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Better Together: 2021 TAPPICon LIVE! Part 1

Explore cutting-edge pulp and paper industry innovations through exclusive interviews from TAPPI Con 2021. Mid-career professionals discover advanced automation technologies, digital transformation strategies, and resilience-building approaches that drive operational excellence. Featured experts from Valmet, Casasco, and Proco demonstrate how smart manufacturing, predictive maintenance, and corrosion monitoring protect critical assets while maximizing productivity. Learn proven techniques for avoiding catastrophic equipment failures, optimizing water and energy consumption, and implementing data-driven decision making. Essential insights for plant managers, R&D leaders, and operations professionals seeking competitive advantages in modern manufacturing environments.

Better Together: 2021 SuperCorrExpo LIVE! Part 2

Discover cutting-edge innovations transforming corrugated packaging operations through exclusive interviews from Super Core Expo 2021. Industry leaders discuss machine learning platforms for predictive maintenance, six-color digital inkjet technology enabling sustainable packaging design, and large format digital printing solutions that reduce lead times from weeks to days. Learn how diversity drives innovation, advanced manufacturing processes optimize efficiency, and digital transformation creates new market opportunities. Essential insights for plant managers, R&D leads, and operations professionals seeking competitive advantages in packaging technology, equipment optimization, and leadership development within the evolving corrugated industry landscape.

Better Together: 2021 SuperCorrExpo LIVE! Part 1

Industry veterans Jan O'Leary interviews four corrugated packaging innovators at Super Core Expo 2021, exploring breakthrough technologies that optimize costs and maximize efficiency. Featured guests discuss Quantum Inc's customer-obsessed ink systems, Mitsubishi's augmented reality training solutions, Tilia Labs' AI-powered production optimization software, and PCA's Dr. Ben Frank shares research insights that earned him the prestigious Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal. This episode delivers advanced technical insights, benchmarking opportunities, and leadership development perspectives essential for mid-career professionals seeking to stay competitive in the evolving corrugated industry while proving ROI to stakeholders.

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.

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.

Better Together: John Dyck, CEO of CESMII

Smart manufacturing expert John **** reveals how digitization transforms pulp, paper and packaging operations through advanced KPI tracking, workforce development, and supply chain optimization. Mid-career professionals learn actionable strategies for implementing Industry 4.0 technologies that deliver 20-30% productivity gains while capturing institutional knowledge from retiring experts. This comprehensive discussion covers democratizing smart manufacturing across small and medium manufacturers, reducing operational complexity, and positioning the pulp and paper industry as a critical nexus in American manufacturing competitiveness through data-driven decision making and collaborative ecosystems.

Better Together: Live from 2023 CorrExpo - Episode 2

Explore cutting-edge corrugated industry innovations from CoreExpo 2023, featuring digital printing advances, downtime reduction strategies, and wastewater treatment solutions. Industry leaders from Domino, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fosber, and Walla Walla Environmental share insights on operational efficiency, labor optimization, and cost savings. Learn how digital printing transforms short-run flexibility, pre-feeders address 50% of downtime issues, advanced diagnostics improve maintenance, and proper wastewater management saves up to $400,000 annually. Essential technical knowledge for plant managers, R&D leads, and operations professionals seeking competitive advantages and ROI improvements.

Better Together: Live from 2023 TAPPICon - Episode 2

This TAPPI Con 2023 episode delivers critical insights for mid-career professionals seeking advanced technical knowledge and leadership development. Industry experts discuss talent acquisition strategies, innovative project management approaches, XR technology applications, steam joint optimization, and pH control solutions. Calvin Bembry shares proven methods for attracting young talent to paper manufacturing, while Rebecca Boyd explores overcoming innovation challenges in fast-paced mill environments. Technical discussions cover Dublin's mission-critical steam joints for energy efficiency and ABB's collaborative pH care package for workforce knowledge transfer. The episode provides actionable benchmarking insights, vendor partnership strategies, and sustainability solutions that directly address ROI concerns while supporting career advancement in plant operations and R&D leadership roles.

Better Together: Tissue Experts on Dust Mitigation

Industry experts Bud Chase from Enzymatic Deinking Technologies and Alfredo Sali from Valmet discuss critical dust mitigation strategies for tissue manufacturing through TAPPI's Dust Mitigation Committee. This comprehensive conversation covers the three levels of dust fires, from simple dust fires to catastrophic explosions, while exploring advanced solutions including drone technology, real-time monitoring systems, and proactive dust management techniques. Mid-career professionals will gain actionable insights into measuring dust accumulation rates, implementing dust hazard analysis protocols, and leveraging collaborative industry expertise to transform dust from a necessary evil into a manageable safety challenge, ultimately protecting equipment investments and ensuring operational continuity.

Better Together: 2026 Student Summit