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RISI Announces Shortlist of PPI Awards 2012 Winners
Wednesday 12. September 2012 - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the shortlist of potential winners of the Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards 2012 program. The final winners will be announced and will receive their trophy at the PPI Awards 2012 dinner and awards ceremony on Monday, November 12 in Brussels, Belgium.
Mark Rushton, Editor of PPI Magazine and Chairman of the jury for the PPI Awards 2012 commented: “Over the course of the last four years we at RISI have watched with growing pride as the PPI Awards have caught the imagination of the pulp and paper industry around the globe. We now have entries coming in from all continents and from many countries all over the world, with submissions across all the different grades and products, and with an increasingly extremely high quality. We would like to specially thank the dedicated people at the various pulp and paper mills and companies who took the time out to deliver these excellent and well presented entries.”
“As the entries have expanded each year so have the awards categories,” continued Rushton. “We have introduced three new categories this year, including ones covering Innovation in Speciality Papers, Sustainable Packaging and Breakthrough Technologies. We would like to specially thank our highly esteemed judges for their dedication and hard work this year, it has truly been a Herculean effort on their part!”
Judges include high profile industry figures Teresa Presas (CEPI), Martyn Eustace (Two Sides), Rod Young (RISI) and Bob Latham (Delphi Projects).
The awards ceremony will take place in the evening on Monday, November 12, in Brussels, Belgium. Prior to the ceremony, RISI is offering an afternoon seminar which includes the popular “Big Debate” on, this year on the subject of “The Future of Graphic Papers”. The “Big Debate” is hosted in association with HP and ColorLok Technology. The seminar will also include presentations from Greenpeace and CEPI on the subject of sustainability in the pulp and paper industry.
The PPI Awards shortlist of winners, by category and in alphabetical order:
Advances in Innovation in Speciality Papers (Mill)
Carvajal Pulp & Paper, Cali, Columbia – Earth Pact
Middle East Paper Company, Saudi Arabia – Plasterboard grade paper
Sappi Alfeld GmbH, Germany – White liner for corrugated board production
Smurfit Kappa, Europe – Paper & Board Division – Recycled high performance fluting portfolio
Wausau Paper, Rhinelander, WI USA – Eco Select RTTM PCW Release Line
Advances in Innovation in Sustainable Packaging (Mill) – Sponsored by EKA
Carvajal Pulp & Paper, Colombia – Earth Pact
Mondi Industrial Sacks, Austria – Biodegradable Valve Bag
Papeles y Cartones de Europa SA (Europac), Spain – Icepac
Sappi Alfeld GmbH, Germany & Innovia Films – Laminar Structure for Compostable Packaging
Smurfit Kappa – Eco Tray
Smurfit Kappa – Salad Pack
Breakthrough Technology of the Year
ABB Ltd, Ireland – New Optical Caliper Sensor
EcoSynthetix Inc. Canada – Ecosphere / Ecosphere Biolatex
RYECO, Inc, USA – Defect Marker Technology
Sanata Technologies Inc. Canada – DAS Technology
Business Strategy of the Year- Sponsored by Voith
Appleton, USA and Domtar, North America collaboration
Cascades Sonoco, Birmingham Mill, USA
DS Smith, UK
Hengan International, China
Klabin, Brazil
Resolute Forest Products, Canada
Efficiency Improvements of the Year
BILT Graphic Paper Products Ltd. Ballarpur Unit, India
BILT Graphic Paper Products Ltd. Bhigwan Unit, India
Cascades Sonoco, Birmingham Mill, USA
Middle East Paper Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mondi SCP Ruzomberok, Slovakia
Environmental Award (Mill)- sponsored by Cargill
BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited, Bhigwan Unit, India
Mondi Steti, Czech Republic
SAICA, Partington Mill, UK
Smurfit Kappa Comproir Du Pin, France
Smurfit Kappa Roermond Papier, Netherlands
UPM, Shotton Paper Mill, UK
Environmental Strategy (Company) – sponsored by Metso
Grupo Portucel Soporcel, Portugal
Kruger Products, Canada
Mondi Group, Austria
SAICA, UK
Sappi Fine Paper, North America
Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock, China
Suzano Pulp and Paper, Brazil
Global CEO of the Year – sponsored by StepChange
Mark Gardner, President and CEO of Sappi Fine Paper North America
Richard Garneau, President and CEO of Resolute Forest Products, USA
Xu Lianjie, CEO, Hengan International, China
Miles Roberts, CEO, DS Smith, UK
Sami Ali Al Safran, CEO, Middle East Paper Company, Saudi Arabia
Fabio Schvartsman, CEO, Klabin, Brazil
Innovative Products – Graphic Papers- sponsored by HP
Cascades Fine Papers Group, Canada – Checksecur Platinum Enviro
Gold East Paper Company, China – Art-tech C2S
Holmen Paper, Sweden – Holmen TRND
Mohawk, USA – Mohawk Panoramic Papers
North Pacific Paper Company, North America – Norbrite92
Sappi Fine Paper Europe – Jaz Silk, digital paper
Suzano Pulp and Paper, Brazil, -Art Premium PCR
Managing Risk and Safety – sponsored FM Global
BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited , Bhigwan Unit, India
Coronel Suarez Mill SK, Argentina
Emin Leydier, France
Middle East Paper Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mondi Group, Sweden
Mondi SCP, Slovkia
Mill Manager – sponsored by ABB
Emmanuel Boullay- Cascades Sonoco, Birmingham Mill, USA
I.N.Guha – Bilt Graphic Paper Products Limited, Bhigwan Unit, India
Farid Ibragimov- Mondi Syktyvkar, Russia
Subrahmanyam Sv- Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd, India
Promotional Campaign
Arjowiggins Graphic , France- Cocoon Campaign
Double A , Thailand- Transforming Paper, Global Campaign
DS Smith Packaging – The Design Challenge
Finch Paper, USA – Digital Field Guide Campaign
Sappi Fine Paper Europe – Houston, the digital universe of paper and printing knowledge
Sappi Fine Paper North America, USA- eQ Journal 004: Taking the Guilt out of Paper?
Smurfit Kappa Recycling, UK – Be part of Birmingham’s Paper Chain
Two Sides, UK – No Wonder You Love Paper
The Green Energy and Biofuels – sponsored by Andritz
Metsä Fibre Oy, Finland
Mondi Syktyvkar, Russia
Tamilnadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd, India
UPM, UK
Water Efficiency – sponsored by Kemira
Bignardi Papeis, Brazil
BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited, Bhigwan Unit, India
Cascades Candiac Mill, Canada
Klabin Monte Alegre, Brazil
Shandong Sun Paper Industry Joint Stock Co, Ltd, China
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd, India