6947, or send by mail to TAPPI, Awards Department, 15 Technology Parkway South, Norcrosss, GA 30092, USA.
Covering market trends, manufacturing processes and cost reduction, technology and applications, innovations in printed electronics and sustainability and life-cycle analysis, the 2nd annual Specialty Papers Conference, November 10-11, 2010 in Chicago, Ill. is USA is a can't miss event for anyone in the specialty paper industry!
In addition to the in-depth coverage of the most important issues to the industry, Specialty Papers 2010 will offer many opportunities to network. Nearly 150 key industry leaders attended TAPPI’s and Pira International's inaugural event last year!
The TAPPI Board of Directors will consider amendments to Article IV and Article VIII of the TAPPI Bylaws at its upcoming meeting. In accordance with the Bylaws any proposed amendments must be provided to the membership for comment thirty (30) days prior to action by the Board of Directors.
The proposed amendments include:
• Removing the 60-day postal notification period for those members who have been suspended.
• Modifying the Nominating Committee composition to add one local section officer and one division officer.
• Placing a term on Nominating Committee service of no more than three consecutive years or terms.
For more information on the proposed amendments please go to www.tappi.org/2010bylawchanges. Comments are due on or before August 20, 2010. Please contact Mary Beth Cornell at +1 770-209-7210 or mcornell@tappi.org with questions.
The TAPPI Research Management Committee requests your nominations for the Research and Development Technical Award and the William H. Aiken Prize.
The award is presented for outstanding accomplishments or contributions that advanced the technology of the paper and related industries. More specifically, they should be in the field of research and development. The nomination should contain:
* A summary of the nominee's technical achievements
* The impact and relevance of the research on industry
* Education, work history
* Examples of the impact that they have had on others
* Other pertinent activity such as involvement in TAPPI
The $500 prize is funded by an endowment from the estate of William H. Aiken, TAPPI president in 1967-1968. He was vice president of technology for the former Union Camp Corporation at the time of his death in 1974. Dr. Aiken also won the TAPPI Gold Medal, the association's highest honor, in 1971.
Nominations for the Research and Development Technical Award and the William H. Aiken Prize should be submitted by August 1, 2010, to David Bell dbell@tappi.org at TAPPI, 15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092, USA, or fax +1 770-446-6947.
