This three-day course August 2-4, 2011 helps increase your understanding of linerboard and medium performance properties and manufacturing. In turn, an increased understanding of these areas will provide direct help to improve corrugated box performance and runnability at your plant.

Attendees will learn how to describe and define linerboard and medium manufacturing processes, equipment, variables, and terminology.  The course also covers how one part of the process affects other operations in order to increase thinking on a mill wide scale. And you'll learn how to interpret how process variables affect linerboard and medium sheet structure and properties, in order to troubleshoot variations in product quality. These skills will be a great aid in helping to improve operations and product quality.

You can learn more about this course and register at the course webpage Course Page. We look forward to seeing you here at TAPPI in August!

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Save the date for the Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA 2011 Minnesota Golf Outing on August 30, 2011. The outing will take place at Preserve Courses at Grand View, 5606 Preserve Blvd., Pequot Lakes, MN . Registration is from 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. with a Shotgun Start promptly at 9:30 a.m. It will be a four-man scramble with payouts awarded to 1st and 2nd place teams. A box lunch is included and there will be a Cocktail Hour with a cash bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres following round of golf in Clubhouse. The cost is $500 per foursome ($125.00 per person) and includes: Green fees, 1/2 cart rental, lunch, awards and vendor sponsored door prizes for mill guests. There will also be a Putting Contest and a raffle.

Reservation preference will be given to foursomes. Groups of two or less will be placed into foursomes pending availability. We will limit the number of participants to 128. Entries will only be accepted with full payment. For entries received after August 16th, 2011 the cost is $135.00 per person.

Dress Code: Nonmetal spikes are required. Appropriate golf attire consisting of collared shirt and Dicker style shorts or slacks is required. T-shirts, tank tops, sleeveless shirts, cutoffs, athletic shorts, will not be allowed and players will be asked to change prior to teeing off.

Net proceeds go to Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA's Scholarship Fund. For lodging deals please contact Tim Bauman via phone 1-866-963-8753 or email tim.bauman@grandviewlodge.com and mention the PIMA golf outing.

For Additional details and the registration form

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Early registration for the 2011 Progress in Paper Physics Seminar (in Graz, Austria, September 5-8th 2011) is closing this week. For a reduced conference fee please register before July 7, 2011.

The seminar will cover all areas of fiber and paper physics, i.e. characterization, behavior and performance of fibers, suspensions and the final product. The program commitee has selected 41 presentations and 30 poster papers for the seminar program.

For further information please visit  the conference homepage

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Register now  to attend the TAPPI PEERS Conference (October 2-5, 2011 in Portland, Oregon) and benefit from the integration of both management and technical topics.

At PEERS, you'll gain a better understanding how of the entire mill process works together – helping you Optimize the Lean Green Machine.

Learn more about the program

With seven focused tracks and more than 30 sessions, this year's updated conference offers peer-reviewed papers, expert speakers, exclusive networking opportunities and new technologies that can help mills optimize operations.

Why Attend? You'll benefit from:

• unrivaled networking opportunities
• hearing directly from Keynote Speaker Miles P. Drake from Weyerhaeuser
• save time and money by also attending the International Pulp Bleaching Conference at a discount
• learn the latest updates on Boiler MACT rules and regulations
• gain knowledge from peer-reviewed technical sessions
• see the latest products and services available to the marketplace
• share strategies and know-how at Hot Topic Breakfasts

See you in Portland!

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Attending the TAPPI Tissue Properties & Manufacturing Course will positively impact your operations in three ways: (1) broadening your perspective on the manufacturing process, (2) increasing your ability to improve production operations and (3) help produce a more competitive product.

Please plan to attend TAPPI's Tissue Properties & Manufacturing Course August 10 – 11 in Norcross, GA. You can learn more about this course and register at the course webpage Course Page. We look forward to seeing you here at TAPPI in August!

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TAPPI currently has a committee working on the 2015 one hundred year anniversary of TAPPI. Longtime TAPPI and PIMA members on this committee include: Eric Eisert, Chuck Klass, Albert Moore, Art Rankin, and Tom Rodencal. Our celebration will focus on the innovative discoveries and breakthroughs developed by academic and industrial research groups over the past 100 years. This will generate enthusiasm for the past as well as the creative future of the global pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries.

Help us to showcase the people, processes, and solutions that make our industry great! We need your help! Please send us your list of the most innovative discoveries and breakthroughs in our industry within the past 100 years. If you know the history or have artifacts that provide insight into the discovery please send them to us. Please use snail mail (we love that stuff)! If you have any questions or comments please contact David Bell at dbell@tappi.org, c/o David Bell,TAPPI,  15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092;

Also, if you would like to join our committee, we would love to have you!

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Nominations for the major TAPPI 2012 awards are due by August 1, 2011. 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.

TAPPI Awards and Honors  shows 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, Norcross, GA 30092, USA.

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As the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries, TAPPI announces that it is still accepting applications for the William L Cullison Scholarship. Scholarship funds are currently awarded in increments up to $4,000 per academic year for the last two years of a student's undergraduate program. The deadline has been extended to August 1, 2011. All candidates will be notified of their application status by September 1, 2011.

TAPPI's selection committee has created a new, expedited process for applicants to submit their application. It recognizes that while students are seeking additional ways to cover the cost of their education, they also appreciate electronic solutions to facilitate application submission. The committee is happy to oblige and the online process is fairly straightforward.

Potential candidates must meet all of the following eligibility criteria to be considered. It is important to note that financial need is not a requirement to be eligible.

• Major in a pulp and paper science course of study at a college or university. Many of these colleges and universities sponsor a TAPPI Student Chapter.
• Maintain a 3.5 grade point average or better (on a 4.0 scale) through the first two years in a four-year program, or first three years in a five-year program.
• Demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities.
• Demonstrate significant interest in the pulp and paper industry.

Convinced that today's students are tomorrow's leaders, the TAPPI Foundation endowed the William L. Cullison Scholarship fund in honor of TAPPI's fifth Executive Director, an extraordinary industry leader. The field offers satisfying, well-paying careers in the pulp and paper, corrugated container, or polymers, laminations, adhesives, coatings and extrusion industries. Attracting skilled, motivated young people is the cornerstone to building a highly skilled workforce and a technically advanced industry. This scholarship provides a compelling incentive for students entering their third year of college to pursue an academic path related to this vital work.

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