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The first day of IWB Week had a lot to offer its participants.

The event Opening Ceremony attracted more than two hundred attendees and offered a very interesting program. The event, opened by Swedish Minister of Rural Affairs, Sven-Erik Bucht and the Chairman of Södra, Lena Ek focused on forest resources as well as sustainable bioeconomy of tomorrow. After the opening ceremony there was a very appreciated panel discussion about the policy of using biomass. The event continued by a focus session on sustainable and intelligent bioeconomy.

The exhibition floor was offering many successful meetings including presentations and talks from the Open Seminars stage.

The IWB Week After Work featuring the release of Innventias Global Outlook Report: “A Cellulose-Based Society” was a great success and gave the IWB Week participants a well-deserved and relaxed few hours with networking, mingling, nice food and drinks. Several exhibitors entertained their customers at their stands.

So what happens today at IWB Week?

• Opening hours 9.00 - 17.00 - WELCOME!

• The conference program starts at 9.15 including four parallel conference sessions focusing on Advanced Biofuels, Power and heat from forest, Carbon fibre, Smart packaging, Biobased materials & the car industry, Nanocellulose and bio-plastics. There will be top interesting presentations by organizations as SunCarbon, the University of Quebec, Acreo, UPM and TeliaSonera. Click here to see the full conference program. You can still register for the conference online or onsite.

• The Open Seminar program starts at 10.00 at the Open Seminar stage in the exhibition area. Organizations like Frontway, Czech Invest, Caverion and Canadian Council of Forest Ministers will present their latest news and innovations. 

• Enjoy a coffee, snacks or a drink at the Kemira Innovation Café in exhibition area. 

• Stop by the Media Partner Center and get updated on industry news and meet representatives from our carefully selected media representatives from around the world.

• Join the IWB Week BBQ at Hotel Hasselacken in beautiful Djurgården. This is a great opportunity to network, mingle and enjoy good food and drink with a great view over Stockholm.  There is still a limited number of tickets available here »

Read more about the many features of IWB Week (click on the items below)

• The exhibition »
• The Conference »
• Company and product presentations »
• IWB Week BBQ »
• Company visits to Innventia and Norrenergi »
• The showroom of Materialbiblioteket including presentations » 
• The official event magazines: Nordisk Papperstidning, Bioenergy International and Bioenergi »
•  IWB Week After Work »

MOST WELCOME TO STOCKHOLM AND IWB WEEK!
For more information about the event, please visit the official website or download the The IWB Week app for mobile devices.

Bioeconomy Innovation Forum, organized by Adforum and Nordisk Papperstidning & Biobusiness, are pleased to announce that the two leading R& D centers in the forest industry, Innventia and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, have joined the event as conference partners.  Bioeconomy Innovation Forum will be organized at Stockholmsmässan May 24-26^th 2016, in connection to the leading event for the pulp and paper industry, International Pulp & Paper Week.

Bioeconomy Innovation Forum is designed by the exhibitors and visitors in order to match the needs of the rapidly changing forest industry.  The forum will focus on innovations and new products within Nanocellulose, Bioplastics and Biocomposites, Textile fibres, Biofuels, Carbon fibres from lignin, Consumer packaging, Biochemicals and Constructions. The event will work as co-operation platform between the forest industry and other industries interested in biobased solutions.

“There is an increasing number of companies in various industries having a strong interest in sustainable biobased solutions,” says Marcus Bergström, CEO Adforum and continues: “taking the whole forest industry and also the pulp and paper exhibitions into consideration, it is essential that we also invite people from other industries to be part of the event. The forest industry companies should meet their existing and new customers, not only their own employees as has been the case at previous events.”

“As forerunners of the forest industry we consider Bioeconomy Innovation Forum as a great platform for discussion about existing and future biobased products”, says Birgitta Sundblad, President of Innventia. Innventia and VTT will work as conference partners for the event. Both parties will be part of a conference committee together with the organizers of the event. The committee will select the most interesting and suitable speakers for the different focus areas.

The conference will be organized in direct connection to the event area but in a separate conference room in order to secure the quality of the conference. Company and product presentations will be concentrated to another stage in the exhibition area in order to make a clear difference between the official conference program and direct product presentations.

The new event will be designed in order to highlight networking between different industry groups. In order to optimize the networking, the participants will be presented in networking islands and mini stands. Other features will be matchmaking, social events and company visits.

The previous event held in Stockholm was organized in cooperation with a Swedish organization within the paper and pulp industry and was held in May 2011.  The event gathered 650 exhibiting companies from 30 countries in 230 stands, and 9,064 visitors from 56 different countries.

In 2016 the International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation will take place at Stockholmsmässan, May 24-26^th. The interest for the event has been great and a large number of companies has already signed up for the two different events.

“This is a great opportunity also for the foreign organizations to highlight their competence in a Scandinavian setting”, says Kari Larjava, Executive Vice President of VTT Ltd.

For more information on International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation Forum, please contact Marcus Bergström on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone + 358 44 56 24 524

About Adforum

Founded in 1968, Adforum is the world's leading organizer of exhibitions for the pulp and paper industry. Through the years, the company has organized the world's largest pulp and paper events in Stockholm, Helsinki as well as in in China and India. Adforum is owned by Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm International Fairs) and the Finnish Fair Corporation.

About Mentor Communications

Founded in 1985, Mentor Communications is the leading media company in Sweden, offering 30 different publications especially for industry and trade, reaching ½ million decision makers on a monthly basis. The channels used are magazines and newsletters. Mentor Communications is also an organizer of meetings and events. Mentor Communications is publisher of Nordic Paper Journal / Nordisk Papperstidning, the leading event magazine for the pulp, paper and biobased industries.  

About Innventia

Innventia is a world-leading research institute that works with innovations based on forest raw materials. Besides traditional products such as paper, tissue and board, we also develop completely new processes and products from renewable raw materials. As an innovation partner, we can strengthen all or parts of our customers’ processes, from the initial idea all the way through to a commercial product. We call this approach Boosting business with science.

About VTT

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd is the leading research and technology company in the Nordic countries. VTT is a multi-technological contract research organization and provides expertise for our domestic and international customers and partners, both in private and public sectors. VTT is a world leading RTO in the area of bio-based products and solutions.

Adforum, the world leading organizer of trade fairs for the pulp and paper industry and Mentor Communications AB, the leading media company in Sweden, are together launching two new events for the pulp, paper and biobased industries: International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation Forum. The events will be held at Stockholmsmässan on May 24-26th 2016.

The new events are designed by the exhibitors and the visitors themselves and are organized in order to match the needs of the rapidly changing forest industry. According to customer surveys done by Adforum, the companies wanted to combine the traditional exhibitions for the pulp and paper industry with a totally new forum focusing on innovations and products for the biobased industries, which has been missing from the market. The Bioeconomy Innovation Forum will focus on Bioenergy, Biorefinery, Nanotechnology, Biopolymers and other products and innovations of tomorrow.

“The new events will together with the traditional pulp and paper event offer a very strong platform for the entire forest industry”, says Marcus Bergström, CEO Adforum,and continues “There are a lot of synergies between the different product groups and it is time to integrate these into the existing event”.

The new events will not only focus on traditional exhibitors and visitors from the forest industry.
“Also other industry sectors will be invited to discuss and learn about the products andopportunities in the biobased industries. To guarantee a true mixture between different industry sectors, the leading media company in Sweden, Mentor Communications, is invited to be the co-organizer of the event.  Through its different publications, Mentor is reaching over half a million decision makers within different industries on a monthly basis.  According to the surveys done within companies in the forest industry, it is clear that the companies want to meet with professionals from different industry sectors. We can offer a lot of opportunities to make different industry sectors connect”, says Mikael Heinig, CEO of Mentor Communications.

The new events will feature the latest trends and tools in the meeting business, aiming to offer efficient business contacts between the participants. Apart from the exhibition there will be inspiring conferences, matchmaking, social events and company visits.

The last event held in Stockholm was organized in cooperation with a Swedish organization within the paper and pulp industry and was held in May 2011.  The event gathered 650 exhibiting companies from 30 countries in 230 stands, and 9,064 visitors from 56 different countries. In 2016 the International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation will take place at Stockholmsmässan, May 24-26th.

For more information on International Pulp & Paper Week and Bioeconomy Innovation Forum, please contact Marcus Bergström on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone + 358 44 56 24 524

About Adforum

Founded in 1968, Adforum is the world's leading organizer of exhibitions for the pulp and paper industry. Through the years, the company has organized the world's largest pulp and paper events in Stockholm, Helsinki as well as in in China and India. Adforum is owned by Stockholmsmässan (Stockholm International Fairs) and the Finnish Fair Corporation.

About Mentor Communications

Founded in 1985, Mentor Communications is the leading media company in Sweden, offering 30 different publications especially for industry and trade, reaching ½ million decision makers on a daily basis. The channels used are magazines and newsletters. Mentor Communications is also an organizer of meetings and events. Mentor Communications is publisher of Nordic Paper Journal / Nordisk Papperstidning, the leading event magazine for the pulp, paper and biobased industries.

After careful consideration, Adforum and EJK, the organizers of China Paper/China Forest have decided not to go ahead with the arrangements of China Paper/China Forest 2013 in Beijing, September 2-4, 2013. The focus will now lie on the coming China Paper event in Shanghai, September 15-17, 2014.

In the autumn of 2012 our former Chinese sales associate since several years back, China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute (CNPPRI), launched a competing show scheduled just a few weeks after China Paper/China Forest 2013.

Two similar trade shows that close to each other would not be beneficial for exhibitors, visitors or the industry as a whole. The organizers of China Paper/China Forest have therefore tried to negotiate a resolution with CNPPRI involving a merge of the two shows into one strong meeting place. Negotiation efforts have not been successful and Adforum/EJK have therefore decided to discontinue the arrangements of China Paper/China Forest 2013 in Beijing.

China Paper/China Forest has successfully served the needs of the industry since 1987, with exceedingly positive feedback from exhibitors and visitors alike. Adforum/EJK now invite Chinese and International exhibitors, visitors and industry professionals to the 21st edition of China Paper in Shanghai, September 15-17, 2014. Like previous editions, the show is taking place at INTEX, Shanghai, featuring a highest quality international exhibition and conference.

The last China Paper Shanghai in 2012 proved once again the excellent reputation and track record of the event with visitor figures up 11% from the year before. More than 7300 highly qualified attendees and buyers from across China and 52 other countries could enjoy an exhibition of almost 400 companies.

A high quality conference and exhibition gathered the Indian Paper Industry in the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre Thursday to Saturday last week, Dec 13-15. This first edition of IPX India was well received by delegates, exhibitors and visitors alike.

With a visitor figure of 1283, the organisers are happy with the first edition of the event which attracted qualitative industry professionals mainly from India. The small scale and intimate exhibition held a high standard and the IPX India exhibitors were unanimous in their satisfaction with the high quality and influence power of the visitors.

- We are very happy with the outcome of this first IPX India event, says Marcus Bergström, CEO, Adforum, and K.V Rajeevan, Exhibition Director, Inter Ads-Brooks. We have received a lot of positive feedback from satisfied exhibitors, visitors and conference delegates. A solid base has been established on which we can continue building a strong and influential meeting platform for the Indian pulp and paper industry.

The IPX India 2012 Conference was held within glass walls in the middle of the exhibition hall, making it accessible to all visitors of the event, a concept which was very well received. The main theme of the conference was Paper Industry – A World of Opportunities and Indian and International industry professionals and experts shared their views and knowledge in presentations and panel discussions. The conference programme is available on www.ipxindia.com and the full presentations will be published on the website in the next few days.

The second edition of IPX India will be held on Oct 18-19, 2014, at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad, click here for First Announcement. 

Adforum and Inter Ads-Brooks welcome you to the new meeting platform for the Indian Pulp and Paper industry. Taking place in the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 13-15, 2012, IPX India is an exhibition and conference focusing on the fastest growing pulp and paper industry in the world today! At IPX India you will meet Indian and International suppliers of machinery, equipment, accessories and raw material for the pulp, paper and allied industries.

The conference will be held on a stage in the middle of the exhibition floor making the conference available to everyone visiting IPX India, meaning no more conference fees and an easier way for all participants to meet. Business related seminars and social activities will make sure that you, as a visitor, will get the most out of your IPX India experience.

The main theme of the two day long technical conference, Paper Industry – a world of opportunities, will focus on the possibilities and challenges facing the current and future Indian pulp and paper industry. Key note speaker of the event is Mr. Timo Suhonen, Poyry Management Consulting OY, Finland. Other international speakers include names like Mikael Åbacka and Mikael Svedman from Finland and Dr. Martin Ragnar from Sweden. Through lectures, panel discussions and case studies, renowned Indian and International experts and senior industry professionals will give their views on different themes within the main focus area. For full updated conference programme, please click here.

To pre-register your visit and read more about the event, please visit www.ipxindia.com. For questions, welcome to contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Taking place in the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 13-15, 2012, IPX India is an exhibition and conference for all suppliers, buyers and industry professionals of the fastest growing pulp and paper industry in the world today!

The two day long technical conference, with the main theme Paper Industry – A World of Opportunities, will focus on the possibilities and challenges facing the current and future Indian pulp and paper industry. Key note speaker of the event is Mr. Timo Suhonen, Poyry Management Consulting OY, Finland. Through lectures, panel discussions and case studies, renowned Indian and International experts and senior industry professionals will give their views on themes like

- Overview of environmental concerns in pulp & paper industry
- A proactive strategy for long term sustainability of paper industry
- Rawmaterial Bottleneck in paper industry
- Possibility of enhancing the capability of Indian Paper Industry through value added product lines
The programme is tentative and might be subject to change without prior notice

For full conference programme, please click here.

The conference will be held on a stage in the middle of the exhibition floor meaning no more conference fees and an easier way for people to meet, making the conference available to everyone visiting IPX India. Business related seminars and social activities will make sure that participants will be getting the most out of their IPX India experience. 

The planning of the conference programme has been overseen by the Advisory Council in the presence of Mr Arun Maira, Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India.

The organisers are happy to announce two new supporting partners of the event, IPPTA , Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association, and CPPRI, Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute.

Time to plan your trip to IPX India, opening on December 13, 2012

Adforum and InterAds Brooks have the pleasure of inviting you to IPX India, the important platform for international companies and industry professionals wanting to explore the exciting and rapidly growing pulp and paper market in India.

Held in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, the event consists of not only an exhibition and top level technical conference but also business oriented seminars as well as social activities. The conference will take place on the exhibition floor bringing all participants of the IPX India event closer together. The conference programme will be announced within the next couple of weeks.

There are a few spaces left in the hall, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. Welcome to visit www.ipxindia.com 

Five months left to IPX Russia in Moscow

Russia has considerable raw material potential and the investment climate in the country is now appealing for large-scale projects in the pulp and paper industry. On April 9-11, 2013, IPX Russia, the international business platform for the industry, will bring together industry professionals from all relevant sectors with companies eager to present their latest innovations.

IPX Russia is officially supported by the Russian Association of Pulp and Paper Organizations and Enterprises RAO BUMPROM – the main professional organization in pulp and paper industry of Russia. The event will run alongside the well established and reputable International Forestry Forum as well as BioEnergy Russia. More information about the event can be found in the Exhibitor Invitation or on www.ipxrussia.com 

China Paper / China Forest 2013 – booking in full progress

China Paper 2012 in Shanghai last month was once again a huge success with visitor figures up 11% from last year.

On September 2-4, 2013, we open up the doors to the 21st edition of the China Paper / China Forest event, this time in Beijing. Bookings are received daily and we urge all exhibitors with an interest in this exhibition to contact us sooner rather than later to ensure a good stand location and to benefit from our Early Bird offer, valid until November 30.

Welcome to visit www.chinapaperexpo.cn or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BioFuture for Mankind – PulPaper 2014 Conference theme

The 8th edition of PulPaper, one of the world’s premier pulp and paper exhibitions, coincides with the 100th anniversary of PI, the Paper Engineers’ Association. For this special occasion, the global industry will once again be gathered in Helsinki, Finland.
BioFuture for Mankind – this is the main theme of the PulPaper 2014 Conference, describing not only the global importance of bioeconomy, but also its effect on every human being.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of PI in style a big party will be held in the evening of June 4, 2014, giving participants of PulPaper 2014 the chance to mingle, network and enjoy good food and drink in the extraordinary surroundings of the brand new Helsinki Music House.

Interested in exhibiting at the most important event in the industry in 2014? Contact Adforum to secure your prime location in the hall! Read more in the recent Press release or on www.pulpaperevent.com 

The 8th edition of PulPaper, one of the world’s premier pulp and paper exhibitions, coincides with the 100th anniversary of PI, the Paper Engineers’ Association. For this special occasion, the global industry will once again be gathered in Helsinki, Finland.

Since the start in 1987, PulPaper has grown into one of the highest regarded meeting places for the industry. The last edition in 2010 brought over 12,000 visitors from 63 countries to Helsinki to enjoy an exhibition of 624 companies from 30 countries.

- Despite the economical slowdown, the last event was very successful. We are now looking forward to the incoming 2014 event being better then ever, offering an exhibition with many new features, a strong conference programme and last but not least the celebration of PI’s 100th anniversary, says Marcus Bergström, CEO Adforum.

BioFuture for Mankind Conference

BioFuture for Mankind – this is the main theme of the PulPaper 2014 Conference, describing not only the global importance of bioeconomy, but also its effect on every human being. The topics discussed during the five conference sessions will be for example the definition of bioeconomy, profitability of the entire value chain, resource management for a sustainable world and the big bottlenecks of biomass conversion and separation technology. Attention will also be paid to the future role of paper in the information society, not forgetting packaging and new biobased materials. But one of the most important questions asked during the conference will be: “What can we offer the 2 billion living on less than 2 dollars a  day?”

The International Mechanical Pulping Conference (IMPC) will also be an important part of the conference programme, being a parallel session to the above mentioned conference sessions. IMPC is a scientific conference, which circulates between the different continents.

The BioFuture for Mankind conference programme committee is based on an international group of forest sector top specialists lead by chairman Jorma Eloranta, the previous CEO of Metso Oyj.

Gala evening - celebrating the 100th anniversary of PI

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of PI in style a big party will be held in the evening of June 4, 2014, giving participants of PulPaper 2014 the chance to mingle, network and enjoy good food and drink in the extraordinary surroundings of the brand new Helsinki Music House.

More information and pictures from prior PulPaper events can be found at www.pulpaperevent.com.

PulPaper is arranged by Adforum, AEL and PI in co-operation with the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre.