TAPPI News

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

Old Home Week

28 Apr 2015 Old Home Week Above are 15 of the 21 in attendance who were not camera shy.   It never ceases to amaze me, when TAPPI Members come together for a corporate visit or TAPPI conference with 100-5,000

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

An Accent on Innovation

14 May 2014 An Accent on Innovation On May 13, 2014, Eric Fletty and I had the opportunity to visit with one of TAPPI’s Sustaining Member companies, Kadant Inc., at its Kadant Johnson facility in Three Rivers,

There is No Place Like Home

02 Aug 2016 There is No Place Like Home Do you know where Sumter, South Carolina is located? Eric Fletty and I didn’t either. The genesis of our adventure began nearly three years ago from a conversation with

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