ABB has introduced its Automation Extended program, a strategic evolution of its distributed control systems (DCS), designed to help industries modernize without disruption. Building on ABB’s long-
Valmet will supply three IntelliTissue 1600 tissue machines to Yusen Group for its mills in Tai'an, Liaoning Province, and Chongxin, Gansu Province, China.
The shareholders and directors of Northwood have announced that they have acquired the complete mill and converting facility of the Coleshill site of Kimberly-Clark (K-C) as well as the Flint site of K-C Personal Care.
AFT (Aikawa Fiber Technologies) is proud to announce the successful installation and start-up of a MaxEdge150™ refiner with AFTLinx™ diagnostic service on PM5 at Essity’s Mannheim mill in Germany building on a successful previous delivery. This marks AFT’s first refining project with Essity, reinforcing a trusted partnership. The new system supports Essity’s goal of improving tissue quality at its largest mill in Europe and a key hub for hygiene brands like Zewa and Tempo.
Further to the information posted this morning, February 9th, we received the following responses from Fibre Excellence. As a reminder, the group's two mills are facing a combination of factors that are significantly impacting their competitiveness.
A demonstration in support of Fibre Excellence Saint-Gaudens took place on January 31st, drawing several thousand people. Local elected officials also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister to alert him to the urgency of the situation. This mill, which produces market pulp, was shut down for five weeks last November. Today, according to the local press and the letter signed by the elected officials, it is threatened with closure by March 15th. The same applies to the group's other site, Fibre Excellence Provence. In November 2025, Fibre Excellence explained in a press release that it had "invested more than €55 million in the Saint-Gaudens mill over the past three years to improve its performance and competitiveness. However, production costs are currently heavily impacted by high input costs. The French price of pulpwood has increased by 50% compared to 2022. The pulp market is international and highly competitive. This market is currently experiencing a decline in demand and prices.…
Futura and Plusline are proud to thank ERUSLU for the trust and strong partnership confirmed with the order of six new ANDROMEDA TISSUE converting lines in a complete "Jumbo to Pallet" configuration.
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.
