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The Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Association (PPMA) is comprised of union and non-union manufacturing companies involved in:

• Producing pulp.
  
• Producing paper products.
  
• Converting paper products.
  
• Producing and converting products allied with the paper industry or supplying parts or equipment to the pulp, paper and converting industries.
  
• Since 1936, the Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has provided human resource services to the pulp and paper industry. Originally serving member companies in the geographic areas around the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest, PPMA has expanded to provide these same services to companies from Canada to Kentucky and as far east as Maine and New Hampshire.
  
• PPMA is dedicated to assisting pulp, paper and converting industry member organizations nationwide to improve business performance by providing distinctive, high quality human resource services.
  

Through publications, surveys, and semi-annual membership meetings, PPMA actively:

• serves as a primary source of information on labor settlements and current human resources, governmental and related operational issues.
  
• provides a forum for presenting, sharing, and recognizing innovative solutions to human resources issues.
  
• offers networking opportunities for human resources professionals through involvement in periodic meetings and association committees,
  
• functions as a catalyst for bringing forth issues of future importance to member organizations in the context of a changing work environment.