Myths vs. Reality Webinar - Sustainable use of Paper and Board

14-02-2022

Myths vs. Reality - Sustainable use of Paper and Board

Wednesday 29th July - 15:30 CET / 9:30 EDT / 8:30 CDT

Do you need to worry about the environment by using our paper? What can we learn from the past of Coldenhove as we are preparing for tomorrow? What did the local paper industry of Eerbeek initiate to extend their license to operate in the last 65 years? In 1955, 5 local papermills of Eerbeek joined forces with the University of Wageningen to harvest wood fibers from the water used in the papermaking process to enrich local farming soil. Today IWE is one of the most innovative water effluent plants in the world of which the 3 papermills in Eerbeek are its’ owners. In this webinar we like to inspire you -our stakeholders- to join us in this ongoing quest for new circular harvesting opportunities for profit in our joint supply chain from Tree to T.

15:30 CET / 9:30 EDT / 8:30 CDT

Speaker: Dirk van Vreeswijk

Dirk began his career at Neenah Coldenhove in 2001 as Product Manager DTP. In 2011, he was recruited a 2nd time as Senior New Business Developer at the Innovation department and In 2017 he switched to the Marketing department. Dirk has a Msc in Social Psychology and is studying for a 2nd Msc in Information Management & Sustainable Change and is responsible for filling the innovation pipeline of Neenah Coldenhove. Dirk is based in the Netherlands.

Speaker: Walter Hulshof

With a Msc in Chemicalengineering, Business Administration and Papertechnology, Walter has been involved in the papermaking industry from the start of his career. As director of Industriewater Eerbeek, his accomplishment has been the transformation of the watertreatment plant from merely fullfilling legal obligations into fully recycling the waste water of the 3 papermills of Eerbeek. Walter invented (and patented) the softening of the water process resulting in closing the waterloop for paperproduction in Eerbeek.

Speaker: Lewis Shuler II

Lewis has a background in material innovation and advanced manufacturing. He previously spent 10 years in China focusing on textile sustainability initiatives for the world's largest sportswear and fast fashion brands. Over the past five years he has helped many brands and printers across the globe expand into digital textile printing. Lewis currently resides in San Francisco.