Northeast Division holds successful spring conference.The Northeast Division of the Paper Industry Management Association held a successful Spring Conference at The Black Bear Inn in Orono, Maine on April 2-4, 2003. The theme for this year's Conferences was "Bringing PIMA to the People." A strong technical program, including presentations on natural gas and a Mill Operations Roundtable, as well as a tour of Duke Energy's Maine Independent Station, were put together by Division Chair Dave Embley, technical manager, Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd., and Affiliate chair Caren Stevens, Tesa Tape. The purpose of the first technical session, "Natural Gas" was to learn about the discovery, extraction and transmission of Natural Gas to the Northeast United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , as well as the permitting, construction and operation of Natural Gas projects. The second technical session entitled " Mill Operations Roundtable" addressed seven areas: Challenges in pulping, Challenges with Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , Challenges in Acquiring Raw Materials, Challenges in Power & Utilities, Challenges in Technical Services, Challenges in Environmental, and Challenges in Getting Products to Market. Table-top displays were provided by the following companies: Alco, AutomaTech Inc., Aroostock Starch Company, BroTech, Cianbro Corporation, Imerys, Irving Pulp & Paper, New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Organics, North River Equipment, SHW SHW Sherwin-Williams Company (stock symbol) SHW Slide Show (file extension) SHW Super Heavy Weight SHW System High Workstation SHW Shortest Hop Win (throughput scheme) , Tesa Tape, TJM TJM Tyumen, Russia - Tyumen (Airport Code) TJM Translation Jean Media Technologies, Trask Decrow, University of Maine "UMO" redirects here, but this abbreviation is also used informally to mean the Mozilla Add-ons website, formerly Mozilla Update Should not be confused with Université du Maine, in Le Mans, France The University of Maine and Vulcan Performance Chemicals. The spring banquet speakers represented an interesting cross section of the pulp & paper industry. Mr. John Williams, Executive Director of the Maine Pulp and Paper Association, Mr. Leroy Barry, President, Madison Paper Company (Retired), and Mr. Raymond Heuchling, Vice President, Irving Forest Products, and PIMA President. Silver Level Asten Johnson BE & K Bercen, Inc, Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the National Starch and Chemical ONDEO Nalco Paper Services Siemens Energy & Automation Specialty Minerals Inc. Weavexx Bronze Level Deublin Company The Fiber Resource Group Inc. G.E. Toshiba Automation Systems Raymond J. Heuchling, PIMA President J.J. Plank Corp./ Spencer Johnston Co. J & L Fiber Services, Inc. J. M. Huber Corp. Korber PaperLink Millennium Chemicals Omya Pacific Saw & Knife Penford Products R-V Industries Stowe Woodward Target Marketing Worldwide, Inc. Tate & Lyle North America Western Polymer Williams-Gray Co. Student Sponsors Auburn University Pulp and Paper Foundation Buckman Laboratories Connecticut Valley PIMA Division Metso Corp. Engelhard Corp. Southwestern PIMA Division Mill Sponsors Gold: Georgia-Pacific Corporation Stora Enso Silver: Badger Paper Mills Bronze: Appleton Irving Tissue Mississippi River Corp. Potlatch potlatch (pŏt`lăch'), ceremonial feast of the natives of the NW coast of North America, entailing the public distribution of property. Corporation Seaman Paper Co. Tembec Inc. Individual Sponsors Malcolm M. Kitchens Barre Mitchell |
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