Some 80 persons within the Swedish forest-based industry gathered for the spring meeting with PPT, Swedish Pulp & Paper Technology Group, on April 22, 2015 at the Sweco headquarters in Stockholm.
A full day program focused on issues of current interest with presentations and debates.
Sveaskog explained its challenges how best to utilize Sweden’s wood resources. Based on the pulp making process as a hub, Innventia elaborated on the development of various value chains for energy and chemistry and Kiram presented other driving forces for the development of bio-refining. Tofte gave details about the new facility in Norway for the production of Silva Green Fuel together with Statskraft and Södra. The suppliers of process technology presented how they adapt to the changing technology environment today.
The present big capital investment projects in the Nordic countries were discussed. A panel discussion, led by PPT chairman Ulf Frölander, focused on the bio refining aspects of these projects. Panellists were Sveaskog, Innventia, Kiram, NiNa Innovation, Andritz, ÅF and Södra Cell Tofte.
BillerudKorsnäs gave an insight into the present developments within the packaging business. The Swedish Forest Industries Federation presented a recent study, giving four development scenarios until year 2020 for the Swedish forest-based industry. Business Sweden gave its most recent business forecast and Sweco elaborated on some of its present projects within the global forest industry. Rounding up the meeting, a panel discussed a point of high interest to members of PPT, namely delivery conditions for selling technology to the forest-based industry. Panellists included SSG (Standard Solutions Group), SCA, Andritz, Somas and Valmet and the discussions were led by Åke Ryhagen.
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PPT, Swedish Pulp & Paper Technology Group, is an association formed in 1989 by the Swedish Trade Council (now Business Sweden) along with member companies. Emphasising environmental concerns, energy conservation, productivity increases and quality control, they are all dedicated to promoting Swedish technology for the forest-based industry around the world, www.pptgroup.se.