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RISI and TAPPI Join Forces to Produce a New Tissue Industry Event
Registration has opened for the Tissue 2017 Conference and Expo

BOSTON, March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that registration has opened for Tissue 2017 Conference and Expo, an international tissue industry event co-produced with TAPPI.  This newly coproduced event will be held in Miami, Florida on October 3-6. This event brings together tissue industry professionals to gain insight on market trends, product and manufacturing innovations, and the latest industry challenges.

Tissue 2017 will feature multiple sessions on technical and operational aspects of the business to help improve efficiency and encourage innovation. Several presentations will be by industry experts and financial analysts who will provide a holistic view of the market. They will discuss recent trends and future growth prospects for the global tissue industry as well as key regional developments.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn from an executive panel of leaders from North and South America, a customer panel that will give a buyer's perspective, and a poster forum presenting the tissue industry's latest academic and institutional research projects.

With the combined industry knowledge and presence of RISI and TAPPI, this event is anticipated to attract senior executives and mill operations management from major tissue manufacturers; financial analysts and investors, and leading machine, chemical and process suppliers.

For registration and more information regarding the Tissue 2017 Conference and Expo, click here.

About RISI (www.risi.com)

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, packaging, wood products, timber, biomass, tissue and nonwovens industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, RISI operates additional offices throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.

About TAPPI (www.tappi.org)

TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and converting industries and publisher of Paper360°, Tissue360° and TAPPI Journal. Through information exchange, events, trusted content and networking opportunities, TAPPI helps members elevate their performance by providing solutions that lead to better, faster and more cost-effective ways of doing business. It has provided management training and networking to the industry's leaders for more than 100 years.

For Press Enquiries, please contact:
Kimberly Rizzitano
Marketing Manager, Events
O: 781-734-8996
E: krizzitano@risi.com

 

SOURCE RISI