PAPTAC / ATPPC - Congratulations to our Award Winners!

Congratulations to our Award Winners!

Friday, 27 February 2009

PAPTAC wishes to congratulate its 2008 Award Winners which were recognized at EXFOR & Annual Meeting 2009.

John S. Bates Memorial Gold Medal

In recognition of long-term contributions to the science and technology of the pulp and paper industry

Donald B. Mutton, Hawkesbury, Ontario

Honorary Life Membership

In acknowledgement of outstanding service to PAPTAC and to the industry

C. Scott Travers, Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Ltd., Hantsport, NS

I.H. Weldon Award

For the best paper by a member of the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada

Dominique Lachenal, Guillaume Pipon and Christine Chirat, École française de papeterie, St-Martin d'Hères, France for their paper, Final Pulp Bleaching by Ozonation: Chemical Justification and Practical Operating Conditions

Douglas Jones Environmental Award

For the best paper in the field of environment improvement presented at a PAPTAC meeting

Mike Van Ham and Lesley Dampier, Sylvis Environmental, New Westminster, BC, Kerry Morton, Pope & Talbot Ltd., Mackenzie, BC and Sophie Mullen, Mackenzie, BC, for their paper Pulp and Paper Sludge as a Barrier Layer in Landfill Closure: A New Opportunity

F.G. Robinson Committee Service Award

For outstanding leadership and exceptional service to the PAPTAC Research Committee

Sylvain Robert, Centre intégré en pâtes et papiers/UQTR, Trois-Rivières, QC

John S. Bates Award for Best Branch Paper

For the best paper presented at a PAPTAC Branch Meeting

Brian O'Connor, FPInnovations-Paprican, Pointe-Claire, QC and Chris Walton, AbitibiBowater, for their paper, The Influence of an Integrated Pulp and Paper Mill on Ambient Levels of TRS and PM_2.5 in the Community

Douglas Atack Award

For the best paper presented in the Mechanical Pulping Sessions at the PAPTAC Annual Meeting

Zhibin He and Yonghao NiAdding Optical Brightening Agents to High-Yield Pulp at the Pulp Mill,UNB, NB, Hongjie Zhang,Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China and Yajun Zhou, Tembec Inc., Témiscaming, QC, for their paper,

Howard Rapson Award

For the best chemical pulp bleaching paper

Yun Ji, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, USA, Emilia Vanska, Helsinki University of Technology and Adriaan van Heiningen, University of Maine, Orono, USA, for their paper, Rate Determining Step and Kinetics of Oxygen Delignification

The Jasper Mardon Memorial Prize

For the best paper contributing to the advancement of papermaking

Xujun Hua and Makhlouf Laleg, FPInnovations - Paprican, for their paper, Impact of Machine Whitewater on Brightness of Mechanical Grades

Gadget Competition

The Gadget Competition is judged by the members of PAPTAC's Mechanical Engineering and Maintenance Committee

Winner: Cable Winder by Steve Pellerin, Kruger inc., Trois-Rivières, QC

PAPTAC would like to thank Pulp & Paper Canada Magazine for sponsoring this competition.

Energy Conservation Awards

Energy Conservation Awards are presented to the individuals working in the industry who submit the best examples of energy conservation opportunities applied in Canada

First prize: Surendra Singh, Darrel Stang, Jim Johnson, Sean Cairns, Chad Gurney, Andrew World, Jan Luppens, and Mike Putzke, Alberta Newsprint Company, for Improving Heat Recovery by Utilizing Grit Cleaner Reject

Second prize: Marco Veilleux, Fraser Papers, Thurso, QC, for Heat recovery from smelt dissolving tank vent to pre-heat boiler make-up water with implementation through an off-balance sheet (non-capital expenditure) “green energy” services agreement providing immediate savings

Third prize: Scott Shannon, Millar Western Forest Products, for Synergies between Low Energy Refining and Ultra fine slotted screening producing cost effective high quality BCTMP

PAPTAC would like to thank Les Papetières du Québec, Pulp & Paper Canada and Natural Resources Canada for sponsoring this competition.

Certificates of Appreciation

Dr. George Rosenberg, SENTINEL/Paprican, Vancouver, BC, for his exceptional contribution to PAPTAC and to the research community

Robert Lanouette, Centre intégré en pâtes et papiers/UQTR, Trois-Rivières, QC for his outstanding service to the Mechanical Pulping Committee

Natacha Houde, Kruger Wayagamack inc, Trois-Rivières, QC, for her exceptional contribution to the Printing and Graphic Arts Committee

50-year recognition

PAPTAC recognizes these individuals who have been members for 50 years:

A.G. Bouzane

Duncan J. Chisholm

Ian J.H. Clarke-Pounder

Lloyd A. Clay

Ian J. Ford