The European Wooden Pallet and Packaging industry might be in a relatively stable situation as it concerns the customer markets, but is facing this unprecendented turmoil on the global timber markets.

The emphasis has changed although the impact of COVID-19 continues our businesses and daily life.

No one knows when things are getting back to normal, with lockdown measures tightened in many European countries. Vaccination processes make slow progress and the virus is still not under control.

This will be one of the topics on the agenda of the virtual FEFPEB spring meeting 2021, to be held on Friday 30 April 2021.

FEFPEB MEMBERSHIP SPRING MEETING / FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2021, 10.00 – 13.00 HOURS CET

 

All official representatives of the FEFPEB membership, including our associated members, are to receive an official invitation in the short term.

An interesting agenda is under preparation, to be finalized by the FEFPEB executive committee in their meeting on 8 April 2021.

 

FEFPEB federation items

• Statistics 2019
• Updated overview implementation ISPM 15
• FEFPEB formal matters
• FEFPEB targets certified timber / sustainability and certification
• ISPM 15 / initiatives harmonisation repair and marking rules

Special items / speakers confirmed

• Global timber markets by Sampsa Auvinen, President CEI Bois (Latvia)
• Global co-operation in the pallet and packaging industry by Brent McLendon, President-CEO NWPCA (USA)
• EU circular economy - developments Packaging Waste Directive by Roeland Moens, chairman section pallet pools (Belgium)

Other items to be announced.

70TH FEFPEB CONGRESS POSTPONED TO 2022

 

The FEFPEB executive committee considered the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and decided that the arguments to  re-schedule the small-scale congress to 2021 are stil unchanged:

• Everybody will be keen on cost saving measures during and after the crisis
• Our members are not at all thinking about registering for the Vienna congress
• Sponsors will be very reluctant to support the FEFPEB congress this year
• It could lead to a low attendance and a disastrous financial result

It is best in these circumstances to cancel the congress, that was to take place on 16 and 17 September 2021 in Vienna, hosted by the Austrian colleagues Dieter Lechner and Willibald Urschler.

Any alternative for a meeting autumn 2021 to be decided upon later.

 

The 70th FEFPEB congress will be the planned full-scale congress in Firenze (Italy), September 2022.

AssoImballagi, with our friends mrs Paola Riva and Gennaro Buonauro, will be accommodating the European wooden pallet and packaging industry and it will be a great occasion to meet again for some fantastic days in Italy.