Juuresta Lahtien

P. K. Kauppi

The Author grew up in Nakkula home site along the shore of River Kemijoki. He completed the primary school in the village of Liedakkala, and proceeded to complete a Mechanical Trade School in the city of Kemi. Thereafter, he continued his studies by receiving Diploma in the Mechanical Engineering in Finland and Pulp and Paper Engineering Degree in Sweden. He further continued to receive his MSc in Engineering and Ph.D. Degree in the Management Engineering in the United States.
Author educational background and professional career is truly international. He has worked in Finland for major pulp and paper machinery companies and the pulp and paper mills. In Canada he worked for well-known machinery and technology companies and several international consulting engineering firms as a Design Engineer and the Chief Project Engineer. He has been the development leader of complete new pulp and paper mill projects in China, Argetina and Thailand. He has been involved in major projects in Nigeria, Turkey, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries. He has published numerous articles in leading international pulp and paper industry magazines and served as an editorial adviser for the Paper Trade Journal Magazine, Chicago in the United States. He has also developed several patents and writen a book in the International Development Management - A Broad Sector View in the Global Economy. A new book titeled Foreign Production Project Planning in The Real World - Changed Project Development World has been published.