Certification

RPTA’s industry leading science based comprehensive program for food-contact materials produced from recycled fiber.

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What's Happening at RPTA

The Association continues to bring our members educational events and benchmarking studies to support the improvement of recycled mill operations and products.

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Production Technical Seminar

RPTA’s Annual Production-Technical Seminar was held at TAPPICon on April 27th and 28th in Columbus, Ohio.

RPTA hosted sessions on clay coating, stickies mitigation, paper machine vacuum, and recycled mills’ key environmental issues. We also hosted a panel discussion on government regulations related to packaging and a Roundtable Breakfast where members discussed topics of general interest to recycled mills.

PowerPoint presentations are available to RPTA members here.

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Industry Benchmarking Survey

Biennially, RPTA conducts a comprehensive benchmarking study on the physical and optical properties of key grades manufactured by RPTA members. The 2025 Profile Study report was distributed on September 1 and is available to members only here. Member samples of containerboard and paperboard from 51 paper machines were included in the Study.  The next survey will be 2027

 

 

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2026 Summer Webinar

On July 23rd, we hosted a webinar on AI Camara Use:  Seeing More, Knowing More: Using AI-Vision Systems to Confidently Improve Quality and Avoid Hidden Risks.  It was presented by Alex Poltorak, Procemex, and moderated by Joey Taylor, Pratt Industries.  

The webinar recording and PowerPoint deck are available for RPTA members at our members-only site.

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2026 Fall Roundtable

On October 20th and 21st, RPTA held its 2026 Fall Roundtable on Decarbonization, Circularity and Innovation in Pulp, Paper and Packaging. 

The Roundtable was an overwhelming success, with a combination of technical presentations and well-planned tours of Kruger facilities and the Innofibre Innovation Center in Three Rivers, Quebec.

Technical presentations are available for RPTA members at our members-only site.

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2026 Winter Webinar

On February 10th, we hosted a webinar on reducing waste to landfill from recycled mills, presented by Serge Gendreau, Andritz.  

The webinar recording and PowerPoint deck are available for RPTA members at our members-only site.

  

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2025 Fall Roundtable  

On October 15 & 16, we had a fantastic Roundtable \ in Brookfield, WI. It included an interactive seminar on refining, followed the next day with tours of Valmet’s refiner foundry (in Waukesha, WI) and Greif’s Milwaukee, WI paperboard mill. The presentation book is available by clicking here.

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