The tissue business continues to grow, especially in comparison with many other paper businesses. In the Americas, particularly, many tissue companies are in a phase of expansion with growing market demand for higher quality tissue products stimulating new investments. These trends and developments will certainly be a topic of discussion when the Tissue Industry meets at Tissue World Americas in Miami Beach on March 20-23, 2012.To be held under the theme of "Boosting Performance for Better Quality, Sustainability and Profitability," the conference program include a number of Nordic companies and speakers, such as SCA, Metso Paper, Pöyry, BTG, Runtech Systems, and POM Technology. Esko Uutela, RISI, will speak about market developments and trends in North and South America. /AA