Users Conference 2003

Global Acquisitions and Mergers: Keeping PI in Focus

As companies grow through mergers and acquisitions, the new corporate entity begins to focus on the global aspects of the business. There tends to be little emphasis on mill specific activities such as the innovative use of PI applications. Domtar Inc. is one such company that has grown in size over the last few years through the merger of several companies in Canada and the U.S. In keeping with its philosophy of sharing technical expertise, a new initiative was launched at Domtar to develop a network of IT and process specialists to ensure that PI systems are used effectively company wide. This initiative is coordinated by our corporate Technology and IT Groups.  In this presentation we will discuss Domtar’s networking strategy and how the company is getting the most from PI as a result. Also, we will highlight some of the PI applications that our mills have developed.

Company
Domtar Papers

Speaker
Jamie Andrews

Jamie has a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has worked for Domtar Papers in Cornwall for the last 8 years in Maintenance and Information Technology. He is currently a senior project leader in IT with a manufacturing and process portfolio and is the PI System Administrator for Cornwall.Stan Megraw received his Ph.D. degree from McGill University and has been with Domtar Inc. for 27 years. He is currently Senior Process Specialist, Control & Optimization at Domtar's Head Office in Montreal, Quebec and is responsible for coordinating the company's PI-related networking activities.

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