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David Carlson to Receive TAPPI Corrugated Division Lifetime Achievement Award
- August 08, 2010
NORCROSS, GA | David A. Carlson with Fibre Box Association in Elk Grove Village, Ill., has been awarded the TAPPI Corrugated Packaging Division Lifetime Achievement Award.
"For more than 46 years, David has distinguished himself by his contributions to the pulp and paper industry as a whole and, for the past 32 years, to the corrugated packaging division of TAPPI," said Larry N. Montague, president and CEO of TAPPI. "He has been recognized both inside and outside the industry for his insight and leadership abilities. He has always been more than willing to share his extensive knowledge. He has directly or indirectly influenced the careers of thousands of members of the industry through his mentoring and sharing of expertise."
A graduate of Northwestern University with both a bachelor of science in engineering and masters of business administration, Carlson began his career with Container Corporation of America. He has also held positions with Hoerner Waldorf, Champion International, Stone Container Corporation and Smurfit Stone Container Corporation before becoming technical advisor to Fibre Box Association.
He holds memberships in a variety of professional organizations. Additionally, his lifetime career specializations have included corrugated box plant physical plant setup, corrugated box manufacturing technique, statistical process control, ISO 9000 organization for box plants and corrugated box quality management. He is extensively published in TAPPI and non-TAPPI publications.
His service to TAPPI over the years has included TAPPI Board of Directors, TAPPI Fellow, division technical editor of TAPPI Journal and Corrugating International, and chair of eight committees including Corrugated Containers Division, Awards Committee, Technical Session Developer, Technical Roundtable, Division Technical Program and Technical Seminar. He has served on 21 committees within TAPPI. He was the 2006 recipient of TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award, one of the association's highest honors.
Carlson has dozens of publications and presentations to his credit and he regularly presents workshops and seminars for TAPPI and other professional organizations.
Carlson will receive his award at the TAPPI/AICC Corrugated Week in Baltimore, Md., October 4-8, 2010.
