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The moment in the year when LATAM's forest products leaders reset strategy.Tariffs. Trade realignment. China's integrated capacity. FX volatility. The forces reshaping global pulp, paper and packaging markets are converging – and the decisions made in 2026 will define the decade. Forest Products Latin America Conference is where the region's senior decision-makers come to cut through the noise, stress-test their assumptions and leave with a clearer direction.
Latin America sits at the center of the global forest products story – and the pressure has rarely been higher. US tariffs are redrawing trade flows. China’s expanding integrated capacity is repricing global pulp. And producers across the region are managing currency exposure, freight costs and tightening credit conditions at the same time.
This is not the moment for updates. It is the moment for strategy.
Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin American Conference 2026 brings together mills, recyclers, converters, end users, service providers, investors and policymakers – not to just consume information, but to make sense of it together. The agenda delivers supply and demand fundamentals, segment-by-segment market analysis and the Fastmarkets price outlook across pulp, paper, packaging and woodchips. The conversations that follow are where the real work happens.
Early bird pricing ends June 12 — save on your ticket before rates increase. Book now →
CEO, Suzano
CEO, Klabin
CEO, Bracell
Marketing Grouper Personal Care, Essity
Navigating the new trade order
Tariffs, geopolitical realignment, and what shifting US-China dynamics mean for Latin American producers and their export strategies.
Supply, demand, and the China factor
How China’s expanding integrated capacity is reshaping global pulp and paper markets, and where the pressure points are for producers.
The macro outlook: currency, credit, and growth
Brazil’s fiscal trajectory, exchange rate volatility, and the financial conditions shaping investment decisions across the sector.
Leading through uncertainty
CEO perspectives on strategy, resilience, and long-term positioning in a market defined by oversupply, consolidation, and structural change.
The logistics equation
Freight costs, port infrastructure, and how supply chain complexity is eating into margins across the region.
Markets in motion: packaging, tissue, and graphic paper
Segment-by-segment analysis of where demand is growing, where capacity is tight, and what end-users actually need.
Who Attends
Who is in the room
Where they come from
30+ countries represented in 2025
What they say
Reset your strategy with peers who face the same decisions
This is the industry’s annual checkpoint. Pressure-test your plans against market reality, not last quarter’s report. Every session is designed to give you foresight, not just facts.
Access the CEOs and executives who shape this market
Hear from Beto Abreu of Suzano, Cristiano Teixeira of Klabin and 50+ senior speakers in sessions designed around peer-to-peer exchange. The quality of those who attend makes the conversations here impossible to replicate.
Build the relationships that will matter for years
This is a relationship-driven forum. The partnerships and commercial dialogues that start here outlast any single deal. Long-term trust is built in person, and this is the room where it happens.
Understand where LATAM fits in the global picture
Regional decisions don’t happen in isolation. The agenda connects Latin American dynamics to global trade flows, pricing trends and investment patterns so you leave with a full understanding of international ripple effects, not just local updates.
Trusted market intelligence, applied in real time
Fastmarkets’ independent prices, forecasts and outlooks are woven through the agenda, from standalone presentations to moderating panels and firesides.
Across the events
400+
senior attendees
170+
companies represented
30+
countries represented
49%
senior managers & above
50+
speakers
2½ days
Forest Products Latin America Conference 2026 draws senior decision-makers from across the full forestry ecosystem.
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.
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 Sponsors
Dunakontroll Ltd is a Hungarian R&D company specialising in the provision of unique technical solution for the pulp and paper industry. The IMG system analyses the dielectric and various physical parameters of fibrous-based raw material in a challenging industrial environment using a microwave-based system and a 3D laser system. Its integration in the supply chain increases profitability, enhances control of raw material purchasing, optimises fibre balance, and increases production efficiency. With a strong focus on innovation and practical industrial applications, Dunakontroll’s technology is designed to integrate seamlessly into the factory environment. Depending on production volume, we can offer an ROI period of just a few months.At our company, we provide comprehensive support to our partners during the preparation and implementation phases. We also actively participate in the change management process, ensuring the involvement of all relevant stakeholders.
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 Sponsors
ROXCEL Trading is a trusted global partner for paper and paperboard solutions, with a long-standing presence in the international market. We specialise in sourcing, trading, and delivering a comprehensive portfolio 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, localised 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, customised logistics, and dedicated after-sales support. ROXCEL’s success is driven by professional excellence, strong industry relationships, and deep regional knowledge. By reducing barriers 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 reliable service, strategic insight, and a genuine commitment to partnership — building trust and driving performance across every transaction.
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.
Media Partners
ACOTEPAC Asociación Colombiana de la industria de Pulpa, Papel y Cartón works in the last 38 years with members of the Pulp & paper industry developing educational and informational activities and also promoting sectorial knowledge generation from both a domestic and international perspective.
The Association brings together the leading producers of pulp, paper, cardboard and paperboard in Argentina. Our mission is to represent the interests of our members before all governmental and non-governmental organizations in Argentina and internationally.
Our objective is to contribute to the development and support the growth of the pulp and paper industry, promote a spirit of collaboration among members, share new technologies, and encourage sustainable goals for the sector.
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.
The National Association of Paper Distributors (ANDIPA) has been working for 25 years to represent and strengthen the paper distribution sector in Brazil. Throughout its history, it has established itself as a vital link between companies and other players in the production chain, promoting integration, sectoral development, and best practices. Its work is essential for recognizing distribution as a strategic and indispensable activity for the domestic paper market.
CAFCCo organizes and promotes training activities for the industry, including courses, workshops, and discussion forums, as well as facilitating the participation of associated companies in sector-specific trade fairs. These initiatives aim to enhance the professional development of its members and encourage the exchange of knowledge.Additionally, the Chamber operates various communication channels, such as La Revista del Corrugado and a monthly newsletter, to disseminate information, updates, and sectoral analyses. These are directed toward members and businesses related to the corrugated cardboard and paper industries throughout the country.
EL PAPEL Magazine:-The only magazine for the Spanish and Latin American pulp, paper, board and tissue industry-Spanish language-Markets covered: Spain, Portugal, Latin America
The Brazilian Tree Industry (Ibá) is the national association responsible for institutional representation of the production chain that plants trees for industrial and restoration purposes, focusing on its interests and adding value to its products and services. This work takes place together with government officials and agencies, entities from the planted tree production chain, and significant sectors of the economy, social and environmental organizations, universities, schools, consumers and the press, both domestically and internationally. Founded in April 2014, Ibá represents over 50 companies and nine state forest associations. Ibá’s mission is linked to our firm belief that planted trees are the future of raw materials that are renewable, recyclable, and friendly to the environment, biodiversity, and human life.
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.
Connecting The World of Tissue and Nonwovens: MET Magazine is an information portal for professionals in the tissue and nonwovens industry. We provide comprehensive coverage of the challenges and opportunities the industry is experiencing at a global level. This includes valuable insight for professionals in terms of markets, technologies, trends, research and innovation. MET is published quarterly.
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.
Founded in 2008, Two Sides is a not-for-profit, global initiative promoting the unique sustainable and attractive attributes of print, paper and paper packaging. The Two Sides campaign is a collaboration of companies from sectors including forestry, pulp and paper manufacturing, packaging, inks, pre-press, press, finishing, publishing, printing, envelopes and postal operators. Two Sides operates throughout Europe, North America, South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.