After 40 years at IP, and a defining 'transformation,1 Faraci to be honored, retire

摘要

Three weeks from retirement after 40 years at International Paper (IP), chmn and CEO John Faraci will be honored for the second time in nine years as the North American industry's top CEO. The award presentation on Oct. 9 at RISI's 29th annual Forest Products Conference in Boston is noteworthy because Faraci was a leader as the US pulp and paper industry slogged through the Great Recession's unprecedented 10% decline in paper and board production, and he refocused IP, the world's largest paper and board producer, contacts said.