Monitoring Tools and Strategies for the Detection and Control of Microbial Growth in Papermaking Systems

Wednesday, January 30, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (EST)

Microorganisms thrive in industrial systems, including paper manufacturing environments. Inadequate control of microbial growth can allow for spoilage and deposit formation that reduces process efficiency and product quality. This webinar will provide an overview of monitoring approaches that can be used to assess the performance of biocontrol programs and optimize treatment strategies for improved control of microbial spoilage and deposit formation.

Learn more and register for this FREE Webinar!

Who should attend: Anyone with an interest in deposit control and spoilage in industrial systems. The material is based on the 2008 "Monograph on Microbiology of Papermaking Systems," published by TAPPI Press, and available online. The webinar is open to TAPPI members and nonmembers.

Presenter: Dr. Laura Rice, Nalco Dr.

Laura Rice is a senior research scientist in Pulp and Paper Research at Nalco, an Ecolab company. She develops microbiological monitoring and control technologies for papermaking systems and provides on-site consulting and training for biocontrol applications. There is no cost to attend, but you must register.

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Registration is now open for the TAPPI Introduction to Pulp and Paper Technology Course scheduled for January 7-10, 2013 in St.Petersburg, Fla., USA.

This is one of TAPPI's longest running courses. Why is this course one of our most popular?

Intro to Pulp and Paper Technology is unique in that it provides information on how each individual part of a paper mill influences another. This course allows you to understand how materials, pulping, and paper-making processes affect paper and board properties. You will also be delivered a broad overview of pulping and paper-making technology, including the entire pulping and paper-making process from raw materials and wood prep. to pulping and mill operations.

Four Reasons to attend Intro to Pulp and Paper Technology:

• Course pre-surveys will ensure this course meets attendees individual needs
• You will have networking opportunities during hourly breaks
• This course measures up the MOST training content in the SHORTEST amount of time
• You get the instruction of Dr. Michael Kocurek and can learn from his 45 years of experience on this topic. 

Who benefits?

• Pulp and paper company employees - new technical/operating staff, operators, non-technical personnel, chemical and direct equipment suppliers, technical service professionals, and sales people.

This course is taught by Dr. Michael J. Kocurek, Professor Emeritus, Paper Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kocurek is one of the world's most recognized educators in the field of pulp and paper industry science.

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If you're planning a career in the pulp and paper (or packaging) industry, this event will put you on the cutting-edge of some groundbreaking technology.

Make plans now to attend the 2013 TAPPI-PIMA Student Summit, January 19-31, 2013, in Raleigh, N.C., USA.

This is a rare opportunity for advanced undergraduate and graduate students to meet face-to-face with industry leaders and gain valuable information on what forces are shaping the industry today - plus the added bonus of the inside track on employment and career development.

Program Session Topics:

• Mock Interview Session/Resume Critique
• Myth vs. Fact of the Industry
• Voith Fabrics Presentation
• Printed Electronics
• Future of Carbohydrates
• Career Path Panel: Grad School vs. Job
• BioEnergy
• Project Management.
  

The 2013 TAPPI-PIMA Student Summit includes:

• An Engineering Competition
• Networking and a Career Fair
• Scavenger Hunt
• Multiple Tours of Industry Facilities
• Interviews with Hiring Companies.

Sponsorships are available. For more information, contact David Bell.

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Recognize Star Performers at Your Mill! Do you know of a star performer who deserves some recognition? Nominate them for one of the prestigious awards available from the PIMA Division of TAPPI. They will appreciate being honored at PaperCon and in Paper360° magazine.

The deadline for nominations is Jan. 15, 2013. Award descriptions and nomination details are available online. Questions? Contact Scott Springmier.

PIMA Awards include:

• PIMA'S Executive of the Year
• Mill Manager of the Year
• The Brookshire Moore Superintendent of the Year
• Technologist of the Year
• Ray H. Cross Community Service Award
• Delano L. "Del" Boutin Local Section Service Award
• Thomas F. Sheerin Sr. Service Award
• IT Service Award
• Kenneth H. Phillips Specialist Group Award
• Student of the Year Award.

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The TAPPI Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing (SRW) Workshop, April 9-10, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn., USA, is the paper industry's premier educational and networking forum for the entire paper industry supply chain. The workshop provides anyone interested in the logistics and shipment of paper the opportunity to see new technology and hear experts on a wide range of topics – all under one roof - focused on reducing in-transit damage.

"The safe, damage-free shipment of paper products to customers around the world is a very important element of pulp and paper industry logistics," notes Larry N. Montague, TAPPI president and CEO. "A wide range of factors can cause damage during shipment and the SRW Workshop is the premier event focusing on how mills, and their customers, can lower costs and improve product quality by reducing damage to rolls during transit."

The SRW Workshop is an interactive and collaborative workshop put on by industry professionals representing the entire paper supply chain, including shippers, carriers, printers, and publishers. Presentations and collaborative discussions on topics including car quality, safe truck loading and securing, intermodal loading and securing, damage classification, inspection, and claims procedures are provided. Experts with extensive experience and practical background knowledge representing Class 1 railroads, intermodal providers, warehouses, shippers, and dunnage manufacturers are part of the extensive program offered during this two-day workshop. 

For more information visit the SRW website.

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The 2013 TAPPI PEERS Conference, September 15-18 in Green Bay, Wis., USA., is the perfect forum for paper industry professionals both to acquire practical operating insights and to network with industry peers in technical sessions, tutorials, round tables, new technology sessions, and workshops.

Papers are now being accepted for the 2013 technical program; suggested topics are as follows:

• Fiber Processing
• Nonwood Fibers
• Steam and Power
• Recycling
• Enviornmental Management and Regulation
• Sustainability.

Abstracts on other relevant topics are welcome.

Learn more.

Once again, next year's PEERS Conference will be co-located with the International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference (IBBC).

Authors interested in presenting a paper should upload their abstract to TAPPI's Speaker Management System by March 1, 2013.

Abstracts should be 1-2 paragraphs in length. Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 28.

For more information, contact Craig McKinney, TAPPI Program Manager, at 1.770.209.7294

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The Tissue360 Forum, organized by TAPPI tissue experts in conjunction with Tissue360 magazine, will be held April 29 - May 1, 2013 at PaperCon 2013 in Atlanta, Ga., USA. The forum will cover a wide range of tissue manufacturing and converting technologies and market trends. PaperCon 2013 will be the pulp and paper industry's largest technical conference and trade show.

"The inclusion of the Tissue360 Forum at PaperCon 2013 will add comprehensive coverage of this dynamic segment to the industry's best technical program," notes TAPPI President and CEO Larry Montague.  "The forum will provide business insights and peer-reviewed technical papers covering developments in one of the industry's most rapidly growing and technically innovative grade sectors."

Tissue360 Forum topics will include an overview of hygienic product market drivers, raw material usage and supply, wet and dry end additives, latest hybrid tissue making technology and runnability/operational tips. All material will be selected and peer reviewed by TAPPI members with tissue expertise. The program is open to all full PaperCon registrants.

PaperCon brings together CEOs, mill managers, superintendents, scientists, process engineers, and suppliers for the largest pulp and paper technical program in the world.. No other event provides such a comprehensive program, networking opportunities, and trade fair among such a distinguished group of industry leaders.

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An Andreas Ahlbrandt winner, TAPPI member Ginger Cushing says being an active member of TAPPI's PLACE Division has served her professional development well by providing a solid network of packaging experts whose knowledge helped her win new business on many occasions. "They helped me understand the individual elements of packaging and how our components and processes work in concert," she said.

Cushing first joined TAPPI in 1988 when her colleagues at Mica, where she was a bench chemist, began urging her to do so. "They made me see it was the place to be," she said. Since then, she has held various chair positions, conducted courses, and has written and delivered numerous white papers. In addition to the Ahlbrandt award, Ginger was also named one of TAPPI's Finest Faculty for her participation in courses and symposia, and is a past recipient of the best paper and best session awards.

Ginger says being so active in TAPPI has provided many lasting benefits to her career, including a go-to network of packaging experts whose knowledge has helped her win new business on many occasions. "They help me understand the individual elements of packaging and how our components and processes work in concert." 

 If you would like to be featured in this section, or would like to suggest a fellow member to profile, please fill out the Membership Questionnaire and return it as an attachment to MemberSpotlight@tappi.org. 

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

Read the full TAPPI In-the-Spotlight to see this member's bio and related Q&A section.

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The Call for Papers has been extended for the 2013 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, June 24-27, 2013, on the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Campus in Stockholm, Sweden. Abstracts must be entered into the TAPPI Speaker Management System by January 11, 2013.

This is a great opportunity to share your research findings with industry experts, scientists, health and safety specialists, legal and government policy makers, and leading researchers from around the world.

Participate as a Sponsor or an Exhibitor! There are several ways in which your organization can participate with a range of prices and benefits to meet your business objectives.

View the Prospectus.

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Dictionary of Paper, Fifth Edition

By Michael Kouris

An essential reference tool for everyone in the industry, this dictionary defines more than 5,300 terms commonly used in the pulp and paper industry.

The dictionary was revised and updated by a team of industry experts led by Michael Kouris, TAPPI JOURNAL Editor Emeritus. The 5th edition of The Dictionary of Paper is the most comprehensive dictionary ever published by TAPPI. 1996. 450 pages, hard cover.

This is also available in CD-ROM format.

View the Table of Contents

Product code: 0102B058

Member Price: $75.00

Non-Member Price: $112.00

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TAPPI has scholarships to offer. You have a chance to apply for some green (funds to pay tuition, etc.) to fund a satisfying green career. These scholarships are available for graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in the pulp, paper, converting, and packaging industries. There are two general types of scholarships:

• TAPPI Division Scholarships 
• William L. Cullison Memorial Scholarship.

What this message means to you:

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The Secret, Second Edition
What Great Leaders Know and Do

By: Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller

• Uses the popular "business fable" format that Ken pioneered
• Explains the five essential practices exhibited by the best leaders and provides practical ideas on how to make these a reality in your life.
  

At one time or another, everyone in a position of authority-whether in a multinational corporation or a local volunteer group-wonders what the key to great leadership is. And who better to answer that question than the team of Ken Blanchard, whose books on leadership have sold over 20 million copies, and Mark Miller, who worked his way up from line worker to vice president of one of the largest fast-food chains in the country. In The Secret, Blanchard and Miller use the uniquely accessible "business fable" format that Blanchard pioneered to get at the heart of what makes a leader truly able to inspire and motivate people. Debbie Brewster, recently promoted and struggling, finds herself about to lose her job due to poor performance. In an attempt to save her career, she enrolls in a new mentoring program offered by her company. Much to her surprise, Debbie finds her mentor is none other than Jeff Brown, the president of the company. Debbie decides that she is going to ask her new mentor the one question she feels she desperately needs answered: "What is the secret of great leaders?" Jeff's immediate answer-that great leaders serve their followers-completely flummoxes Debbie. Over the next 18 months, Jeff helps Debbie discover and explore five fundamental ways that leaders lead through service.

The Secret puts what Blanchard and Miller have learned about leadership in a form that anyone can easily understand, embrace, and pursue. It is a book that will benefit not only those who read it, but also the organizations they work in an the people who look to them for guidance.

The second edition includes revised and updated content including:

• A new foreword by John Maxwell
• A new resource section in the back matter summarizing key learning points
• A greater focus on the book's primary focus: servant leadership
• A more humanized protagonist
  
• Numerous other minor renovations throughout. 

Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager, the bestselling business book of all time!

Item #: 12SECRET

View the Table of Contents and Preview.

Member Price: $23.00

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After a record attendance in 2012, PaperCon will bring together a wider assortment of CEOs, mill managers, superintendents, scientists, process engineers, and suppliers for the 2013 conference, scheduled for April 27 to May 1, in Atlanta, Ga., USA. PaperCon 2013 has expanded its already comprehensive technical program to include two new events covering tissue and nonwovens technology.

"PaperCon 2013 attendees will benefit from an expanded program providing additional learning and networking opportunities in several key areas," comments Larry N. Montague, TAPPI president and CEO. "Two co-located events - Tissue360º Forum and NETInc – will make new tissue and nonwovens tracks available to full conference registrants. Expanded coverage of these dynamic industry segments makes PaperCon an even more valuable resource."

PaperCon's large and comprehensive technical program, the industry's largest, offers a range of topics including Management (PIMA) Papermaking, Coating and Graphic Arts, Recycled Paperboard (RPTA Production - Technical Seminar), and Reliability (OpEx Workshop). An array of networking opportunities such as the PaperCon trade fair, receptions, lunches, and committee meetings, and a New Technology Showcase will make it the industry's must-attend event in 2013.  

More information is available online.

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The 2013 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials will be held June 24-27, 2013, on the campus of the KTH Royal Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

TAPPI invites you to sponsor this exciting event.

Put your company's brand in front of key industry professionals who have a vested interest in your products. This internationally known event brings together leading researchers, industry experts, government representatives, and other stakeholders to share advances, perspectives, and discuss new ideas and breakthrough concepts on nanotechnology-based advances. Don't miss this valuable opportunity to meet key decision makers from a variety of industries while they're spending dedicated time learning and exploring ideas for the future.

As a sponsor or tabletop exhibitor, you will meet and interact with potential customers and industry leaders in this breakthrough technology area. Given the expanded program focus of the 2013 event, meeting participants will cross-cut a variety of industries and applications. This is a great opportunity to expand or enhance your marketing base with your expertise.

Please review the Sponsorship Prospectus and select the package that best meets your needs.

For sponsorship inquiries, please contact Raine Hyde at 1 770-209-7256.

For continually updated conference information please visit the event's website.

Take a look at the current list of participants. 

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TAPPI Press is known around the world as an industry-specific publisher of current, reliable, practical, and useful products that help members, students, and other readers enhance their technical knowledge to solve technical problems. TAPPI now offers safety training on DVD.

Key benefits of DVD training include:

• Extremely cost-effective, efficient, and portable
• Pay only for neccessary courses
• Simple, flexible, and reusable format
• No need for Internet connectivity
• Playable 24/7 in any U.S. DVD player or computer.

More information in available online for the following Safety Training DVDs:

• Arc Flash Safety DVD
• Bloodborne Pathogens DVD
• Combustible Dusts DVD
• Fire Safety DVD
• Forklift Safety DVD
• Hand and Power Tools DVD
• Hexavalent Chromium DVD
• Lockout Tagout DVD
• Slips, Trips and Falls DVD.

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The International Mechanical Pulping Conference, sponsored by PI, TAPPI, PAPTAC, SPCI and PTF, will be held on June 3-5, 2014, in Helsinki, Finland.  IMPC 2014 is a major part of PulPaper, one of the world's most premier pulp and paper exhibitions, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of PI, the Paper Engineers' Association.

The Conference Program Committee invites you to submit papers on the following topics:

1. Energy saving in Mechanical Pulping process
2. New applications and innovations
3. Raw materials in Mechanical Pulping
4. Advanced Mechanical Pulping technologies e.g.

• Process control and simulation
• Bleaching
• Water management and effluent treatment

        5.  Mill operations update e.g.

• Production cost saving technologies (energy and chemicals)
• Improving mechanical pulping business potential

        6. Mechanical pulps in paper and board.

Authors interested in presenting a paper or a poster on these topics should submit an extended abstract (˜500 words) to impc2014@vtt.fi. Abstracts are due by February 28, 2013. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 31, 2013 and final manuscripts are due March 31, 2014.

If you have any questions, please contact Sari Liukkonen, Chair of the Program Committee at +358 40 586 0384, or by e-mail at impc2014@vtt.fi.

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