1. business and industrial
2. paper industry

PAST • PRESENT • FUTURE
CELEBRATING 65 YEARS
DONORS • STUDENTS • INDUSTRY • UMAINE
PAPER DAYS
2015
Sponsored by:
April 8 & 9th, 2015
University of Maine
Wells Conference Center
65th Annual Paper Days Open House - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - 2015
WEDNESDAY, April 8th
10:00
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
1:15 - 2:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION - Wells Conference Center
WELCOME LUNCHEON
“Looking to the Future: St. Croix Tissue and Woodland Pulp”
AK Agarwal, CEO, IGIC
Marco L’Italien, Vice President, IGIC
Bert Martin, Business Advisor
Paul Jack, Mill Mgr., Woodland Pulp, LLC
Marty Richard, Tissue Mgr., St. Croix Tissue
“UMaine Faculty Research Updates”
Cellulose Nanomaterials at UMaine - Commercialization Status
Using Virtual and Augmented Reality to Solve Real World Applications
Increasing SW Kraft Pulp Yield by 10% on Wood
Producing NaOH and Acetic Acid from Sodium Acetate
Current Research of Paper Surface Science Program
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.
TAPPI’S 100th - Larry Montague, President/CEO TAPPI
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
PULP & PAPER FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING
SOCIAL HOUR
PAPERDAYS/OPEN HOUSE HONORS BANQUET
Key Note Address:
“Welcome to Expera”
Steve Myers, Operations Lead - Strategic Initiatives
Expera Specialty Solutions
• Presentation of Named Scholarships
• Presentation of Teacher Awards
• New Company Member Introduction
THURSDAY, April 9th
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Mike Bilodeau
Rick Corey, PhD
Adriaan van Heiningen, PhD
Joe Genco, PhD
Doug Bousfield, PhD
• Recognition of Senior Scholarship Recipients
• 2015 Genco Award
• 2015 Honor Award
BREAKFAST WITH STUDENTS/CHINN MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
“Student Travel and Networking Opportunities”
Finland 2013 and Austria/Germany 2015
Jon Lee, Senior, ChE
Steve Goulet, Senior, MEE
Audrey Cook, Senior, ChE
Charlie Cheevers, Valmet
Nick Hart, Paperchine
Kelsey Dillon, Junior, ChE - AIChE Regionals
Kelsey Bolduc, Junior, ChE - TAPPI Student Summit
Moderator: Lou Boos, Nordic Engineering
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45 - 11:30 a.m.
“PAST • PRESENT • FUTURE of Forest Utilization in Maine”
Gary Keane, Domestic Log Sales Manager, Plum Creek
Bill Strauss, President and Founder of FiberMetrics & Founder and Dir. of Maine Energy Systems
Jim Contino, Fiber Supply Manager, Verso Corporation
Brian Souers, President, Treeline Inc., & President of Professional Logging Contractors of Maine
Anthony Hourihan, Director of Land Development, J. D. Irving Ltd.
Moderator: Dr. Robert Rice, UMaine School of Forest Resources
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LUNCHEON
Raymond Heuchling, President, Heuchling Group Inc. & former Vice Pres. Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd.
“J. D. Irving Ltd. - Past, Present and Future”
“Celebrating 65 Years”
FEATURED SPEAKERS & PRESENTERS
Steve Myers
AK Agarwal
Operations Lead
- Strategic Initiatives
Expera Specialty Solutions
CEO
International Grand Investment
Corporation
Steve joined Expera in 2009, bringing a wealth of
experience in engineering, chemicals, sheeting and
paper mill operations management. Prior to joining
Expera, Steve spent 17 years in the printing and
writing side of the industry working in a number of
Consolidated/Stora Enso/NewPage mills, leading
paper machine, pulp mill and sheeting operations.
He joined Expera’s Thilmany mill 6 years ago focused on capital improvements to increase the flexibility of the mill’s largest paper machine to meet the
diverse needs of Expera’s customer base. Steve
became the mill manager in 2012, until October
of 2014 when he was named Operations Lead –
Strategic Initiatives for Expera Specialty Solutions.
He currently provides operational leadership for
Expera’s mills, and he leads strategic growth initiatives such as the Old Town acquisition. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Paper Science and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Western
Michigan University, a Master of Science degree in
Paper Science from the Institute of Paper Science
& Technology, and an Executive MBA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Steve and his three children call Appleton, WI
home. There he enjoys supporting his two sons at
the University of WI achieve their undergraduate
goals, and helping his daughter navigate the challenges of high school and selecting her choice of
colleges.
AK has over 40 years of global pulping experience with
a strong technical background in modern fiberlines
and extensive management experience in market pulp
manufacturing. His latest role as CEO of IGIC started in
2010 with the acquisition of Cascade Pulp and Paper in
Halsey, Oregon, and Woodland Pulp in Maine. The company continues to grow with the most recent formation of
St. Croix Tissue, also in Woodland, ME.
AJ has two sons. His eldest is married and lives in California and the other is recently out of college and works
in NYC. AJ’s wife Suman travels with him as he splits his
time between Maine and Oregon.
Ray Heuchling
President
The Heuchling Group Inc.
Former Vice President
Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd.
Ray, a respected pulp and paper sales and marketing
executive with 35 years experience in the industry, is the
Founder and President of The Heuchling Group, Inc.,
an organization dedicated to providing a broad range of
consulting and trading services for growth-focused companies within the pulp and paper industry.
Throughout his business career, Ray has been an active member of industry associations. A past president of
the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA), he
currently serves on its board of directors, and is chairman of the PIMA Foundation.
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“Celebrating 65 Years”
FEATURED SPEAKERS & PRESENTERS
Ray has served on the Board of Executives of the Sloane
Foundation Center for Paper Business Industry Studies
(CPBIS) at Georgia Tech, and has served as chairman of
the foundation’s Industry Advisory Board. He is also on
the board of directors of the Education and Training Committee of TAPPI, as well as a member of TAPPI’s Bio-Refining Committee. Ray is past president, and now serves
on the board of directors of the Association of American
Wood Pulp Importers, as well as the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame.
Larry Montague
President/CEO
TAPPI
REGISTRATION
INFORMATION
Paper Days 2015 registrations can be made by filling out the on-line registration form and emailing it
to [email protected]. Registrations can also be
made by calling The Pulp & Paper Foundation Office
at (207) 581-2297. You may also fax the form to
(207) 581-2000. For your convenience when making
a reservation, we are able to accept payment using
Visa or MasterCard.
Registration for the complete event is $250, $150 if
you plan to attend only Wednesday, or $100 if you
plan to attend only Thursday. A Registration table will
be set up in the atrium of Wells Conference Center
for the duration of the program.
For the convenience of our out-of-town guests special
Paper Days lodging accommodations have been negotiated with the hotels listed below. Please call the
hotel directly and tell them you are attending “Paper
Days” to secure the special conference rate.
Larry joined TAPPI as President/CEO in 2006. Before
joining TAPPI, he spent nearly a decade with The Newark
Group, an integrated global producer of 100% recycled
paperboard and paperboard products with manufacturing
and marketing operations in North America and Europe.
Larry served as vice president of sales and marketing,
responsible for $185 million in sales. It’s a position he
achieved over a successful 27-year career in sales and
management.
After earning his B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Memphis in 1977, Larry became an account supervisor for the Armour Dial Company. He joined the pulp
and paper industry in 1980 as a market specialist in the
Timber and Wood Products Division of Boise Cascade
Corp., and later served as sales representative for the
Corrugated Container Division. Larry then joined Republic Group Inc., where he first served as sales representative for Republic Gypsum and later as general manager.
In 1991 he was named Vice President of Sales and Marketing as well as G.M. He also served as point person for
Republic’s Acquisition Team.
• Black Bear Inn
4 Godfrey Drive, Orono, ME 04473
(207) 866-7120 or 800/362-0030
Paper Days Conference Rate - $79
• University Inn
5 College Avenue, Orono, ME 04473
(207) 866-4921 or (800) 321-4921
Paper Days Conference Rate - $84
• Four Points Sheraton (airport)
308 Godfrey Blvd., Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 947-6721 or (800) 228-4609
MAINE PULP & PAPER ASSOCIATION
Spring Meeting
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Wells Conference Center