Industry People

Management Board expanded to include Packaging Manager Roman Billiani.

Jami Pearson, Patty Pritt and MaryAnn Asti share their stories as pioneering women at Domtar’s Johnsonburg Mill.

ANDRITZ North America announced key leadership changes effective April 1, 2024, prioritizing an enhanced customer focus.

Katariina Kemppainen (SVP Group R&D, Metsä Spring) has been elected as member of the Board of Directors of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).

Change in Fedrigoni's executive team: Rodrigo Lacerda (formerly Bostik) will take over the Self-Adhesives business unit and Fulvio Capussotti will lead RFID, Innovation, ESG and Energy Transition

Sutton to continue as Chairman of the Board

The Management Career Services at Dalhousie University recently named J.D. Irving, Limited as one of their Top 10 Co-op Employers for 2023.

Renowned honor recognizes ongoing Association contributions

Antti Jääskeläinen, the Executive Vice President of UPM Raflatac, will be leaving the company to assume the role of President and CEO at a Finnish logistics and distribution firm.

(ATLANTA) March 14, 2024 – TAPPI is pleased to announce that Seyhan Nuyan, Ph.D., TAPPI Fellow, has been named winner of the prestigious Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award.

ATLANTA, March 12, 2024 - Veritiv Corporation, a leading specialty distributor of value-added packaging, facility solutions and print products and solutions, announced today that Stuart Crockford has joined the company as Senior Vice President – Business Development to lead Veritiv's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy.

(ATLANTA) March 7, 2024–TAPPI’s membership recently elected three new members to its Board of Directors. 

Honoring the individuals who push themselves above and beyond to help make up the difference between good and great.

Janne Rantanen has been appointed VP, Mill Manager of the Äänekoski bioproduct mill as of 1 April 2024.

Steve Henry, the president of the Paper Excellence paper and packaging business unit, has received the prestigious recognition of Customer Executive of the Year from the Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry. 

Suzano announced a transition in its leadership structure.

(ATLANTA) February 27, 2024– Each year, the TAPPI Journal (TJ) Editorial Board honors exemplary content by nominating and voting for the Best Research Paper based on scientific merit, innovation, creativity, and clarity.

NEW YORK, NY, February 26, 2024 - Mercer International Inc. (“Mercer” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MERC) announced that Jimmy Lee is stepping down as Executive Chairman and director of the Company for personal health reasons.

Forest products such as pulp, paper and lumber help shape the daily lives of people around the world.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the forest products industry, and Vanessa Simard, supervisor, Production Planning and Optimization, for our Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (Quebec) operations is playing a key role in the shift.

Valmet’s Board of Directors has appointed Thomas Hinnerskov President and CEO of Valmet and he will start in the position during the second half of the year and at the end of September 2024 at the latest.