PR Newswire | Mar 12, 2021 08:01AM EST

03/12 07:00 CST

2021 PPI Awards Winners AnnouncedKlabin takes home International CEO Award and Woman of the Year BOSTON, March 12, 2021

BOSTON, March 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastmarkets RISI, the definitive source of commodity data and insights for the forest products industry, announced the 2021 PPI Awards winners during the Virtual European Conference, held March 8-10th.

The PPI Awards honor leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments within the pulp and paper industry, and are the only global awards dedicated to recognizing the achievements of companies, mills and individuals in the sector.

The 2021 PPI Award winners are:

International CEO of the Year AwardSponsored by World BioEconomy ForumCristiano Teixeira - Klabin

Environmental Leadership - From Sustainable Forestry to Water EfficiencySponsored by Nalco Water - An Ecolab CompanySmurfit Kappa Forney Mill - Waterborne Coatings

Packaging Innovation AwardSmurfit Kappa Germany - Twin Kraft with Twin(tm) ABC Technology

PPI Industry Woman of the Year AwardGabriella Michelucci - Klabin

Risk and Safety AwardSponsored by FM GlobalMondi - Engagement in Risk and Safety

The Internet of Things & Digitalization AwardSponsored by ValmetSuzano - Predictive Detection of Anomalies

All entries were evaluated by a panel of judges who independently reviewed the entries according to each category's criteria.

For more details on the award ceremony, the judges' panel, or the list of finalists, please click here.

About Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets is the industry-leading Price Reporting Agency (PRA) for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics, and events for the metals and mining, forest products, and agriculture markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a 130-year history built on trust and deep market knowledge. Its team of more than 450 people are located in 13 global offices including London, Boston, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Brussels and Sao Paulo. Fastmarkets is part of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (LSE:ERM), a listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Euromoney is a leading international business-to-business information group focused primarily on the global commodities, banking and asset management markets.

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