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SRW Discounted Registration Extended to March 23

Roll Damage a Problem?

Attend the Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing Workshop, in Nashville, April 2-4, 2012, and learn new ways to avoid expensive roll damage and improve your bottom line.

Discounted Registration Ends March 23

Be a part of this dedicated group of mills, carriers, warehouses and printers as they collaborate to reduce in-transit damage to rolls of paper at this premier forum for industry leading paper shippers.

Keynote addresses will be presented by Michele Donahue, Executive Director of Paper Supply Chain with Conde Nast publishers, and Colin Barrett, Consultant, Author and Educator.

This is truly a practical, interactive and collaborative shipping and receiving workshop put on by industry professionals, for industry professionals - all parties of the supply chain - to address common issues and concerns relating to damage and damage prevention in the paper industry. It's an excellent networking opportunity - paper buyers, paper companies, carriers, securing / damage prevention specialists, block and bracing manufacturers, safety experts all under one roof. Learn more about TAPPI's Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing Workshop.

PaperCon Keynote Speakers Announced

PaperCon 2012 will feature two Keynote Speakers as the industry gathers April 22-25 in New Orleans. Jeffrey Hayzlett , Bestselling Author, Global Business Celebrity and Sometime Cowboy will address the crowd on Monday, April 23 in the Opening Session and Lisa Bauer Lotto, M.S., Director, Environmental and Sustainability Programs, Green Bay Packaging Inc., will kick-off the Coating program during a special session on Sunday, April 22. Learn more about PaperCon and these speakers.

PaperCon is where CEOs, mill managers, superintendents, scientists, process engineers and suppliers gather to learn and network. Program tracks include Papermakers, Coating and Graphic Arts and PIMA Management. The PaperCon program also features: Inside and outside the box: Optimizing paperboard grades , the Sustainability Forum , an Executive Panel Discussion , a Young Professional Program , Coating 101 Course and other practical workshops and seminars and features the largest PaperCon exhibit ever. Bonus Sessions (open to all PaperCon registrants) Control Systems 2012: The first USA appearance for this highly-rated biannual conference. RPTA Production-Technical Seminar , the OpEx Reliability Seminar .

Take a moment to register and reserve your hotel room for this year's "must attend" event.

Webinar To Cover Nonwoven Latex Binder Emulsion Polymerization

The TAPPI Nonwovens Engineers & Technologists (NET) Division and the Binders & Additives Committee will hold the first webinar in a planned series of webinars that they will be hosting throughout the year on topics related to binders and additives. The March 22, 2012 webinar is on Binders - Latex: Introduction to Emulsion Polymerization. The seminar leader is Mike Yanutola of OMNOVA.

It is free to register and participate. If you have any questions about TAPPI, The NET Division, or the Binders & Additives Committee please contact cmckinney@tappi.org.

To pre-register.

This webinar has been designed to cover both the technical and practical aspects of emulsion polymerization. It will discuss kinetics and the basic theories for polymerization mechanisms, the specific role of emulsion polymerization ingredients, and basic polymer properties and characterization. An overview of the commercial manufacturing process will also be covered.

There have been many excellent mathematical treatments for idealized systems, and while this will be covered in some detail, some of the more practical aspects will also be discussed. The goal is for the audience to take away a rationale of emulsion formation and formulation that will show how the theoretical approach can be used as a guide for practical work.

As noted, this is the first of a planned series this year. The schedule is as follows:

March 22, 2012: Binders - Latex: Introduction to Emulsion Polymerization, presenter Mike Yanutola / OMNOVA
May 2012: Raw Materials: Trends and Forecast, Gero Nordmann/ BASF
July 2012: Binders - Latex: Butadiene Based Polymers, D. Andrew Spears / Styron
September 2012: Binders - Latex: Acrylate / Acetate Based Polymers, Maureen Nunn / Dow
November 2012; Binders - Resin: UF / PF / MF Crosslinking Resins, Zuzana Salkova / Arclin

Eliminating Cost while Enhancing Customer Value Workshop

Eliminating Cost while Enhancing Customer Value Workshop

Taking place at PaperCon, this one-day workshop on Sunday, April 21 will help you learn and identify effective tools and techniques needed to build a customer-centered, fact-based cost reduction strategy

Lead by Christopher W. Miller, PhD, NPDP, President Innovation Focus, Inc., this workshop features a customer-centered and creative approach to value analysis (the Unilever approach). Attend and learn how to unleash the power of your organization; design a customer-centered cost reduction project; facilitate an effective cost reduction effort; and how to select tools and techniques that will help you and your team be more customer-centered.

During this workshop, you'll learn how to design a customer-centered cost reduction project, facilitate an effective cost reduction effort, select tools and techniques that will help their team be more customer centered and build a customer centered, fact based cost reduction strategy

Process engineers and mid-to-upper level manufacturing managers within the paper manufacturing industry with an interest in cost management and reduction will find this course beneficial. Experience in cost reduction and related activities would be helpful.

Learn more about Eliminating Cost while Enhancing Customer Value Workshop and PaperCon.

The cost for this course is only 500 USD, which includes lunch and course materials. This special rate is being offered to TAPPI for this one-time workshop. Register now.

Make Plans to Attend TAPPI SRW Workshop in April

Attend the Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing Workshop, in Nashville, April 2-4, 2012, and learn new ways to improve your bottom line. Be a part of this dedicated group of mills, carriers, warehouses and printers as they collaborate to reduce in-transit damage to rolls of paper at this premier forum for industry leading paper shippers.

Nominations for Major 2013 TAPPI Awards Are Due August 1, 2012

Nominations for the major TAPPI 2013 awards are due by August 1, 2012.

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, Norcross, GA 30092, USA.

The Coating Process From TAPPI Press

The Coating Process
Edited by: Jan C. Walter

This book covers fundamentals and practical applications of paper coating. The book is divided into eight chapters that outline the process of making coated paper, the preparation, application and drying, and treatment of the dried coated surface. Each chapter is written by an expert in the particular subject area covered. This book is an excellent resource for both businesses and universities. The Coating Process.

View the Table of Contents

Product code: 0102B057

Member Price: $103.00

Non-Member Price: $155.00

Winning at New Products: Proven Roadmap to Success

Winning at New Products: Proven Roadmap to Success

Contrary to popular belief new product ideas often are not the biggest problem companies face. It's figuring out which ones are most likely to succeed – and then taking them through to development and launch. Join Stage-Gate International April 17-18 in Alexandria, VA, to learn how the top global competitors get it done!

The two-day seminar will help attendees improve their ability to conceive and develop winning new products and launch products faster than ever before. Why attend? Because research shows that a high-quality product development process increases new product success by almost 40%.

The seminar is led by the creator of the Stage-Gate process, Dr. Robert Cooper, an internationally recognized forest products innovation thought-leader who has helped companies develop new products for more than 25 years. The seminar will teach attendees how to:

Tap customer knowledge and needs to identify the right products to develop
Pinpoint the factors that will help, or hinder, product success
Structure a cross-functional approach to speed development
Engage company leadership to champion the right development projects

After two days packed with lectures, self assessments, problem solving sessions and case studies, you'll leave ready to take your team and company to the next level of new product success.

Learn more

Plan to attend "Winning at New Products: Proven Roadmap for Success" and the May 15-16 seminar "Successfully Implementing and Sustaining Your Idea-to-Launch Innovation Process" – AND SAVE! Contact Valerie Sather for promotion information – valerie.sather@stage-gate.com

Remember to use the code TAP11 to receive the TAPPI member discount!

Each year, TAPPI is generously supported by companies who join, or renew, as Sustaining Members.

Each year, TAPPI is generously supported by companies who join, or renew, as Sustaining Members. Through their dues, these companies support TAPPI's extensive educational efforts as well as facilitate the work of the TAPPI Foundation, a significant source of funding for the vital scholarship programs we offer to next-generation superstars. We are proud to list these visionary leaders as dedicated participants in sustaining, and growing the future of the paper, pulp and converting industries.

If you, or your company, are not currently members of this select group, we invite you to join today. To see if your company is a Sustaining Member, click here. To learn more about the many benefits inherent in becoming a Sustaining Member, please click here, or call Sustaining Member Concierge Piper James at 770-209-7225.