TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division

...TAPPI is proud to recognize itsCorrugated Packaging Division CouncilAppointed MembersGreg Arvanigian, PresidentArvco Container Corporation

Chris Krumm, Vice President OperationsCorrChoice

Tom Herlihy, Executive Vice PresidentGreen Bay Packaging Inc.

Craig Hoyt, President Buckeye Boxes Inc.

Ron Lund, Manager of Manufacturing Support ServicesGeorgia-Pacific Corporation

Roger Mills, Manager of Manufacturing/Engineering andCapital InvestmentInternational Paper

Fred Rossi, Vice President of Operational ExcellenceSmurfit-Stone Container Corporation

John Telesca, Vice PresidentRock Tenn Corrugated Division

Ellsworth Townsend, Operations ManagerPackaging Corporation of America

Council Members at Large

Mark Mitchell, Corrugating Technical Service Manager, North AmericaHenkel Adhesives

Henry Rocha, PresidentH. Rocha International

Larry Smith, Strategic Accounts ManagerHarper/Love Adhesives Corporation

Miles Fletcher, Corrugated Division Sales ManagerMarquipWardUnited, Division Leadership

Division Leadership

Corrugated Division ChairmanJeff Pallini, PresidentFosber America, Inc.

Corrugated Division Vice ChairmanDan McGuire, Business Director, StarchCorn Products International, Inc.

Division Chairman EmeritusRichard White, Regional Sales ManagerMarquipWardUnited

Corrugated Packaging Division

Kristi Ledbetter - TAPPI, Account Manager

TAPPI’s Best Practices in Corrugator OperationsFebruary 15-18, 2011TAPPI Headquarters, Norcross, GA, USA. www.tappi.org/11BEST

Chicago TAPPI Local Section MeetingWhat’s New in Corrugated – Part 2March 1, 2011Marriott Oak Brook Hotel, Oak Brook, IL, USA. www.chicagotappi.com

TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging SymposiumApril 5, 2011 (In conjunction with ICE USA)Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA. www.tappi.org/11PLACE

TAPPI Linerboard Medium and Corrugated Box Manufacturing April 5 – 7, 2011Fosber America Training Room, Green Bay, WI, USA. www.tappi.org/11LINCOR

SinoCorrugated 2011April 6-9, 2011Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Chinahttp://www.sino-corrugated.com/Sinocorr/eng/index.htm

2011 TAPPI Shipping Receiving and Warehousing WorkshopApril 11 – 13, 2011Hilton Downtown Nashville, Nashville, TN, USA. www.tappi.org/11SRW

Chicago TAPPI Local Section Table Top MeetingMay 3, 2011Marriott Oak Brook Hotel, Oak Brook, IL, USA. www.chicagotappi.com

2011 TAPPI Lean Manufacturing Flexo & Die Cutters CourseMay 24 – 26, 2011TAPPI Headquarters Training Room, Norcross, GA, USA . www.tappi.org/11Lean

2011 TAPPI Lean Maintenance for the Corrugated IndustryJune 7 – 8, 2011TAPPI Headquarters Training Room, Norcross, GA, USA. www.tappi.org/11LeanMain

2011 TAPPI Linerboard/Medium Manufacturing CourseAugust 1 – 4, 2011Kemira Training Room, Kennesaw, GA, USA. www.tappi.org/11Liner

Chicago TAPPI Annual Golf OutingAugust 16, 2011Ruffled Feathers Golf Course, Lemont, IL, USA. www.chicagotappi.com

TAPPI CorrExpo 2011September 26-28Renaissance Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, TX, USA. www.correxpo.org

October 1 – 5, 2012SuperCorrExpo 2012Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, USA. www.supercorrexpo.org

Calendar of events....

TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division

TAPPI Standard Test Methods provide one of the association’s most important forums for vital information

exchange. TAPPI Standard Test Methods are testing procedures and related practices used in the measurement,

evaluation, and description of pulp, paper, and related products, including raw materials.

The development of a TAPPI Standard offers outstanding opportunities for professionals to contribute their

technical expertise to the industry. Any TAPPI member can submit a proposal for a new Standard or Technical

Information Paper (TIP), and members may also review all drafts of methods currently in ballot. The following

overview will help corrugated industry readers gain a deeper understanding of the process and how they may

become involved.

The ProcessWhen interested parties believe a standard should be

developed, a draft outline, including a scope, must be submitted

to the TAPPI Standards Manager. An individual must be identified

as the Working Group Chairman (WGC)

for the project.

An announcement is

made in the TAPPI Standards and TIPs

Action Report (STAR) newsletter,

requesting interested parties to join the

Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG)

for the proposed standard. An

announcement is also placed in the ANSI

Standards Action newsletter. Deadlines

for response to join the SSIG will be based

on the 45-day comment period required

by ANSI, but interested parties may join

the SSIG at any time, even after the work

has begun. TAPPI membership is not

required for SSIG membership.

The WGC determines the

procedure for developing a draft for

ballot. Sometimes the WGC works alone;

other times the WGC works with a

working group chosen from among the

SSIG members. The WGC could opt to

hold a meeting of the entire SSIG to discuss the draft, but this is

extremely rare.

After a draft has been finalized, it is balloted to the

SSIG. There is a 45-day deadline associated with this ballot. SSIG

members respond in one of three ways to the ballot – affirmative,

DEVELOPMENT OF A TAPPI STANDARD:

negative, or abstention. All negatives must include comments,

and members voting affirmative or abstaining may also provide

comments if they wish. Announcements of TAPPI standards in

ballot are placed in the STAR so that newly interested parties may

either submit comments or join the SSIG

and cast an official vote.

The results of the ballot

are tallied and a report is sent to the

WGC, who is responsible for resolving

any comments or negatives. The target

deadline for returning the WGC report is

three months.

All comments and all negatives must be

considered and any negative must be

resolved before a standard can be elevated

to the next level. The WGC reviews the

negatives and contacts negative voters

with recommendations for resolution.

Negative voters may choose to accept the

resolution and drop their negative vote. If

a negative comment cannot be resolved

between the voter and the WGC, then a

ballot to the SSIG requesting a vote on

accepting or finding the negative vote

nonpersuasive will be required.

Additional ballots to the SSIG will

be required for any of the following circumstances: (1) percent

return on previous ballot was less than 50% and/or less than 75%

affirmative of those not abstaining; (2) the need to find an

unresolved negative nonpersuasive; or (3) changes made to the

ALL TAPPI STANDARDS, WITHTHE EXCEPTION OF CLASSICAL

TEST METHODS, MUST BEREVIEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

CLASSICAL TEST METHODS AREREQUIRED TO BE REVIEWED

EVERY TEN YEARS. THE REVIEWPROCESS IS THE SAME AS THEPROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENTOF A NEW STANDARD, WITH

THE EXCEPTION THAT THE FIRSTDRAFT IS SIMPLY THE

PUBLISHED STANDARD, WITHNO WGC ASSIGNED UNTILAFTER THE FIRST BALLOT IS

COMPLETED.

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last draft in response to the comments are so extensive that the

WGC feels the entire SSIG needs to see it again.

After a ballot has achieved the proper

percent return and all comments have been resolved, the final

draft is submitted for final approval to the Standards Advisory

Review Group (SARG). The SARG meets normally twice a year and

considers all standards that have been submitted since the last

meeting. The SARG is primarily reviewing the standards to

confirm that proper procedures were followed, although the

SARG may address any technical issues they may have with the

draft. The SARG draft is available on the web for any interested

parties to review and to submit comments prior to the final SARG

approval. If any voting member of the SSIG or any other individual

who commented on the draft feels that any changes shown in the

final SARG draft posted on the web have resulted in a new error

or problem with the draft, then that person may file an appeal to

the SARG. Any appeal must be resolved before a standard is

approved.

P After approval by the SARG, the standard is

published.

Any Official

Test Method Standard, Standard Glossary, Standard Specification,

or Standard Guideline may be submitted to ANSI for

consideration as an American National Standard. Once approval is

achieved, the ANSI logo is added to the published version of the

TAPPI standard.

All TAPPI Standards, with the exception of Classical

Test Methods, must be reviewed every five years. Classical Test

Methods are required to be reviewed every ten years. The review

process is the same as the process for development of a new

standard, with the exception that the first draft is simply the

published standard, with no WGC assigned until after the first

ballot is completed. If no comments or negatives are submitted in

the vote, then the Standard is reaffirmed and goes directly to

SARG for final approval. If comments or negatives must be

resolved, a WGC is assigned, and the process of resolving these

comments and negatives begins.

Learn MoreTAPPI's Standards and TIPs are constantly being reviewed and

updated by working professionals, and they provide a valuable

resource. Standards and TIPs are available on-line to companies

paying an annual license fee, or they may be ordered as complete

sets in print or CD-ROM versions or as individual documents.

TAPPI members receive a substantial discount on purchases. Visit

www.tappi.org and click on the “Standards and TIPs” tab to learn

more.

USEFUL METHODS ARE BACK!In mid-2009, several of the Fibre Box Association’s Technical

Committee members who are also TAPPI members asked the

TAPPI Quality & Standards Management Committee to consider

establishing a series of “Plant Floor Test Methods” for

corrugators. Committee members decided to re-establish

TAPPI’s Useful Methods documents to serve as a valuable

resource for the industry.

A TAPPI Useful Method (UM) is a document written to describe

a test, procedure, or practice proposed by a Working Group of

no fewer than three TAPPI members not employed by the same

organization. UMs are written in the same general style of a

TAPPI Standard Test Method, but in a less stringent manner.

Effective with the issuance of the 2011 CD of Standards in

March 2011, TAPPI Useful Methods will again be available.

Newly-updated corrugated-related UMs are in the review

process for future release.

“The objective is to have something useful for in-plant process

control, or could be used to guide customer acceptance on

delivery, but that wouldn’t require the rigor of an Official

Method,” says Dave Carlson, a member of TAPPI’s Corrugated

Packaging Division and also the Technical and Environmental

Manager for the Fibre Box Association. “Over the coming

years, we’ll have a growing number of UMs in all disciplines, as

we write new methods and bring others up to date.”

Examples of Useful Methods may include the measurement of

ink and corrugating adhesive viscosity, warp, curtain coat

weight, roll stock moisture using a hand-held device, and

rip/peel bond (of corrugator bond). “With some characteristics,

there may be a dozen ways to measure – it’s confusing when

you have twelve different customers and each is measuring one

aspect differently,” says Carlson. “With TAPPI’s reputation as a

reliable source of international standards, these new UMs can

bring a little bit of order to that chaos.”

What does “Happy 30TH Birthday!” really mean? For Mitsubishi,

a TAPPI Sustaining Member company, it is a milestone: the

Corrugated Machinery Division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

America, Inc. has operated continuously in the U.S. for three

decades.

I recently had the pleasure of spending a day with Randy

Schiller, Vice President Sales and Marketing, at the MHIA offices

in Hunt Valley, Maryland. “We have never pulled out of this

market, and we are here to stay. This division has been in the black

for the past 10 years. Thirty years is a big accomplishment for us,

and we are extremely proud,” Schiller told me.

A self-proclaimed “computer geek,” Schiller actually started

serving MHIA in 1987 as a software supplier. At that time he did

not know what corrugators were, but he is a quick study. He’s

seen plenty of change since officially joining the company in

1994. At that time, the MHI Corrugating Machinery Company

was acting as an independent representative of Mitsubishi’s

equipment; they became part of the Mitsubishi family in 2000

and have been “in the black” ever since. This in itself has been a

major accomplishment, but when you consider the exchange rate

TRAVELS WITH LARRY: MHIA turns 30

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of some other countries—at times calculated to be a 30% price

differential—it is truly amazing. One of the biggest game-

changers was the introduction of the EVOL line of flexo-folder

gluers, with the EVOL-84 and EVOL-100.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries does about $21 billion dollars a

year in sales, and is one of about 300 independent companies

within the Mitsubishi family. Worldwide, 12 divisions operate

within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The 40,000 square foot of office and warehouse space in Hunt

Valley formerly served as a roll grinder and assembly plant; it is

now MHIA’s North American sales, service and parts depot.

Approximately 30 employees have offices here and, according to

some customers, these folks perform miracles. Schiller says he

would pit his team against any in the industry. “We generally don’t

lose people. That type of experience makes the difference with our

customers. We do not usually hire people right out of school; we

want to make sure that new employees have had some field level

experience, and that they can handle a suitcase.”

As always during my visits, I asked for input on what TAPPI can

do to add value for members. Schiller suggested bringing back the

Production Round Table at Corrugated events, and

getting the Production and Engineering Committees

“fired up” again. We must continue to get the box

makers to come the TAPPI events, he said; in this “new

world order” of consolidation, we must find out what

makes new owners and acquirers tick. They need to be

involved.

I would be remiss if I did not give a shout out to

one of my favorite people, Dick Olsen from Chicago,

who works for Randy. (Dick, just so you know, Randy

told me that one of the best decisions he made in his

career was to bring you aboard.) I met many

wonderful people during my visit, including Yasushi

Kitahara, General Manager; Paul J. Aliprando,

Operations Manager; and Kunio Niuchi, Chief

Engineer. For more information on Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries America, visit www.mhicorrugating.com.

Remember, there are two types of people in our

industry: TAPPI members, and those who should be.

Learn more at www.tappi.org. Until next time!

Larry Montague

President, TAPPI

Tappi Corrugated Packaging Division Council

With an emphasis on helping attendees improve corrugating box

performance and runnability, this course is ideal for process

engineers and operators in linerboard and medium manufacturing

facilities and converting plants. Topics will include:

■ Linerboard and medium properties, and how these relate to

the final box performance

■ Performance effects of a variety of systems and processes

■ New products and developments in corrugating, and in

printing, that create new demands on linerboard/medium

performance

■ Product performance properties, process fundamentals,

current practices, and process improvement

Course Leader Dr. Michael J. Kocurek is well-versed in helping

participants increase their understanding of linerboard and

medium manufacturing. Kocurek is Professor, Paper Science &

Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is one of the

world’s top educators in the pulp and paper industry, and is the

editor of 11 books and author of 25 video publications.

Green Bay is more than just a convenient location for “lake

state” box plants, Allen says. “Having the course in our training

facility will give us classroom time, as well as a chance to get

hands-on with some of our machines here. We love to have

members of the corrugated industry visit our facilities; letting

people get to know Fosber is just part of who we are as a

company.”

To learn more about the 2010 TAPPI Linerboard/Medium

Manufacture Course, or to register online, visit www.tappi.org, or

contact Mary Beth Cornell at +1 770-209-7210. TAPPI Members

receive discounts on course registration. Spaces are limited, and

this course has sold out in the past – don’t miss your opportunity

to increase your plant’s productivity with a trip to Green Bay this

April!

Association News...

LINERBOARD COURSE COMES TO GREEN BAY

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing this course, participants should beable to:

■ Describe and define linerboard and medium manufacturing

processes, equipment, variables, and terminology, in order to improve

operations and product quality.

■ Recognize how one part of the process affects other operations in

order to increase thinking on a mill wide scale.

■ Gain increased confidence and understanding of linerboard and

medium manufacture and properties.

■ Interact more knowledgeably with experienced process engineers

and operators.

■ Help troubleshoot product quality problems.

TAPPI’s popular and practical Linerboard Medium and Corrugated Box Course will hit the Midwest in April, 2011, when

Fosber America hosts the event at its Green Bay, Wisconsin Training Center. The course is scheduled for April 5-7, 2011.

For the April 2011 course, Dr. Kocurek will be joined by Tom

Allen, Training Supervisor for Fosber America, as co-instructor.

Allen has worked directly with corrugated industry customers

interested in improving plant performance. “For us to be involved

with this TAPPI Course is a great opportunity,” Allen says. “Fosber

already uses TAPPI Guidelines for our process, our setpoints, our

documentation—contributing to TAPPI by hosting the course

seems like a natural fit. We also want to learn; we find that when

we associate ourselves with organizations like TAPPI, we learn

from them and they learn from us. It’s a win-win.”

“Fosber already uses TAPPI Guidelines — hosting the

course seems like a natural fit.”

-Tom Allen.