1、Rethinking paper production:How industry and science are collaboratively pioneering sustainable paper manufacturingTissue World 2025 Senior Management Symposium09.04.2025Peter Bekaert Managing Director Modellfabrik PapierAlexander Deutschle VP Innovations Mets TissueThe paper industry faces the chal
2、lenge of combining tradition with modernity and at the same time driving forward innovations for the sustainable paper production of tomorrow.Our missionThe Modellfabrik Papier was founded in 2021 as a non-profit organization,based on an initiative of the paper industry.Our mission:More climate prot
3、ection in the paper industry.Our vision:80%less energy demand in production by 2045.Our task:To research and scale up new,disruptive andinnovative production methods.14.5.2024Modellfabrik Papier 3The Modellfabrik Papier is a non-profit research organisationfinanced by 24 shareholders.We pursue an op
4、en innovation approach with 7 leading scientific research partners.4Modellfabrik Papier Pooling expertise,enabling knowledge-transfer:Our Triple Helix model 5PaperIndustry24 ShareholdersScience7 Scientific PartnersPoliticsPublic FundingModellfabrik Papier 50+scientists working in the innovation netw
5、ork40+industry specialists involvedCurrently in FZ Jlich.Starting 2026 in Dren.6Modellfabrik PapierRheinisches RevierOur Financing*90-97,5%public fundingMFPStructure and OverheadShareholder grants 7.2 Mio Networking project:STARK MFPNetwork&Communication*1.9 Mio.Scientific collaborative project in t
6、he MFP:FOMOPScientific project(Personel)*MFP&Scientific Institutes11.0 Mio.Planning new building*Realisation new building*6.4 Mio.32 Mio.65 Mio.Research InfrastructureFINT Project:Invest technology and lab*MFP10.5 Mio.WIN.DN38,4 Mio.The shareholders perspective.Mets Tissue For a cleaner everydayMets