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Investing in Pulp & Paper
During Forest Products week in Madison, we were reminded of the incredible value of Wisconsin Forests. An outstanding group of speakers spoke at the Capitol about the issues impacting our forests.
Regrettably, the panel overlooked broader considerations. The Paper and Pulp industry supports rural communities and our Forestry Industry. Today, Wisconsin has three companies with five facilities producing virgin fiber. We import pulp from Canada, Brazil, South America and Asia while our Forestry Industry continues to decline. The State of Wisconsin and Paper Companies need to invest in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing.
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5P Showcase Expo
The 5P Showcase Expo is on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at the Oneida Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay. We have only 25% of our booths still available.
Why exhibit? Click the link to see the Top 10 Benefits.
The event features Packaging, Paper, Printing, Plastics, Pulp, Converting, Food & Food Packaging. To reserve your spot, sign up now to exhibit or attend.
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Regulatory Workshop
The Wisconsin Paper Council (WPC) and NCASI will host a one-day in-person Technical and Regulatory Workshop on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Miron Construction, Neenah.
The workshop is intended for employees of companies that are members of WPC and/or NCASI. Cost: $75 per person
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CEO Breakfast Series
Business leader Jeanne Stangel will speak at the CEO Breakfast Series at St. Norbert College at 7:30-9:30 a.m. Dec. 11.
Stangel, the president and CEO of Curative Connections, will present “Purpose - Finding Where You Belong.”
Registration is required.
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Wisconsin Manufacturing Event
We would like to thank UW-Madison, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association for bringing together alumni, industry leaders, state representatives, and the manufacturing sector. Chancellor Jennifer Mnooking joined the leading manufacturing executives and engineering leaders at the EAA Aviation Museum on Oct. 29 for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of Wisconsin’s vital manufacturing sector.
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Kevin Nelson Earns UW Award
Kevin Nelson, Senior Fellow at Amcor Global Core R&D, has been recognized by UW-Madison with the 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award. Kevin is a 1979 UW-Madison graduate and a chemical engineer. He has been awarded four Bemis President’s Awards for Outstanding Technical Achievement and is an inventor of 25 U.S. patents. He has over 45 years as a researcher with the Neenah, Wisconsin-based Bemis Company (now Amcor). Congratulations, Kevin!
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Microsoft and TitletownTech
Microsoft announced it will bring its new Discovery platform, an advanced agentic AI technology designed to help researchers and industry accelerate scientific discovery, to a collaborative initiative between TitletownTech and the UW-Madison.
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International Pulp Market
Following a decline in market pulp prices, buyers and traders in China have restocked hardwood pulp over the last months. This restocking activity, while not sufficient to enable producers to fully implement the announced price increase, helped stabilize prices.
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Suburban Electric Industrial Automation
Suburban Electric Industrial Automation provides industrial electrical installation and automation built for uptime. Suburban Electric Industrial Automation specializes in power distribution, MCCs, switchgear, conduit & tray, temp power, plant expansions, and turn-key electrical across the U.S.
Controls design, UL-listed panels, and PLC/HMI/SCADA are engineered and serviced for Wisconsin manufacturers.
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Bardes Plastics
Since 1951, Bardes Plastics has been an innovator in custom plastics and food packaging. In-house design engineers and CNC abilities bring custom projects to life all under one roof. Be it a blister, clamshell, tri-fold, two-piece container, or an automotive dunnage and shipping solution, Bardes Plastics handles them all.
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American Custom Converting
American Custom Converting provides a wide range of processing and converting of materials from nonwovens to poly and kraft papers. Its newest small roll rewinder supports business development for unique conversions of finished goods. Slitting, rewinding and plying substrates are core essentials contracted to brand and other manufacturers across a spectrum.
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Little Rapids Corporation
Little Rapids Corporation is up for “Sustainable Product of the Year” in the Sustainable Business Council Awards for their ECOVA line of packaging material. Replacing plastic in packaging is an incredibly important problem to solve. ECOVA is a recyclable paper material that does just that for flexible packaging. Think candy wrappers, or pretzel sachets.
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First Business Bank
First Business Bank released a third quarter 2025 financial performance fact sheet showing continued balance sheet growth, record fee income, and operating efficiency. Pre-tax, pre-provision earnings grew 22% over last year’s third quarter and marked a record for FBB. On a year-to-date basis, earnings per share grew 25% and return on average tangible common equity grew to over 15%.
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Keller
Under the design-build leadership of Keller, Inc., Crane Engineering recently celebrated the completion of a major facility expansion with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Kimberly. The event marked a major milestone for the growing organization. The 43,000-square-foot expansion, completed in less than a year, brings Crane Engineering’s total facility to more than 90,000 square feet.
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The mission statement of the Green Bay Innovation Group is to bring together and create opportunities for networking between Wisconsin companies involved in the Paper, Printing, Pulp, Plastics, Packaging, Converting and Supplier Industries. GBIG creates an open dialog between companies. GBIG webinars, meetings, etc. talk about current and new products, technology, innovation, sales, marketing, social media/web design, new equipment, etc.
GBIG is looking to create new products, new markets and expand the presence of our industries in Wisconsin. We are here to help you push the norm and challenge one another to help make our companies and our communities better.
Finally, we are bringing financial support to our communities, especially to those most in need through the donations from our Sponsors.
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