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Winners Announced for PPI Awards 2012

Tuesday 13. November 2012 - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, announced the winners of this year's PPI Awards during a gala dinner tonight, November 12, at Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels.

Organized by RISI, the PPI Awards honor leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments within the pulp and paper industry.
Laura Esposto, Italian TV presenter, hosted the gala dinner and presented the winners with their awards.
The PPI Awards 2012 winners are as follows:
COMPANY AWARDS
Business Strategy of the Year Award
Sponsored by Voith
DS SMITH, UK
Environmental Strategy of the Year Award
Sponsored by Metso
MONDI GROUP, AUSTRIA
Green Energy and Biofuels Award
Sponsored by Andritz
TAMILNADU NEWSPRINT AND PAPERS LTD, INDIA
Managing Risk and Safety Award
Sponsored by FM Global
MONDI SCP, Slovakia
Promotional Campaign
Sponsored by RISI Marketing Services
FINCH PAPER, USA – DIGITAL FIELD GUIDE CAMPAIGN
Innovative Product of the Year (Graphic Papers)
Sponsored by HP
CASCADES FINE PAPERS GROUP, CANADA – CHECKSECUR PLATINUM ENVIROTM
SUPPLIER AWARDS
Breakthrough Technology of the Year
Sponsored by CEPI
SANATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CANADA – DAS TECHNOLOGY
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Global CEO of the Year Sponsored
by StepChange Consulting
MILES ROBERTS, CEO, DS SMITH, UK
Mill Manager
Sponsored by ABB
I.N. Guha – BILT GRAPHIC PAPER PRODUCTS LIMITED, BHIGWAN UNIT, INDIA
MILL AWARDS
Environmental Strategy of the Year Award
Sponsored by Cargill
UPM, SHOTTON PAPER MILL, UK
Water Efficiency Award
Sponsored by Kemira
BILT GRAPHIC PAPER PRODUCTS LIMITED, BHIGWAN UNIT, INDIA
Advances and Innovation in Speciality Papers
Sponsored by Metso
SAPPI ALFELD GMBH, GERMANY – WHITE LINER FOR CORRUGATED BOARD PRODUCTION
Efficiency Improvements of the Year
Sponsored by Kadant
MONDI SCP RUZOMBEROK, SLOVAKIA
Advances and Innovation in Sustainable Packaging
Sponsored by Eka (www.akzonobel.com/eka)
SMURFIT KAPPA – ECO TRAY
Some of the judges on this year’s panel were:
Teresa Presas (CEPI), Martyn Eustace (Two Sides), Rod Young (RISI) and Bob Latham (Delphi Projects).