Metsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative (Metsäliitto) and Japanese trading company Itochu Corporation (Itochu) have completed a transaction on 4 February 2026, in which Metsäliitto acquired a 5.1% stake in Metsä Fibre Oy (Metsä Fibre) from Itochu.
This year's funding application period for nature restoration and management projects aimed at strengthening the state of Finnish nature is open from February 1 to April 30, 2026.
Hygiene and health company Essity has completed the acquisition of Edgewell Personal Care’s feminine care business, including the Carefree, Stayfree and o.b. brands in North America and global feminine care rights for the Playtex brand. The purchase price for the assets amounts to USD 340m (approximately SEK 3bn) on a cash and debt-free basis. The acquisition supports Essity’s strategy to focus on high margin categories and to grow market positions in the US, the world’s largest hygiene market.
SCA delivered a total of 93.2 million seedlings in 2025. Of these, 49.2 million went to private forest owners, while the remainder were planted in SCA’s own forests. Roughly every fourth seedling planted in Swedish forests comes from SCA.
BHM INGENIEURE has been commissioned by FADERCO Spa and WARAK Spa to provide comprehensive engineering services for a new integrated tissue mill in the Mostaganem region, northwestern Algeria. This greenfield project represents the largest single investment in the history of Faderco Group and will result in one of the largest and most advanced integrated tissue production complexes in Africa, doubling the Group’s tissue production capacity.
Key Milestone in Creating a Global Health and Wellness Leader - Transaction Expected to Close in the Second Half of 2026
Tissue World Miami, North America’s largest and most influential tissue exhibition and conference is back and set to make history in 2026! Launched in 2002, this flagship event has become the ultimate meeting point for the global tissue industry, and this year’s edition promises to be the biggest and most impactful yet.
After reviewing and refining several details of the project, the LEGO® Maflex Unwinder is officially back online on the LEGO Ideas platform.
SCA has been awarded a Gold Medal in EcoVadis’ global sustainability assessment for 2025. At the same time, the company’s overall score has increased from 78 to 79, placing SCA among the top five percent of companies worldwide
The WEPA Group, one of the three largest European manufacturers of hygiene paper products, and MPH1865, a leading French manufacturer of hygiene paper products and soaps for the away-from-home (AFH) market, are considering a merger. The WEPA Group intends to acquire a majority stake in MPH1865.
Valmet has completed its most significant research and development program to date, Beyond Circularity, which ran for four years as part of Business Finland’s Veturi initiative. Launched in 2022, the program involved over 370 partners and aimed to advance sustainability and support customer industries in achieving carbon neutrality and a green transition.
The Fastmarkets Forest Products Europe Conference 2026 returns to Barcelona on March 9–11, bringing together 300+ senior decision makers from across Europe’s pulp, paper, packaging, and recycling value chain to exchange insight and engage in high-value strategic discussions.
CDP, one of the world’s leading independent organizations for measuring and reporting environmental performance, has assigned Sofidel an A‑ rating for Climate Change and an A‑ rating for Forests.
Tissue World Miami, North America’s largest and most influential tissue exhibition and conference is back and set to make history in 2026! Launched in 2002, this flagship event has become the ultimate meeting point for the global tissue industry, and this year’s edition promises to be the biggest and most impactful yet.
Algerian tissue producer WARAK, a subsidiary of the Faderco Group continues partnering with Valmet by investing in a state-of-the-art Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line combined with an extensive automation package. This is the company’s third tissue line order from Valmet which will boost capacity and set new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and quality in Northern Africa.
The paper group based in Porcari (Lucca) presents in Bologna its first line of tissue and household paper products made with a percentage of bamboo fiber.
Metsä Group’s summer job application period opens today and runs until 15 February 2026. We offer a wide variety of responsible summer job opportunities across Finland – at production sites, in group functions, business areas and wood supply districts. Students from diverse educational backgrounds are welcome to apply, whether they are at the beginning or at an advanced stage of their studies.
A new advertising campaign featuring one of Sofidel's flagship products, Rotoloni Regina, will air starting Sunday, January 11.
Buckman, the specialty chemical company, announces a 5- 12% price increase for impacted product lines, effective February 1st, 2026, or as contracts allow. This price adjustment is necessary to overcome pressure from inflation, transportation, labor costs, increased regulations, associated regulatory costs and key material costs.
A happy and successful year 2026 to our industry colleagues around the world!
Valmet has been selected to replace five existing tissue machine shoe presses with its state-of-the-art Advantage ViscoNip press technology for Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. in China. The rebuilds will be carried out at the mills in Chongqing, Jiangxi and Guangdong.
AFRY will carry out detailed design for Kemira’s new activated carbon plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. The project aims to meet the growing demand for sustainable water treatment solutions.
Toscotec announced the successful start-up of the PM5 tissue line at Saudi Paper Group’s facility. This turnkey project follows the supply of a complete AHEAD 2.2S line in 2022.
Guangxi Botare Yuantrove Paper has awarded international technology group ANDRITZ an order to supply a state-of-the-art lime kiln plant for its new pulp mill in Yugui Industrial Park, Guigang City, China. The start-up is scheduled for the second quarter of 2026.
