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.
If you have a safety tip you want to share, please click here.
LATEST NEWS
RPTA Announces Recipients of
2022 Scholarships
Click here for details.
Industry Profile Study
The 2022 Industry Profile Study is underway. This year samples of 21 different grades off 68 paper machines are included.
The target report date for the 2022 Study is September 1.
Members can access reports from prior years at this member-only page.
2022 P-T Seminar
RPTA’s annual Production-Technical Seminar was held May 2nd and 3rd at the Charlotte Convention Center, co-located with TAPPICon 2022
There were four very informative sessions covering Contaminant Removal, Refining, Paper Machine Drying and Threading Safety & Guarding. Copies of all presentations made are available at this member-only page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Operating Board has selected paper machine clothing as the 2022 RPTA Fall Roundtable topic. It will include a tour of a supplier’s manufacturing facilities. The dates and location will be published as soon as arrangements are made.
The 2023 RPTA Production-Technical Seminar will be held April 24th and 25th, 2023 at the Cobb Convention Center in Atlanta. The Operating Board will recruit speakers on wet end improvements; DAF and fiber recovery optimization; process data collection and use; and safety improvements from dryers through calendar stacks.