Register Today for Specialty Papers 2012, November 7-8, 2012, in Chicago, Ill., USA. Join more than 100 senior-level industry insiders from all aspects of the supply chain, including papermakers, machinery suppliers and manufactuerers, raw material suppliers, consultants, and more for two days full of learning and networking. With more than 25 presentations from a divserse speaker panel, there is something for everyone in the Specialty Papers industry.

Michael Huth, CEO, Potsdam Specialty paper, will present "Paper Maker's Perspective: When Bigger Isn't Always Better." This retrospective will provide insight into how a small specialty paper business unit within a Fortune 200 paper company turned into a privately owned, independent specialty paper mill.

The conference will also feature "Market-based performance requirements for barrier-treated specialty paper and board" by Daikin America's Dr. Joe Ishley, Technical Services, and Dr. Frank Adamsky, Unidyne Marketing Manager. They will provide an overview for a variety of grades and basis weights within different barrier packaging.

View the conference agenda for other not-to-miss presentations.

 

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TAPPI Member Garnet Bremner describes TAPPI as a "mosaic" of individuals whose depth of experience and knowledge creates a wonderful atmosphere for finding outstanding mentors.

Bremner now works as an industry consultant for an air, water, & energy solutions and services provider. He began his pulp and paper industry career in a mill engineering role in Canada. Eventually, he successfully worked into deinking supervisory positions, also working to rebuild recycling mills, and then finally serving as a mill manager himself. Bremner has been an active TAPPI member, participating in officer roles on various committees and as a program chairman. Currently, he is serving as the PMD program chair for the PEERS 2012 conference being held this week at the Marriott Riverfront in Savannah, Ga., USA.

Bremner says that having a short list of contacts from mill operations, academics, R&D fields, equipment vendors, chemical vendors, automation vendors, and consultants of all types of expertise provided him with a support group to help with challenges.

Find out more by reading this month's Member Spotlight.

Spotlight participants are recommended by fellow members and staff. If you would like to nominate a member, just send name (or names) to MemberSpotlight@tappi.org. We will forward a Spotlight Questionnaire (click here) for you to fill out and return.

We look forward to seeing you "In the Spotlight!"

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TAPPI's 2012 Nominating Committee presents a slate of candidates for two officer and three director positions on the TAPPI Board. The candidates are: chair, Thomas J. Garland; vice chair, Chris Luettgen, Kimberly-Clark; and directors, Daniel D. Cappell (AstenJohnson), Kirt J. Cuevas (International Paper), and Robert A. Feeser (MeadWestvaco Corp.).

Voting begins December 1.

Per the TAPPI Bylaws, members of the organization have until November 1 to review the slate.

More information about the slate and election process is available online.

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On Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the Binders and Additives Committee of the TAPPI NET (Nonwovens Engineers & Technologists) Division would like to invite you to participate in a free webinar on acrylic chemistry. This presentation will be given by Maureen Nunn and Melinda Einsla of Dow Chemical. It is appropriate for a diverse audience and attendance of previous TAPPI webinars is not needed, nor is a chemical degree.

The presentation will cover a brief review of polymerization and focus on the use of Acrylic polymers in the textile nonwovens area.

Register Today!

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Join us at this new lovely golf center near Memphis, Tenn., USA to hit a bucket of balls and enjoy food and fellowship at our Driving Range Fundraiser. Proceeds will support scholarships at Christian Brothers University Packaging Program.

The event will be held in Cordova, Tennessee on October 22 from 5:30 - 9:30pm.

Prizes all for a great cause!

• Team & Individual Events
• Longest Drive
• Nearest the pin
• Silent Auction
• Golf Trivia
• And much, much more...

Visit www.tappi.org/CBUFundraiser for more information and to learn about sponsorship opportunities.

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The Empire State TAPPI/PIMA Local Section will conduct its Continuous Improvement Conference November 1 at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, N.Y., USA. Speakers include Peter Morel from Poyry, Ken Chartier from Finch Paper, Mark Decker from NYSERDA, Rich Rappa from CHA Consultants, and Laura Sherman from Nalco. The program is as follows:

• 8:30-9:00 a.m., Registration, Coffee, Continental Breakfast, Exhibitors
• 9:00-9:15 a.m., Welcome by Sean Reilly, TAPPI/PIMA Chair
• 9:15-10:00 a.m., "Dealing with Older Paper Machines," Peter Morel, president, Poyry
• 10:00-10:30 a.m., Break/Exhibitors
• 10:30-11:45 a.m. "NYSERDA Industrial and Process Efficiency (IPE) Incentive Program" and a couple of case studies from the paper industry, Mark Decker, project manager, Energy Efficiency Services, NYSERDA, and Rich Rappa, CHA
• 11:45-12:45 p.m., Lunch and Exhibitors
• 2:45- 2:00 p.m., "Six Sigma and Other Quality Initiatives at Finch Paper," Ken Chartier, Finch Paper
• 2:00-2:40 p.m., Break and Exhibitors
• 2:40-3:20 p.m., "RDF Chemistry Relative to Older Paper Machines," Laura Sherman, product manager for Graphics RDF Chemistry.

Learn more about this event

The 2013 William E. Clarke Memorial Scholarship and Grant and Heidi Cole Scholarship award application is available online. Application must be postmarked by December 31.

For Hotel reservations, contact the Queensbury Hotel at 518-792-1121.

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Yankee drying experts from around the world are planning their fall meeting for November 5-6 in the heart of North American tissue making, Neenah, Wis., USA. The committee meets twice per year to share knowledge and best practices to increase safety and reduce delay that negatively impacts dryer operations and overall productivity. The fall meeting will include the development of standard practices and presentations on doctor setup/profiling and metalizing yankee dryers.

More information and registration details are available online.

The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA Energy Forum and is open to all TAPPI members and visitors (one time only). To attend as a visitor, please contact Scott Springmier. 

Immediately following the biannual Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Meeting, TAPPI will hold the popular Tissue Runnability Course November 7-9 at Miron Construction in Neenah. The course will provide an excellent knowledge base for process engineers, machine supervisors, reliability professionals, and suppliers responsible for maximizing uptime and saleable tissue production. Attendees will learn to:

• Improve tissue quality and consistency
• Understand contributors to waste and downtime
• Learn reliability and maintenance best practices
• Diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly.

The course includes two and one-half days of focused instruction from a dozen globally recognized tissue making experts.

More information is available online. A registration discount is offered to TAPPI members. 

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Papers are still being accepted for the Appita 2013 Technical and Industry Innovations programs. This year, as an added bonus, a special speakers rate will apply. Papers can be on any subject of relevance to forestry, pulp, paper, print, or packaging.

The Call for Papers deadline is November 9.

You are invited to submit an extended abstract on topics relevant to the industry, including but not limited to:

• Forestry and wood products
• Sustainability
• Bioresources, bioenergy, and cogeneration
• Resource assessment and management
• Paper and board manufacturing
• Efficiency and process improvement
• Safety
• Lean manufacturing
• Pulping and bleaching.

For additional details and registration information contact Appita 2013 Conference organizers.

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One of the most popular and essential educational programs, the 2012 Tissue Runnability Course, will be held November 7-9, 2012 in Neenah, Wis., USA. The Tissue Runnability Course offers skills training for paper industry professionals involved in tissue and towel production. The expert instructors will provide course participants with a thorough understanding of the entire tissue making process and current best practices from wet end operations through creping and process control.

This three-day course was developed for engineers, machine and technical teams, or lead operators involved in the efficiency and quality of their plant's operations. The course material will be of great interest to new as well as experienced personnel.

All attendees will learn how to improve the quality of their product, diminish waste, and increase output.

You will learn from the industry experts! The TAPPI Tissue Runnability Course is taught by John Neun, John Tyburski, and technical experts from leading companies including Nalco, Metso, Albany International, BTG Americas, Jacobs Engineering, and Steve Waring of Process Applications.

Participants will learn how to run tissue and towel production with optimum settings for peak performance on various systems.

Learn more and register at the 2012 Tissue Runnability Course website.

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This text, edited by Carlton W. Dence and Douglas W. Reeve, covers fundamentals and processes from the chemical composition of pulp to the technology, production, and the environmental impact of bleaching. Designed as both a textbook and a reference book, Pulp Bleaching: Principles and Practice explains what bleaching is, why pulp is bleached, and how bleaching is done.

The book also features discussions on several "hot topics" in pulp bleaching, including elemental chlorine free bleaching, totally chlorine free bleaching, enzyme assisted bleaching, and bleaching of recycled fiber. In addition, the book is key-word indexed and each chapter contains extensive references.

Pulp Bleaching: Principles and Practice

Product code: 0102B061

Member Price: $124.00

Non-Member Price: $186.00

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Why Whitewater Filtration Systems Fail

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

This free webinar from TAPPI addresses why whitewater filtration systems are often problematic and in some instances fail completely. The presentation will explain why filtration systems fail under certain conditions and offers the best solutions to improve the overall reliability of the process.

Attendees will learn:

• Significance of process variation on equipment performance
• The negative cost impact associated with poor system performance
• New sensor technology that is making the system "visible"
• Cutting-edge strategies to manage the process variation
• How to develop a "roadmap' for system optimization.

Learn more and register

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The 20 volumes of Papermaking Science and Technology bookseries cover the entire paper manufacturing process from wood raw material to end product, providing a basis for university-level education, for updating training courses, and as handbooks for the industry. The bookseries has been updated and second editions are now available. TAPPI members can place an order by contacting The Finnish Paper Engineers' Association. Please contact Mary Anne Cauthen, Member Group Coordinator, at +1.770.209.7352 or by e-mail at MCauthen@TAPPI.org

These books can be purchased individually or as a set.

This 20 volume set includes:

• Volume 1 - Economics of the Pulp and Paper Industry
• Volume 2 - Forest Resources and Sustainable Management
• Volume 3 - Forest Products Chemistry
• Volume 4 - Papermaking Chemistry
• Volume 5 - Mechanical Pulping
• Volume 6, part 1 - Chemical Pulping Part 1, Fiber Chemistry and Technology
• Volume 6, part 2 - Chemical Pulping Part 2, Recovery of Chemicals and Energy
• Volume 7 - Recycled Fiber and Deinking
• Volume 8 - Papermaking Part 1, Stock Preparation and Wet End
• Volume 9 - Papermaking Part 2, Drying
• Volume 10 - Papermaking Part 3, Finishing
• Volume 11 - Pigment Coating and Surface Sizing of Paper
• Volume 12 - Paper and Paperboard Converting
• Volume 13 - Print Media - Principles, Processes, and Quality
• Volume 14 - Process and Maintenance Management
• Volume 15 - Materials, Corrosion Prevention and Maintenance
• Volume 16 - Paper Physics
• Volume 17 - Pulp and Paper Testing
• Volume 18 - Paper and Board Grades
• Volume 19 - Environmental Management and Control 
• Volume 20 - Biorefining of Forest Resources

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The 2013 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials will be held July 24-27, 2013, on the KTH Royal Institute of Technology campus in Stockholm, Sweden. Industry experts, scientists, health and safety specialists, legal and government policy makers, as well as the field's leading researchers will discuss the latest in nanotechnology research and development.

The 2013 Technical Program Committee has issued a Call for Papers inviting contributions from participants working in research, development, and deployment of renewable nanomaterials.

Abstracts are due by December 3, 2012.

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Make your plans now to join a host of professionals from industry, universities and research institutes at the 14th TAPPI European PLACE Conference, which will be held May 6-8, 2013, at the Swissotel in Dresden, Germany.

The Call for Papers is now officially open. Submit your abstract and take an active role in this not-to-miss event!

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