TAPPI Podcast Network

The TAPPI Podcast Network offers engaging conversations with the most innovative leaders in the packaging, pulp, paper, tissue and converting industries through wide-ranging interviews on current topics relevant to listeners at every stage of their careers.

TAPPI Podcast Network is a business podcast hosted by Jan Bottiglieri, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jan Bottiglieri hosts TAPPI Podcast Network, a business show with 42 episodes published.

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  Uptime: Dr. Selene Silvestri

  Jun 2, 202629 minS0

  <p >'Minutes, Not Days': </p> <p >Dr. Selene Silvestri on AI Tools for Supply Chain Decision-Making</p> <p >"Driving the Future of Global Supply Chain Integration" —that's the motto that greets visitors to the website of MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics in Cambridge, MA. Through research, education, and stakeholder engagement, MIT CTL doesn't merely study supply chains—they advance what’s possible and turn insight into action.</p> <p >Our guest for this episode is Dr. Selene Silvestri, a research scientist at the MIT CTL in the Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab. Silvestri's current research addresses supply chain network design and op...

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  Uptime: Matt and Jefferson, WESCO

  May 21, 202629 minS0

  <p >Crib Crawls and Curve Balls:</p> <p >Wesco's Jefferson Smith and Matt Lasnicki on Supply Chain Challenges From aging infrastructures to multi-company mergers, Wesco's Jefferson Smith and Matt Lasnicki  have helped their pulp and paper industry customers through a variety of supply chain challenges. As Smith shares in his Paper360° article, Operations Depend on Equipment Supply Chains, it's an area mills ignore at their peril: One delayed part can rack up millions of dollars in downtime losses.</p> In this episode of Uptime, Jeff and Matt, along with co-hosts Mark Rushton and Jan Bottiglieri, discuss the current reality for su...

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  UpTime: Bodo Kottwitz on Tissue Markets Today

  Apr 23, 202630 minS0

  <p >Still Looking for Balance:</p> <p >Bodo Kottwitz on Tissue Markets Today</p> <p >As a tissue industry consultant, Bodo Kottwitz is more than just the CEO of BKay Tissue Advice; he's something of an industry rock star. Bodo has a long career in pulp and paper and frequently speaks about the tissue industry and its markets at conferences and events around the globe.</p> <p >In this episode of UpTime, co-hosts Mark Rushton and Jan Bottiglieri chat with Bodo about how he sees the modern tissue industry—including supply chain challenges, energy costs, and true sustainability. When it co...

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  Better Together: 2026 Student Summit

  Mar 13, 202634 minS0

  <p > This episode was recorded on-site at TAPPI's 2026 Student Summit in Birmingham, AL. More than 200 students, plus scores of other attendees, enjoyed panel discussions, a Career Fair, an Engineering Challenge, and so much more. Pulp and paper engineering students came from more than15 leading paper, packaging, engineering, and technical programs to participate in a program focused on "Charting Tomorrow." </p>  We asked students to "take the mic" to let listeners know what matters to them. As always, they responded with humor, candor, and their own unique insights. This episode includes student commentary from five TAPPI Student Chapter schools:  Georgia Institute of...

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  Better Together: 2025 CorrExpo

  Dec 25, 202544 minS0

  At CorrExpo 2025 in Savannah, GA, more than 1000 industry pros gathered to "Explore What’s Possible and Build What’s Next." This recorded-on-site episode of Better Together includes three engaging mini-interviews that capture some of the engagement and excitement of being there in person. CorrExpo 2025 featured an active exhibit floor, memorable networking events, and an expert-led technical program. In this episode, we'll be speaking with: · <b>Carl Mazzanti, Co-Founder and President of eMazzanti Technologies.</b> Carl and Jan discuss some of the amazing benefits AI can offer box makers · <b>Christine Little, director of sales/Corrugated Machinery Division, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.</b> Le...

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