Fall 2020 Paper Industry Virtual Career Fair Employers

We are excited to be hosting our annual Paper Industry Career Fair on September 1, 2020 using the virtual platform Career Fair Plus!  This event is open to all Paper Science & Engineering students, plus invited Mechanical and Electrical Engineering students.  Students-please download the Career Fair Plus app to get started. You should receive additional information from your department. Companies have received a personalized link to register from Brittany Hayes.  For more information or if you would like to be a participating company, please contact Brittany Hayes at brhayes2@ncsu.edu. 

Companies registered to date:

ABB

ABB is a $28B multinational publicly-traded Fortune 500 corporation headquartered in Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment, and automation technology areas.

EDT

EDT is the pioneer and leader in supplying enzyme-based technologies to the pulp and paper industry. Founded in 1994 and with global operations based in Atlanta, EDT markets more than a dozen different enzymatic programs to help pulp and paper mills create value. Value propositions include making more tons, higher quality tons, less costly tons and more sustainable tons of products across all grades and virgin/recycled fiber types. Employees develop keen insights into manufacturing operational issues as part of EDT’s application and support process, following a highly analytical and consultative approach. Candidates seeking a broad mix of industry career interests find a good home at EDT.

GAF

With 130+ years in the industry, GAF is the leading roofing manufacturer in North America. As a member of the Standard Industries family of companies, we are also part of the largest roofing and waterproofing business in the world. Our communities help give our work meaning and the products we manufacture help protect what matters most. The shingles help to shelter the families living in the homes in our towns. The TPO helps protect what is under that hospital’s roof. In addition to quality products, we make sure they are installed by quality craftsmen and women. The full GAF portfolio of solutions is supported by an extensive national network of factory-certified contractors. GAF continues to be the leader in quality and offers comprehensive warranty protection on its products and systems. Our success is driven by a commitment to empowering our people to deliver advanced quality and purposeful innovation and the desire to protect what matters most. ​

Graphic Packaging International 

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet care products. We have over 70 facilities worldwide that provide innovative packaging solutions to help our customers stand out and achieve brand loyalty in a competitive and dynamic marketplace. With a product portfolio that emphasizes renewable, recycled, and recyclable materials, we are as committed to our customers and 19,000+ employees as we are to protecting the environment and giving back to the communities where we live and work.

International Paper

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a leading global producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa and Russia. We produce corrugated packaging products that protect and promote goods, and enable world-wide commerce; pulp for diapers, tissue and other personal hygiene products that promote health and wellness; and papers that facilitate education and communication. We are headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., employ more than 50,000 colleagues and serve more than 25,000 customers in 150 countries. Net sales for 2019 were $22 billion. For more information about International Paper, our products and global citizenship efforts, please visit internationalpaper.com.

Nalco Water- An Ecolab Company

A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. Around the world, customers in food service, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas markets choose Ecolab products and services to keep their environment clean and safe, operate efficiently and achieve sustainability goals.

New Indy Containerboard

With nearly 2,000 employees from Southern California to the coasts of the Carolinas, New-Indy plays an integral role in the everyday lives of people across the country and around the world through its innovative packaging solutions to serve the needs of every customer. From concept to delivery, we are with you every step of the way to present, protect and transport your products and maximize your sales.

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA)

PCA annually produces over 4.1 million tons of kraft linerboard (the outer layers of a corrugated container) and semi-chemical corrugating medium (the fluted center layer) for PCA’s own converting facilities, as well as for numerous domestic and international customers.We are committed to “big-picture thinking” on sustainability — continuously analyzing our environmental impact at the local, regional and national levels, and improving our performance in all aspects of corrugated production. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility. All of PCA’s mills are Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®)-certified.

Our Valdosta mill has one linerboard machine and produces 100% virgin, high-quality linerboard. Valdosta can produce a wide range of basis weights (35# through 96#), including many high-performance, wet-strength and other specialty grades. Valdosta also produces a number of grades that are excellent for special printing and coating applications. This wide range of capabilities makes Valdosta a truly exceptional linerboard producer. In fact, the mill has been independently judged to have the best printing quality 35# high-performance linerboard in the industry.

PCA Counce Mill has two paper machines that are over 400 feet long, 20 feet wide and operate over 3,000 feet per minute, which is roughly 1,000 square feet every second producing 3,000 tons of paper a day, over a million tons per year!. Counce Mill can produce a wide range of basis weights (35# through 96#), including many high-performance, wet-strength and other specialty grades

Rayonier Advanced Materials 

Rayonier Advanced Materials is a global leader of cellulose-based technologies, including high purity cellulose specialties, a natural polymer commonly found in filters, food, pharmaceuticals and other industrial applications. The Company also manufactures products for lumber, paper and packaging markets. With manufacturing operations in the U.S., Canada and France, Rayonier Advanced Materials employs approximately 4,000 people and generates approximately $1.8 billion of revenues. More information is available at https://www.rayonieram.com. Rayonier Advanced Materials’ intellectual property and manufacturing processes have been developed over 86 years, resulting in unique properties and very high quality and consistency. Rayonier Advanced Materials is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 50 exporters and delivers products to 79 ports around the world, serving customers in 20 countries across five continents.

Solenis

Solenis is a leading global specialty chemical supplier and one of three water treatment companies with a truly global footprint. We have 5,200 employees and 40 manufacturing facilities, which span 120 countries and five continents. Throughout our rich history as Drew, Betz Laboratories, Hercules, Stockhausen and Ashland Water Technologies, our mission has never changed: we strive to be each customer’s most trusted supplier by solving problems with the right people, the right experience and the right technology.

Sonoco

Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services. With annualized net sales of approximately $5.4 billion, the Company has 23,000 employees working in approximately 300 operations in 36 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands in some 85 nations. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services and programs for our customers, employees and communities that support our corporate purpose of Better Packaging. Better Life. The Company ranked first in the Packaging sector on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2019 as well as Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies.

Twin Rivers Paper

Twin Rivers Paper is an integrated specialty paper company that produces specialty packaging, technical, label and publishing papers as well as softwood lumber. Key markets include:

Packaging: Food Processing, QSR (Quick Serve Restaurant) and Food Service, Industrial, Medical, Retail Food and Consumer Household Goods

Technical: Industrial, Medical & Pharmaceutical, Gift & Decorative

Label: Direct Thermal Base, Release Liners, and Thermal Transfer

Publishing: Financial Printing, Pharmaceutical Inserts, Religious Publishing, Converting and Other Publishing

Lumber: Building, Biomass and By-Products

Valmet

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. Valmet’s vision is to become the global champion in serving its customers. Our 13,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers’ performance forward – every day.

WestRock

WestRock (NYSE: WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s 50,000 team members support customers around the world from more than 320 operating and business locations spanning North America, South America, Europe and Asia