Mission:

Identify and develop deliverables that support the association’s strategic initiatives and bring enhanced value to members.

About:

The NPTA provides direct business opportunities for trading partners in paper products, materials and supplies. Distributors have the opportunity interact with manufactures/suppliers, converters, re-distributors and service provider customers to help build the printing paper distribution channel.

Committee Roster:

Bill Blocker Midland Paper, Packaging + Supplies	Bill Koehn Domtar Paper Company, LLC	Laura Thompson Sappi Fine Paper NA
Marshall Brown, AIPPM	Hilton Maze Simon Miller Paper & Packaging	Scott Tietema Quimby-Walstrom
Bob Cochran (Chair) Domtar Distribution Group	John McGann Japan Pulp & Paper (USA) Corp.	William Tracey Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Dee Curran Frank Parsons, Inc.	Mac McGehee, Jr. Mac Papers, Inc.	Michael Trachtenberg Gould Paper Corporation
Steve DeVoe NewPage Corporation	Travis Mlakar The Millcraft Group	Alain Villemure Lecta North America
Edward Farley Unisource Worldwide, Inc.	Byron Racki Neenah Paper Inc.	Bob West Network Services Company
Douglas Gresenz Georgia-Pacific Corporation	Greg Savage Appleton Coated LLC	Charles Whitaker Spicers Paper, USA
Scott Hider Clampitt Paper Co. Dallas	Jim Sheibley NewPage Corporation
John Joosten Unisource Worldwide, Inc.	Joshua Starrett International Paper

Member Firm Profile:

NPTA members include merchants (distributors) and manufacturers of business papers, commercial printing and publishing papers, and other related products. A committee of member volunteers representing a cross section of the industry works to identify and develop programs and services which will help members succeed. The programs and services focus on networking, education, information and data, advocacy and business improvement.

Member Reach:

NPTA members are represented in over 50 countries including: Brazil, Canada, China, England/UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the United States. NPTA paper distributor representation includes 129 distributor member firms with over 1,000 distribution centers. There are 35 manufacturing and supplier member firms.

Buying Group Affiliations:

NPTA represents independent distributors and manufacturers as well as those affiliated with buying and marketing groups including: Network Services Corporation and the Association of Independent Printing Paper Merchants.

Customer Segmentation:

Members serve a variety of customer segments including: Advertising/Public Relations, Commercial Printing, Graphic Design, Office Supplies, Publishing: Book, Catalog, Magazine, Retail and Stationers.

Primary Product Categories:

Members product focus is primarily on the following types of products:

• Board Grades
• Business & Office Papers
• Cardboard boxes
• Coated / Uncoated Free Sheet
• Containerboard
• Converting Papers
• Corrugating Medium
• Cotton Fiber
• Kraft Paper
• Paper Bags
• Paperboard
• Printing & Writing Papers
• Publishing Papers
• Pulp - Paper’s Raw Material
• Reprographic
• Specialty Packaging & Industrial Papers
• Specialty Papers(i.e. envelopes, eco-friendly, technical)
• Tissue