Registration Open for RTPA Production-Technical Seminar

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Registration is now open for the Recycled Paperboard Technical Association's annual Production-Technical Seminar. This year's event will be held in conjunction with TAPPI PaperCon on May 2-3, 2011 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, KY.

This year's program will include sessions on Regulatory Compliance (EPA, FDA, OSHA), Sustainability, Mill Safety and Mill Technology.

Among the topics being presented, attendees will learn the do's and don'ts of handling a visit from an OSHA inspector being presented by David Sarvadi, Partner with Keller and Heckman, LLC

Attendees will also gain an understanding of the basic framework governing food packaging in the United States and potential changes on the horizon being presented by Deborah White, Executive Director of RPTA. Her presentation will also explain how the RPTA Food Safety Protocol allows recycled fiber product manufacturers to evaluate the status of their products under U.S. law and provide a basis for claims about FDA status to their customers. Changes on the horizon in the European Union and the US states will also be considered.

On the production side, attendees will learn about future trends in fiber supplies and what the future holds for recycled fiber grades as well as a number of presentations focused on improving productivity such as using the newest break detection technology to locate and fix breaks quickly. To view the RPTA seminar agenda in its entirety visit www.rpta.org.

RPTA's sessions are open to RPTA members as well as registrants of TAPPI PaperCon. RPTA members can register at www.rpta.org or on the RPTA link at www.papercon.org.