- Corrugated Division Awards.
Charles E. Thomas Charles E. Thomas, vice president corrugated equipment, United Container Group, received the 2001 Corrugated Division Technical Award at the International Corrugated Conference and Trade Fair, October 15, 2001. Thomas is a 20-year member of TAPPI. He received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Johns ......
- TAPPI members elect five to the board of directors for
the 2004-2006 term.
Roger H. Brear is senior vice president, U.S. Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Group for Domtar Industries, Inc. and is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brear's paper industry career began in 1969 when he served as a co-op engineer, quality control/process engineer at the Domtar Inc. mill in ......
- Wash.-based Longview Fibre converts to REIT
Longview, Wash.-based Longview Fibre Co., a publicly traded timberlands owner and manager, has announced plans to convert the company into a real estate investment trust (REIT). The company expects the conversion to be effective Jan. 1, 2006. In conjunction with the REIT conversion process, the company has plans to implement ......
- Paper industry performance in the U.S. and
Canada.
Editor's Note: For ease of comparison, most study variables in this report convert Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars; however, Canadian percent change calculations use Canadian dollars to avoid distorting the data by the 4.1% Canadian dollar depreciation, relative to the U.S. dollar, in 2001. A recessionary global economy in 2001 ......
- Who's News
Auto parts supplier Dana Corp. has a new vice president of global purchasing in Paul Miller . He comes to Toledo, Ohio-based Dana with 25 years of purchasing experience at auto parts supplier Delphi and automaker General Motors. His most recent job was director of purchasing for Delphi Delco Electronics ......
- Appointments
The Rosen Group (TRG) is expanding its show division. Catherine Brown has been promoted to buyers services director, and Karen Levin has been hired as the logistics coordinator for the Buyers Market of American Craft (BMAC). Brown joined TRG in 2002 as a buyers services assistant. Levin comes to TRG ......
- A message from TAPPI on Hurricane
Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina has done incalculable damage to the Gulf Coast of the United States and uprooted the lives of untold thousands of our fellow citizens, and many TAPPI members as well. News services report that pulp and paper manufacturing operations have been spared from major structural damage, but the savage ......