The_CEO_Magazine_ANZ_-_December_2016

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW

make it a success. Every single link in

the chain has to be solid. I look after

my customers but I also look after

my suppliers. There is just as much

focus on partnering with the right

suppliers as there is on partnering with

the right customers.”

Jon’s overall vision for the future

development of Oji Fibre Solutions

is simple, he wants it to grow profitably

while looking after its people and

the environment.

“We need to be making sure we have a

future with sustainable assets that are

profitable,” Jon says. “To achieve this

there are a few things we are heavily

focused on.

“One is improving our equipment

reliability, which essentially means

better and more appropriate asset

deployment and maintenance. I want

more reliability out of the assets we

already have and that will in itself help

reduce costs. The longer-term vision for

the company is to reinvest in ourselves

and make ourselves scalable in the

global commodity for the manufacture

of pulp. As part of that, we may come to

a point of building a new pulp mill to

help us compete at a lower cost base,

within the next decade.

“There are currently more modern and

scalable assets being deployed globally;

new pulp mills are springing up in

places like South America and Europe

which is resulting in an oversupply of

pulp. In addition, the old assets that

used to make newsprint or writing

grade paper are being repurposed into

packaging substrate manufacturing

paper machines.

“This is another situation where there is

an oversupply of pulp, and potentially

an oversupply of the packaging

substrate which puts a pricing pressure

on the paper grades we manufacture.

There is certainly growth there but

there is still a bit of pain to go through

over the next two or three years as

supply and demand balance each other

out again.

“Another priority for me is people; our

talented group of employees. The

operations at Oji Fibre Solutions are

very technically complex and the

process is all driven by our people.

“We need to keep our people safe

and we are focused on improving the

health and safety of our workplace,

including adapting to new legislation

in New Zealand.

“It’s not just about looking after our

equipment, it’s also about looking after

our people and training them well.”

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