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Essel boosts production with rebuild

Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

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Trevipapel Group boosts capacity with Steel Yankee investment

Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

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SCA to shut up shop at Mediona tissue mill in Spain

Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

Europe

Portucel targets tissue market with €120m investment

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

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UK-based Poppies Europe boosts converting production

Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

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...

Drenik boosts capacity with rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - September 16, 2016

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...

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...

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...

Södra’s Värö pulp mill amongst world’s largest following start-up

Europe Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Södra has started up its state-of-the-art pulp line in Värö, Sweden, boosting the site’s current 425,000tpy capacity to 700,00tpy. The expansion is part of a SEK 6 billion investment, with SEK 4...

K-C invests €15m in tissue converting line at Villey-Saint-Etienne plant

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark has invested approximately €15m in a hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France. After installation at the start of the year, the new...

SCA strengthens UK tissue presence with TAD investment

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

SCA is to invest SEK160m in a through-air drying (TAD) machine at its tissue plant in Skelmersdale, UK. The investment is to “meet the growing demand for high-quality tissue and strengthen the...

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...

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...

Tissue Italy appoints president for iT’s Tissue 2018

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Tissue Italy Network has appointed Massimo Franzaroli as president for iT’s Tissue 2018. He replaces Sergio Casella who has stepped down due to other commitments. Casella will remain on the board as vice...

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...

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,...

K-C reports 1Q earnings growth despite “a challenging environment”

Europe Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has reported net sales of $4.5bn - even with a year earlier - in its first quarter 2017 results. Operating profit for the quarter was $834m in 2017 compared to...

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...

Futura appoints new BoD and promotes Piero Ceccon to CEO

Europe Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

Futura has announced a new board of directors and promoted Piero Ceccon to chief executive. The board is joined by head of technology & FuturaLab Giovacchino Giurlani and head of operations Giulio...

SWEDEN – Klippans Bruk boosts coloured and white, high-quality tissue capacity with investment

Europe Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

Klippans Bruk has started up its Recard- supplied PM11. This new machine will add an annual capacity of 30,000tpy of coloured and white, high-quality tissue to...

2014 September / October – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - October 12, 2014

FRANCE Sofidel’s new integrated tissue mill in France begins to take shape (News from RISI) Delipapier, Sofidel’s French subsidiary, has broken ground on its €120m new integrated tissue mill project at its Ingrandes site. The...

November / December 2014 – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - November 27, 2014

GERMANY WEPA to build two new tissue machines German tissue giant WEPA is poised for growth as it plans to spend more than Euro 50 million on two new tissue machines. The new lines...

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...

Sofidel boosts Nordic presence

Europe Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

Sofidel’s Swedish subsidiary Swedish Tissue has boosted its capacity after it started up a new converting plant in Kisa. The new converting plant is now fully operational with two active production lines:...

Kimberly-Clark to cooperate with cartel tissue investigation in Peru

Europe Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark Peru said it will cooperate with the investigation opened by the country’s Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) into certain competition practices within the...

Barry-Wehmiller boosts tissue presence with further acquisition

Europe Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Barry-Wehmiller has acquired Winkler+Dünnebier and POEM GmbH (W+D) from Körber. W+D is headquartered in Neuwied and Löhne, Germany, and has additional locations in the United States and Malaysia. It provides integrated system solutions...

Metalicplas boosts capacity with TM start-up

Europe Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

Romania’s Metalicplas has increased its production capacity by 34,000tpy after starting up its new tissue PM. Part of the Pehart Tec Group, the A.Celli-supplied machine has a width of 2.8m at the...

Bolton Group shuts Softex tissue production in Greece

Europe Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

(News from RISI) - The manufacture of Softex tissue products in Greece has come to an end. In mid-January, the employees of the factory based in Athens were informed that the site...

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...

Sofidel to boost capacity in Poland with NTT install

Europe Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has boosted its presence in Europe after signing for the latest-generation Advantage tissue machine from Valmet. The machine will be installed in the Delitissue plant in Ciechanów, Poland,...

Lucart starts-up PM4 in Porcari after rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

Italian tissue producer Lucart has successfully started-up its PM4 tissue machine in Porcari, Lucca, after a rebuild undertaken by Toscotec. The upgrade includes a modification of the forming section and the complete...

Sofidel strengthens presence in Hungary

Europe Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Sofidel has continued to grow in Europe after it announced the acquisition of the Forest brand and converting facilities in Hungary. The operation, made with Forest Papir Kft, involves the acquisition of...

Sofidel increases UK tissue presence

Europe Helen Morris - April 7, 2016

Published on 7 April 2016 | Global tissue producer Sofidel is to boost its presence in the UK market after it invested in a latest-generation tissue rewinder. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the machine has...

ISMA 2000 starts up PM1 after rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - April 7, 2016

Published on 7 April 2016 | Spain’s ISMA 2000 has successfully started up its PM1 at its mill in La Torre de Claramunt mill, Barcelona, after a major dry-end rebuild delivered by supplier...

EBRD might back tissue investment of Poland’s Velvet Care

Europe Helen Morris - May 4, 2016

(News from RISI) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering the provision of a long-term loan of up to Euro 20 million to the Polish tissue specialist...

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...

ICT’s Kostrzyn mill boosts capacity

Europe Helen Morris - May 19, 2016

ICT Poland has started up a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line at its Kostrzyn-based plant. The new line will add 70,000tpy of high-quality toilet and towel grades for the European market....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Eurovast restarts former Eurotec tissue mill in Italy, plans more investments

Europe Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

(News from RISI) - Production is up and running again at the former Eurotec Fabbriche di Vallico tissue mill near Lucca in Italy. Eurovast, which took over the 20,000tpy site earlier this...

ICT to double capacity at Spanish mill with new tissue PMP

Europe Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

(News from RISI) - Italy's Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti (ICT) will double the production capacity of its paper mill in El Burgo de Ebro, Spain, by installing a new 70,000tpy tissue paper...

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...

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