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Better Together: 2021 TAPPICon LIVE! Part 2

Join TAPPI's Better Together podcast for exclusive live interviews from TAPPIcon 2021, featuring industry leaders discussing cutting-edge technologies transforming pulp and paper manufacturing. Learn about TAPPI's mentor match program connecting young professionals with experienced industry veterans, advanced condition monitoring solutions preventing costly equipment failures, innovative molded fiber products replacing single-use plastics, and ABB's digital transformation tools including augmented reality for mill operations. Perfect for process engineers, analysts, and students seeking technical skill development, networking opportunities, and insights into emerging career paths in the sustainable packaging and paper industry.

Better Together: Karen Dillon "Market-Creating Innovation"

Karen Dillon, former Harvard Business Review editor and co-author of The Prosperity Paradox, explores market-creating innovation that transforms struggling communities into thriving economies. Drawing from 30 years of business leadership expertise, Dillon reveals how identifying customer struggles, rather than adding product features, unlocks breakthrough growth opportunities. For mid-career professionals in pulp and paper manufacturing, this approach offers strategies to move beyond efficiency improvements toward game-changing innovations that create entirely new markets. Learn how companies like Intuit revolutionized small business accounting and how sustainability demands present unprecedented innovation opportunities for industry leaders seeking competitive advantages and ROI-driven growth initiatives.

2021 Virtual Women's Summit - Final

TAPPI's Women's Summit delivered cutting-edge innovation strategies through keynote speaker Heather Richard Smith, Senior VP of Technology at Jacobs. Young professionals gained practical insights on inclusive hiring for neurodiverse talent, sustainable innovation approaches, and military-inspired leadership techniques from General McChrystal's methods. Interactive breakout sessions explored work-life balance solutions, from flexible schedules to remote work strategies. Attendees earned professional development credits while networking with industry peers across 23 countries. The summit emphasized outcome-focused innovation over rigid processes, equipping early-career engineers with tools for technical skill growth and leadership visibility in pulp, paper, and packaging industries.

Towards MIAC 2026 in Italy

MIAC 2026 is just around the corner. From 7 to 9 October, the Polo Fiere Exhibition Centre in Lucca, Italy will once again bring together machinery and plant manufacturers, suppliers of technologies, products and services, paper mills, tissue converting companies and industry professionals from all over the world.

Metsä Group to Introduce Fixed Pricing for Young Stand Management Across Finland

Metsä Group’s new fixed pricing model for young stand management work will be introduced nationwide in Finland during September. Based on the use of artificial intelligence, the reform makes pricing more predictable and transparent for forest owners, as the final price of the work can be provided already at the offer stage.

Women's Summit 2021 - Platinum Sponsor Jacobs

Jacobs demonstrates how diversity and inclusion drive operational excellence in engineering and technical leadership roles. The company's commitment to gender equality and women's advancement creates mentorship opportunities, leadership development pathways, and inclusive workplace policies that support career growth. For mid-career professionals seeking leadership roles, Jacobs offers a proven framework for building diverse teams, implementing inclusive management practices, and leveraging diverse perspectives to enhance project outcomes and team performance in technical environments.

Invitation to attend the Women's Summit from Keynote Speaker, Heather Wishart-Smith.

Join Heather Wishart-Smith, Senior VP of Technology and Innovation at Jacobs, for an interactive session at the 2021 TAPPI Virtual Women's Summit. The Choose Your Innovation workshop offers young professionals hands-on learning in Internet of Things, circular economies, and innovation management within organizations. Participants engage through interactive bingo games, breakout networking sessions, and collaborative problem-solving exercises using proven ideation techniques. This professional development opportunity combines technical skill building with peer networking, featuring social media engagement opportunities and innovation book prizes. Perfect for early-career engineers seeking leadership visibility and industry connections in the pulp and paper sector.

Better Together: Chris Czyryca & TAPPI Standards

Industry veteran Chris Sarica shares how TAPPI standards participation accelerates career development for mid-career professionals in pulp, paper, and packaging. With 26 years leading Collaborative Testing Services, Sarica demonstrates how joining Standard Specific Interest Groups (SSIGs) provides advanced technical insights, peer networking, and leadership opportunities that drive measurable ROI. Learn practical steps to volunteer for standards development, contribute to industry-wide quality assurance protocols, and leverage TAPPI's consensus-based process to solve real laboratory challenges. This episode reveals why standards work serves as a career-long professional development platform, offering benchmarking opportunities and executive visibility that translate directly to advancement in plant operations, R&D leadership, and sales engineering roles.

Valmet Supplies a Complete Board Making Line for Efficient Premium-Quality Coated Board Production in Asia

Valmet has been selected to supply a coated board making line, automation, and lifecycle services to a customer in Asia. The new line will produce premium-quality coated board grades and support the customer’s targets to strengthen their position as a leading producer in their field.

2021 Women's Summit Session Wrap-up Sponsor - Voith