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Travels With Larry: Graphic Packaging International BY LARRY N. MONTAGUE
Our hats go off to several key players of GPI’s leadership team: Mike Doss, President & CEO, Mike Farrell, Executive Vice President-Paper- board Manufacturing, and Elizabeth Spence, Executive Vice President HR. These folks were kind enough to break away from their busy sched- ules and have lunch with our team and get to know each other just a little better. The team from TAPPI included Mary Beth Cornell, Ashley Westbrook, Leeza Klimetz, Lawton Roberts, and yours truly Larry Montague. We met in their brand-new corporate headquarters building, located at 1500 Riveredge Parkway Atlanta, Georgia. Complete with several hud- dle up areas for staff, restaurants and a state-of-the-art workout center. (My team did not want to leave.)
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GPI consolidated three locations under one roof. The building was bustling with a large number of employees making things happen for GPI. They love to come to the office! One of coolest areas was the Global Innovation Center. This is the spot that their customers can draft up a package design and have it pro- duced while they watch. During lunch we shared our TAPPI360 presentation with our hosts and asked them questions about what is going on with GPI. They seem to have zoomed in on TAPPI Standards and TIPS, our fo- cus on Students and Young Professionals and all the training programs that TAPPI offers. Mike Farrell commented, “TAPPI Standards and TIPs made my career early on. I was able to create an entire press section because of them.” One of the largest active projects is a new paperboard mill located in Waco, Texas. They broke ground around a year ago and plan to be live in the fourth quarter of 2025. The mill will employ two hundred people CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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