Mission
The IPE is a nationwide, non-profit-making, private Innovation and Technology aimed at increasing the technological and innovative capacity of companies and professionals from the Paper sector by providing them with consulting, training and information services. It comprises 49 manufacturers from the paper sector, as corporate members, as well as 60 companies related with the sector.

Founded in 1963 as the Research Association of the Spanish Paper Industry, it has been highly active throughout its nearly 40-year-long history.

In the year 2000, a Strategic Plan was put into action to define the IPE's line of business over the next few years in order to adapt it to the current Spanish paper sector and its evolving technical needs. This Plan structures its goals in five basic areas: Technical Assistance to ASPAPEL (Spanish National Association of Pulp, Paper and Board Makers), Training Programs, Technical Forums, Project Management, and Documentary Publications.

Activities
The IPE carries out its mission by means of the following activities:

• Project management
• Technical forums
• Maintenance
• Prevention of Work-related Accidents
• Energy
• Pulp production
• Recovery boilers
• Training
• Standardisation
• Technical services
• Laboratory and quality control analysis
• Comparative Testing Service
• Documentation
• Publications

Corporate values
The IPE is an organisation geared towards:

• Paper companies - because they are the reason behind our own existence - and paper technicians,
  who are the basis of our excellence.
• Innovation, environmental adaptation and continuous improvement.
• The professional development of its staff, collaborators and paper sector technicians.

The IPE is a member of:

• EUCEPA (European Liaison Committee for Pulp and Paper)
• FEDIT (Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Entities)

Finance

Team