The 2023 edition of the Zellcheming Expo is taking place this week in Wiesbaden (Germany).
Yesterday, Prof. Dr. Helga Zollner-Croll and Dr. Ernst-Ulrich Wittmann moderated the lecture session “Innovative energy concepts in the paper and fiber-based industry” as part of the panel discussion at the opening of the expo.
They asked Peter Bekaert, Modellfabrik Papier, Dr. Lada Bemert, Vice President New Business & Research at Voith Paper, Thorsten Becherer, Site Manager & Managing Director at Essity Professional Hygiene, and Daniel Klüh, PhD student at the TU Munich, Institute for Regenerative Energy Systems, to take the stage.
The greeting delivered by Robert Habeck, the German Federal Minister for the Economy and Climate, set the tone for the conversation that followed: “Transformation is a shared task,” Habeck said in his video message, explaining that this industry and also the ZELLCHEMING association have a crucial role to play in “finding new solutions to the challenges” facing society, politics and business.
The panelists contributed interesting insights from their respective perspectives and agreed that the paper and fiber-based industry can make a decisive contribution to the necessary decarbonization, provided it manages to clearly formulate its will to shape the future, bundle initiatives and drive integration with other sectors. Then the German paper industry could become a pioneer – not only in Europe, but worldwide.
The expo counts around 100 booths in the good-looking venue of the RheinMain CongressCenter, right in the center of Wiesbaden. The conference topics of the day will be about best practices in paper production, followed by a series of “science flash” sessions delivered by experts and researchers.
In the night, the traditional summer evening will take the guest to another level of networking.
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