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欧洲重量级企业大展身手

Sofidel首席执行官Luigi Lazzareschi阐述欧洲变幻的形势如何为这家意大利先锋企业带来更多商机,促进企业全球业务均衡发展。 在位于意大利卢卡市(Lucca)的Delicarta卫生纸工厂办公室内,Luigi Lazzareschi接受了《世界卫生纸》杂志的专访。向窗外望去,风景格外迷人,工厂大部分也尽收眼底……大片的光伏太阳能电池板,还有附近那秀丽的绵延群山。当然,Sofidel的强劲竞争对手有两家也在附近,成为这窗外风景的一部分,在必要的时候,提醒着卫生纸行业的巨人,商战从未止息。 家族企业Sofidel Group可谓家喻户晓:欧洲的重量级企业,首家进军美国市场的意大利卫生纸制造商,全球市场份额也越来越大。 在整个访谈期间,首席执行官Lazzareschi考虑周详、态度真诚、全身心投入,只在手机偶尔响起有趣的铃声时才稍微中断一下访谈。我们先讨论了欧洲市场,尤其是Sofidel在欧洲市场的角色。随着过去几年各种合并收购,欧洲市场一直在不断变化:2011年底Georgia-Pacific退出市场,这意味着竞争对手会接手新市场的工厂,并会全面拓展至新的国家地区。 Sofidel一直是推动变化的重要驱动力:2013年4月1日,它从SCA收购了之前是Georgia-Pacific的业务,这包括买下英国知名消费者品牌,以及在爱尔兰、比利时、荷兰和卢森堡的品牌和厂商。 Lazzareschi说:“Georgia-Pacific、SCA意大利、宝洁等品牌做出的各种动作,让市场更为集中化,尤其是品牌产品,特别是在法国。但是对欧洲的居家外纸品(AfH)市场来说,这些变化对Sofidel很有益。我们收购了很多欧洲大品牌,目前在比利时和荷兰都有重要品牌。我们还增加了在意大利的市场份额,提高了在海外的生产力。” 当问及Sofidel在近期进军了美国市场,是否仍致力于注重发展欧洲卫生纸市场时,他回答说:“我们在欧洲仍有很大的发展余地,我们还有很多要发展的领域,在英国、荷兰、德国和西班牙还有多家工厂需要扩建。提高这些地方的生产力对我们来说很轻松,成本不高,可以让我们的产量增加一倍。”关于欧洲是否需要进一步展开合并收购活动,他说虽然一些企业可能仍有这样的想法,但现在大型企业一般对此不感兴趣了。他补充说,到目前为止,仍没有出现任何想进入该区发展造纸业的亚洲企业。 意大利,欧洲市场的发展前兆?  Sofidel在过去几年做了大量投资,包括1994年在Delicarta投资上线了美卓公司(Metso)的造纸设备PM3;1997年在Fine Paper(现在的Soffass造纸厂)上线了新设备,产能大大提高;2000年,收购了Fibrocellulosa(现在的Delicarta Val Fegana);2002年,接管Cartiera di Monfalcone(现在的Delicarta Monfalcone),2003年收购了Imbalpaper(现在的Delicarta Valdottavo)。Lazzareschi说:“意大利的产能并没有增加很多,一些地方产能过剩,区域市场有些许的限制性。”他补充说,一直都有一些小规模的开业和歇业,但在意大利,这种起起伏伏并不一定代表当下形势。 2013年,意大利的卫生纸零售业价值额降低了0.7%,有力反映出该国、乃至更广泛地区面临的经济压力。意大利的经济困境在欧洲一直很突出——过去十年间,意大利一直是欧元区发展最缓慢的经济体——它的发展趋势,以及国内的卫生纸厂商采取的决策,成为更广泛意义上的欧洲卫生纸业务的发展前兆。 经济放缓加大了当地卫生纸市场面临的压力。市场形势一直是私营品牌获得份额的催化剂,而在意大利,私营品牌的市场份额已从五年前的30%上升到了37%。品牌需要为此做出牺牲,因为更多的消费者希望得到物美价廉的产品。但去年,卫生纸是发展最迅速的领域,增加了1.6%,因此很有意思的是,这证明即使非常艰难的经济时期,厕纸和卫生纸的需求也完全有可能出现增长。如果产品合适,就可以说服消费者购买更多零售卫生纸产品。 Lazzareschi说:“我们看到整个欧洲消费者市场发生了转变,但意大利的转变最大。现在市面上有很多更便宜的产品。私营品牌在经济衰退期得到了强有力的发展,过去几年间,卫生纸产品已更加商品化。” 他补充说,意大利的居家外纸品(AfH)市场也“绝不只受消费者市场的影响。公共部门已显著就减少了可购买产品的数量。首先,这改变了可购买卫生纸的种类,其次,这也影响了产品的质量。我们也发现意大利的餐饮业和旅游领域的可购买产品也有所降低。” 为适应变化的市场趋势,Sofidel重新定位了在欧洲的位置。公司从上世纪九十年代就保持高速发展,不断向国外扩展,收购国外企业。很多国家地区的私营品牌发展得并不像德国等国家地区那样充分,在德国,私营品牌统占着市场,2013年的市场份额达78%。 他说:“我们在一些国家地区很强大,但我们在整个欧洲的市场份额并不高。我们居家外纸品(AfH)部门的产品已经很多元化,但仍需改进。我们会提高在表现不佳的市场中的份额。例如,我们在法国新建了一家居家外纸品(AfH)工厂,而法国也是我们非常想拓展业务的地区。” 可持续性为企业赢得在意大利的发展动力 虽然在卫生纸零售行业的黄金末期大部分创新都围绕提高产品可持续性展开,但绿色产品在意大利卫生纸行业的市场仍很小。虽然这几乎是一个全新的纸品市场,但可循环再利用卫生纸的商机会越来越多。 Sofidel还脱离固有模式,成为另一个领域的先锋。虽然绿色产品在经济衰退期尤其难以销售,但该公司全球市场战略很大一部分涉及到可持续性。Lazzareschi的战略显示,他这样做是为了长远发展——到目前为止,公司已投资2500万欧元致力于减少二氧化碳的排放,到2020年,公司的二氧化碳排放量可减少26%。他说:“可持续性让我们与众不同,这也是我们大力推进的一个方向。我们希望盈利,但也希望以对社会负责的方式盈利。保护环境和可持续发展是我们的成功因素,也是推动我们发展的关键要素之一。” 这包括投资760万欧元建设了三个光伏阵列,分别位于Porcari的Delicarta工厂和Soffass加工工厂,以及位于Tassignano的Delicarta加工工厂,预计年度总发电量达3,975,000 kWh。   美国是投资的首要市场 在三月份的美国世界卫生纸业展览会上,Lazzareschi向《世界卫生纸》杂志透露,在不久的未来,Sofidel将在美国市场做出更多行动。公司绝不想止步不前:它已重申自己想成为美国市场的重要从业者。2012年8月31日,公司收购了Cellynne及其三个工厂,Sofidel America现在占Sofidel市场总额的8.14%,年总产能提高至1亿公吨。 借助这次收购,这一欧洲卫生纸巨人将业务拓展到新的大洲,当然也包括极富挑战性的美国市场。Lazzareschi告诉《世界卫生纸》杂志:“现在,我们在美国只有三家工厂,在美国的市场份额还很低。我们会关注企业在该区的发展,因为这里有很大的商机。”他补充说,跟美国市场相比,欧洲市场的“竞争更加激烈”;但他也提到,很多投资应该由美国生产商来做。“科技很发达的美国在这方面还很落后,这意味着我们有更多机会。这些机会来自我们的新产品,也得益于居家外纸品(AfH)和消费者市场的发展。居家外纸品(AfH)占在我们市场份额中占很大的比重,是我们的自然市场,我们最近在奥兰多市(Orlando)投建了两台新设备。但同时,为了更平衡地发展,我们还必须投资私营品牌的消费者产品,实现更均衡的发展,获得更多商机,实现风险最小化。” 他继续说道:“我们很难想象未来几年公司在欧洲还能以同样的速度发展,届时发展速度将降为单位数。而从人均消费水平来看,美国是世界上最重要的卫生纸市场,充满了商机。” 关于Sofidel Group 创办人: Giuseppe Lazzareschi &  Emi Stefani 创办年份: 1966 营业区域: 13个国家 (意大利、西班牙、瑞典、英国、比利时、法国、克罗地亚、德国、波兰、罗马尼亚、希腊、土耳其和美国) 工厂: 32 业务范围: 居家外卫生纸、自有品牌、消费者品牌 产品: 卫生纸、厨房用纸、餐巾纸、手帕纸、面巾纸、医用纸、折叠纸巾、卫生纸原纸 品牌: Regina, Softis, Le Trèfle,...

New tissue player Sun Paper targets top five position in 10 years

By Helen Morris, Tissue World Magazine Senior Editor China’s largest privately owned paper maker, squeezed in its traditional market, is moving powerfully into tissue production. Improving consumers’ low brand loyalty and getting...
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卫生纸领域新成员太阳纸业立志 10 年内进入五强行列

由《世界卫生纸》总编 Helen Morris 报导 中国最大的私营造纸企业太阳纸业由于在传统市场面临压力,现正强力进军卫生纸制造领域。太阳纸业总经理 刘兴功先生 告诉《世界卫生纸》,提高消费者较低的品牌忠诚度,建立更加有效的物流与配送体系,是公司目前的重中之重。 “中国卫生纸市场的一个主要挑战之一就是,消费者缺乏品牌认知。”在太阳纸业兖州总部,总经理 刘兴功先生 这样告诉《世界卫生纸》。“建立一个品牌,获得良好的认知度,需要长时间大量努力。第二大挑战是建立有效的物流与配送体系,这也是一件耗费时间的事情。我们有投资计划,希望建立坚实的市场地位,拥有强有力、认知度高的品牌。” 尽管太阳纸业是中国最大的私营造纸企业(纸浆及纸品年产能达 400 万吨),但在卫生纸领域,它依然是一个新手,今年六月首个卫生纸 PM 才刚刚启动。太阳纸业宣布,将在未来 10 年内进入中国卫生纸厂商五强行列,向公众展现出其雄心壮志。 “我们多年前就已开始计划进入卫生纸市场,”刘先生 用近乎完美的流利英语说,“我们没有选择,这对于企业的长期发展而言是一个关键领域。” 太阳纸业成立于 1982 年,其业务现已覆盖造纸、化工、外贸、能源、科研、林业及纸浆生产、酒店业、投资业、纺织品与食品业。企业拥有 10,000 余名员工,年销售额 230 亿元人民币。太阳纸业的基础业务是面向印刷产业的纸浆及纸品制造,这成为了企业进入卫生纸市场的一大优势:尽管我们进入这一市场较晚,我们对于消费者以及纸浆生产的了解让我们处在了十分有利的位置,”刘先生 表示,“我们一直在研究消费者与市场趋势,因此,我们的产品销路非常好。尽管我们在卫生纸市场的份额不大,但我们将通过投资以及产品系列的多元化,实现迅速扩张。我们在三年里做到的,比竞争对手在 10 年里做到的还要多。” 刘先生 补充说,全球范围内,印刷产业中造纸企业的利润正在受到挤压,太阳纸业是中国印刷用纸业中少数仍在获利的企业之一。然而,他表示,相比多年前,利润率确实“大大受到挤压”,而卫生纸业仍存在着机会。产能过剩的问题严重,而互联网对于印刷产业的冲击确实严重。”刘先生 说,“我们在这一领域有所亏损,因此我们采取了多元化策略。随着城镇化的推进以及人们生活水平的提高,家用卫生纸、纸尿布等领域大有潜力。” 尽管中国人口规模巨大,但目前人均卫生纸消费量仅为 4.4 公斤,而邻国日本则为 15 公斤。在中国,产能过剩的问题则十分严重。2020 年的目标是人均消费量达到...
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Forward-thinking and entrepreneurial: TWM visits Sofidel’s Comceh mill in South Eastern Romania to find...

By Helen Morris, Tissue World magazine editor "Supporting the Volare brand and increasing the Regina brand’s awareness are key,” Carlo Ferrero, the Italian-born country operations manager of Sofidel’s Comceh, Calarasi-based tissue plant,...

“A Europe-wide outlook is vital for us.”

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris As the WEPA Group’s French mill, WEPA Lille’s location is key for understanding the dynamics within the French and European tissue markets It’s not surprising that...
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Karina poised to build on four years of 11% sales growth

When the Kazakhstan company first offered kitchen towels many years ago store buyers asked why they needed such wide toilet paper. It’s come a long way since then. Greg Grishchenko reports. In...
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Not content with being a market leader, Saigon Paper plans to double capacity in...

Vietnam is a classic tissue growth market. One million new urban residents added each year - per capita consumption less than 1.0kg – behind only China and India among Asia’s growing...
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Is Vietnam at last beginning to emerge from its troubled history?

Tissue demand is growing at 20%, so Vietnam Pulp & Paper Association vice chairman and secretary general Vu Ngoc Bao heralds a major opportunity as the country “joins the world’s economy.”...
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“Our vision is to become the undisputed market leader in Egypt and North Africa.”

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine Keen for growth, Zeina Group founder and chairman Abdul Karim Natout talks to TWM about market potential in Egypt and beyond. With an impressive annual production...
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Battle for the biggest Away-from-Home sector in the world

Table napkins are on a surge as Americans eat out more, enjoy ‘fast casual’ dining, and turn to the pleasures of the homeland and the ‘staycation.’ TWM editor Helen Morris heads...
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Back from the brink in Norway’s dramatic Paper Valley

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris Amid the spectacular mountains and fjords, the story of a mill’s survival is barely less impressive. After all looked lost in 2013, Vajda-Papir Scandinavia is now investing,...
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A tough modern makeover for the table top star ‘close to nowhere’ in Västra...

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris After closures and a sharp market re-focus, global coloured tissue leader Duni’s SEK110m investment has brought its 5% mature market growth target into sight. Helen Morris...
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Searching for distinction in a complex market

When competition is fierce and price discounting dominates, niche, flexibility and targeted response to rapidly changing consumer demands become crucial. TWM visited family owned Industria Cartaria Fenili By Helen Morris, Senior editor, Tissue...
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How to achieve growth in a national crisis

These are turbulent times in Brazil – but tissue is toughing it out. Helen Morris, Tissue World magazine senior editor, visits Carta Fabril’s Rio de Janeiro headquarters as the company begins the start-up...
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Cascades… the new major player determined to keep the personal touch

By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine With a $64m start-up on American’s west coast just part of a major makeover, the Canadian company is now a big player with a small...

On the offensive for a place in the Big League

By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine Having touched-down in the Green Bay home of the famous NFL stars the Packers, Italian giant Sofidel plans to shoot the gap with a spread...

Mexico needs more tissue – and one family owned company is ready to respond

With consumer growth figures up to 6%, there is currently not enough tissue to supply the population. Luis Alberto Reséndiz, general director of family firm Convertipap, explains what he plans to...
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Kimberly-Clark – Thailand’s prospects are strengthening

As urbanisation increases, so does demand for more varied and sophisticated tissue products. The tissue giant tells TWM why it has growing confidence in its Thai and Asian tissue operations. By Helen Morris, Senior...
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Thailand’s first tissue mill poised to reap rewards of a new future

Half the population of 68 million doesn’t use tissue. But a boom in tourism, urbanisation and an ageing society is changing that, explains Dr. Sumrit Yipyintum, MD of RiverPRO. Report...

“ Turkey is becoming the tissue capital of the Middle East and Europe”

TWM interviews Parteks Paper Industry general manager Fatih Çapar TWM/1: What tissue markets do you operate in? Fatih Çapar: “Established in 1996, Parteks Paper Industry is a fully integrated manufacturer of virgin pulp parent...
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Hengan Group shuns the price war to concentrate on quality, brand and good service

Consumer demand – with ‘consumption of household paper set to increase by 6-8%’ – is shifting to medium and high-end tissue, and urbanisation is carrying products into third- and...

“Brexit will bring its own challenges – we are ready for them.”

With plans to build a crucial tissue mill in the UK in 2022, the family behind LPC – having once made its own exit from the industry – is...
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FULLY INTEGRATED RESOLUTE TARGETS PREMIUM AND ULTRA PREMIUM PRODUCTION

Vertical control of production backed by major investment is driving this former leading newsprint producer towards growth in quality products and geographic reach. TWM interviews Resolute Tissue Group president...

ConsumerSpeak: Tissue’s greatest collector?

Silvio Fioravanti is an archaeologist and lives near Lucca in Italy. He has a large collection of pocket hankie packs – at the last count, 11,972 different tissue pocket...

‘When cooking and cleaning, and polishing the bike… nothing beats the kitchen towel’

Paul Ashcroft lives in the picturesque village of Rivington in the north west of England. He works in the water industry and in his spare time he is a...

A pack of tissues is one of life’s essentials for James

James Adams is originally from South Africa and is now studying in Manchester in the UK. Here he describes why portable tissues remain one of his key purchases and why he prefers environmentally-friendly...

‘Tissue use has been transformed in Algeria’

Originally from Algeria, 67-year-old Omar Chabane is a former senior paper industry officer who has served the sector for more than 35 years. He now shares his time with...

The best loos* yet!

Sharmaine Collins works in project management at London’s Tate, an institution that houses the UK’s national collection of British and international art. She talks to TWM about a...

Home and away … Anika compares West and East

By Anika Michielsen Born in Belgium, Anika Michielsen has just returned from a year in South Korea where she was studying a masters in business...

TWM helps Wesley open ‘a Pandora’s box’ of issues with his family tissue use

Born in the UK, Wesley Sawkins talks about his preference for bulk buying, his scepticism on presentation and corporates, and his experiences of living in Singapore

Antibacterial kitchen wipes so perfect at messy meal times

With a demanding toddler to look after, self-confessed lazy shopper Gemma O’reilly, a mum and journalist who lives in west London, has had to think again about her tissue...

Whether at home or abroad, when buying tissue products I look for a balance...

Charlotte Lynn is a teacher from Canada working in the UK I love travelling and have been to many parts of the world and also...

A tes souhaits!*

Now living and working in London after 11 years in France, Rebecca was in New York when she discovered the one thing the much-loved multi-tasking kitchen roll is not great for. TWM/1....

When you are dealing with those messy creatures – otherwise known as children –...

Originally from Australia, Mary-Lou Mcdonald is a serial traveller and has lived all over the world working primarily as a nanny, in which profession her keen interest in the martial art...

Tissue ‘the unsung hero of our daily lives’

Dave Ripper is one of many to discover how prominent tissue is only when asked, as here, to recall their encounters with the vital aid to living. He lives in the south of England...

From the Himalayas to city life – a modern-day nomad’s world of tissue

Gary J. Carroll is an adventurer and professional photographer. Born in Birmingham, England, he travels the world as a street/urban photographer exploring different cultures, infrastructure and day-to-day living.

My three-point guide to tissue etiquette

Cheapest: too rough even for the toughest of men. Middle rank: comfortable, quality, full-bodied. Luxury: generally pointless, but essential for a girlfriend’s nose. I use toilet...

Family tissue: for babies’ noses… and Construction Club

Creativity is at the heart of Brazilian Melissa Hoemke’s family. After living in London for 12 years she wants to do right by the children and the environment, and...

When it comes to the perfect wedding speech… a Best Man should never be...

Unaccustomed as he is to public speaking, Adam, who is based in Bristol, England, finds inspiration conveniently comes to hand when he sits and thinks about his speech.

Building a tissue empire from the Adelaide Mill… England

Angela Dawson is a writer and poet who has featured on community radio and at various venues around Melbourne, Australia, since 2000. Originally from Manchester, England, this year saw the...