The standard is for the recognition of credible national and regional forest certification schemes, and will be exhibiting at one of the 30 small exhibition pods in the Knowledge Centre area. 

Hilary Khawam, communications director, said: "Our decision to exhibit at Ipex is based on the opportunity it presents to reach out to a new audience.

"Demand for the PEFC standard has grown a lot over the past few years, although it has slowed down recently as businesses are in trouble."

She added that PEFC wanted to demonstrate that it offers added-value to the customer, and said Ipex is an opportunity to get the message across.

Many of the UK's paper merchants now offer a range of PEFC-certified papers, and 500 printers are certified to the standard.