TURKEY
Metso tissue line for Hayat Kimya
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On 18 December 2009, Metso announced that it is to supply a
complete tissue production line to Hayat Kimya AS, Turkey. The line will be
installed in the company’s mill in Yeniköy, which is located near the city
of Izmit. Start-up is planned for the fourth quarter of 2010. The value of
the order will not be disclosed. The order is included in Paper and Fiber
Technology and Energy and Environmental Technology’s Q4 orders received.
Metso’s scope of delivery will comprise a complete tissue production line
including a stock preparation system and a tissue machine. Furthermore the
delivery will include an extensive automation package with machine, process
and quality controls. Complete engineering, installation supervision, training,
start-up and commissioning are also included in the delivery.
The new line will have a design capacity of 70,000 tons/yr of high-quality
facial, toilet and towel grades. Raw material for the new line will be virgin
fiber. The production line is optimized to save energy and to enhance final
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Hayat Kimya A. is part of the Hayat Group. The Hayat Group primarily operates
in the chemicals, hygienic products, paper and woodbased industries. The Hayat
tissue facilities have a paper production capacity of 65,000 tons/yr and a converting
capacity of 60,000 tons/yr. With the new investment the total production capacity
of Hayat Kimya will reach 135,000 tons, making it the largest tissue producer
in Turkey.
Manisa plant trebles Ipek Kagit capacity
Turkish company Ipek Kagıt opened a new $40 million production facility in
the Aegean city of Manisa on 20 October, according to Hürriyet Daily News and
Economic Review. It trebles the company’s production capacity. The company also
celebrated its 40th anniversary this year.
“The new facility of Ipek Kagıt is a milestone for Eczacibasi Group’s development,
with its technology, capacity and quality,” Bülent Eczacibasi, chairman of the
board of directors at Eczacibasi Holding, said at the opening ceremony. “With
this initiative, Eczacibasi Group aims to contribute to the development of the
Aegean region and create new jobs.”
Tarek Hallaba, the president of consumer business for Europe, the Middle East
and Africa at Georgia Pacific, noted that the Turkish market has strategic importance
for the company. “Ipek Kagıt has an important role in Georgia Pacific’s European
portfolio,” he said.
The Manisa facility is the third for Ipek Kagıt after factories in Yalova
and Kazakhstan. Said Sertaç Nisli, managing director of Ipek Kagıt: “This facility
will give us an opportunity to continue our leadership in the domestic market
while supplementing our increasing export capacity.”
Leadership in Turkish tissue paper sector
Ipek Kagıt is a 50:50 joint venture between the Eczacibasi Group and US group
Georgia Pacific. It was established by the Eczacibasi Group in 1969. “Since
its establishment, Ipek Kagıt has been the clear market leader in Turkey and
continues to maintain its leadership,” the company states.
Ipek Kagıt primarily manufactures toilet rolls, napkins, handkerchiefs, kitchen
towels and facial tissues for home and commercial use. Its plant in Yalova,
150 km east of Istanbul, ranks among the leading production sites in the region
in terms of capacity, technological infrastructure and quality, it says.
Ipek Kagıt has four main consumer brands, namely Selpak, Solo, Silen, and
Servis – one for each segment of the market. It also has private label brands
and two away-from-home brands, Marathon and Lotus Professional.
Different brands in each market enable Ipek Kagıt to target consumers from
diverse socioeconomic segments. Selpak is its flagship brand at the high end
of the market whereas Solo is positioned as a value-for-money brand in the standard
segment. For economy-focused consumers Silen in the toilet roll category, Servis
in the napkin category offer acceptable quality at a low price.
RUSSIA
SCA to invest in personal care products
A new production line for incontinence care products will be
built in Russia by SCA following the company's assessment that the market
for incontinence care products is expected to grow considerably in the years
immediately ahead.
SCA has been established in the Moscow region since 2008, with the installation
of production facilities for baby diapers. To meet the anticipated consumer
demand, SCA has decided to invest in a production line for incontinence products
at its plant in the city of Veniov in the Tula district some 180 km south
of Moscow.
The decision entails that SCA – once the plant is in place
during 2011 – will be able to substantially decrease its import from its
plants in Olawa, Poland, or Gennep, Holland. Thereby, high costs for transports
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The investment cost for the new production line for incontinence care products
will be approximately SEK 138m, according to the company.
ITALY
Sofidel buys Papyros to move into Greece
Italian tissue producer Sofidel has purchased Papyros, a company operating
a mill near Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The Italian company hailed the
acquisition, whose price tag was not revealed, as a step towards the further
internationalization of its operations. Besides its Italian facilities, Sofidel
operates in Germany, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK. The firm is also active
in France, where it recently announced it would build a new 60,000 ton/yr tissue
mill by 2014.
Papyros can produce some 25,000 tons/yr of tissue on its single Recard machine,
which is two years old.
SCA sells Pratovecchio paper machine
SCA has reached an agreement to sell its Italian Pratovecchio facility and
paper machine to Cartiera Carma. The transaction will result in neither capital
gain nor capital loss.
The agreement follows an announcement
in March 2009 aimed at improving supply-chain operations in Italy. A concentration
of resources to nearby Lucca was decided and implemented. At that stage,
a closure of the Pratovecchio paper machine was discussed. However, SCA has
instead reached an agreement to sell the property and paper machine to Cartiera
Carma, a privatelyowned company based in Italy.
The paper machine has a capacity of approximately 20,000 tons/yr, and the
24 employees currently working in paper making will continue their employment.
The transaction was to become final before the end of December 2009.
