Happy holidays! Now's the time to order your TAPPI and PIMA logo items for 2011 and show your pride as a TAPPI member or to support your PIMA division. Choose from unstructured brushed twill caps, knit polos and microfiber windshirts with either the TAPPI or the PIMA logo.

You'll want to wear your TAPPI and PIMA logo merchandise to:
• Show your pride in the industry
• Great to wear at TAPPI conferences and events
• Super gift idea to give a student in the industry or a co-worker

Wearing your TAPPI or PIMA logo merchandise makes a positive and lasting impression in the industry.

Visit the website to order TAPPI merchandise or PIMA items.

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Which industry segments trend upward? How is your company doing compared with competitors? Need a one-stop benchmark for industry performance and forecasting?

Then you need the 2010 TAPPI Industry Outlook Report: Performance Improves But Caution Remains

Save 10 percent on the TAPPI Industry Outlook Report, the most comprehensive strategic industry report of its kind! 407 companies, 15 market segments, complete data covering five and a half years, plus two years of forecasting.

Available NOW with up-to-date industry data you can't get anywhere else in a single report!

Filled with industry data, the TAPPI Industry Outlook Report is your key to a successful future in the paper and forest products industry. More than 400 publicly traded industry representatives participated in this comprehensive report that analyzes market segments, reviews growth trends and predicts how your company can be ahead of the curve as the market rebounds.

Commissioned by TAPPI, this 482-page report has been compiled using the latest data by FairValue Advisors LLC, a leading firm in analysis of performance measures including company size, growth projections, asset turnover, profitability, rates of return, investments and risk.

Just off the presses, the 2010 TAPPI Industry Outlook Report is a must-have for forward-thinking companies who want to lead the accelerating rebound in paper and forest products.

To order:

Save 10 percent off the price until January 15.

List Price: $670
Member Price: $445

Order online at www.tappi.org/bookstore or contact TAPPI's Member Connection Center at 1-800-332-8686 (US), 1-800-446-9431 (Canada) or +1 770-446-1400 (Worldwide) or by email at memberconnection@tappi.org.

List price after January 15 is $745 and $495 for members.

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Here's an impressive holiday gift idea to consider for several of your employees or yourself. The popular TAPPI Best Practices on the Corrugator course is a terrific opportunity to build upon skills and knowledge for anyone working within or alongside the corrugated industry.

The course takes place February 15-18, 2011 at TAPPI's new training facility in Norcross, Ga. You could present the Preliminary Course Schedule and confirmation of registration inside an envelope for a much-appreciated year-end gift.

Operators of corrugators, production managers, box plant supervisors, engineers – even those who provide products or services for corrugators -- can all benefit from the content offered during this short course.

Participants will:

- Learn how to increase productivity, improve quality and minimize waste;
- Take home new ideas and operational methods to improve production; and
- Share specific questions with the experts who'll be onsite to answer them.

This course offers 2.4 CEUs during the comprehensive 3.5-day session. Register by January 14 for an early-bird discount. Happy holidays from TAPPI!

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Every company, regardless of how large or small, struggles with the same HR dilemma – attracting qualified candidates. Hiring the wrong candidate can be an expensive venture with long-term repercussions. In the pulp, paper, and allied industries, there is finally a resource to make this process less cumbersome. The TAPPI Career Center provides employers direct access to qualified paper and packaging industry professionals. With its focus on the paper and packaging industry companies and professionals, the TAPPI Career Center, offers its members—and the industry at large—an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections.

High Visibility and Job Posting Management w/ a Niche Job Board

The truth is that the continued demand for online job boards show a better than 20 percent gain over last year. Job seekers are already using online services and want more visibility to top employers. Recently, the Wall Street Journal Online reported that employers are flocking to niche job boards and moving away from commercial job boards for a lack of qualified candidates. Unlike commercial job boards where hundreds of unqualified job seekers apply, the TAPPI Career Center directly connects qualified paper and packaging industry candidates to employers. On average, jobs posted on the TAPPI Career Center are viewed 240 times by industry job seekers. This means for every job posted, an average of 240 qualified job seekers have viewed the job posting!

Posting your job with a talent filled niche job board is one of many features to help employers save time and hiring cost. Using TAPPI's Career Center's Resume Agent feature, employers can:

• specify particular skills and search for the right candidate through the resume search
• have unlimited access to resumes
• activate features such as candidate notification
• save to favorites to help manage potential interviewees

For more information please contact David Bell at dbell@tappi.org.

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Do you know a fellow TAPPI member whose work in the pulp and paper industry deserves a moment in the spotlight? If so, why not help them get the recognition they deserve by nominating them today for TAPPI's special online feature, Member Spotlight.

This unique and popular monthly website segment profiles individual members, their career highlights and contributions to our profession, and offers otherwise unknown tidbits about their personal interests and accomplishments. Members featured thus far include Chuck Klass, Rick Croker, Richard Olsen, Max Moskal, Sandy Sharp, Dick Target, Jeff Smith and Andy Jones. Isn't it time for that special member to shine?

Nomination forms are available via the TAPPI website and can be emailed to MemberSpotlight@tappi.org for consideration.

Have questions? Simply use the same email address and we will get back to you promptly.

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