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THE GREEN BAY INNOVATION GROUP presents: BUILD BACK the WISCONSIN PAPER INDUSTRY

Posted on January 23, 2023May 28, 2025 by admin

DATE: March 2, 2023
REGISTRATION: Go to: www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com Events. The cost is: $40.00 per person lunch
included.
PLACE: Johnsonville Tailgate Village by Lambeau Field
TIME: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS and PANEL:

Marty Ochs Executive Director of the Green Bay Innovation Group – Host
Jerimiah Janssen Vice President of First Business Bank – Sponsor
Brit Swisher Midland Paper – Area Vice President – Northern Region
Michelle LeMere – Vice President of Engineered Specialties at Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Congressman Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin

PANEL:

Jim Koronkiewicz General Manager at BPM, Inc.
Michelle LeMere VP Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Nick Mares President of Viridiam
Henry Schienebeck the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Timber Association Confirmed
Paul Fowler Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW Stevens Point
Daniel J. Leeson Director of National Sales Western States Envelope & Labels

SPECIAL INVITED GUESTS:
Scott Suder President of the Wisconsin Paper Council, Sam Riikers COO of WEDC, Barb LaMue President of The New North and Kelly Armstrong Vice President at Greater Green Bay Chamber and Ann Franz at New Manufacturing Alliance.

SCHEDULE:

7:00 a.m. Check In
8:00 a.m. Jerimiah Janssen First Business Bank Sponsor
8:15 a.m. Michelle LeMere Pixelle Specialty Solutions
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Brit Swister Midland
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 12:00 p.m. Panel Discussion
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 p.m. Congressman Tom Tiffany
2:00 – 4:00 Networking

GBIG News Plastics Industry Employment And Economic Impact On Wisconsin

Posted on January 23, 2023May 28, 2025 by admin

The Plastic Industry employs 43,446 people in Wisconsin. Nationally, Wisconsin Ranked 8 th in plastics industry employment. The direct payroll in Wisconsin, including captive plastic products, is $2.3 billion. Plastic-dependent industries add another $42.2 billion to the state’s payroll. Together, plastics companies and the industries that depend on plastic contribute $11.4 billion in state and federal personal income taxes and $5 billion in payroll. We see plastic companies located across the state of Wisconsin. This past year Plastic News names top 10 2022 Processor of the Year finalists, Sustained Excellence winner. Wisconsin has three of them:

Radius Packaging in New Berlin, WI excels at Sustainability.

Redline Plastics in Manitowoc leads with employee relations which helped the company to
become one of the fastest-growing North American rotomolders.

Teel Plastics a repeat finalists located in Baraboo. Teel was the fastest-growing company in this
year’s Processor of the Year Finalist with major additions boosting employment and plant
expansion.

The Green Bay Innovation Group will host an EVENT on April 12, 2023: The Present and Future of Plastic Recycling featuring an outstanding group of speakers. George Huber UW Madison Engineering and Director of the Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics will be our lead speaker. In the morning, we will have a tour of Convergen Energy 600 Liberty St. Green Bay starting at 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 am. We will have lunch at Johnsonville Tailgate next to Lambeau starting at 11:30 a.m. You can register by going to: www.greenbayinnovatongroup.com EVENTS. The cost is $40.00 per person.

Marty Ochs
Executive Director
Green Bay Innovation Group

GBIG NEWS | 6 Winter Events 01/18/2023

Posted on January 16, 2023July 21, 2025 by admin

GBIG News

Get links to the latest news, events, stories, and interviews from our 5P news members. Our goal is to remind the decision-makers in Wisconsin of the importance of our industry both historically, and more importantly, into the future.

Read the latest 6 Winter Events on the Internet below.

Events

OSHA 300 Log Webinar

Posted on January 16, 2023May 28, 2025 by admin

Webinar: January 24th, 2023 at 10:00AM CST

Google searches for the term “OSHA 300 Log” increase ten fold in late January over the prior months. It’s that time of year to complete the log, but inevitably questions will come up.

Which organizations are required to keep an OSHA 300 Log? What information should you be putting on the log? What information should you be keeping off the log? And what is new this year?

R&R’s John Brengosz ran a well-attended OSHA 300 Log webinar in December of 2022, but by popular demand, he will be back giving his presentation again and answering questions on Tuesday, January 24th.

Speaker:

John Brengosz,
Loss Control Specialist
R&R Insurance Services, Inc.

The presentation will be given as a Zoom webinar available to all who register.

Women Leaders in Industry Series presented by the Women in the 5P Industries January 23, 2023 starting at 1:00 p.m.

Posted on January 16, 2023May 28, 2025 by admin

Details

Please join us for an industry update on Wisconsin’s diverse business development and upscaling talent featuring: Barb LaMue; President & CEO of New North, Inc., an 18-county regional economic development corporation in northeast Wisconsin.

Speakers (3)

Emily Haines – Project Engineer – New Product Integration
Kohler Company
Cassie Diedrick – Business Development Coordinator
Robinson Inc.
Barb LaMue – President & CEO
New North Inc.

GREEN BAY INNOVATION GROUP PRESENTS: THE FUTURE OF PLASTIC RECYCLING NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT METHODS

Posted on January 16, 2023July 21, 2025 by admin

The EVENT will be held at the JOHNSONVILLE TAILGATE VILLAGE BY LAMBEAU FIELD and a morning Tour of CONVERGEN ENERGY 600 Liberty St. Green Bay, WI.

DATE: April 12, 2022
SCHEDULE OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Tour Convergen Energy in Green Bay hosted by Ted Hansen – President
11:00 a.m. – Registration and Check In at Johnsonville Tailgate Village by Lambeau Field
12:00 -1:15 p.m. – Lunch with Doug Peckenpaugh BNP Group Publisher of Packaging Strategies
and Flexible Packaging. He is the Manager of Converters Expo 2023.
1:15 p.m. Introduction – Marty Ochs the Executive Director of the Green Bay Innovation Group
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – George Huber at UW Madison Engineering & (CUWP) Chemical Upcycling of
Waste Plastics Director.
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 3:30 p.m. John Elliot and Justin Bowers from PRI – Plastics Recycling Systems
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. – Ted Hansen President of Convergen Energy, Inc. in Green Bay
4:15 – 4:45 p.m. – Evan Arnold Vice President Business Development of Glenroy, Inc.
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Networking
6:00 pm.: Kick Off of Converting Expo at Lambeau Field.

To register, go to: www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com EVENTS and sign up. The cost is: $40.00 which includes lunch and the tour.

THE GREEN BAY INNOVATION GROUP presents: BUILD BACK the WISCONSIN PAPER INDUSTRY

Posted on January 16, 2023July 21, 2025 by admin

DATE: March 2, 2022
PLACE: Johnsonville Tailgate Village by Lambeau Field
TIME: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS and PANEL:

Marty Ochs Executive Director of the Green Bay Innovation Group – Host
Jerimiah Janssen Vice President of First Business Bank – Sponsor
Brit Swisher Area Vice President – Northern Region – Confirmed
Michelle LeMere – Vice President of Engineered Specialties at Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Congressman Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin

PANEL:

Jim Koronkiewicz General Manager at BPM, Inc.
Michelle LeMere VP Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Nick Mares President of Virdiam
Henry Schienebeck the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Timber Association Confirmed
Other’s will added based upon their schedules!

SPECIAL INVITED GUESTS will be:

Scott Suder President of the Wisconsin Paper Council, Sam Riikers COO of WEDC, Barb LaMue President of The New North and Kelly Armstrong Vice President at Greater Green Bay Chamber.