I am trusting that some of you will get the connection between BYD and the pulp and paper industry. There will be many that don't--that will be the same crowd that when I quote Henry Ford, who said, "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right" say, "I don't get it."

The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, more than 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile Erling Sven Lorentzen, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

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The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.

Sunday, 24 May 2026, I watched the sporting event of the year that I thoroughly enjoy--the Indianapolis 500. The greatest auto race in the world has succeeded in seriously improving its performance and dramatically improving its safety record. Why can't we do the same? In Paperitalo's publication, PaperMoney, we have a department, "Risks: Fires, Fatalities and Catastrophes." We started this chronicle of such events in 2017. There has been no discernible improvement in the nine years since then.

The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first class of inductees to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin was inducted more than two decades ago in 1995, and today, close to 150 papermaking innovators and legends have been enshrined. This month, we profile Theodore Wegner, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013

The Trump Administration's executive orders cut across dozens of industries. This searchable tool breaks down the orders and their impact.