How Competitive is the South American Pulp Industry?

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Tissue World - UBM

29 Jan, 2015, 12:21 GMT

HONG KONG, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tissue World is Getting Ready to Kick-Off in Brazil - One of the Fastest-Growing Tissue markets in the World!

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South America and Brazil in particular can count on an extremely competitive paper and pulp industry which could threaten the pulp mills in the Northern Hemisphere. In fact, large, new mills will continue to be built in the region due to their attractive position on the world cost curve, and to better serve their primary export markets in Europe, China and USA. Concurrently, Latin America is projected to absorb 16% of the global tissue market growth of the next ten years, second only to China.

Incidentally, a month ago, alongside a host of co-operation agreements in the region China pledged to increase trade with Latin America to US$500bn and to invest upwards of US$250bn over the next decade, thus spurring frictions with the USA in a race to secure the greatest influence in Latin America.

During 20 - 22 May 2015 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo these burning topics and more will be debated at the launching event of Tissue World in South America, the only event exclusively dedicated to the tissue industry in the region. Come join the discourse!

The Conference:

GOING GLOBAL - Towards sustainable tissue and pulp production to Meet Regional and International Market Demands

Dedicated Conference Sessions Catering to the Entire Value Chain of Tissue Industry:

  • Overhaul of South American Economic Climate and Market Opportunities

The session will examine how South America's geo-political and socio-economic factors impact the export and sales of tissue related products.

  • Sustainable Tissue pulp production, Resource Optimization and Reducing Environmental Impact

In the light of growing environmental impact on Brazilian forest and pulp sector, the session will offer insights on optimal use of resources, analyzing high-value added applications for bio-based products, minimizing water and energy consumption in pulp production, availability of environmental-friendly raw materials, and productivity improvements in entire tissue manufacturing process, moving towards minimum impact mills, and more.

  • Tissue Retail and Distribution Forum

A recent successful launch by Tissue World - TRIF has already become a popular forum where consumer-centric strategies are discussed by experts to enlighten the tissue retailers and distributors on increasing sales and understanding consumers in different markets.

  • Yankee Dryer Optimization -- Design & Technology Seminar

With increasing demand placed on Yankee Dryer -- heart of tissue machine performance, for producing greater quantities of tissue at higher quality, this session will showcase latest innovative technologies to optimize Yankee performance.

  • Maintenance and Reliability Symposium

Hosted by SKF, the forum will feature presentations by mills and suppliers on providing unrivaled insights on integration of operations and maintenance groups for improved performance and reduced costs.

Come join the discourse at the first edition of Tissue World Sao Paulo!

Contact Person: Ivan Ferrari
Phone Number: +65-6592-0886
Email: Ivan.Ferrari@ubm.com