FEFCO Technical Seminar 2025 - Programme

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Elevate tomorrow's corrugated board industry
 

Preliminary programme 
 

Day 1 - Wednesday 08 October
08:00 - 10:00 Registration  
08:30 Welcome coffee and exhibition visit  
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome address, Nina Iversen, FEFCO President  
10:10 - 12:00 Session 1: Adaptation driven by changing environment and regulation
10:10 - 10:30 Navigating EU Regulations: Impacts in the Corrugated industry
10:30 - 10:50 E-Fulfillment: Right-Sizing, Void Reduction & Fanfold Solutions for Corrugated Packaging
10:50 - 11:10 From Design to Responsibility: EPR and recyclability in the EU
11:10 - 11:30 Current Research activities within Recycling
11:30 - 11:50  Henkel's perspective on sustainability 
11:50 - 12:00 Questions and answers
12:00 - 13:00 Spotlights Session 1  
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break and exhibition visit  
14:30 - 15:30 Spotlights Session 2  
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee break and exhibition visit  
16:30 - 17:30 Spotlights Session 3   
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome  reception sponsored by FOSBER  
     
Day 2 - Thursday 09 October  
09:00 - 09:05 Opening
09:05 - 11:15 Session 2: Advanced technologies  
09:05 - 09:25 Generative and applied AI
09:25 - 09:50 Robotics in the corrugated sector
09:50 - 10:00 Industrialised machine learning
10:00 - 10:10 "Treatise on the world of corrugated cardboard” for on-boarding and induction of new talents
10:10 - 10:20  Use of packaging in distribution centers
10:20 - 10:40 Digital converting
10:40 - 10:50 Digital Twin for machine and software developments
10:50 - 11:05 Remote system: assistance/training
11:05 - 11:15 Questions and answers
11:15 - 12:00 Coffee break and exhibition visit  
12:00 - 13:00 Spotlight Session 4 
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch break and exhibition visit
14:15 - 15:15 Spotlight Session 5
   
15:15 - 16:50 Session 3:  Innovation on Energy efficiency and decarbonisation  
15:15 - 15:30 FEFCO 2025 Life Cycle Assessment
15:30 - 15:50 Decarbonising the European Containerboard Industry – Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050
15:50 - 16:10 Energy monitoring system: data collection on FBDC, Inline & Foldergluers machines
16:10 - 16:30 New trends on corrugators concerning energy
16:30 - 16:40 Electrification on thermal energy / steam
16:40 - 16:50 Questions and answers  
16:50 - 17:30 Coffee break and exhibition visit
17:30 - 18:30 Spotlight Session 6
     
Day 3 - Friday 10 October  
09:00 - 09:05 Opening  
09:05 - 10-05 Visit of the exhibition + welcome coffee
10:05 - 12-10 Session 4: Challenges and opportunities for the corrugated industry   
10:05 - 10:45 High Level Panel Discussion: Strategic Synergies: Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions in the Corrugated Industry
10:45 - 11:05 FEFCO Cybersecurity Handbook
11:05 - 11:25 Implementing PPWR: Challenges and Implications for the Corrugated Industry
11:25 - 11:55 Panel discussion: Integrating Health & Safety with Machine Suppliers
11:55 - 12:15 Barrier coatings and status of bio solutions for corrugated packaging
12:15 - 13:00 Award ceremony and conference closing
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch and exhibition visit
14:00 Exhibition closes - End of the Technical Seminar