Carota: expanded the company’s market presence and product mix, developing a nationwide network of Finch Paper merchants spearheaded the company’s entrance into the premium text and cover paper market, with the introductions of the Finch Fine and Finch Premium Blend products and championed Finch’s receipt of the coveted Forest Stewardship Council and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) green certifications for the company’s forestry practices and its products.

Among his most significant career accomplishments at Finch, Mr.

Carota’s leadership was widely credited for keeping the Finch mill operating during the late 1990s and early 2000s as dozens of other American paper mills were forced to close due to troublesome economic conditions. Teamwork has helped us accomplish some great things.” I’ve had more responsibility than other people, but I’ve believed the only way we could succeed was if we pooled everyone’s ideas. At the time, he told hundreds of industry executives gathered in his honor in San Diego, “I’ve never considered myself the only idea person at Finch, Pruyn. Carota was honored as the Paper Industry Executive of the Year by the Paper Industry Management Association. He was also one of the few former labor union officers to become the CEO of a major American paper manufacturer. He was the first person who was not a member of the founding families of Finch, Pruyn to be elected chairman, president and CEO of the now-145-year-old company. Carota retired from Finch on February 2, 2009, after 53 years of service, 26 of which were served as the company’s chairman, president and CEO. He was 73 years old, and had determinedly fought an illness that began in September 2009. Carota, the one-time union laborer who rose to become Paper Industry Executive of the Year as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Glens Falls, NY-based Finch, Pruyn & Co., Inc., and its successor, Finch Paper LLC, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. Carota Rose from Union Leader to Paper Industry Executive of the Year over 53-year Career Doss, Graphic Packaging InternationalĢ022 William “Will” Kress, Green Bay Packaging Inc.Monday 12. Sutton, International PaperĢ021 Michael P. Kowlzan, Packaging Corp of AmericaĢ018: Mark S. Wanke, Expera Specialty SolutionsĢ017: Mark W. Howes, Inland Paperboard and PackagingĢ004 James McGinnity, Fox River Fiber CompanyĢ007 Keith Van Scotter, Lincoln Paper & TissueĢ014 Russell P. Buchanan, Fox Valley CorporationĢ002 William B. 'Pete' Correll, Georgia-Pacific CorporationĢ000 Robert C. 'Roy' Barry, Madison Paper Industriesġ999 A.D. Brennan, Consolidated Papers Inc.ġ998 Leroy J. Nemirow, Bowater Incorporatedġ997 Patrick F. Eugene Cartledge, Union Camp Corporationġ995 Arnold M. Meister, American Paper Instituteġ993 Richard J. Stone, Stone Container Corporationġ992 Irene W. Petty, Repap Enterprises Corp., Inc.ġ989 Judson Hannigan, Champion International Corp.ġ991 Roger W. Lippincott, Scott Paper Companyġ988 George S. Mead, Consolidated Papers, Inc.ġ987 Phillip E.

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