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NORCROSS, Ga.—RockTenn Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Rubright was named the first-ever Global CEO of the Year at the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards held October 28, 2009 in Munich, Germany.

Packaging printer news, including briefs on TLMI conference, Sonoco, Disc Graphics, Impressions Inc. and RockTenn.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Leaders in innovation and sustainability will converge to offer insight, analysis, and resources during the 2009 Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference, Wednesday, Oct. 29 through Friday, Oct. 30, at the Barton Creek Resort, Austin, Texas.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass—The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has published TRENDS Mid-Year Update 2009, an update to the TRENDS 2008 report released last fall. TRENDS is an analysis of what lies ahead for the paperboard packaging industry.

BOSTON—RISI, an information provider for the global forest products industry, announced that RockTenn Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Rubright has been selected as this year’s RISI North American CEO of the Year for the forest products industry. Each year, RISI surveys investment analysts and portfolio managers to make nominations for the award based on such criteria as leadership, vision and strategic accomplishment. The 2008 award will be presented to Rubright on Sept. 15 at the 23rd North American Forest Products Conference in Boston, Mass. Rubright will also deliver the keynote address and participate in a CEO Panel at the event. He joins other

BRUSSELS, Belgium—RISI announced that UPM President and Chief Executive Officer Jussi Pesonen has been selected as the first-ever European CEO of the Year for the forest products industry. Pesonen will be presented with the award at the 9th RISI European Pulp & Paper Outlook Conference in Barcelona, Spain to be held on March 25-27, 2007. Pesonen was nominated European CEO of the Year in a survey, conducted by RISI, of investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the forest products industry. The criteria for nomination include leadership, vision, and strategic accomplishment. UPM is one of the world’s leading forest products groups. The company had sales

The folding carton market has been slowly recovering since it hit a low in 2002. However, market projections for 2005 are a mixed bag. IT'S EASY FOR the folding carton market to be optimistic about the future if it bases its outlook on 2004's end-of-the-year numbers. According to the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), last year saw a 4.4 percent increase in folding carton shipments by dollar value, and a 4.3 percent rise by volume, reaching a total of $9 billion on the year. However, things aren't as golden as the statistics make it appear. Recent information from the large, integrated companies reports a $50