Paper Expo hits mill country.Like a mysterious, unstoppable force, it roams the nation, always striking in the heart of paper country, with an unquenchable thirst for fresh papermakers to ... educate. It also informs, enlightens, and energizes. It's Paper Expo, and you won't want to miss it when it hits Milwaukee, Wisconsin For other places with the same name, see Milwaukee (disambiguation). Milwaukee is the largest city within the state of Wisconsin and 25th largest (by population) in the United States. , May 23-25, 2005. Paper Expo is the new paper industry exhibit announced by TAPPI TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry , which plans to rotate the event's location to regions around the U.S. with a high concentration of mill sites. Paper Expo 2005--the first ever--will be held at Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center The Midwest Airlines Center (formerly Midwest Express Center) is a convention and exhibition center located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center is part of a greater complex of buildings which includes the U.S. , specifically chosen as a location because more than 25% of all U.S. pulp or paper mills are within a day's drive. In addition to free educational sessions for manufacturing company personnel--the Mill Operations Program--TAPPI's Practical Papermaking pa·per·mak·ing n. The process or craft of making paper. pa  per·mak Conference will
be held in conjunction with the exhibit. Paper Expo 2005 will be the
only show specifically focused on the pulp and paper industry in the
United States Industry overviewThe United States is one of the biggest consumers of paper in the world. Between 1990 and 2002, paper consumption in the United States increased from 84.9 million tons to 97.3 million tons. U.S. this year. MILL OPS Ops (ŏps), in Roman religion, goddess of harvests. She was the wife of Saturn, by whom she bore Jupiter and Juno. At her festivals, the Opiconsivia and the Opalia, held in August and December, respectively, she was worshiped as a goddess of sowing PROGRAM: FREE, FOCUSED Located in the heart of the Midwest's "paper country," Milwaukee will be cost effective for both attendees and exhibitors. And what could be more cost effective than FREE educational sessions for manufacturing site personnel? Offered at no cost for those employed at pulp and paper industry The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. manufacturing sites, the Mill Operations program will be held Monday, May 23, through Wednesday, May 25. The Mill Operations Program will feature two tracks--one for operations personnel, the other for operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. . Topics covered in the Operations track include preventive maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance. preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes. See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey. , doctor blade basics, and brightness and color basics. The Operations Management track will focus on press felt selection and measurement of performance, reliability and maintenance, and process troubleshooting. The New Product Showcase track is available to both audiences. Process Control Supervisor Willard Reed, Weyerhaeuser, has attended numerous industry conferences and served on program planning committees during his twenty-plus years with TAPPI. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Reed, mill-targeted programs offer "a tremendous amount of information that can be used to improve your company's bottom-line. Take advantage of it, because your competition is going to do so." LEARN FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS In addition to Paper Expo and the Mill Operations Program, the 2005 Practical Papermaking Conference will take place at the Hilton City Center in Milwaukee, May 22-26. It's just a skywalk away from the Midwest Airlines Center, for convenient daily access to every scheduled event. The Practical Papermaking Conference will feature a Leaders Forum panel discussion that you will not want to miss. Kicking off the Leaders Forum will be a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. from John Gillen, senior vice president, coated mechanical papers for Stora Enso
abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga ). Gillen has oversight of Stora Enso North America's coated operations in Biron, Niagara and Whiting, Wisconsin Whiting is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2000 census. Geography Whiting is located at (44.488991, -89.562026)GR1. . Other panelists at the Leaders Forum will include: Roger Brear, senior vice president, paper manufacturing for Domtar Industries, Inc.; Kevin Richard, executive vice president, operations, at Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc.; and David Spraley, senior vice president manufacturing, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. consumer products, Georgia-Pacific Corp. GETTING ON TRACK The Practical Papermaking Conference is structured around targeted tracks that make it easy for attendees to schedule their time, with sessions that offer new approaches to achieving "more with less." The program will focus on three major areas: * New Developments in Process and Equipment: Evolving technologies and new uses * Optimization/Downtime Management: Operational best practices and shared experiences * Practical Knowledge Toolkits: Up-to-date tools for engineers and scientists Here is a closer look at the Practical Papermaking Conference's major tracks: New Developments track: Following the keynote and Leaders Panel on Monday, a five-paper session on Online Measurement Control will focus on how mills can increase efficiency and lower costs in order to remain competitive. Attendees will gain information that will help them improve machine quality and efficiency immediately upon return to their mills. A sure-to-be-popular End User Panel will feature representatives from a fast food chain, inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. , newspaper, conventional printer and a major user of corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. boxes. Following opening remarks from the panelists, attendees will be able to engage in a question and answer period. The Advances in Chemical Additives session will cover some of the new and innovative types of additives, as well as recent developments in combining and using conventional additives. Optimization/Downtime track: The Stock Prep/Wet End session features case studies demonstrating how wet end improvements can optimize paper quality, productivity, and cost. Real examples and discussion of past experiences by the presenters will help attendees to reduce operation costs and enhance paper quality at their mills. Another very pertinent session is on Paper Machine Improvements. This session will focus on ways to modify existing machines to increase profitability. Real life examples will be given regarding advancements for rebuilds and new machine projects as well. Two engaging discussion sessions will give attendees a chance to interact with their peers and other industry experts. The always popular Papermakers Roundtable is an interactive, two-hour session open to all operating personnel, mill technical and process personnel, suppliers and others. The Total Paper Machine Dewatering Dewatering (dē′wöd·ər·iŋ) is the removal of water from solid material or soil by wet classification, centrifugation, filtration, or similar solid-liquid separation processes. Panel is another excellent opportunity to bring specific questions for discussion. Practical Knowledge Tool Kits Track: The Tools for Making Quality Decisions session will discuss the information papermakers must keep at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. when a decision needs to be made. Topics to be discussed include energy conservation, reporting roll quality, and tools for event analysis. Paper mill engineers, operating personnel, suppliers and consultants will all benefit from the technology to be presented in the Innovations in Water Removal session. Speakers will discuss advances in sleeve press manufacturing and the evolution of triple layer forming fabric technology, along with newly established technologies like consistency measurement. A valuable four-hour session in this track will be the Headbox Tutorial. The first two hours will include four presentations by experts in the industry regarding headbox design, CD weight control, MD/CD ratio and fiber orientation profiles. The second part of this dynamic session will provide practical application of the concepts discussed using specific case studies. An informative session for engineers will be the MS Excel for Engineers Tutorial. All attendees will receive a CD with examples of the applications discussed. TRAINING LEADERS FORUM Training professionals know that events like Paper Expo offer great educational opportunities for individual employees or entire teams; but rarely do programs target the unique needs of the industry's trainers themselves. At this year's Paper Expo, a new program promises to do just that. Pulp and paper industry training professionals from manufacturing companies or sites are invited to attend the TAPPI Training Leaders Forum on Tuesday, May 24, at the Midwest Airlines Center. This will be a unique opportunity to share training ideas and innovations with your industry colleagues. Topics covered include succession planning Management Succession Planning In organizational development, succession planning is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring, training and job rotation, to replace key players — such as the chief executive officer (CEO) — , recruitment and retention, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. versus decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. training, and return on training investment. RIGHT FOR EVERYONE By bringing the technical programs, the exhibits, the mill operations program and the training leaders forum together at one central location, Paper Expo creates an enrichment opportunity for anyone involved with the pulp, paper, or related industries. "As for who should attend this event, I'd say any category in the mill--maintenance, operations, technical--all will find it of benefit," said Dave Forsman, conference chairman. "There are a number of excellent programs and tutorials planned. I wouldn't limit it to paper mills, either; for instance, our end user panel will be great for converters, too." Whether you're an hourly worker from operations and maintenance, a non-tech support worker, a superintendent, or an engineer, Milwaukee is the place to be this May. For complete information, visit www.paperexpo.org. IN THIS ARTICLE, YOU WILL LEARN: * The new regional focus of the Paper Expo exhibit. * Educational events available. * The content areas addressed by the Practical Papermaking Conference. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: * View the latest information about Paper Expo and the Practical Papermaking Conference at www.paperexpo.org. * Request a copy of the Practical Papermaking or Mill Operations Program promotional brochures at memberconnection@tappi.org. RELATED ARTICLE: PAPER EXPO '05 FAST FACTS: Exhibit date: Monday, May 23 through Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Location: Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Exhibit Hours: Monday: 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesday: 12:00 noon-5:00 p.m. Wednesday: 12:00 noon-4:00 p.m. Website: www.paperexpo.org * FREE sessions for manufacturing site personnel * New product showcases * Comprehensive exhibit showcasing the industry's latest and greatest * Educational program includes workshops, technical sessions, panels, and more JAN BOTTIGLIERI, SENIOR EDITOR |
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