650 exhibiting companies in 230 stands and 9,064 visitors attended the SPCI 2011 exhibition in Stockholm. ABB had the largest stand in the exhibition hall.However, some of the major suppliers to the pulp and paper industry boycotted the event, claiming the Swedish Association of Pulp and Paper Engineers (SPCI) had broken an agreement to carry through the exhibition only every fourth year instead of every third year.Some 160 speakers were part of the conference arrangements, taking place on three “activity squares” in the exhibition hall.“We are very pleased with the overall outcome of this year’s SPCI event,” concludes Patrik Löwstedt, Exhibition Manager. “The exhibition really looked good, and exhibitors had put a lot of effort into the design of their stands.”The dates of the next SPCI exhibition have not yet been finalized.