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Lena Ek to chair the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform


European Parliament, is to chair the board at the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP). She takes over from Kaija Pehu- Lehtonen, senior vice president for business development at Metsä Fibre, who has chaired the FTP board for the last two and half years. “Our objective is to advance


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the competitiveness of the whole sector by supporting European innovation and research,” said Ek, after recognizing the substantial progress of the sector within the


ena Ek, who chairs the board at Södra Skogsägarna and is a former Member of the


European research framework programmes, particularly Horizon 2020. “The forest-based sector will help to unlock Europe’s potential to make the transformation towards a biobased society. This fact should not be overlooked on the decisions about application of funding for research, innovation and technological development,” she added.


FTP managing director Johan Elvnert commented: “It has been a privilege to work with such a competent chair and strong industry representative as Kaija. We are truly grateful for her work and happy to see increased


Ek holds an honorary Lena Ek


cooperation among industry, forest owners and researchers, as well as elevated success rates of proposals submitted by the sector. “We are excited with the new


directions that FTP will take chaired by Lena Ek,” he concluded.


doctorate degree in Law and a distinct reputation in public affairs. Formerly, she served as Minister for the Environment of Sweden, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Swedish Riksdag and holds prominent positions at the board of a number of political, scientific and industrial organisations. FTP shareholders include The


Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF), European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR) and the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois).


Apprentices recognised at ABP’s first awards ceremony


ABP, the UK’s leading ports operator at 21 locations, recently held its first Apprentice Awards. The Awards featured 10


categories ranging from Longest Serving Apprentice, to Best Business Contribution by an ABP Apprentice and Apprentice’s Apprentice. Six of the ten awards were taken by ABP staff working on the Humber. Kurt Jensen, a Marine


Operations Apprentice based in Immingham was named Apprentice of the Year (2014). Steve Archer of East Hull has


worked for ABP for 51 years after starting as an apprentice carpenter with the British Transport Docks Board in 1960


May/June 2016


am sure, will be running ABP and taking it from strength to strength in the future.” The four ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole handle more than 61 million tonnes of cargo between them each year. More than £130 million is


at the age of 15. Steve retired on the 4 May and received the award for the Longest Serving Former Apprentice at the event. Chief executive of APB James Cooper said: “ABP is committed to developing talent and I am delighted to be celebrating the contribution of our apprentices


and graduate trainees. “We currently have 62


apprentices employed across the business and this is a number we are working to increase year by year.


“Congratulations to all of our


apprentices. They are our future managers and leaders who, I


currently being invested in the biomass handling terminal in Immingham, in a Humber-wide agreement with Drax Power Ltd in which £25 million is being invested in a biomass handling facility in Hull. The Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal will handle sustainable biomass shipments and will create more than 100 permanent jobs, once complete.


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