According to the organizer of Paptech, exhibition company Adforum, Paptech aims to serve as a meeting platform for the Finnish pulp and paper industry in the years between the large international exhibitions in the Nordic region – SPCI in Stockholm and PulPaper in Helsinki.Paptech includes an exhibition, a seminar program and good opportunities for business meetings. However, the number of visitors the first day of the event was lower than expected.Pöyry is one of the key players of the industry who value the opportunity to nourish the relationships to their clients by meeting them in person in a pleasant and functional setting at Paptech.“Our industry is facing challenging times and we want to be there for our clients and discuss how we can help them”, says Stina Hemmilä, Marketing and Communications Manager at Pöyry.“Performance improvement, daily maintenance services and rebuilds are fields that we work in for many of our clients. We see Paptech as an opportunity to meet up mainly with our Finnish forest industry clients in a compact way,” Hemmilä says. At Paptecvh, Pöyry will be presenting the Green Mill index, a sustainability index tool launched last fall.“This is something we are very excited about,” says Stina Hemmilä. “Not only does it measure sustainability, but it also pinpoints areas in the mill operations that could be improved, enhancing both environmental and financial performance."In the seminar program the first day of the event was a key-note presentation of business opportunities in China for Finnish suppliers of equipment, machinery and technology services to the pulp and paper industry.