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Join industry leaders at the 21st edition of the Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin America Conference to explore market trends, legislation updates, and innovations in the pulp, paper, and packaging sectors. Network with key stakeholders and gain insights into the future of the industry. Don't miss this opportunity to stay ahead in a dynamic forest products market.
Latin America’s forest products sector is entering a period of structural reset. Trade flows are being redrawn by tariffs and tensions from the US, China’s integrated capacity is reshaping global pulp markets, and producers across the region are navigating currency volatility, freight costs, and tightening credit conditions at the same time.
Fastmakrets Forest Products LATAM Conference 2026 brings together mills, recyclers, suppliers, end users, traders, service providers, policymakers, investors, and logistics leaders to work through what this moment actually means for the industry. The agenda covers supply and demand fundamentals, segment-by-segment market analysis, and the diversification moves redefining what a forest products company can be. Alongside market dynamics, the conference addresses the commercial case for sustainability, from carbon and biodiversity credits to EUDR compliance.
Gain direct access to industry big-hittersMeet Latin America’s key producers, suppliers and policymakers to understand the decisions shaping global pricing, production and technology direction.
Compare strategies with real industry leaders Get into the heads of the people who shape Latin America’s pulp, paper, and packaging market and gain perspective that sharpens your own plans and helps avoid missteps.
Rely on trusted market dataUse Fastmarkets independent prices and forecasts to support procurement, long range planning, contracts and investment decisions worldwide.
International insight without language barriersAll sessions offer live English, Portuguese and Spanish translation, ensuring clear understanding and open dialogue between all delegates.
Navigating the new trade order
The macro outlook: currency, credit, and growth
The logistics equation
Nature, carbon, and the business case for sustainability
Supply, demand, and the China factor
Leading through uncertainty
Markets in motion: packaging, tissue, and graphic paper
“It’s a great event and a good place to learn about industry trends and network. It is highly valuable for everyone in the industry.”
Alvaro Jose Henao, President and CEO LATAM, Smurfit Westrock
“It’s a must-attend event for anyone in the pulp, paper, and forestry sectors. It offers high-quality market insights, excellent networking opportunities, and the chance to connect with key industry leaders from across the region in one place.”
Pauline Basso, Business Intelligence Analyst, Valmet
“It’s the perfect space to catch up on pulp, paper, packaging, and tissue trends—not just in the region, but worldwide. It’s also a great opportunity to meet industry colleagues, make new contacts, or simply gain deeper insights.”
Mauricio Posso, Sales and Marketing Director, Carvajal Pulpa y Papel S.A.
Sponsorship opportunities are designed to give your brand meaningful visibility with senior decision-makers across the pulp, paper and packaging markets. Options range from thought leadership and content alignment to high-impact on-site presence, all built around how the market actually meets and does business.
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Platinum Sponsor
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
Gold Sponsor
Valmet is a global leader in the development and supply of process technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries. The company serves a wide range of process industries with a robust portfolio of automation systems and flow control solutions. With a team of approximately 19,000 professionals around the world, Valmet has close relationships with its customers, focusing on the continuous improvement of operational performance and the generation of long-term value. With over 225 years of industrial history, Valmet’s global headquarters is in Espoo, Finland, and the company has a strong legacy of innovation and technological renewal. In 2025, Valmet celebrates 65 years of operations in Brazil, where it maintains strategic facilities in Araucária (PR), Sorocaba (SP), Guarulhos (SP), Joinville (SC), Portão (RS), Novo Hamburgo (RS), and Belo Horizonte (MG). In Chile, the company is present in the cities of Concepción, Antofagasta, and Santiago, reinforcing its commitment to local service and operational excellence in Latin America.
Silver Sponsor
Tractian delivers predictive reliability solutions that give industrial leaders early visibility into asset health, protecting production, margins, and operational continuity. By detecting failure risks before they impact operations, tractian helps organizations reduce unplanned downtime, control maintenance costs, and increase equipment availability across critical assets.For Forest Products, pulp, paper, and packaging companies, Tractian supports continuous-process operations by reducing exposure to high-impact failures, improving OEE, and enabling more predictable shutdown planning. The result is greater production stability, lower operational risk, and stronger decision-making in asset-intensive environments where downtime directly affects revenue and competitiveness.
The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services, and products on the market, and offers paper manufacturers integrated solutions from a single source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and helps customers minimize their carbon footprint. With its comprehensive automation products and leading digitalization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art digital technologies to im-prove plant availability and efficiency for all sections of the production process.
Bronze 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.