Glatfelter's Martin Rapp will takeover as EDANA chairperson later this month. The association's elected a new board at its annual general meeting in Warsaw earlier this month. The new board will start their service on 1st July, 2016.
 
In addition to his previous five years of service to EDANA on the board of governors, Rapp has chaired the Communications Steering Group, and has ensured his company’s support to a considerable number of EDANA projects and activities over that period. “It is an honor and pleasure to serve the broad EDANA membership as chair, and build on the evolution that we have delivered over the past four to our focus and member company services. My focus will be to ensure that the association’s activities meet our strategic interests of global outreach, sector expansion and anticipating those challenges to our industries, and to ensure the financial performance and health of the association," Rapp says.
 
The Annual General Meeting again confirmed Mikael S. Axelsen and Pieter Meijer as vice chairs to the Board for 2016-2017, supported by Paul Eevers as Treasurer. Additionally, Frank Heislitz, of Freudenberg Performance Materials; Enno Henze, of Johns Manville, Krystof Malawaniec of Paul Hartmann and Christian Marx, of DuPont were elected for an additional three-year term.
 
Outgoing Chairperson Tricia Featherstone says “The past four years have seen considerable changes occur within EDANA, designed to better meet the needs of member companies, and ensure that EDANA is ‘fit for the future’. As an association, we have challenged our member companies, and as a result, have opened wide-ranging discussions about the way in which we prepare and respond to the challenges and opportunities for our industries. In particular, I would like to thank the entire EDANA staff, and celebrate their embrace of this evolution, in their adaptation of the way they support member companies, taking on additional training and achieving a number of milestones in the delivery of services to the entire membership.”