John LaValle

Senior Paper Finishing Consultant

Background

John has 40 years in Papermaking Operations, with 33 years on Winders and Supercalenders. He has held Positions in Team Leader, Shift Supervisor, Finishing Department Manager, and Assistant Paper Machine Superintendent (Finishing Department).

Specialization

At Pillar Engineering, Richard specializes in, but is not limited to, the following pillars:

Operations

  • Winder equipment upgrades and process improvement. Winder change process of 3” to 6” cores and 40” to 60” large rolls

  • Troubleshooting Winders

  • Winder curves

  • Quality control

  • Winder rebuilds

  • Sop

  • Center lining

  • Mentoring new paper machine and Finishing Supervisors.