Tissue Making Days

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The 21st edition of the Tissue Making Days was held on May 29 - 31, 2024. After being on tour in 2022, the top-tier conference returned to its home ground, Karlstad, Sweden. Since 1983 we have shared ideas, technologies and the current market trends from all over the world.

Summary of the event

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Let's change the game in tissue!

 

We are living in an ever changing world which also has an impact on the tissue industry. Climate change, AI and new technologies, just to mention a few, are things we all need to relate to in one way or another. The program included technology highlights and new innovations from tissue making, converting, automation and services. 

Speakers

During this seminar, the futurist and author Amelia Kallman will enlighten us about how AI can be a tool for the industry, while Bernard Lombard from Cepi will raise the topic of regulations and taxation impacting the tissue business. Rickard Fornell from RISE institute highlights how to move from environmental footprint to handprint. During the event Valmet experts will also enter the stage together with invited customers. 

Get to know the speakers

Deep dive into topics of your interest and visit the pilot machine

On the second day the guests had the opportunity to dive deeper into the topics in a set of breakout sessions where they discussed with our experts and had their questions answered. 

For the first time ever we opened up the Tissue Technology Center exclusively for our guests to watch the pilot machine running in Through Air Drying mode.

Main program, May 30 - 31

Below you can find the main program of the conference. 

 Day 1   
The future of AI: Innovation, Business and Beyond Amelia Kallman, Futurist, Speaker and Author
Changing the game in tissue - from fiber to finished product

Gianfranco Agnusdei, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Tissue Converting BU

The vision of an integrated, sustainable, and more autonomous paper mill has become a reality

Jonas Johansson, Head of Tissue Industrial Internet
Novella Buonaccorsi,  Head of Digital Tissue Converting BU

Move your performance sustainably forward with Valmet’s automation solutions for tissue

Mikko Talonen, Director, Quality Control and Machine Vision Systems
Soft, smooth and simple - next generation of efficient dry-end

Viktor Bergström, Concept Manager Dry Crepe Tissue
Johanna Pihl, Project Manager R&D

Automated manufacturing as the ultimate enabling factor to increase safety, minimize downtime and deliver consistent end-product quality

Jhon Sebastian Niňo Cabezas, Sales Manager, Rolls and Fold technology
Valmet MTC technology pushes the boundaries of Multifold Giovacchino Giurlani, Managing Director, Tissue Converting BU
Boosting performance and competitiveness with benchmarking Kenneth Appel, Senior Sales Manager, Life cycle service
Energy equation for the future - optimize your drying Arvid Johansson, Director Tissue Mills Technology
Development of environmental friendly tissue making together with reliable partner

Maciej Ossowski, Manager Applications, Small
and mid-size machinery
Artur Paras, Technology, Jack-Pol

The key to resource efficient premium and ultra-premium production Kai Zhang, Sales Director Tissue Mills
Electromagnetic induction: a disruptive application for packaging sealing Nicolò Squarzoni, Product Manager, Packaging and Digital Portfolio
Day 2   
Are we ready for 2030 and 2050? Bernhard Lombard, Trade and Industrial Policy Director, CEPI
Virtual mill tour  

From footprint to handprint – a systems perspective on value creation in the tissue industry

Rickard Fornell, Senior Researcher industrial transition and system
innovation, RISE Reseach Institution

Break out sessions include the following topics:

  • From fiber to finished product
  • Tissue Paper Quality
  • Future trends in finished products
  • How to boost performance and competitiveness - deep dive
  • Low media and high efficiency as a driver for IntelliTissue concept
  • Production and Pilot center tour
  • Dry crepe tissue/ IntelliTissue
  • From footprint to hand print - deep dive
  • Future trends in packaging
  • Valmet DNA automation system – solid foundation for tissue mill of the future
  • Engagement, Professionalism and Committment - is that the key for a successful project?

 

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Download the detailed program with conference topics and break out session description.

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Highlights from Tissue Making Days on Tour 2022

This video is a summary of the Tissue Making Days on Tour 2022 - Thanks to all of you who attended

Browse through some photos from the three events