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Pulp Paper & Logistics
4 INDUSTRY NEWS
Wider digital presence at Zellcheming
Expo 2023 in Germany
T
he Zellcheming Expo
2023 trade show
opens on 20 June for
three days of pulp and
paper exhibits and forums at
the RheinMain CongressCenter
(RMCC) in Wiesbaden, Germany.
“Both the content planning
and the commitments for the
Expo have developed very well.
We expect to exceed last year’s
already very good figures by a
good 10 per cent,” explains Petra
Hanke, managing director of the
organisers.
Among the more than 100
exhibiting companies and
organisations are many that
traditionally support the trade
fair. There is also a high level
of interest from new exhibitors
from Germany and Austria, along
with the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom, Italy, and Belgium.
On the first day of Expo 2023,
the forum will be opened by Prof
Helga Zollner-Croll, the future
president of the Zellcheming
association, who will moderate
the lecture session “Innovative
Prof Helga Zollner-Croll will be opening the forum on the first day of
Zellcheming Expo 23
energy concepts in the paper and
fibre-based industry”.
“The topic has continued to
gain significant momentum at
all levels, political, operational
and social, and I look forward
to valuable contributions to the
discussion that will shed light on
the various perspectives.” Among
others, the managing director of
the Model Paper Factory, Peter
Bekaert, will report on the latest
developments of the pioneering
joint project.
The Zellcheming Data Technical
Committee will be hosting
a session on ‘Digitalization Artificial Intelligence’. Speakers
include Rosario Othen from
RWTH Aachen University and
Christin Joachim from Papierund Karton-fabrik Varel, who will
report on ‘Data Hackathons for
and with Students – Added Value
for All’ using the perspective of
the younger generation.
Olav Dau from Bellmer, with
Matthias Schmitt, representing
Voith Digital, will report on the
use of ‘Augmented Reality in
the paper industry’ and look at
ideas from the supplier industry.
The session is completed by Dr
Michael Hunold from Steinbeis,
who will present field reports
together with Dr Philip Gerstner
from Felix Schoeller and Dr Jörg
Padberg from Koehler Paper.
The second day is aimed at
women in the pulp and paper
industry. The network now
includes more than 300 female
representatives of the industry.
Mia Kainz, HR Strategy Manager
at Mondi, will focus on the
importance of diversity.
Zellcheming will be expanding
is presence by organising Expo
2023 as a hybrid event with
digital reach. Those unable
attend in person will have the
opportunity to join live. And for
those who are at the show, the
Expo app will offer extras to get
more out of their visit.
More information from www.
zellcheming.de/veranstaltungen/
zellcheming-expo
New name for PulPaper in 2024
The PulPaper trade show has
been rebranded as Pulp &
Beyond 2024 to bring together
the latest forest-based
bio-economy innovations,
products, services and
technologies.
Being held from 10-11 April
2024 at the Helsinki Expo and
Convention Centre in Finland,
the event aims to provide the
widest available showcase on
the latest trends, and supports
learning, employer branding
May/June 2023
and competence development,
along with a strong focus on
sustainability, efficiency and
functionality.
Antti Lindqvist, managing
director of the co-organising
Finnish Forest Products
Engineers’ Association,
commented: “Now it is time to
look forward and take one step
ahead. You are welcome to join
us on a journey into the future
and beyond.
“Instead of the traditional
PulPaper we are going to
arrange a totally new event
which will be inspiring, humanfocused and enabling. Now it
was definitely time to start
something new and open
a new Nordic Arena for
innovations.”