The Future Needs of the Paper Industry

European Paper Research Event 2009

Pulp, Paper, Board & Forestry generate an annual turnover of more than 375 billion Euros, i.e. 6.5% of the European manufacturing industry’s turnover.

The Future Needs of the Paper Industry

The European Pulp, Paper & Board Industry is an integral component of COST’s Forests, their Products & Services (FPS) Domain which has been actively represented by several successful COST Actions covering a wide range of topics relevant to the Modern Pulp, Paper & Board Industry, from forest to end user and beyond.

In the past few years, the European Industry has faced a series of new challenges as governments & legislation have responded to public opinion on matters surrounding ‘Sustainability’. Cellulose fibre, the fundamental raw material for nearly all paper products, is potentially one of the most sustainable biomaterials available for industrial scale use, yet the industries dependence on energy, water and fossil fuel derived chemicals must be reduced.

Close links must be forged between industry & researchers to develop new research groups and activities addressing these new challenges, develop new competitive, fit for purpose products & find solutions for a 21st Century Sustainable Pulp, Paper & Board Industry; an industry capable of producing not only paper, but also raw materials for a wide range of emerging industrial processes and, perhaps most importantly of all, energy!

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