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SCA to close tissue production plant in Spain

Helen Morris - June 30, 2016

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Infinity boosts presence with Italian subsidiary

Helen Morris - April 7, 2016

Europe

ICT to double capacity at Spanish mill with new tissue PMP

Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

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Sofidel boosts Nordic presence

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

Europe

Kemira increases prices of polymer products in Europe

Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

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Italy

Tissue World Magazine - August 16, 2021

Europe

ICT Iberica boosts capacity by 70,000tpy with TM investment

Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

Sofidel UK starts-up latest-generation tissue rewinder

Europe Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Sofidel UK has boosted its tissue production capacity after it started up a tissue rewinder at its Lancaster-based site. Supplied by A.Celli, the latest-generation tissue rewinder is a Mod. 865 and 3.4m...

May / June 2015 – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - July 2, 2015

TURKEY Hayat Kimya starts up 70,000tpy TM Hayat Kimya has started up its up 70,000tpy tissue machine at its Mersin mill in Turkey. The company started production at its new mill in Mersin in...

Arkhbum to start up 70,000tpy tissue PM in H2 2018

Europe Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

(News from RISI) - Arkhbum Tissue Group, managed by Arkhangelsk pulp and paper mill (APPM), has detailed a timeline for the construction of the greenfield tissue mill in Vorsino, in the...

Fire briefly idles production at WEPA tissue mill in Mainz, Germany

Europe Helen Morris - March 24, 2016

(News from RISI) - A fire brought production to a brief standstill at WEPA’s tissue mill in Mainz earlier this month. A spokesperson for the group confirmed a report of the local...

2014 January / February – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - February 7, 2014

Ukraine PJSC “VGP” STARTS UP GAMBINI LINE Ukrainian tissue converter PJSC “VGP” has boosted its product offering after it successfully started up a Gambini supplied production line. The Right 550 line is capable of...

PCMC launches tissue embosser-laminator Omnia

Europe Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

PCMC has launched Omnia, a new tissue embosser-laminator that the supplier said will “offer customers’ flexibility and safety in a small footprint”. According to the supplier, the Omnia, which in Latin means...

2014 May / June – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - May 12, 2014

TURKEY IPEK KAGIT TISSUE PAPER BOOSTS CAPACITY Turkey’s Ipek Kagit Tissue Paper has invested in a new Advantage tissue production line. The Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS line will be installed at the company’s Manisa...

Aldi to trial plastic-free toilet paper packaging

Europe Helen Morris - November 28, 2019

Aldi has chosen the UK in which to trial removing plastic packaging from packets of toilet roll, in a move it said could save more than 900 tonnes of...

BOR Biotechnology plans new tissue mill in Czech Republic

Europe Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

(News from RISI) - The Czech firm BOR Biotechnology is preparing to build a new tissue mill in the town of Kozomín just north of the capital city of Prague. The new...

March / April 2015 – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - April 8, 2015

POLAND Almus boosts converting capacity Poland’s Almus has boosted its converting capacity after it signed for a Gambini TouchMax line. The family-run company is based in Slomniki and produces Almusso products, consumer and AfH...

WEPA invests in new converting line in Germany

Europe Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

(News from RISI) German tissue giant WEPA is set to raise the converting capacity at its Kriebethal tissue mill in Saxony. The company is investing in a new line for cosmetic wipes,...

UK

Europe Tissue World Magazine - August 16, 2021

Northwood responds to increased AfH and consumer demand with investment UK-based Northwood Hygiene Products has boosted its AfH product offering with a multi-million-pound investment in a...

Competition authority slaps fines of Euro 128.8 million on heavy inco cartel

Europe Helen Morris - September 16, 2016

(News from RISI) – The Spanish National Market and Competition Commission, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has imposed fines of Euro 128.8 million ($142.6 million) on seven manufacturers of...

SCA reports 1Q EBITDA decrease of 2%; 5% net sales increase

Europe Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

SCA has reported an EBITDA decreased of 2% to SEK 797m in its first quarter 2017 interim results. Net sales increased 5% to SEK 3,969m compared to the same time a year...

Omet launches No-Stop unwinder

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Omet has responded to customer demand with the launch of the No-Stop unwinder. The patented module allows operators to change paper rolls without stopping the machine within a specific timeframe, which according...

SCA targets French tissue mills with restructuring measures

Europe Helen Morris - September 8, 2016

SCA has announced a series of restructuring measures at its production plants in Hondouville and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. It includes the closure of the oldest tissue machine at the AfH producing Hondouville site...

Tissue World in Barcelona is moving at full speed

Europe Helen Morris - December 17, 2012

New ideas, new technology, new methods for tissue makers and converters Excitement is now building for Tissue World 2013, the world’s largest event targeted specifically at the soft hygienic tissue paper business....

Hayat Kimya boosts Russian capacity

Europe Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has boosted its capacity in Russia after investing in an Advantage DCT machine, to be supplied at its mill in Yelabuga in Tartaristan. TM7 will have a width of...

Lucart’s French site starts-up PM rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Lucart has started up its PM10 at its Laval sur Vologne mill after a rebuild project undertaken by Toscotec. The rebuild will boost the machine speed from the current 1,300mpm to 1,600mpm...

Trevipapel Group boosts capacity with Steel Yankee investment

Europe Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Trevipapel Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied tissue line at its Paper Prime mill in Vila Velha de Rodão, Portugal. The Steel Yankee Dryer TT SYD-16FT is due to be started-up in...

2014 July / August – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - July 15, 2014

ITALY Fire hits Cartiera Lucchese’s Porcari mill in Italy Italy’s Cartiera Lucchese Porcari tissue and packaging paper mill was hit by a fire on May 11, destroying some 3,000 tonnes of recovered...

Russia’s Arkhangelsk pitches for state aid for domestic tissue investments

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(News from RISI) - The Russian pulp and paper giant Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill (APPM), which is implementing a large tissue mill investment in Vorsino, in the Kaluga region, is...

WEPA Lille boosts energy savings

Europe Helen Morris - June 16, 2016

WEPA Lille has signed a contract with PMPower for the delivery of a recovery boiler steam system at its mill in France. PMPower is a division of paper machine supplier PMP, and...

Drenik boosts capacity with rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - June 16, 2016

Serbian tissue manufacturer Drenik is to increase the production capacity of its Belgrade-based facilities after it placed an order with supplier Recard to rebuild PM1. The move will boost the machine’s maximum speed of 800m/min...

Infinity boosts presence with Italian subsidiary

Europe Helen Morris - April 7, 2016

Published on 7 April 2016 | Infinity Machine & Engineering has responded to global market growth in the tissue industry with the opening of a subsidiary in Bologna. The Italian headquarters will be dedicated...

Solenis boosts product offering with Nopco acquisition

Europe Helen Morris - September 8, 2016

Solenis is to acquire the shares in Nopco Holding and related subsidiaries (Nopco), a producer and supplier of advanced chemical solutions for the pulp and paper industry. The transaction is expected to...

Tissue World Milan 2017 rescheduled to April 10-12

Europe Helen Morris - June 16, 2016

Tissue World has announced the change of event dates for Tissue World Milan 2017 to 10-12 April 2017. The change of event dates takes place in combination with a change of exhibit...

2015 Sept/Oct Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - September 16, 2015

EUROPE K-C Europe boosts capacity with TouchMax embossers buy Kimberly-Clark Europe has finalised the purchase of four TouchMax embossers supplied by Gambini. The company has invested in three TouchMax Large versions and one standard...

Despite the economic gloom, tissue makes some headway in Benelux

Europe Ian Bell - May 12, 2014

By Ian Bell, Euromonitor International's global head of tissue and hygiene research With words such as ‘feeble’ and ‘modest’ peppering any references to economic recovery in 2014, the economies of Belgium, the...

Södra Group reports operating profit of SEK 334 million

Europe Helen Morris - May 19, 2016

Södra Group has reported operating profit for the first four months of the year of SEK 334 million, compared with SEK 941 million the same time a year earlier. The group said...

Kemira increases prices of polymer products in Europe

Europe Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

Kemira has increased the price for its polymer product line by 4-8 % across all European countries. It said the price increase is “necessary due to overall significant cost increase and global...

2015 November/December Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

PORTUGAL Renova in European first with NTT buy Portugal’s Renova has become the first European tissue producer to invest in Valmet’s Advantage NTT tissue technology. The production line will be installed at the company’s...

Paper Prime invests with new TM

Europe Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

Portugal’s Paper Prime has boosted its capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine. TM1 will be installed at the company’s Vila Velha de Rodão site. Included in the investment is...

WEPA starts up largest TT SYD ever installed in Europe

Europe Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

WEPA has successfully started up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD-18FT at its Cassino mill in Italy. According to the supplier, the 5,600mm wide PM3 is Europe’s largest Steel Yankee Dryer for tissue...

PAPCEL boosts presence with PMT Italia acquisition

Europe Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

PAPCEL has completed the acquisition of Pinerolo-based company PMT Italia, helping it expand its presence in the USA and China. PMT manufactures and supplies technology for the production of graphic papers and...

SLOVENIA – Slovak Hygienic Paper Group boosts capacity at Paloma site

Europe Helen Morris - November 27, 2019

Slovak Hygienic Paper Group (SHP Group) has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD- 2.0L tissue line. Delivery to its Paloma mill in Sladki Vrh is scheduled for...

Lucart highlights Circular Economy and sustainability in its latest report

Europe Helen Morris - November 27, 2019

Lucart has presented its 2018 Sustainability Report with a focus on Circular Economy, new investments and partnerships for sustainable development The company reported a turnover increase...

Cartiera Confalone: the mill is said to represent the biggest tissue investment in the south of Italy in the last twenty years.

ITALY – Cartiera Confalone capacity boost ‘biggest in 20 years’ in southern Italy

Europe Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

Cartiera Confalone: the mill is said to represent the biggest tissue investment in the south of Italy in the last twenty years. Cartiera Confalone has invested...

Tissue World Milan 2017 attracts 3,284 participants

Europe Helen Morris - April 20, 2017

The industry’s most prestigious and international tradeshow - this year held in Italy, the heart of the tissue industry - has been attended by an impressive 3,284 participants. Tissue World Milan 2017...

Sofidel targets tissue supply chain with sustainability award

Europe Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

Sofidel has launched the ‘Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award’, an annual award that aims to motivate its national and international suppliers to promote high sustainable standards. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the award will...

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