RISI Announces Finalists for the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards

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RISI today announced the finalists for the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards program. The PPI Awards will honor leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments of companies, mills and individuals within the global pulp and paper industry.

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The winners will be presented with their trophies at the PPI Awards ceremony on Wednesday, October 28, at the Hilton Munich Park Hotel in Munich, Germany. The Awards will be held in conjunction with the Metso Pulp and Paper Technology Days on Thursday and Friday, October 29-30, 2009. Metso is the headline sponsor for the PPI Awards program. RISI will also be organizing a half-day educational seminar on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 28, which will be free for attendees to the PPI Awards event.

Mark Rushton, Editor of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) and chairman of the jury for the PPI Awards, commented, “We’ve been thrilled with the high quality and number of entries for the first ever PPI Awards. The finalists should be justly proud of their achievements. Not only does the PPI Awards event allow us to honor the best in business but it will also offer fantastic networking opportunities for those who attend.”

Industry renowned names including Rod Young, Chairman of RISI; Kari Vainio, former Executive Vice President, Communications at Stora Enso; Jim Keller, President of the International Corrugated Case Association; and Duncan Pollard, Director, Conservation Practice & Policy, WWF International judged this year’s entries.

To book your tickets to the industry event of the year, please visit:

www.ppiawards.com/tickets.html or call Eleanor Spreckley at +44-207-955-3751.

For more information on sponsoring the PPI Awards, please visit www.ppiawards.com/sponsorships.html

The finalists are as follows:

Advanced Use of Bio-Energy - SPONSORED BY METSO (www.metso.com) — Cascades — Stora Enso — UPM Efficiency Improvements of the Year - SPONSORED BY METSO (www.metso.com) — Buckeye Technologies — Cartiere del Garda — Finch Paper — Holmen Paper Braviken Global CEO of the Year - SPONSORED BY STEPCHANGE CONSULTING (www.stepchange.com) — Chen Hongguo, Shandong Chenming Paper — Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, Norske Skog — Jose Luciano Penido, VCP — Jim Rubright, Rock Tenn — John Faraci, International Paper Environmental Strategy of the Year (Company) - SPONSORED BY HP (www.hp.com) — Grycksbo Paper — Lenzing Papier — Stora Enso — Strathcona Paper — Suzano Innovative Product of the Year - SPONSORED BY BTG (www.btg.com) — Bollore Thin Papers - Papeteries Du Leman — Sappi Fine Paper Europe — SCA Graphic Laakirchen — Sodra Cell Mill Manager of the Year - SPONSORED BY KADANT (www.kadant.com) — Dumrongsak Dheerakiatkumchorn, Thai Paper mill, Ratchaburi, Thailand — Gotz Herold, Propapier mill, Burg, Germany — Jeff Levensailor, Domtar, Columbus mill, MS, USA — Erwin Sversepa, Mondi Neusiedler, Theresienthal mill, Austria — Rikard Wallin, Holmen Paper, Braviken Paper mill, Sweden Business Strategy of the Year — Favini — Grycksbo Paper — M-real — Suzano Environmental Strategy of the Year (Mill) — Buckeye Technologies - Foley mill, FL, USA — Cascades - Rolland mill, Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada — Dalum Papir - Dalum mill, Denmark — SCA Ortviken - Ortviken paper mill, Sweden — Sodra Cell- Varo mill, Sweden Promotional / Sales / Marketing Campaign of the Year — Dalum Papir — Grycksbo Paper — Iggesund Paperboard — Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging — SCA Containerboard Research Achievement of the Year — FPInnovations, Paprican Division - Richard M. Berry — IP Finland - Kaarlo Niskanen — Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association - Mahendra Patel — Sodra Cell - Joaquim Nygren

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