Safety First
RPTA and its members are dedicated to making the recycled paperboard industry safe — for its employees, customers, and suppliers. One way we do this is to exchange information about new practices and products that help promote safe work environments.
These products and practices have proven effective at RPTA member mills in supporting safety. RPTA does not endorse these products; information about them is provided as a help to our members and others interested in safety issue.
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LATEST NEWS
2023 Industry Profile Study
The 2023 Industry Profile Study has been published and distributed to members. The study included 209 grade samples off 65 paper machines at 47 RPTA-member mills. Members can access this report, and prior year reports, at this member-only page. Each member company also received custom, confidential Excel workbooks by email with the samples from their paper machines identified.
Narrow Roll Safety Guideline
Narrow rolls, also known as ribbon rolls, represent a heightened risk of injury due to their unstable configuration. A task team of RPTA members developed a guideline that provides options that mills may consider to protect employees who handle narrow rolls, or will be in the vicinity of narrow rolls. The Guideline is available at this web page.
Summer 2023 Webinar
On July 20th we held a webinar on Treatment Technologies for Wastewater Reuse, presented by Everett Gill and Kristen Jenkins of Brown and Caldwell Engineering. The webinar covered technologies that can reduce the concentration of one or more chemicals in process water or mill effluent. Presentation slides and recordings from the webinar are available to RPTA members only at this web page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
2023 RPTA Fall Roundtable
NEW PAPER MILL TECHNOLOGY
The annual member-only event will be held October 18 and 19 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This year’s Roundtable will include:
- Seminar by Voith and Valmet
- Group Dinner
- Tour of Graphic Packaging Mill Tour
Use this link to register.
And this link for detailed information on the Roundtable, including travel information.