Welcome to TAPPI

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Anyone who has seen It's a Wonderful Life remembers that famous line "Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." At TAPPI headquarters, every time the President's Bell rings, we welcome a new TAPPI member! Tim Leopold and Warren Shoemaker are the newest members to join the TAPPI community.

Tim Leopold is the Eastern Regional Manager with Western Polymer Corporation of Moses Lake, Washington. They are the largest coating, wet-end cationic potato starch and specialty starch supplier to the paper industry in the Northwest. In addition, WPC supplies and services paper mills throughout the United States. When Tim was asked about his TAPPI experience, he said "I used to be a member of TAPPI but dropped my membership a few years ago. I have seen tremendous improvements in TAPPI from a couple years ago and am proud to join again!"

Warren Shoemaker is in the Business Development unit at Cobalt Technologies. They are a leading developer of innovative technologies that enable the next generation of biofuels. By bringing together leaders in microbial physiology, strain improvement, fermentation and separation technologies, Cobalt is pioneering science that makes possible a new generation of fuels that burn cleaner, are more cost-effective, and have a smaller environmental impact. Warren told us, "I've been looking to get connected with the pulp & paper industry and TAPPI has been incredibly helpful and effective with introductions and insights. Membership has already been well worth the investment."

Please join us in welcoming Warren and Tim (back) to TAPPI! You can connect with them at tleopold@westernpolymer.com and warren.shoemaker@cobalttech.com. To learn more about Western Polymer visit www.westernpolymer.com. For more details on Cobalt Technologies, please visit www.cobalttech.com.

We get a kick out of seeing our members, so if you're in the Norcross, Georgia area, please stop by and ring the bell and you could be featured in the next Over the Wire issue.

And remember there are two types of people: TAPPI members and those who should be!

Until next time,
Larry N. Montague
TAPPI President & CEO