Paper360° magazine is designed to keep you up to date on what’s happening around the industry, around the world. But sometimes we have more to talk about than we have space for in an issue. In this and coming issues, this page will describe unique “online exclusives”—stories and articles prepared by the editors of Paper360°— available only on our website. Here’s what’s available now . . . Human Resources Professionals Find a Home with PPMA The Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Association (PPMA) was established in 1936 to bring quality services to Human Resource Professionals. Through the annual salary survey and up-to-date wage trend reports, PPMA has helped prepare HR professionals for upcoming union contract negotiations and much more. Wisconsin-based PPMA provides services to more than 65 members from Illinois to New Jersey and all the way to Georgia. Said one member, “The information [PPMA] provided was great! We wanted to measure absenteeism rates within the industry and we [now] have what we need.” In August 2011, the PPMA Board of Directors arranged to have TAPPI provide administrative services to PPMA. [read full article] “Where Is He Now?” A Look Back at a PIMA Executive of the Year In 2009, Mark Gardner, CEO of Sappi Fine Papers North America, was named PIMA Executive of the Year—the highest recognition for leadership management given by the PIMA Management Division of TAPPI. When Joe Konkel presented Gardner with the award at PaperCon 2009 in St. Louis, MO, he explained that Gardner was selected because his company displayed values in line with the theme of the conference—People, Planet and Innovation. Gardner accepted the award by saying that he could not have achieved this accomplishment alone, and he thanked the “people [he] works with every day.” So how has this award affected Gardner? How has he used this recognition to further improve Sappi Fine Papers North America? [read full article] Nanofibers in Nonwovens To delve further into the topic of nanotechnology, Colleen Walker, author of the feature article on nanotechnology in the Jan/Feb issue of Paper360°, has expanded her research to cover nanofibers in nonwovens—fibers with a diameter of less than 1000 nanometers. REMEMBER WHEN . . . Revisit: “Innovation without Proper Deployment is a Waste” “Remember When” is an opportunity for Paper360° readers to revisit an article that is an “oldie but a goodie” . . . this time from 2007. This article by Ben Thorp and Masood Akhtar shows how “skipping or mishandling steps in a logical innovation model can lead to disastrous results for innovators and users alike.” They take an in-depth look at the first seven phases of the Innovation Model, including: concept generation, risk assessment, proof of concept, proof of process, demonstration approach, transfer and deployment decisions. If you have a topic or an article that you would like to revisit, please send your suggestions to ehitchcock@tappi.org and add Remember When to the subject line.
Paper360° magazine is designed to keep you up to date on what’s happening around the industry, around the world. But sometimes we have more to talk about than we have space for in an issue. In this and coming issues, this page will describe unique “online exclusives”—stories and articles prepared by the editors of Paper360°— available only on our website.
Here’s what’s available now . . .
“Remember When” is an opportunity for Paper360° readers to revisit an article that is an “oldie but a goodie” . . . this time from 2007.
This article by Ben Thorp and Masood Akhtar shows how “skipping or mishandling steps in a logical innovation model can lead to disastrous results for innovators and users alike.” They take an in-depth look at the first seven phases of the Innovation Model, including: concept generation, risk assessment, proof of concept, proof of process, demonstration approach, transfer and deployment decisions.
If you have a topic or an article that you would like to revisit, please send your suggestions to ehitchcock@tappi.org and add Remember When to the subject line.