TAPPI News

Riddle Me This!

15 Jan 2015 Riddle Me This! Riddle Me This! What do the year 1934, Audio Oscillators, a “Mickey Mouse” type company, a coin toss and $530 have in common with a very well-known 76 year old company that employs

A Very Special Visit

20 Feb 2014 A Very Special Visit ABOVE: Russ Wanke (left), president and CEO of Expera, and Larry N. Montague (right) of TAPPI Words to live by: Turning Pulp into Possibilities; Making Big Ideas Fly; All Custom

Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc.

04 May 2014 Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc. Eric Fletty and I recently discovered that the town of Logan, OH is home to Men and Women of Steel. Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc. (that is.) An Industrial Maintenance

The Sometimes Unsung Leaders of TAPPI

02 Aug 2014 The Sometimes Unsung Leaders of TAPPI I have to be one of the most blessed people on the face of the earth. I get to go to work each day in an industry where I always wanted to work, at an

Dreams Do Come True

12 Dec 2013 Dreams Do Come True In the photo above, Dr. Gray receives his award from H.R. Carl XVI Gustaf, The King of Sweden.  Dreams do come true...in so many ways. Our industry has been called many things

Paper Shows up in the Strangest Places—Who Says Our Industry Is Not Creative?

07 Mar 2013 Paper Shows up in the Strangest Places—Who Says Our Industry Is Not Creative? What's in your hometown? I have adopted nine cities in my career in this industry, but my hometown was and remains to be

You Never Know

07 Nov 2013 You Never Know We had a wonderful CorrExpo2013 in the great city of Indianapolis, Ind., USA, last month. More than 900 of the corrugated industry’s best attended this gathering. I tried to speak to

The Year of the Dragon—the First in a Series of Stories About My Visit to China

05 Jul 2012 The Year of the Dragon—the First in a Series of Stories About My Visit to China Back in 1991, during my days with Republic Paperboard in Hutchinson, Kan., USA, a gentleman set up an appointment with

A Small World

18 Jul 2012 A Small World On June 25, 2012, Scott Springmier, Eric Fletty, and I accepted a previous invitation from long-time TAPPI member and a young, Mike Ditka look-alike, Jim Niemiec, to visit NewPage in

Boldt

08 Dec 2020 Rebuilds paper machine safely during pandemic