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Across the 2026 event
300+
ATTENDEES
150+
COMPANIES
61%
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
1 in 6
C-SUITE OR PRESIDENT
35
COUNTRIES
The 28th Fastmarkets Forest Products Europe Conference took place in Barcelona, Spain, on 9–11 March 2026, bringing together more than 300 senior decision makers from across the pulp, paper and packaging value chain, including mills, recyclers, suppliers, end users, traders, service providers, policymakers, investors and logistics experts.
The 2026 programme addressed the industry’s most pressing challenges: persistent overcapacity, regulatory uncertainty and shifting global trade flows. With profitability under pressure and sustainability targets tightening, sessions focused on practical innovation, new models of collaboration across the value chain and actionable strategies for long-term growth.
Attendees gained direct access to procurement leaders, policy updates and market forecasts, reinforcing the conference’s position as the key meeting point for Europe’s forest products industry.
Forest Products Europe Conference returns to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on March 1-3, 2027. Register your interest to be the first to hear about the 2027 agenda, speakers and early booking rates.
Get the full post-event highlights from Fastmarkets’ Forest Products Europe Conference 2026 in Barcelona. See who attended, hear what industry leaders like Henrik Sjölund (Holmen) and Mike Turner (ECMA) had to say, and get the five key takeaways shaping the pulp, paper, and packaging sector, from structural overcapacity to shifting EU regulation. Download the brochure now and start planning for 2027 in Amsterdam.
Who attends
Who is in the room
Where they come from
35+ countries represented in 2026
What they say
Overcapacity and consolidation
End-user demand shifts
Innovation under pressure
The regulation reset
Circularity and bioeconomy in practice
Energy, cost and competitiveness
“Fastmarkets conference is super powerful for networking and a great starting point for the year – connecting with the full network of the paper industry and getting all the updates on regulation, sustainability and trends.”
Thomas Blanchot, Global Procurement Manager, Paper-based Packaging, Danone
“I am impressed with all the speakers and presentations. They are very professional – not only describing the situation in the industry but also forecasting what is going to happen in the future. Not all companies have their own capabilities for this kind of analysis, so the quality here is really valuable.”
Henrik Sjölund, President and CEO, Holmen
“What makes the difference here is the mix – excellent presentations rich in statistics and market data on one side, and interactive panels with industry leaders and outside parties bringing fresh viewpoints on the other. It is a great experience and truly a super conference.”
Joachim Klein, Founder and CEO, StepChange Consulting
“This conference gives me all relevant information regarding statistics from all over the globe. That’s why I attend on a regular basis.”
Harald Ganster, CEO, Hamburger Container Board
“A fantastic event for networking, and a great opportunity to receive valuable insights from the market in a compact and convenient way.”
Liuba Fedotova, Global Category Team Lead, Henkel
Align your brand with the most senior gathering of the European pulp, paper and packaging market. Sponsorship puts you in front of procurement heads, mill executives, recyclers, traders, and investors who are actively looking for partners and solutions.Raise your profile with an influential audience: secure your branding and sponsorship packages by speaking to Sophie Wells at sophie.wells@fastmarkets.com or +44 20 8135 5264.
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Gold Sponsor
StepChange is an industry focused and independent management consultancy specialized on wood, pulp, paper, packaging and tissue with a proven track record of turning strategy into increased shareholder value.StepChange provides support to organizations across the globe from strategy development to the implementation of operational improvements. Furthermore StepChange is an industry thought leader in digital strategy bringing digital transformation to the fiber value chain.With an international team of industry experts StepChange will hit the ground running. StepChange develops innovative and yet pragmatic solutions, placing an emphasis on delivering measurable business results.A high client loyalty attests to the industry-focused strategy with an international client base consisting of the most renowned companies from the industry.
Silver Sponsors
FM provides comprehensive commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management services with a Forest Products-focused industry segment. FM works with our clients to protect the value they have created by assessing exposures and developing solutions using the latest data and research. Our Forest Products Operations brings deep industry expertise, offering broad insurance coverages tailored to Forest Products companies, specialized loss prevention services for paper and wood products manufacturing including recovery boiler risk mitigation, cost-effective risk transfer backed by substantial capacity, and industry-leading claims performance.
ROXCEL Trading is a trusted global partner for paper and paperboardsolutions, with a long-standing presence in the international market.
We specialize in sourcing, trading, and delivering a comprehensiveportfolio of products, including printing and writing papers, packaging boards, specialty papers, and tissue. Acting as a vital link between producers and customers, we combine product expertise with market intelligence to create long-term value for our partners.
With active operations across key regions and a global network of offices and warehouse facilities, we provide responsive, localized service that meets the highest industry standards. Our clients range from converters and printers to end users, all of whom rely on us for consistent quality, technical know-how, customized logistics, anddedicated after-sales support.
ROXCEL’s success is driven by professional excellence, strongindustry relationships, and deep regional knowledge. By reducingbarriers to entry and simplifying access to international markets, we help businesses of all sizes grow and succeed globally.
Our goal is to support the paper and board industry through reliableservice, strategic insight, and a genuine commitment to partnership building trust and driving performance across every transaction.
Your trusted and proven partner – join us in engineering new bio-based processes Sulzer is the world leader in innovative and proven pumping and mixing solutions for the pulp, paper and board industry. These segments offer a solid foundation on top which we are building capabilities to support industry in the green transformation towards circular economy. We are the application development partner and committed to drive the green transformation towards circular economy – from an idea into an industry. As a full-line supplier, we have a proven track record and excellent references in developing high efficiency equipment for a wide range of pulp, paper, and board process applications. Our deep process and application knowledge, comprehensive understanding of market needs, and commitment for the development keep us at the leading edge of technical innovations. Intensive R&D with full-scale test facilities as well as our partnerships with the end customers and research institutes set the baseline. The innovation-driven network and vast resources boost our development programs modify our existing equipment to fit the purpose, develop a completely new process equipment or to support in optimizing the existing process.Find out how our pumping, mixing, and aeration expertise can make a lasting difference for your operations. If you cannot find suitable equipment for your process development initiatives on our website, let’s find a solution together whether your process is cellulose- or agri-based or connected with various side stream of circular economy.Contact: sirpa.valimaa(at)sulzer.com .
The Veolia Group’s ambition is to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 215,000 employees across five continents, the Group designs and deploys useful and practical solutions for water, waste, and energy management that contribute to radically changing the world. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources, preserving available resources, and renewing them. In 2024, the Veolia Group provided drinking water to 111 million people and sanitation services to 98 million, produced 42 million megawatt-hours of energy, and treated 65 million tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenues of €44.7 billion in 2024.Veolia’s experience in the pulp and paper industryWe help paper manufacturers reduce their costs while also reducing their environmental impact. The goal? Keep production performance while reducing environmental footprint of the pulp & paper industry.www.veolia.com VEOLIA IN SPAIN In addition to its international expertise, Veolia has a strong local presence in Spain. With more than 15,000 employees, it is a leading company in decarbonization, the circular economy, and optimized resource management. In 2024, Veolia Spain supplied more than 1,118 hm3 of water, treated 824,683 tons of waste, and avoided 179,000 tons of CO2 equivalent thanks to its energy activities. Veolia also has two subsidiaries specializing in renewable energy: Veolia Solar and Veolia Biomasa España. www.veolia.es.
Bronze Sponsors
The material and chemical industries remain heavily dependent on fossil-based raw materials, with limited transparency and significant environmental impact. Fibenol was established to address this challenge by building a scalable, bio-based alternative rooted in deep industrial expertise.
Fibenol is built by owners with more than 20 years of experience in the wood and forest industry. This background shapes both our technology choices and our practical, industrial mindset. We focus on upgrading low-quality hardwood and underutilised wood streams into high-value biomaterials, creating significantly more value from existing forest resources without competing with higher-value wood uses.Fibenol develops and produces bio-based material building blocks from sustainably sourced wood. Our technology platform converts lignocellulosic biomass into industrially relevant products that can replace fossil-based chemicals in applications across materials, chemicals, construction, and infrastructure.
With the completion of the Fibenol 1.0 platform, we have established robust processes for wood sugars and lignin products, including Lignova®. These products enable customers to develop bio-based alternatives with predictable performance, quality, and supply reliability.
Fibenol operates a demonstration plant in Estonia that serves as a structured step in our industrial biorefining pathway. The facility supports continuous product development, customer qualification, and process validation, while enabling detailed engineering and planning for full-scale biorefinery production. The transition to industrial biorefining is a defined company objective, with development priorities, resources, and partnerships aligned toward this outcome. All technology and product development is therefore carried out against clear industrial targets, ensuring readiness for large-scale, long-term biorefinery operations.
I-Plan is a specialist provider of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions and consulting services for the pulp, paper and packaging industry. With roots deeply embedded in the sector, we help manufacturers align demand, supply and operations to improve performance, resilience and profitability.For more than 25 years, leading paper and packaging producers have trusted I-Plan to support their planning processes. Our customers include some of the world’s largest manufacturers, such as Smurfit Westrock, DS Smith, The Navigator Company, Saica and Billerud, alongside many other regional and global leaders.At the heart of our offering is AI-driven demand forecasting and scenario planning, designed specifically for the complexities of fibre-based industries. Our solutions enable planners and decision-makers to anticipate market shifts, manage volatility, and respond with speed and confidence.Combining advanced technology with deep industry expertise, I-Plan helps organisations optimise S&OP, streamline operations, and make better, data-driven decisions across their supply chains.
We have been a trusted partner and serving our customers for over 50 years in the forest industry, and we have a team of over 400 industry experts. Our long-term commitment, combined with continuous product development in collaboration with our customers, guarantees that our industry-specific TIPS Industry Solutions and Services, MES & ERP, improve the efficiency and profitability of your pulp, paper, board, nonwoven, tissue and packaging business. With TIPS solution, you can easily adapt to the ever-changing workflows in a mill as business, production, process, and quality information are all integrated and configured to help you develop optimal business processes. It is worth noting that more than 300 locations worldwide have already chosen our solution.
Exhibitors
Firefly is a Swedish corporate group that provides industrial preventive fire protection systems.Since 1973, Firefly has been helping industrial operations protect their processes from costly damage and downtime due to fires and dust explosions.Firefly identifies and protects all risk zones with preventive protection solutions that identify and extinguish ignition sources even before a fire breaks out, with prediction-detection-extinguishing and control systems.With headquarters in Stockholm and commercial and technical support worldwide.
Media Partners
AMEXICCOR is a non-profit association that brings together corrugated cardboard manufacturers, converters and suppliers of machinery, services and supplies for the sector. We are made up of leading brands in the industry thanks to the value we provide.The Argentine Chamber of Corrugated Cardboard Manufacturers (CAFCCo) is a civil association that, since 1974, has brought together and represented companies manufacturing corrugated cardboard in all its forms. Its members range from multinational corporations and national groups to medium-sized and small companies. Over fifty associated companies account for more than 85% of the sector’s total production.
Cepi is the European association representing the paper industry. We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also biochemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, biocomposites and bioenergy. We are a responsible industry: 85% of our raw materials are sourced in Europe and certified as sustainable, 92% of the water we use is returned in good condition to the environment. We are the world champion in recycling at the rate of 71.4%. At the forefront of the decarbonisation and industrial transformation of our economy, we embrace digitalisation and bring 21 billion value addition to the European economy and €4.5 billion investments annually. Through its 19 national associations, Cepi gathers 490 companies operating 885 mills across Europe and directly employing more than 179,000 people.
The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) brings together folding carton converters, cartonboard mills, national associations and suppliers to the folding carton industry. ECMA represents over 650 carton producers with a current workforce of 60,000+ located across nearly all countries in the European Economic Area – this equates to over 80% of the €15 bill European folding carton market.
Manufacturing Technology Insights focuses on growing trends, consumer demands, and several technology solutions that are dramatically affecting the manufacturing arena. Manufacturing Technology Insights assists key decision-makers, including Chief Manufacturing Officers and Inventory Managers, in understanding the fast-changing landscape where robots are getting more sophisticated and becoming adept at performing complex tasks. Manufacturing Technology Insights increases organizational visibility and advises firms on the connectivity tools that can provide insight into production levels, inventory and capacity availability, quality levels, and order status from all their suppliers.
PAPERFIRST MagazineThe ultimate global magazine from ENP Publishing, covering the challenges of papermakers worldwide through market analysis, testimonials of big players, and reviews of the latest technical trends. The natural extension of the successful PaperFIRST Web and PaperFIRST Mobile App.
The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) was inaugurated in 1920 and is amongst the oldest Technical Associations serving the Fibrous Forest Products Sectors, with an international membership which spans over forty papermaking countries around the globe. The Association operates as an independent organisation for the general benefit of its members – both individual and corporate – dedicated to promoting and improving the technical and scientific knowledge of those working in the global Pulp, Paper, Board, Moulded Pulp and Wood Panel industries. Based in the UK, it serves these industries, both manufacturers and suppliers, by providing a forum for members to meet and network; it organises visits and training seminars that cover all aspects of papermaking science and the issues surrounding products produced from cellulose fibre. Finally, PITA publishes and distributes the prestigious journals Paper Technology International® and the PITA Annual Review, both sent free to members, and a range of other technical publications that include the free-of-charge digital journal PAPERmaking!, conference proceedings, and the acclaimed book Essential Guide to Aqueous Coating of Paper and Board.
Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers, is a non-profit organisation representing over 42 cartonboard mills in 14 different European countries and North America, supplying more than 90% of Europe’s demand, as well as the carton converting industry across Europe.Pro Carton promotes the functionalities and benefits of folding cartons and cartonboard as a renewable, recyclable and circular packaging material to brand owners, retailers, designers, the media and EU policymakers.
Pulp & Paper Chronicle is a leading global platform for market research, analysis, and insights across the pulp, paper, and packaging industry. Founded by Jino John, we deliver daily industry news, in-depth research, and market intelligence that empower professionals, investors, and decision-makers to stay informed. Our weekly and monthly newsletters reach a rapidly growing community of industry leaders, providing updates on trends, innovations, and opportunities across the global pulp and paper value chain.
Packaging Suppliers Global is a digital content hub for the international packaging industry, providing news, insights, and resources from global suppliers, associations, events and more. The platform supports industry growth by helping packaging companies showcase their capabilities to professionals worldwide.
The Pulp and Paper Times is a prominent and rapidly growing magazine in India, launched in 2016 with the mission of delivering credible and original news about the pulp and paper industry. The publication offers exclusive coverage and in-depth analysis of the paper market, mills, trade, international developments, and related sectors.Recognized as a trusted resource, decision-makers rely on our updates to better understand market trends. With a robust circulation of 9,500 copies, we reach 550 paper mills across India, consistently updating our database to include emerging mills. Our global presence extends through our widely accessed online news portal, www.thepulpandpapertimes.com, catering to readers in over 60 countries.As the largest searchable news portal for the paper industry in India and beyond, we remain committed to satisfying the demand for reliable and timely industry news.
Tecnicelpa is the Portuguese Association of Technicians of the Pulp and Paper Industries, a non-profit professional association.Its main objective is the promotion and technical-professional and scientific improvement of its members, within the scope of the Pulp and Paper Industries, as well as related sectors of recognized interest. It organizes Technical Seminars, in the form of short-term Information and Training actions on a wide range of topics.
Since its creation, TECNICELPA has been a reference for the sector’s staff and companies, with the International Conferences being the most important part of the calendar of pulp and paper events that take place in Portugal. These forums present the latest developments in the field of pulp and paper manufacturing, covering aspects related to raw materials, production and development technologies, product quality, IA and sustainability.
Trade Finance Global (TFG) is the leading provider for free educational resources and information covering trade, treasury, and payments. Our content comes in many shapes and sizes, from short form videos to research and data. We have 160k+ monthly readers, and our publications are read in 187 countries. We cover 22 specialist topics, from trade payables and receivables financing, to treasury and cross-border payments.