Tissue World Milan 2019 Conference to Focus on Global Megatrends Driving the Industry

This year’s Tissue World Conference in Milan will focus on the rapid developments in geopolitics, megatrends, circular economy, product innovation, and digitalization shaping the global tissue trade. The European tissue volume peaked at 8.5 million metric tons in 2017 and is set to grow by 3.5 percent per annum for the next 10 years.

The three-day conference and exhibition – to be held at Fieramilanocity, Hall 3, Milan, Italy, March 25-27 - will kick off with the senior management symposium gathering senior management, technical experts and operations professionals. With the theme of ‘Smart and Sustainable – Strategies to Stay Sharp as a New Decade Dawns’, it will explore the key opportunities and challenges facing an increasingly dynamic tissue business and hear from some influential speakers.

At the symposium, Magnus Groth, president and CEO of Essity, will deliver the keynote address ‘Creating today a sustainable business for tomorrow’ and discuss the role of digitalization in the tissue industry. In his outlook on the world’s tissue market, Fastmarkets RISI’s principal Esko Uutela will focus on Europe and elaborate that while China continues to be the main driver for global growth, North America and other developed markets have shown strong developments recently, and global tissue demand is expected to reach 53 million metric tons by 2027.

Another notable speaker is Tomi Amberla, principal of Pöyry Management Consulting, Finland, who will address delegates on ‘Is the global pulp shortage going to continue?’ Pulp currently represents around 70 percent of manufacturing costs of virgin tissue jumbo reel, and some 50 percent of the converted product costs. Amberla will provide insights into the outlook for 2019, and the impact this will have on the market.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26-27, the conference sessions will comprise a Yankee safety & reliability Workshop and technical sessions exploring new technologies and developments.

For detailed information on all sessions and speakers, see the agenda here www.tissueworld.com/milan.

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