George Wurtz

Experience

1. President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

   Appvion

   Jun 2018 — Present

   George Wurtz joined Appvion, Inc. and PDC as a director in July 2011. In 2015, Mr. Wurtz retired as chairman of the board of Soundview Paper Company LLC, Elmwood Park, New Jersey, a position he held since October 2014. Prior to October 2014, he served as Soundview’s president and chief executive officer. Soundview is a privately-held manufacturer of virgin and recycled tissue consumer products. Mr. Wurtz is also a director of the State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) engineering advisory board and Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. He has served as a director of the SUNY Oswego Engineering Advisory Board since 2009 and as a director of Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. since January 2012. He also is on the board of Urbanspace, a commercial real estate and restaurant business out of New York City, since 2016, Bemis Inc, a global manufacturer of flexible and rigid plastics, since 2018 and Remington Fire Arms, a US manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, since 2018. From November 2006 until November 2011, Mr. Wurtz served as president and chief executive officer of New WinCup Holdings, Stone Mountain, Georgia, a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of single-use cups, food service containers, lids and straws. Mr. Wurtz retired as executive vice president of Georgia- Pacific Corporation in February 2006 after serving in several executive management positions including president of paper, bleached board and kraft operations. Prior to joining Georgia- Pacific Corporation in October Mr. Wurtz was employed by James River Corporation/Fort James Corporation for 14 years and held executive management positions in operations, logistics, procurement and manufacturing planning. Mr. Wurtz received a bachelor’s degree in industrial arts and technology from SUNY Oswego in 1978.

Skills

• Product Development
• Negotiation
• P&L Responsibility
• Strategy
• Mergers
• Change Management
• Injection Molding
• Operations Management
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Value Stream Mapping
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Packaging
• Root Cause Analysis
• Budgets
• Supply Chain
• Continuous Improvement
• Sales Management
• Kaizen
• Management
• New Business Development
• Team Building
• Engineering
• Managing Finances
• Supply Chain Management
• Paper Industry
• Operational Excellence
• Project Management
• P&L Management
• Lean Manufacturing
• Competitive Analysis
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Contract Negotiation
• Business Strategy
• Inventory Management
• Spc
• Forecasting
• Process Improvement
• Purchasing