The UK Sheet Plant Association (SPA) is hosting its 108th Conference at a favoured venue – Delta Hotels by Marriott Forest of Arden Country Club – on Monday 26th February 2024. The theme of the Conference is “People” and the SPA Committee is delighted to confirm Jean-Pascal Bobst as Keynote Speaker.
Jean-Pascal Bobst, represents the fourth generation of the Bobst family in the company, after Bobst Group was founded by his ancestor Joseph Bobst in 1890 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He started his career within Bobst Group in 1994 and held various managerial positions abroad and in Switzerland. Prior to his appointment as CEO in May 2009, Mr. Bobst was Head of Technology, Supply, Production and Logistics for Bobst Group.
He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland and has completed the Program for Executive Development at INSEAD.
Jean-Pascal Bobst is married and the father of four children.
Tim Gray, Chairman of UK Sheet Plant Association said:
“We are grateful to Bobst for their continued support of the SPA. They are event sponsors for this Conference and we are delighted that Jean-Pascal Bobst will be addressing Conference.”
SPA Conference gives manufacturers in the Corrugated Converter Industry an unrivalled opportunity to learn from and network with their peers during a focussed day of presentations, forums and social events.
SPA 108th Conference is sponsored by 3 Members of the Association:
- Bobst supplies substrate processing, printing and converting equipment and services for the label, flexible packaging, folding carton and corrugated board industries.
- Kolbus-Autobox are specialists in short-run box making machinery.
- Wilhelm Bahmueller operates in the corrugated cardboard processing, precision grinding and precision tools industries.