SPCI celebrates 100 years at SPCI 2008

On 27–29 May next year representatives of the international forest industry will gather at Stockholm International Fairs & Conference Center for the world’s largest trade fair for suppliers to the pulp & paper industry and the industry’s most important event – the SPCI 2008 World Pulp & Paper Week. During the gathering the Swedish Association of Pulp & Paper Engineers (SPCI) will also celebrate its 100th anniversary.

International conferences will be held during three intensive days while a large number suppliers to the pulp & paper industry exhibit their products and services in the 13,000 m2 exhibition space. The previous exhibition, SPCI 2005, welcomed 944 exhibitors from 31 countries. The number of visitors reached 14,190 from 63 countries, including large contingents from Russia and China. These figures make the SPCI exhibition the largest international event of its kind anywhere in the world.

Visitors to the SPCI trade fair represent a broad spectrum within the industry. The range stretches from leading decision-makers such as board members, CEOs, purchasing and mill managers to specialists engaged in virtually every aspect of the industry, including managers responsible for maintenance, production, environment, sales & marketing, transport & logistics as well as operators, project leaders, PR staff, consultants and planners.

SPCI celebrates 100 years!
The SPCI 2008 exhibition and conferences will be extra special since the organisation will celebrate its 100th anniversary in connection with the event.

“SPCI has served our industry providing technical and social platforms for one hundred years and SPCI 2008 will therefore enhance its status as a meeting point for the international pulp & paper industry,” says Marina Asp, Executive Director of SPCI.

“The exhibition approach works extremely well for us and we view this as definitely the most important exhibition from a global perspective. We have great expectations for SPCI 2008. We meet the right people, do business and have never had any problems recovering our costs,” says Thomas Carlson, President at Stafsjö Valves.

Engineering company Pöyry has similar experience and expectations.“Years of participating in the SPCI exhibition in Stockholm has made it something of a tradition for us. It is an excellent meeting point where we can maintain relationships with earlier customers and also generate a large number of new contacts which frequently result in a whole lot of business. We put a great deal of effort into this event and feel that is genuinely worth the trouble,” says Stina Hemmilä, Marketing Communications Manager at Pöyry.

SPCI Chairman Sven Wird, Technical Director at Holmen concludes: “This is the best opportunity to be updated.”