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Rome IP Executive Featured in New Paper and Packaging Industry Documentary

By Doug Walker
Sep 24, 2020 11:30 AM ET
Campaign: International Paper | SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
Sustainability of the Southern pine forest is critical to the job of Paper Fiber Supply Manager Alex Singleton, who joined the Rome International Paper mill in July.

Originally published by the Rome News-Tribune

Alex Singleton is a fourth generation paper maker, although that was not his plan as a child.

The fiber supply manager at the International Paper containerboard mill in Rome said that — even as he saw his father go daily to a large Westvaco mill in Charleston, South Carolina — he never thought he’d have a career in the forest products industry.

But he’s not only forged a 30-year career. Singleton is one of three “stars” in a documentary produced for the Paper and Packaging Board titled “Paper Makers.”

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