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  <title><![CDATA[Expert Panel Addresses State of the Industry Session at TAPPI PEERS]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<div>The annual State of the Industry session at TAPPI&rsquo;s PEERS Conference this year featured five expert panelists discussing Collaborating to Advance Manufacturing Technology. The panel explored a decline in R&amp;D for technology advancement and potential implications, as well as opportunities for innovation and other subjects.</div>

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<div>Panelists included: Bob Feeser, president-Consumer Products, WestRock; Dirk Krouskop, president-National Council for Air &amp; Stream Improvement Inc.; Norman Marsolan, executive director-Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Georgia Tech; Alan Rudie, assistant director-Forest Products Lab, U.S. Forest Service; and Bertil Stromberg, VP-BioRefinery, Fiber, and Chemical Division, Andritz Inc. The event occurred Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Norfolk, Va., USA.</div>

<div><a href="http://www.naylornetwork.com/ppi-otw/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=470953&amp;issueID=50711">Read the entire article here.</a></div>
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