Current:

Jacquelyn-Danielle McNutt of CPBIS presents “The State of the Industry” paper at TAPPI Engineering Conference in Portland Oregon

Student Fellowship from Metso

Energy and Climate Policy Impacts on the Pulp and Paper Industry

Seventeen Attend Management Development Program

Archive:

The North American Pulp and Paper Industry: Condition and Prognosis

Tom McDonough of CPBIS hosts 2 TAPPI Engineering Conference Sessions on, “The State of the Industry”, and “Investment, Maintenance and Enterprise Transformation”

Jacquelyn-Danielle McNutt of CPBIS presents a second paper at TAPPI Conference on “Value Destruction, Creation and Capture”

October Management Development Program Schedule Finalized

“Mini-TBF” Slated for Syracuse

TechnoBusiness Forum Gets Favorable Reviews

Rainer Häggblom Joins BoE

Guided Tour: Implementing the Forest Boprefinery at an Existing Pulp and Paper Mill

“…Market Leaders (outlook) for Long Term (forest products) Investors” - reported by Don Roberts of CIBC (Member of the CPBIS BOE)

CPBIS Board of Executives Adds Two Distinguished Members

Manufacturing Survey to be Co-Sponsored by CPBIS

Climate Change Legislation Design White Paper

IP to Acquire Weyerhaeuser's Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling Business for US$6B

Worldwide Cellulosic Ethanol Production in 2020 to Reach at least 16.5 Billion Gallons, Reports Ethanol Statistics

Possible U.S. Energy and Climate Policy Changes Have Potential to Impact the Pulp and Paper Industry

Canfor Plans Biomass Energy Plant in Prince George, B.C.

IP's John Faraci elected as chairman of AF&PA

Metso to Acquire Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Paper Machinery Technology

CPBIS, Dr. Jacquelyn McNutt, presents two papers at Paper Week:

     1. "A Guided Tour: Implementing the Forest Biorefinery at a Pulp and Paper Mill”

     2. "Value Destruction, Creation & Capture"

Herbert, Blum to Interact with TBF Delegates

CPBIS, Sloan Network Meet to Address Climate Change Questions

The Joachim Seminar Series Spring 2008 -- Management Basics for Graduates: Entering the “Real World”

CPBIS to Participate in WVU Energy Workshop

Oliff to Keynote TechnoBusiness Forum

CPBIS to Interact with Sloan Network on Climate Change

Energy and Climate Policy Implications for the Industry

A New Year’s Message from the Director

CPBIS Introduces New Sponsorship Program

2008 Technobusiness Forum – Save the Date for a Landmark Event

Management Development Program Schedule Finalized

Metso Fellowship Program Now a Reality

Weyerhaeuser's Promotion of Fulton to President an Indication He Could be Potential Heir to CEO Rogel

CPBIS Researcher Dr. Marilyn Brown Nobel Laureate

Weyerhaeuser to Speak at GT

TBF Rescheduled

CPBIS Associate Director to Address NCSU Foundation Meeting

Understanding Online Pulpwood Auctions

CPBIS Announces Availability of Attractive “2-for-1” Course Fee

Techno-Business Forum to be Rescheduled

Value Metrics, and ECO

Empowering Workers is Tricky

MillsOnline Updates

CPBIS to Host Game Global Networking Workshop

Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Ranked Among Finest in Nation

Jacksonville CPBIS Sessions Give Attendees Much Food for Thought

Kilpi: India, Turkey Offer Attractive Opportunities for Paper Producers

Jacquelyn McNutt Injured in Accident

Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Ranked Among Finest in Nation

Technobusiness Forum Slated

Problem Prevention

PIMA and CPBIS to offer skill development webcasts on "Problem Solving or Problem Prevention – Best Practices on Solving Problems before They Occur."

Pulp and Paper Industry Innovation Examined

Sloan Industry Studies Committee to Host Southeastern Regional Meeting

The China Trade Deficit and the Need for Innovation at Home

2007 TechnoBusiness Forum

Production and Cost in the Pulp and Paper Industry: A Translog Cost Function Analysis

Sloan Foundation Pledges Continued CPBIS Funding

Game Global Continues - International team of researchers focused on the globalization of the pulp and paper industry

Forest Biorefinery Article - October 2006

Innovation TAPPI Article - January 2007

State of the Industry - December 2006

Enterprise Transformation Presentation

CPBIS Management Development Program to be Offered in June

CPBIS Releases PaperPat: A New Tool Providing U.S. Pulp and Paper Patents OnLine

PIMA/CPBIS Fall 2006 Webcast Series: Reliability Centered Maintenance (.pdf)    Registration by mail/fax (available soon) - Testimonial - Online registration (available soon)

Management Development for Enhanced Performance: a Paper Industry Professional Education Course on October 9-13, 2006 - Online registration

MillsOnline Updated on November 7, 2006. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

CPBIS Newsletter for August is Available (.pdf)

Summary of CPBIS Board of Executives (BoE) meeting of Tuesday, June 20, 2006

MillsOnline Updated on July 11, 2006. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

Updated State of N. American Pulp & Paper Industry presentations are available (June 2006)

CPBIS Board of Executives (BoE) to meet on Tuesday, June 20, 2006

The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies releases its new and improved web site on May 9, 2006

Board of Executives Endorses Revised Center Vision and Mission

Georgia Manufacturing Survey Shows Value of Innovation to Georgia Companies as Outsourcing Continues its Impact, in a CPBIS Co-Sponsored Project

"Think Supply Stream, Not Chain" - an Article from Packaging-Online Mentioning CPBIS Research Conclusions on Supply Chain Disruptions

PIMA/CPBIS Spring 2006 Webcast Series: Understanding and Applying Lean Manufacturing in the Paper Industry - Registration by mail/fax(.pdf) - Course info(.pdf) - Online registration(If you aren't a PIMA member, please create first a free PIMA Login by clicking here)

CPBIS' MillsOnLine Reaches 20 k Hits Milestone - MillsOnline Updated on March 23, 2006. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

CPBIS Board of Executives (CPBIS BoE) Holds its Third Meeting

CPBIS Board of Executives (CPBIS BoE) Meeting Agenda February 23, 2006 (.pdf)

Mills On-line Updated on Jan. 20, 2006. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

CPBIS Research Project Enables "The World of Market Pulp"; A New Reference Book Published for Paper, Packaging and Consumer Products Professionals

Professor Rothaermel Receives Prestigious Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship

IPST/CPBIS TechnoBusiness Forum Proceedings Now Available

Mills On-line Updated on Nov. 8, 2005. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

PIMA/CPBIS Fall 2005 Webcast Series: Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques (.pdf)    Registration by mail/fax(.pdf) - Testimonial - Online registration

Jim McNutt's PowerPoint presentation "Restructuring the Fiber Supply Chain" from the World Forest Institute's Conference -- "International Perspectives on Forestry 2"(.pdf)

Management Development for Enhanced Performance: a Paper Industry Professional Development Course on October 24-28, 2005

IPST/CPBIS TechnoBusiness Forum Focuses on Open Innovation and Enterprise Transformation    -   Click here for Agenda and Registration

The State of the N.A. Pulp and Paper Industry -- The Innovation Imperative - August 29, 2005, TAPPI Fall 2005 Tech. Conference

Mills On-line Updated on Sept. 7, 2005. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

CPBIS' MillsOnLine Reaches 10 k Hits Milestone

CPBIS Presentations at TAPPI Engineering, Pulping, and Environmental Conference August 28-31, 2005

TechnoBusiness Forum for the Forest Products Industry will feature E. Clayton Teague Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office for NSF

CPBIS Provides Research Findings and Reports; click here to access

First meeting of the newly formed CPBIS Board of Executives on June 26, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee

Mills On-line Updated on May 22, 2005. Updated File Containing U.S. Mills Information Available to CPBIS Researchers & Sponsors

CPBIS host of the Forest Products Industry Education and Training Roundtable Discussion and the Spring Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) meeting on May 18-19, 2005

New deadline for CPBIS Pre-proposals is May 16, 2005. CPBIS issues Request For Project Proposals 2005-2006: (RFP Word version)   (RFP .pdf version)   Budget template (Excel)

CPBIS Fellows Announcement 2005; Deadline is May 16 (.pdf)

Management Development for Enhanced Performance: a Paper Industry Professional Development Course on May 9-13, 2005

PIMA and CPBIS Spring 2005 Webcast Skill Development Series: Managing the Press Section - Press Fabric Design, Monitoring and Operation (.pdf)   On-line registration   mail/fax registration (.pdf) Testimonial

CPBIS Provides Expanded Array of Financial and Industry Operating Reports and Data on the Pulp and Paper and Forest Products Industry

Save This Date! IPST/CPBIS TechnoBusiness Forum 2005

Sloan Foundation recognizes three Georgia Tech faculty for research

Institute of Paper Science and Technology Debuts New Member Channel

Mills On-line Updated on March 1, 2005. File Containing New Mill Information Available to CPBIS Researchers and Sponsors

Recorded webcast available here for: "Technology Deployment in the Forest Products Industry", by George Weyerhaeuser at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series

George Weyerhaeuser from Weyerhaeuser Company to speak at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series

A Message About the Center by Patrick McCarthy, CPBIS Director, to the Paper Industry

Erica Groshen from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to speak at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series  -  Recording

CPBIS Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to meet on Thursday, January 20, 2005

Mills On-line has been updated up to December 19, 2004

Forest Products Leadership Alliance to Promote Professional Development: Building the Management and Leadership Skills for the Industry

Mills On-line has been updated up to November 23, 2004

Recorded Webcast Available for: "The Sustainable Print Media Challenge", by Donald Carli at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series

"Research in Industry Studies" - an article by Frank Giarratani - Director of Sloan Foundation Steel Industry Studies Center (.pdf)

Seminar on "The World of Market Pulp" on November 18th, 2004 supported by CPBIS and IPST

Forest Products Techno-Business Forum sponsored by CPBIS and IPST on October 26-27

Management Development for Enhanced Performance: a Paper Industry Professional Development Course on Oct. 25-29, 2004

PIMA-CPBIS Six Sigma Webcast Courses in Fall 2004 - Abstracts - Register by Mail/Fax - Register Online - Flyer ad. for courses (.pdf)

CPBIS Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to meet on Friday, Sept. 24, 2004

Article by Jim McNutt: "Beyond Efficiency -- Today's and Tomorrow's Wood Supply Chain", Forest Operations Review, Journal of the Forest Resources Association (.pdf; reproduced with FRA's authorization)

Now available - All presentations from the Sloan Annual Industry Studies 2004 Conference in PDF format

Georgia Tech's CPBIS shows U.S. Pulp and Paper Mills On-line

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Third Annual Industry Studies Meeting - A Success!

2004 CPBIS Graduate Fellows Named; Two New CPBIS Research Projects to Start in 2004

PIMA-CPBIS Online Webcast Courses in Spring 2004 -Abstracts - Register by Fax - Register Online -Flyer ad. for courses (.pdf)

CPBIS at TAPPI Paper Summit, May 3-5, 2004 - Atlanta, GA

Dr. Martin Kenney at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series, on April 22, 20o4: "Lift & Shift - Offshoring Service and Shifting US Economy"

Dr. William Boyd speaks on "New South, New Nature: Regional Industrialization and Environmental Change in the Post-New Deal American South" at CPBIS Research Seminar, April 15, 2004

CPBIS Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to meet on Thursday, April 22, 2004

Frank Dottori of Tembec, Inc. at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series, on March 26, 2004: "How Pulp and Paper Professionals Attain Successful Outcomes"

Recorded Webcast of CPBIS Distinguished Lecture on "Imperatives for Manufacturing Success in the Paper Industry" by Dr. Richard Phillips on Feb. 27, 2004

CPBIS Graduate Fellows Applications 2004: deadline is March 22nd

New Press release on: Management Development for Enhanced Performance; a CPBIS & PIMA Continuing Education Course on May 10-14, 2004

Dr. Richard Phillips, Senior V.P. -Technology for International Paper, at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series on "Imperatives for Manufacturing Success in the Paper Industry"

Paper Recycling and Lighter Weight Paper in North America - Recent History, Emerging Trends & Strategic Implications (.pdf)

Management Development for Enhanced Performance Course: Dates rescheduled to May 10-14

Ladd Hall, V.P. of Nucor Steel, at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series on Jan. 23, 2004: "Bestmarking performance in the steel industry - why success occurs"

A Message from the Associate Director, Industry Liaison, to the CPBIS Industry Advisory Board members - IAB meeting on Jan. 22, 2004

TAPPI and PIMA Team up for 2004 Student Summit

Sloan Foundation Renews Funding for Paper Industry Center

State of N. American Paper Industry, by CPBIS, Jacobs Eng. and Value Res., Oct 2003 at TAPPI Fall conf.: - Presentation - Article

TAPPI Fall Technical Conference--All Presentations of the CPBIS Session: Revitalizing the Paper Industry

Recorded webcast and presentations of the IAB meeting on Oct. 23, 2003

A Message from the Associate Director, Industry Liaison, to the CPBIS Industry Advisory Board members - IAB meeting on Oct. 23, 2003

"Enhancing Leadership and Supervisory Skills": six-part series of webcasted continuing education classes from Sept. to Nov. 2003

"The Current State of Maine's Pulp & Paper Industry": a presentation by Jim McNutt on Sept. 19, 2003

CPBIS issues 2003-2004 Request For Research Proposals. Deadline is Oct. 1st

Dr. Jim Frederick to Direct Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech

"Improve your Meeting Effectiveness" - Next On-line Course is Aug. 20

A Message from the Executive Director to the CPBIS Industry Advisory Board members -- IAB meeting on July 24th, 2003

Rethink and Discovery IV Program Offers Mills an Opportunity to Participate in PIMA's 84th Annual Intl. Management Conference

Dr. James L. Ferris, President of IPST, to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at PIMA's 84th Annual Conference in June 2003

Management Development for Enhanced Performance; June 2 to 6, 2003: A Course co-sponsored by Pima, Tappi and Cpbis

CPBIS Director presents the Center at the 57th annual meeting of Australian Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Association, in keynote address (.pdf)

CPBIS Executive Director adressing IPST graduating class of 2003 on: "Aspirations of Industry Stakeholders -- A View From Outside the Box"; May 2

CPBIS Presentation for the Sloan Foundation Site Visit; April 30, 2003

Webcast Available about Richard Florida Speaking at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series on: "The Rise of the Creative Class and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life."

Rethink &Discovery sessions spawn provocative article in Solutions! magazine

PIMA and CPBIS continue online successful training program with Kepner-Tregoe’s “Problem Solving at the Speed of Business"

Registration open for Management Development for Enhanced Performance: a Paper Industry Continuing Education Course

CPBIS Graduate Fellows Applications 2003: deadline is March 15th

International Finance Forum for the Pulp, Paper, and Allied Industries a Success!

Webcast available: Bob Buckman at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series on February 28: "Building a Knowledge Driven Organization"

Sign up now for the International Finance Forum for the Pulp, Paper, and Allied Industries!

Recorded webcast available for Dr. Virtapohja's seminar: "Technology Transfer at Finnish Universities: What is the Impact on the Economy?"

Dr. Patrick Moore, co-Founder of Greenpeace, at CPBIS Distinguished Lecture Series on January 24, 2003: "Trees are the answer"

Chuck Swann Commentary in Paper & Tissue Industry Provides Hope for the Paper Business

Joint CPBIS-PIMA Continuing Education Course on Management Development on March 24-28, 2003 in Atlanta

New on-line PIMA-CPBIS Reliability Course starts January 8, 2003

Recorded Webcast and Presentation slides of Distinguished Lecture of Stora Enso North America's CEO

International Finance Forum for the Pulp, Paper, and Allied Industries to be held in February 2003

Alan Procter at CPBIS/IPST Distinguished Lecture Series; "Crafting Competitive Strategy" (recorded webcast)

Alan Procter at IPST on "Why People Like Paper" on October 24

Lake States Tappi/Papermakers on Oct. 23: Jim McNutt presentation

CPBIS to Offer First Continuing Education Course in Partnership with PIMA

Dr. Michael Farmer at CPBIS Seminar on October 11

Rethink and Discovery III Program at NCSU P&P Foundation

CPBIS IAB meeting (recorded webcast and powerpoint presentations)

CEO of ForestExpress at Distinguished Lecture Series (recorded webcast)

Recorded webcast now available for: The integration of business and technology strategy in the pulp and paper industry

CPBIS offers a new perk for the employees of its supporting companies

An opportunity to have input to the Homeland Security Act (.pdf)

Rethink and Discovery I Webcast: Beyond Today's Paper Machine

"Beyond Today's Paper Machine" reaches global audience
through first web-cast of a paper industry event

Beyond Today's Paper Machine: A moderated discussion at Paper Summit 2002

"The Paper Industry: Can It Change to Survive and Prosper?" An article from Pulp & Paper Canada

New Paper Industry Toolbar Delivers Resources to Desktops

CPBIS highlighted in Research Horizons Magazine

Dr. McCarthy to Head Research Effort at the Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies