About TAPPI
About TAPPI
TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º and TAPPI JOURNAL. Through information exchange, trusted content, and networking opportunities, TAPPI helps members elevate their performance by providing solutions that lead to better, faster, and more cost-effective ways of doing business. PIMA operates as the Management Division of TAPPI.
Mission
TAPPI fosters unsurpassed technical knowledge, valuable networks, and professional growth for our members around the globe in the forest products, paper, packaging and associated industries. We are a volunteer-led association dedicated to quality, peer-reviewed science and information for the enhancement of our industry and its technical, social and environmental achievements.
Historic Segments Served
TAPPI serves four distinct segments of the global industry: Pulp and Paper technical, pulp and paper operations, Converting and Packaging, and suppliers and consultants. Recently, the Association has expanded its reach within the pulp and paper industry to the operations area, providing value throughout the production chain. At the same time, TAPPI remains committed to providing the vital forum that more technically focused scientists and engineers need and expect from TAPPI as they work to discover the innovative solutions our industry needs. TAPPI is committed to helping pulp and paper manufacturers improve their manufacturing operations, enrich their workforce, and shape our industry’s future.
TAPPI has served the converting and packaging industry for many years. Currently, the Association is working to build on its successes in both the corrugated packaging and the flexible packaging areas by focusing dedicated resources and building innovative new products and services to meet the specific needs of people in the converting and packaging industry.
Through TAPPI, suppliers and consultants working in the pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industry have unparalleled opportunities to contribute their technical expertise to the industry; to achieve their company’s objectives, and to develop their core competencies through professional development, education, and training.
Over time, TAPPI has also provided programming for the vibrant Polymers Laminations Adhesives Coatings Extrusions markets. Collectively they are known as PLACE and their needs are met both in North America and Europe.
Other Segments Served
As the industry continues to evolve in its development, new programming needs have emerged. Two vibrant industry segments receiving support from TAPPI are:
- Nonwovens applications which are served by TAPPI’s NET Division and
- Bioenergy which addresses needs of the Bioenergy and Bioproducts Community. and
- The new International Nanotechnology Division will focus on nanotechnology for renewable materials, including the advancement of research and development for nanocellulose.
For 95 years, TAPPI has been a resource and a solution for the entire industry, helping members and countless individuals and companies throughout the global pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industry advance to a higher level of performance.
History
Founded in 1915, TAPPI has grown into the world’s largest professional association serving the pulp/paper, nonwovens, converting and packaging industries. TAPPI’s members look to the association for information, education, and knowledge-sharing opportunities. TAPPI was founded as the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. As an association, TAPPI is a registered not-for-profit, NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) comprised of thousands of member engineers, scientists, managers, academics and others from around the world. TAPPI provides a peer-reviewed, scientific forum of quality for its members to gain knowledge and networks to help them in their professional lives. Most occupations, professions, and pursuits have professional societies or associations that serve to enhance the knowledge base and activities of the group. There may be many variations and types of associations, a lot of them specific to a particular region, but there is usually one premier association respected globally in every industry, occupation, or pursuit. For the paper and packaging industry, that association is TAPPI.
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