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Mark your calendars for TAPPI PRESS’ Back to School Sale, August 16-22. For seven days only, TAPPI PRESS is offering special pricing on a number of titles related to the industry. Here’s a sampling:
Fundamentals of the Kraft Recovery Process
Cost Savings Strategies In Papermaking Chemistry
Pulp Mill Overview and Protecting the Environment
Handbook for Pulp and Paper Terminology
Chemical Recovery and Energy Production
And many more suited for the classroom, reference libraries and company managers.
Save from August 16-22 when you order any title on the Back to School Sale list. Discount applies to members and non-members.
Check the TAPPI home page starting Monday, August 16, for more details and pricing.
Author Dr. Martin Hubbe, a long time TAPPI member, used 34 years of research experience and a panel of leading paper and technology experts to create a ranked listing of the top 25 technologies in our business today. Report readers gain useful insights from 75 tables and figures as well as a technology forecast according to pulp and paper grades. For more information on this Pira market report from TAPPI, visit online.
If you aren’t now a TAPPI member, join now and become instantly qualified to receive the member benefit of the discount on Pira publications! Pira offerings apply 80 years of experience in the paper, packaging and printing industries. Also note that this report is just one of many market reports that TAPPI offers.
David A. Carlson with Fibre Box Association in
Elk Grove Village,
Ill., has been awarded the TAPPI Corrugated Division Lifetime Achievement Awardfor 2010. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those individuals who have gone above and beyond the normal contributions to the industry and the Association and have consistently been willing to use their time and expertise to benefit others. The award has only been given previously to three other recipients.
With more than 46 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry Carlson is a graduate of Northwestern University with both a bachelor of science in engineering and masters of business administration, Carlson is technical advisor to Fibre Box Association. His service to TAPPI over the years has included TAPPI Board of Directors, TAPPI Fellow, division technical editor of TAPPI Journal and Corrugating International, and chair of eight committees including Corrugated Containers Division, Awards Committee, Technical Session Developer, Technical Roundtable, Division Technical Program and Technical Seminar.
He was the 2006 recipient of TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award, one of the association’s highest honors. He has served on 21 committees within TAPPI. Carlson has dozens of publications and presentations to his credit and he regularly presents workshops and seminars for TAPPI and other professional organizations.
By attending the Extrusion Coating CourseAugust 24-26 in Charleston, SC, USA you will enhance your troubleshooting skills and gain a better understanding of materials and the extrusion processes to enable you to improve your existing extrusion coating operation. Registration also includes a half-day Paper and Board Manufacture and Properties Workshop led by Chuck Klass.
This workshop will cover an overview and terminology of paper & board grades that are PE extruded; properties of paper and paperboard grades used for extrusion coating; paper and board manufacturing variables that impact extrusion coating; and trends and new developments. View the complete course schedule. Learn more at www.tappi.org/10extru.
This November 10-11, join your colleagues in Chicago, Ill. USA for Specialty Papers 2010 -- the only conference devoted exclusively to the latest developments in the specialty papers sector.
The technical program includes 18 presentations from a cross-section of industry experts from organizations like Suntech Resources LLC, Hewlett Packard, Kimberly Clark, FPInnovations and Western Michigan University. You will find two days of in-depth coverage of global market trends; insights into how to improve the manufacturing process, reduce costs and increase competitiveness; the latest technology developments and the forecast for sustainability and LCA. The conference includes two round-table lunches covering the industry's hot-button topics (as determined by attendees!) where attendees can share and learn from successes and setbacks.
Registerbefore August 27, 2010 to take advantage of the 'Super Early Bird' savings!
The technical program is now available for the TAPPI 11th Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium. The symposium will be held October 11-13, 2010 at one of the world's leading paper research centers, PTS (Papiertechnische Stiftung) in Munich, Germany.
Held every two years, this highly regarded symposium provides a forum for research and development professionals, chemists and technical service managers involved in paper coatings to discuss the latest technical developments.
The technical program at this year’s symposium includes 30 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide range of topics like advanced printing fundamentals, sustainable barrier coatings, liquid interactions, optical control and advanced understanding of curtain coater application.
The Symposium will also include a peer-reviewed poster session. Abstracts for the poster session are being accepted through August 27, 2010. View the details.
Leading researchers, industry experts, and other stakeholders will be meeting at the Dipoli Congress Centre in Espoo, Finland 27-29 September 2010 for the International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry. One of the highlights of this event is the Poster Sessions featuring more than 40 posters that will showcase the latest breakthrough concepts and research in nanotechnology.
TAPPI, along with programming partner VTT, has created a technical program that contains more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and three keynote presentations. Learn more about the event by viewing the conference brochure.
The early bird registration deadline for this conference is 31 August 2010. Register today for the best rates.
The 9th Research Forum on Recycling will continue its history of highlighting cutting-edge research results from around the world. Held every three years, this event will provide participants an extraordinary opportunity to hear the latest in recycling research, discuss and debate technical and operating issues, learn and network with experts and peers, and identify future research needs of the recycling community. One registration will gain you access to both the PEERS Conference and Research Forum on Recycling programs.
Esteemed engineers, scientists and practitioners will lead sessions on all aspects of recycling technologies and operations for raw materials, ranging from newsprint to mixed office waste, during more than 35 cutting-edge presentations.
