Dear Tissue Industry Professional!
The tissue business continues to grow at a very nice pace, especially in comparison with many other businesses. In the Americas, particularly, many tissue companies are in an interesting phase of expansion with growing market demand for higher quality tissue products stimulating new investments. These trends and developments will certainly be a topic of discussion when the Tissue Industry meets at Tissue World Americas in Miami Beach on March 20-23, 2012.
To help bring the wide range of topics impacting the tissue industry in North and South America into even sharper focus, we have assembled an excellent program of speakers for the Tissue World Americas conference. To be held under the theme of -
"Boosting Performance for Better Quality, Sustainability and Profitability"
the conference includes many highlights which are sure to be of interest to you:
- Senior executives from Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace, Cascades, EcoLogo, SCA North America and more in a panel discussion on Sustainability in the Tissue Business
- Market Developments and Fiber Supply session looking deeply at Market Developments in North and South America as well as Where the Fiber for Tissue Making Will Come From
- Yankee Dryer Summit, held for the first time in Miami, covering a full day and going into critical technical details on Yankee reliability, efficiency and sustainability
- Technical sessions and workshops featuring world-leading experts giving timely, concise knowledge on key areas such as paper making, energy, converting wrapping, logistics, stock prep and other crucial topics.
- As well as the Best Networking Opportunity available to pick up ideas and solutions to the operational and profitability challenges you face in your plants and your company
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Here is a more detailed look at the sessions:
Main conference sessions – Wednesday to Friday
Wednesday March 21, 2012 (full day)
Conference Theme:
Boosting Performance for Better Quality, Sustainability and Profitability
Session 1: Sustainability in the Tissue Business
Steps Toward the Sustainable Value Chain for Tomorrow
Suhas Apte, Global Vice President of Sustainability, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, USA
Greenpeace: No Reason to be Afraid, Necessarily
Scott Paul, Forest Campaign Director, Greenpeace, USA
Making Sense of Environmental Certifications Programs
Suzanne Blanchet, President and CEO, Cascades Tissue, Canada
Environmental Leadership in the Tissue Paper Sector – Beyond Forest Certification
Angela Griffiths, Executive Director, EcoLogo, Canada
SCA North America, Speaker to be Named
Session 2: Market Developments and Fiber Supply
Market Developments and Trends in North and South America
Esko Uutela, Principal - Tissue, RISI, Germany
Fiber Supply – Where will fiber for tissue making come from?
Saara Söderberg, Director Global Consutling, Pöyry, Finland
Session 3: Papermaking Developments
The Chattermark Project to Reduce Operational costs at ICT Iberica, ICT and BTG
World's First Tissue Machine with a Compact Wet End with Active Degassing, POM and LC Paper
New TAD Simulator provides Tissue Makers a Competitive Edge, Ashland
Seamless Tissue Plant Concept Plus: Entry level Technology for Private Labels, Comer
New Pressing Technology for Higher Bulk and Dryness on Conventional Machines, Voith
Yankee Dryer System: Critical Asset Protection, Monitoring and Control, Nalco
Development Trends in Pressing for Tissue, Metso
Session 4: Energy Reduction and Savings
Forecasting and Validation of Fossil Fuel and Steam Savings from Tissue Machine Heat Recovery, Thermal Energy and Kruger Products
Steam Energy Reduction in Tissue Drying Process, Andritz
Significant Energy Savings with Variable Speed Vacuum Pumps in Tissue Making, Runtech Systems
Making 100% High Pressure Steam with a new Post Combustor on Hood exhaust, Novimpianti
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Thursday March 22, 2012 (full day)
Session 5: Converting, Packaging, Wrapping and Logistics
Colored Laminating Glues for Design Embossing, Kapp-Chemie
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis Spells Informed Investment, Futura
6 Different Products are just One Click Away, CMG
Compact Packaging of Tissue Paper, Optima
Overall Equipment Effectiveness: How Next Generation Automation Gives Real Improvements,Schneider Equipment
Conveying Lines: Optimizing Energy, Maintenance, Product Quality and Safety, Pulsar
New Concepts in Robotic Palletizing: Product Handling Methods, Multiple SKU Management and Flexibility, E80
New Robotic Bundler Combines Packaging and Palletizing Technology, W+D Langhammer
Reducing Costs and Improving Operations with Automatic Guided Vehicles, JBT Corp.
Workshops on various areas such as Printing, Web Handling and Knives and Blades
The program of speakers for these workshops is presently under development. More details will be coming soon.
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Friday March 23, 2012 (half day)
Session 6: Stock Prep
First Mill Experience with a new High Efficiency Compact Refiner, Metso
New Insights into the Application of High-yield Pulp in Tissue and Towel, Tembec/FP/Kruger
Compression Refining, Flexible Fibres and low Fines Content, Wageningen UR
Evaluation of Furnishes for Tissue: New Research Results on Suction Box Dewatering and Pressing, Karlstad University
Session 7: Auxiliary Topics in Tissue Making
Improve Operator Safety and Reduce Downtime with Automatic Web Marking on a Tissue Line, Ryeco
Studies Reveal Unnecessary Fiber, Energy and Water Losses, Tecumseth Filtration
Guarding Operations - Engineering Safety for Tissue Converting Lines, SEACON
Recognized Standard Locations for Dust Concentration Testing,Brunnschweiler
Maintaining Optimum Performance of Tissue Machine Clothing, Dubois Chemicals
