Paper Technology International 2026 Contents


PAPERTECHNOLOGYINTERNATIONAL
Paper Technology International 2026
Publishers: Colin Smith & Ian Horne
Media Partnerships: Colin Smith
Managing Editor: Ian Horne
Design: Cuan Dobb
Acknowledgements: Front cover image courtesy of Ringo van
Voorst, Marketing Manager, North-West Europe & Africa,
SKF Group.
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Foreword
Jori Ringman, Director General, Cepi
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Introduction
Colin Smith and Ian Horne
Contents
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Front Cover: With SKF’s Client Needs Analysis-Asset
Management programme, companies can assess their
current situation and highlight areas for improvement.
SKF helps reduce the time lost to mechanical rolling
equipment failures and helps increase production.
What stands in the way becomes the way: The pulp and paper industry’s path through a hard global economy
Jori Ringman, Director General, Cepi
Process heat up to 200°C with innovative rotation heat pump – emission-free, economical and future-proof
Pyry Iltanen B.Sc. Project Manager, BM Green Cooling
Behind the development of sensor technology at Tasowheel
Annely Kallioranta, Marketing Specialist, Tasowheel Oy
Why paper mills need digital execution now
Jyri Jokinurmi, Head of Global Sales & Marketing, Pulp, Paper & Fibre, Tieto Indtech
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CreaSolv® - A substantial contribution to achieving the European recycling targets and its
impact on the Paper Industry
Christian Makari, Sales Manager, GAW Technologies GmbH
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The next decade of paper converting: Automation, AI and 昀氀exibility
Carlos Muriel, Sales & Marketing Director, Pasaban S.A.
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Time to execute and excel! – ExO 4D: A new generation of press fabric innovation
Andre Hüttner, VP Product Management, PMC Eurasia, AstenJohnson
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From by to bio: Bioenergy and the modern pulp and paper mill
Wilson Monteiro, Global Business Line Manager for Pulp, Paper and Fiber, ABB’s Process Industries Division
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High-ef昀椀ciency reject and process water treatment
Dr. Ing. Sebastian Porkert, ECOFARIO GmbH, Germany
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Reducing water and energy consumption with FlowControl’s SZ8 SealCooler™
Robert Clayhills, Managing Director, Nipman Paper Technology
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Talc-Free specialty chemistry concepts for deposit, pitch and stickies control in modern pulp,
paper and tissue systems
Hannu Hämäläinen, Pulp Segment Team leader, BIM Kemi.
Juha-Pekka Järveläinen, Paper & Board Segment Team Leader, BIM Kemi.
Claire Ripley, Tissue Segment Team Leader, BIM Kemi.
Peter Wållberg, Entrepreneur and Owner, BIM Kemi.
Kıvanç Tekstil sun, earth, wind, water…
Martin Koepenick, Innova International
Purpose-driven automation powers Mondi Štětí’s new kraft paper production line
Kaj Fahllund, Vice President Pulp & Paper, Pesmel Oy
Rethinking rotating equipment strategy in pulp and paper
Ringo van Voorst, Marketing Manager North West Europe & Africa, SKF
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