Travels with Larry Archive

Old Home Week

28 Apr 2015 Old Home Week Above are 15 of the 21 in attendance who were not camera shy.   It never ceases to amaze me, when TAPPI Members come together for a corporate visit or TAPPI conference with 100-5,000

Riddle Me This!

15 Jan 2015 Riddle Me This! Riddle Me This! What do the year 1934, Audio Oscillators, a “Mickey Mouse” type company, a coin toss and $530 have in common with a very well-known 76 year old company that employs

The Sometimes Unsung Leaders of TAPPI

02 Aug 2014 The Sometimes Unsung Leaders of TAPPI I have to be one of the most blessed people on the face of the earth. I get to go to work each day in an industry where I always wanted to work, at an

How Many Times Have You Heard the Term Found Money?

05 Jun 2014 How Many Times Have You Heard the Term Found Money? During a recent early morning walk around Peachtree Corners, Ga., I found what I thought was a small pile of leaves. To my surprise, it was a waded

An Accent on Innovation

14 May 2014 An Accent on Innovation On May 13, 2014, Eric Fletty and I had the opportunity to visit with one of TAPPI’s Sustaining Member companies, Kadant Inc., at its Kadant Johnson facility in Three Rivers,

Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc.

04 May 2014 Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc. Eric Fletty and I recently discovered that the town of Logan, OH is home to Men and Women of Steel. Seneca Steel Erectors, Inc. (that is.) An Industrial Maintenance

A Very Special Visit

20 Feb 2014 A Very Special Visit ABOVE: Russ Wanke (left), president and CEO of Expera, and Larry N. Montague (right) of TAPPI Words to live by: Turning Pulp into Possibilities; Making Big Ideas Fly; All Custom

Dreams Do Come True

12 Dec 2013 Dreams Do Come True In the photo above, Dr. Gray receives his award from H.R. Carl XVI Gustaf, The King of Sweden.  Dreams do come true...in so many ways. Our industry has been called many things

Is it the People or the Equipment?

12 Dec 2013 Is it the People or the Equipment? Finally an answer to that age old argument—is it the people or the equipment that make a good plant and product? HIT THE JACKPOT Earlier this month, Eric Fletty and

You Never Know

07 Nov 2013 You Never Know We had a wonderful CorrExpo2013 in the great city of Indianapolis, Ind., USA, last month. More than 900 of the corrugated industry’s best attended this gathering. I tried to speak to