{"id":104314,"date":"2025-07-11T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=104314"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:25:35","slug":"zellcheming-expo-2025-with-record-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/zellcheming-expo-2025-mit-besucherrekord\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Chemistry Expo 2025 with record attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zellcheming-Expo 2025 attracted around 3,000 visitors to the RheinMain CongressCenter in Wiesbaden at the beginning of July. The anniversary trade fair, organised by Zellcheming Service GmbH, proved to be a dynamic platform for the international paper and pulp industry - with a strong focus on innovation, networking and promoting young talent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 140 companies presented themselves on a fully booked exhibition area, including numerous international players and new exhibitors from the energy sector. Prof Dr Helga Zollner-Croll, the outgoing chairwoman of the association, summed up her time in office with the successful<strong> Stronger integration of technology and trade fair operations<\/strong> - for example, through the new \u201eCell Chemistry Insights\u201c programme, which highlighted sustainability from a technical perspective.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AI in focus at the start<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first day of the trade fair already sent out a clear signal in favour of future topics: At the panel discussion on <strong>The role of artificial intelligence in the industry<\/strong> representatives from industry and politics agreed on their growth-promoting potential. Participants such as Maximilian Heindl (Progroup), Tobias Hundhausen (Wepa) and Dr J\u00f6rg Padberg (Koehler) emphasised the need for cooperation, leadership skills and a data-driven corporate culture, among other things.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-2723281582\"><div id=\"packa-2530203121\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Female perspectives and club development<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On the second day, the Annual General Meeting of the association and <strong>the Women4Paper event<\/strong> at the centre. The new association management with Dr Frank P. Meltzer at the helm sees the future in increased networking with the industry. <strong>The proportion of women on the Advisory Board rose to over 20 per cent.<\/strong> The keynote speech by Vera Strauch, founder of the Female Leadership Academy, was dedicated to the topic of \u201eSetting boundaries\u201c - and was very well received by the audience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104320\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-104320 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001-1320x902.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ZELLCHEMING_EXPO2025_TAG02_001.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants at the Zellcheming general meeting (Photo: Malte Kirchner\/Zellcheming)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the evening, the 120th anniversary of the association was celebrated with a festive gala. In addition to a historical review <strong>young board members presented future ideas for further development<\/strong> of the association and the industry.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Focus on promoting young talent<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The third day was dedicated to the Zellcheming Career Day. The focus was on honouring young talent, insights into current research projects and a World Caf\u00e9, <strong>in which young professionals discussed expectations of modern working environments<\/strong>. Key topics were appreciation, communication and corporate culture. The new Chairman Dr Frank P. Meltzer believes the association is well positioned: \u201eThis Expo has shown that we can grow and shape the industry together.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The next Zellcheming-Expo will once again take place from 16 to 18 June 2026 at the RMCC Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<\/em> Cell chemistry<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 3,000 visitors attended the Zellcheming-Expo 2025 at the RheinMain CongressCenter in Wiesbaden at the beginning of July. The anniversary trade fair proved to be a dynamic platform for the international paper and pulp industry.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":104319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Zur Zellcheming-Expo 2025, der Plattform f\u00fcr die internationale Papier- und Zellstoffindustrie, kamen Anfang Juli Rund 3.000 Besucher nach Wiesbaden. ","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Zellcheming","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1487,33,58824],"class_list":{"0":"post-104314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-messen-und-veranstaltungen","8":"tag-papier-pappe-karton","9":"tag-veranstaltungen","10":"tag-zellcheming","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}