KapStone’s Duncan Receives ASPI Excellence in Leadership Award

ASPI (Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry), Peachtree Corners Ga., USA, announced that Paul Duncan, mill manager of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.’s Longview, Wash., mill, is the recipient of the ASPI 2014 Excellence in Leadership Award. This award honors leaders in the pulp and paper industry that have demonstrated exceptional and inspiring leadership.

 

Most recently, Duncan played a key role in the transformation that took place at the Longview mill, which resulted in a 39% increase in tons produced over the period of 2007 through 2012. He also played a key role in transforming the Longview mill safety culture, and was named "Safety Manager of the Year" at the Western Pulp and Paper Workers Conference in 2012.

 

Duncan received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering at the University of Oklahoma, and began his career in the paper industry in 1986 as a process engineer. He now holds the position of mill manager at the KapStone Longview Mill, where he is responsible for managing all of the manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering support operations for one of the largest paper mills in North America.