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RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, has named Mr. James Rubright, Chairman and CEO of RockTenn, as the 2011 North American Forest Products CEO of the Year. The award will be presented to Mr. Rubright at RISI's 26th North American Forest Products Conference in San Diego, CA on October 3-5, 2011.

Mr. Rubright was chosen as the RISI North American CEO of the Year by a group of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the forest products industry. The analysts responded to a survey organized by RISI and the criteria for nomination included leadership, vision and strategic accomplishment. Mr. Rubright was selected as the winner due to his significant achievements and overall leadership of RockTenn. Specifically noted in his nomination was the recent acquisition of Smurfit-Stone by RockTenn. Both competitors and independent converters have responded positively to the recent acquisition which has brought RockTenn to a new level in the industry as one of the most respected and profitable integrated paperboard and packaging companies in North America. Responding to the announcement Mr. Rubright commented, “This award recognizes the success and global competitiveness RockTenn has accomplished through the hard work and innovative solutions of our 26,000 dedicated employees.”

Mr. Rubright is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RockTenn, one of North America's leading manufacturers of corrugated and consumer packaging and recycling solutions. Before joining RockTenn as CEO in 1999, he served as Executive Vice President of Sonat, Inc., a diversified energy company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. At Sonat, he was the head of Sonat's interstate natural gas pipeline and energy services businesses. Prior to 1994, he was a partner in the law firm of King & Spalding.

Mr. Rubright served in 2007 as Chairman of the board of the American Forest & Paper Association, the national trade association of the forest, pulp, paper, paperboard and wood products industry. He is a director of AGL Resources, Inc., an energy company, and Forestar Group, Inc., a real estate and natural resources company. He received a B.A. degree from Yale College and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School.

Mr. Rubright was also named RISI’s North American CEO of the Year in 2008 and he won the Global CEO of the Year Award at the PPI Awards in 2009.

In addition to collecting his award in at the RISI North American Conference, Mr. Rubright will join the CEO panel and present the keynote speech. Mr. Rubright will join a host of industry leading speakers at the event, including representatives from the AF&PA, Weyerhaeuser, Biomass Power Association, North American Wholesale Lumber Association, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Bank of American/Merrill Lynch, CIBC, Boise,
Futuremark and Clearwater Paper. RISI’s economist and engineers will also give their two year outlooks for the North American and global forest products industry.

RISI has announced the finalists for the PPI Awards 2010 program. The PPI Awards are the only global awards dedicated to recognizing the achievements of companies, mills and individuals in the pulp and paper sector.

The winners will be presented with their trophies at the PPI Awards 2010 ceremony to be held on Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. HP and ColorLok have signed on as the headline sponsor for this year's awards program, while other leading companies are sponsoring specific categories.

The PPI Awards 2010 are being held in conjunction with CEPI European Paper Week. For more information, please visit the CEPI website: www.cepi.org RISI will also be organizing a half-day seminar on the afternoon of November 16 at Le Plaza Hotel. Several RISI experts and industry figures have confirmed their participation on the seminar program. For more information, please visit: www.risiinfo.com/events/ppi_awards/seminar.html

Mark Rushton, Editor of PPI magazine and chairman of the jury for the PPI Awards 2010, commented, "This is the second year we have organized the PPI Awards and we're very pleased again with the quality and quantity of the entries. We've received more entries from all parts of the globe this year. Making the finalists list is a great achievement for all the companies involved, but we would also like to thank all the people who took the time to enter this year. I look forward to seeing the finalists in Brussels in November."

Industry renowned names such as Teresa Presas (CEPI), Duncan Pollard (WWF), Rod Young (RISI), Roger Warwick (Association of Print and Paper Technicians) and Jim Keller (ICCA) were involved in the judging, along with other experts in different fields. RISI will be publishing more information on the finalists in the October issue of PPI magazine as well as on the RISI and PPI Awards websites.

To book your tickets to the industry event of the year, please visit: http://www.risiinfo.com/events/ppi_awards/tickets.html or call Eleanor Spreckley on +44 207 955 3751.

For more information on sponsoring the PPI Awards, please visit: http://www.risiinfo.com/events/ppi_awards/sponsoropps.html.

The finalists for the PPI Awards 2010 are listed below in alphabetical order:

COMPANY AWARDS

Promotional Campaign of the Year - Sponsored by HP and ColorLok

• Finch Paper - Finch is in the House!
• Grupo Portucel Soporcel - Navigator iPhone Promotion
• Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper - Green Range
• Neenah Paper - Do You Love Linen?
• Papelera Nacional (Ecuador) - Banana Box Campaign
• SCA Containerboard - SCA Presentation Liners
• SCA Packaging - Design Challenge
• Sodra Cell – PulpLabs

Environmental Strategy of the Year - Sponsored by Metso

• Cascades Tissue Group, USA
• Celulose Irani, Brazil
• ITC, India
• JK Paper, India
• Mondi Group, Austria
• Suzano Papel e Celulose, Brazil

The Green Energy and Biofuels Award - Sponsored by Andritz

• Celuosa Arauco y Constitucion (ARAUCO), Chile
• Grupo Portucel Soporcel, Portugal
• Klingele Papierwerke, Germany
• Kruger Products, Canada
• Pratt Industries, USA

Innovative Product of the Year - Sponsored by BTG

• Arjowiggins Graphic - Cocoon
• Cascades Tissue Group - The intelligent™ antibacterial paper hand towel
• Neenah Paper - Think Ink: Color Unleashed Website
• Packages - Base Art Paper & Stiffener
• Propal - REPROGRAF Copy Paper
• Strathcona Paper - GreenChoice 100
• Sappi - Triple Green text
• Ziegler Papier - Z-Evolution

Managing Risk and Safety - Company of the Year - Sponsored by FM Global

• Ahlstrom
• Eska Graphic Board
• Finch Paper
• Klingele Papierwerke
• Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging

Business Strategy of the Year

• Celuosa Arauco y Constitucion (ARAUCO), Chile
• Domtar, Canada
• Empresas CMPC, Chile
• Sodra Cell, Sweden
• Suzano Papel e Celulose, Brazil

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Global CEO of the Year - Sponsored by StepChange Consulting

• Antonio Maciel Neto, CEO, Suzano
• Gary McGann, CEO, Smurfit Kappa
• John D. Williams, President and CEO, Domtar
• Jouko Karvinen, CEO, Stora Enso
• Li Hongxin, Chairman, Shandong Sun Paper

Mill Manager of the Year - Sponsored by ABB

• Dennis Askew, Domtar, Plymouth Mill, USA
• I.N. Guha, BILT Graphic Paper Products (Ballarpur), Bhigwan Unit, India
• Luis Henao, Pratt Industries, Shreveport Mill, USA
• Jonathan Hermanus, Sappi Cape Kraft Mill, South Africa
• Maciej Kunda, Mondi Swiecie Mill, Poland
• Randy Nebel, Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, USA

Research Achievement of the Year - Sponsored by HP and ColorLok

• Kari Edelmann and Jussi Manninen, VTT
• Naila Yaqoob, Lahore College for Women University
• Andreas Kornherr, Mondi Uncoated Fine & Kraft Paper

MILL AWARDS

The Water Efficiency Award - Sponsored by Kemira

• ArjoWiggins Graphic, Dalum Papir, Denmark
• Bio-PAPPEL International, Prewitt Mill (formerly McKinley Paper), USA
• Cascades Fine Papers Group, Breakey Fibre Unit, Canada
• Holmen Paper Madrid, Spain
• Lwarcel Celulose, Lencois Paulista Mill, Brazil

Environmental Strategy of the Year - Sponsored by Cargill

• Holmen Paper Madrid, Spain
• Mondi SCP, Ruzomberok, Slovakia
• Smurfit Kappa Kraftliner, Pitea Mill, Sweden
• Sodra Cell, Varo Mill, Sweden
• Strathcona Paper, Napanee, Ontario, Canada

Efficiency Improvements of the Year

• BILT Graphic Paper Products (Ballarpur), Bhigwan Unit, India
• Domtar, Kingsport Mill, Tennessee, USA
• Klabin, Monte Alegre Mill, Brazil
• Middle East Paper Company - (MEPCO) - Jeddah Mill, Saudi Arabia
• Mondi, Syktyvkar Mill, Russia

The list is available online at: www.risiinfo.com/events/ppi_awards/2010_finalists.html

About the PPI Awards
Organized by RISI, the leading information provider to the global forest products industry, the PPI Awards program honors leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments within the pulp and paper industry. The PPI Awards are the only global awards dedicated to recognizing the achievements of companies, mills and individuals in the pulp and paper sector.

About RISI
RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, biomass, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, RISI operates additional offices throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. More information can be found at www.risi.com .

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