Our Member Companies
Our member companies are dedicated to a long-standing commitment to the use of recovered fiber and recycling. They are committed to a member-exchange of information and activities that are mutually beneficial to the industry and consumers alike. Product stewardship, benchmarking, materials investigations and education are integral to the work of our member companies and the Association.
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Beloit Box Board Company, Inc. |
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Cartones America International Ltd |
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Cartones Ponderosa |
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Cascades |
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Graphic Packaging International Inc. |
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Greif |
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Kruger Inc. |
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Liberty Paper Inc. |
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McKinley Paper Group |
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Midwest Paper Group |
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Newman and Company |
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Ox Industries |
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Paperworks Industries, Inc. |
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Pratt Industries |
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Seven Hills Paperboard LLC |
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Smurfit Kappa. N.A. |
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WestRock |
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Valley Converting |
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LATEST NEWS
RPTA Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipients
Click here for details.
2021 Summer Webinar
On July 21, 2021, the RPTA Operating Board hosted a webinar on Brown Fiber Re-Pulping and Reject Handling Best Practices.
Presented by Steven Johnson, Applications Engineer, Kadant Black Clawson, and moderated by Dave Pearson, General Manager, Westrock.
The Webinar recording and a pdf file of the slides are available at this member-only site.
Industry Profile Study
The 2021 Industry Profile Study Report has been published for RPTA membership . It includes results from 204 samples, off 62 machines at 47 mills.
Registration form, due by January 21.
Sample Submission form, sent with samples by April
Members can access the 2021 Profile Study Report, along with reports from prior years, by clicking here.
RPTA Certification of Member Mills
RPTA continues the certification program first implemented in 2018 for RPTA member mills. RPTA uses a rigorous auditing process conducted by NSF to assure members and brand owners that products produced by certified mills are suited for direct food contact packaging applications. For more information, click here.
For a complete list of certified mills, click here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2022 Winter Webinar
The Operating Board will host a webinar on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time.
The topic is Building a Training Program from Within by Joel Scheider, President of Task Trainers, Inc. and Mark Murphy, Westrock General Manager, Lynchburg, VA
To register, follow this REGISTRATION LINK
Roundtable
February 23 & 24, 2022
Water Reuse in Recycle Mills - Challenges & Solutions
REGISTER HERE BY JANUARY 15, 2022
We will hold the in-person Roundtable in Atlanta, assuming the COVID-19 situation continues to allow.
The Roundtable will include presentations and Q&A by three experts and the next morning the group will tour Grief’s Sweetwater mill.
2022 P-T Seminar
RPTA’s annual Production-Technical Seminar will be held in Charlotte, NC on May 2nd and 3rd, co-located with TAPPICon 2022.
Over the two days, you will hear presentations from experts on:
Contaminant Removal
Refining
Paper Machine Drying
Safety: Threading & Guarding
In addition, join us on May 3rd for breakfast and a Roundtable discussion on topics of interest to you.
RPTA’s P-T Seminar is co-located with TAPPICon 2022 and registration is handled through TAPPI.
We will provide details as they become available.
Follow TAPPI developments here