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Eruslu moves into tissue production with TM investment

Helen Morris - September 8, 2026

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LC Paper boosts capacity with Perini investment

Helen Morris - September 8, 2026

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Geris boosts converting efficiencies with investment

Helen Morris - September 8, 2026

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Tissue World Magazine - September 8, 2026

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Cartiera del Vignaletto boosts production capacity with plant upgrade

Helen Morris - August 12, 2026

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Navigator reports net profit up 85% in Q2 results; tissue segment shows “growth trajectory at a global level”

Helen Morris - July 28, 2026

Ulrika Kolsrud, President and Chief Executive, Essity

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Essity reports higher volumes and resilient profitability in latest results

Helen Morris - July 28, 2026

SCA to shut up shop at Mediona tissue mill in Spain

Europe Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

(News from RISI) - SCA is set to close its tissue mill in Sant Joan de Mediona, Barcelona. In future, the production of mother reels in Spain will be concentrated at SCA’s...

Lucart Group acquires Bokk Paper

Europe Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

Italian producer Lucart Group has acquired the total capital of Bokk Paper, the main independent Hungarian player in the AfH tissue products market. The name of the company has already been changed...

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....

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...

Workers stage 24 hour strike at SCA’s Saint-Etienne du Rouvray tissue plant in France

Europe Helen Morris - May 19, 2016

(News from RISI) - Employees at SCA’s Saint-Etienne du Rouvray tissue plant in France downed tools for 24 hours on May 12, stopping production at the factory. The employees were protesting against...

Norske Skog and Roto-cart sever tissue ties; project to produce tissue at Bruck publication...

Europe Helen Morris - May 4, 2016

(News from RISI) - Norske Skog and Italy’s Roto-cart are no longer partnering on the project to replace the newsprint PM at Norske Skog’s Bruck mill in Austria with a tissue...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wepa Professional Piechowice to boost capacity

Europe Helen Morris - March 23, 2016

Wepa Professional Piechowice is to boost its capacity after it signed for a Toscotec-supplied tissue line to be installed at its Poland-based site. The new AHEAD-2.0S line will strengthen Wepa’s recent strategic growth...

Kimberly-Clark Europe boosts Swiss converting facilities

Europe Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Kimberly-Clark Europe has invested in the latest generation Futura JOI Embosser for an existing tissue converting line at its Niederbipp facility in Switzerland. The new JOI Embosser started up in October 2015 and...

UK-based Poppies Europe boosts converting production

Europe Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Tissue producer Poppies Europe has invested in three OMET napkin production lines. They will join six existing OMET lines installed by the company in the last two years. Poppies Europe has been operating...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

WEPA Giershagen boosts capacity

Europe Helen Morris - December 2, 2015

WEPA Giershagen has increased its high quality tissue capacity by 32,000tpy after it started up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD line. The turnkey Toscotec delivery for the new TM#19 is based on the best...

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...

Wepa starts up tissue line in France

Europe Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

The Wepa Group has started up a Toscotec-supplied tissue line in Lille, France. The 2.8m-wide machine came on-stream after the commissioning period and is now producing high quality tissue products. It has a...

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:...

Portucel targets tissue market with €120m investment

Europe Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

The Portucel Soporcel group is to significantly boost its tissue capacity after announcing plans to install a new tissue machine at its Cacia pulp mill. The €120 million investment will increase the...

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...

2015 July/August Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - July 7, 2015

GERMANY Man killed in accident at Metsä Tissue’s Stotzheim facility in Germany A 41-year-old truck driver was killed in an accident at Metsä Tissue’s Stotzheim facility in Euskirchen in Germany on 29 April. According...

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...

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...

Romania – overall weakness offset by strength in T&T

Europe Bill Burns - January 22, 2015

By Fisher International’s Bill Burns Romania had enjoyed a diverse and solid paper industry for many years. In the last decade, however, the shrinking global market for printing and writing and newsprint...

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...

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...

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...

Benelux – success tied to world markets and EU trade

Europe Bill Burns - May 12, 2014

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International The Benelux Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg) represent good trading partners in the European Union (EU). Belgium and the Netherlands (the only towel and tissue...

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...

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...

2014 March / April – Europe News

Europe Helen Morris - April 2, 2014

ITALY Guinness World Record: the world’s largest collection of tissue packs goes to... Italy’s Silvio Fioravanti has been awarded a Guinness World Record for his collection of tissue packets. He started his collection...

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...

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