Tissue360 - Fall/Winter 2013 - (Page 16) FEATURE INDUSTRY EVENTS IT's Tissue Features Nine Days of Technology, Art, Music, Culture in Tissue District of Italy International event attracts 700 participants from 317 companies in 70 countries KEN PATRICK D uring the last week of June (June 22-30) this summer, the first edition of IT's Tissue-The Italian Technology Experience took place in Lucca, Italy, in the country's Tuscany region, and in what some industry people fondly refer to as the "Tissue District." IT's Tissue was created by the Tissue Italy Network, a group of 12 Italian tissue equipment suppliers with the aim of collectively enhancing the reputation for excellence of this industrial district and its cutting edge technologies by showing its know-how and innovation potential on a global scale. The first edition of IT's Tissue attracted more than 700 participants, including Tissue 360° magazine, from 317 companies in 70 countries. The 700-plus participants represented all five continents. More than 50 percent were European, with a particularly strong presence from Italy, Turkey, England, and Germany, followed by Latin American countries (mostly Brazil and Mexico), and North America. Numerous participants also came from African countries, including Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa. The UAE, Japan, China, and Polynesia were also well represented. IT's Tissue will be held every three years, with the next event now scheduled for 2016. Lucca again will host the gathering of tissue experts from around the world for edition two. Matteo Gentili, president of the Tissue Italy Network, notes that "IT's Tissue was a great success thanks to an innovative formula that succeeded in synergistically combining the interests of the companies of the Tissue Italy Network with the local community hosting us. It was a great opportunity to communicate the excellence that "Made in Italy" can offer: knowing, doing, and knowing how to do. Our guests left Italy with the awareness that the Tissue District is an excellent economic system as well as a wonderful place to vacation." Maurizio Vanni, IT's Tissue project manager, describes IT's Tissue as "a demanding project having an international breadth, that once again proves how the business-territoryculture-emotion combination constitutes a winner. Socializing, entertainment, and emotional involvement are the best ingredients to transmit a territory and the companies living there," he says. President Giorgio Napolitano of the Republic of Italy conferred the Medaglia del Presidente della Repubblica state award for excellence to IT's Tissue - The Italian Technology Experience in recognition of its value. THE TISSUE NETWORK The 12 members of the 2013 Tissue Network, in alphabetical order, are: * A. Celli Paper: Engineering, design, development, and manufacture of complete Tissue Systems, from stock prep equipment to tissue machines, combiner IT's Tissue social events included a dedicated networking/ meeting room at Tissue Home (Infopoint), a special welcome dinner at the Beach House on the Mediterranean, an outdoor international Jazz music festival, and various other concert sessions. 16 Tissue360º Fall/Winter 2013 www.tappi.org http://www.tappi.org Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Tissue360 - Fall/Winter 2013 Setpoint: From UFS to Tissue ST Tissue Producing 310-in Semi-Creped Parent Reels on Reconfigured UFS Machine in Virginia TAPPI News: Tissue Forum IT's Tissue Features Nine Days of Technology, Art, Music, Culture in Tissue District of Italy New Fabric, Felt, Roll Cover Technologies Boost Tissue Machine Operating Efficiencies Over the Wire . . . Tissue Summary Tissue360 - Fall/Winter 2013 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0117 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0216 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0116 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0215 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0115 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0214 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0114 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0213 http://www.nxtbook.com/naylor/PPIB/PPIB0113 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/PPIB0212 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/PPIB0112 http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com
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