The European Paper Recycling Council is pleased to announce the appointment of its new chair Valeria Salvadori, representing EPRC member the European Tissue Symposium. She will take the helm of the Council for a two- year period as of April 2025, taking over from Andrea Orallo, Director for Recycling at ASPAPEL, who represented Cepi.
The ZELLCHEMING Association will celebrate two major milestones in 2025: 120 years since its founding and the 75th edition of the ZELLCHEMING-Expo. Together, these anniversaries mark 195 years of dedication to the pulp and paper industry — a legacy to be honored with a special edition of the Expo & Congress, held from July 1 to 3 at the RheinMain CongressCenter (RMCC) in Wiesbaden.
Global experts and varied industry stakeholders will meet at the Forest Products Latin America Conference 2025, for two days of networking and insights into the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the pulp, paper and packaging industry.
Sofidel just announced the entry into a Stalking Horse Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) to acquire certain assets of Royal Interco, LLC (“Royal Paper”).
Fortissue launches world's first fully electric tissue machine in collaboration with Toscotec
The Tissue World Conference and Exhibition officially opened its doors today in Düsseldorf, bringing together leading voices from the global tissue industry. Moderated by industry expert Jonathan Roberts, the opening conference sessions set the tone for three days of high-level discussion, networking, and business development.
Maurizio Patarnello brings over 30 years of exceptional leadership from global giants, where he successfully led multi-billion-dollar businesses, drove market expansion, and spearheaded digital transformation across 35 countries. His expertise will be instrumental to strengthen a leadership position and pursue new growth opportunities for Fine Hygienic Holding.
Consolidated Net Sales at €3.225 billion, EBITDA at 17.85%. The Shareholders' Meeting appoints the new Board of Directors of Sofidel SpA.
Ontex Group NV, a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, announces that it has completed the divestment of its Brazilian business activities to Softys S.A., a personal hygiene company with operations across Latin America and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empresas CMPC S.A., headquartered in Chile.
The Shareholders' Meeting of Sofidel closes 2024 with positive economic and financial results.
In 2025, ZELLCHEMING - the Association of Pulp and Paper Chemists and Engineers - looks back on 120 years of association history. At the same time the ZELLCHEMING-Expo celebrates its 75th anniversary. The two anniversaries have been combined - to celebrate 195 years in style!
The Pulp & Paper Alliance, a dedicated logistics network for the pulp and paper industry recently founded at the end of 2024, is excited to announce its inaugural conference, taking place September 15–17, 2025, at the Intercontinental, an IHG Hotel in Barcelona, Spain.
ABB today announced the introduction of ABB Ability™ Industrial Knowledge Vault, a generative AI-driven solution designed to solve the growing challenge of knowledge loss in industrial environments. Industrial Knowledge Vault, using Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, can store, retain and safeguard critical expertise while actively transforming that knowledge into step-by-step workflows. This enables workers to quickly access and apply best practices, empowering businesses to run leaner while preserving safe operations.
ABB has built on its relationship with Södra Cell, Sweden’s largest forest-owner association and leading pulp manufacturer, and will deploy advanced process control (APC) at the Mörrum mill. The new order comes under a strategic partnership between the two companies as they fulfil an ambition to develop new levels of efficiency, engagement and digitalization across the producer’s operations.
We are proud to share the news that our site in Koblenz, Germany, is on path to 100% renewable energy by 2029 – a global first for a Kimberly-Clark tissue manufacturing facility.
Metsä Fibre has chosen ISS Palvelut Oy as the safest service provider of the year 2024. The basis for the selection is ISS's strong commitment to occupational safety.
At the end of 2024, Lucart signed an order to install a new converting line in its Laval-sur-Vologne (Vosges area, Eastern France) workshop to produce folded hand towels. "This line meets strong market demand and will provide more than 6,000 t/year of additional production capacity," said Benoît Cottel, CEO of Lucart in France. "It will be installed next fall and will constitute the site's 10th converting line." The workshop's other lines are used to convert industrial wiping and hygiene products. The launch of this machine, which represents an investment of several million euros, will allow the recruitment of five converting line operators.
Valmet and the tissue paper manufacturer ICT have built a strong partnership for more than ten years. The latest collaboration— a new Advantage DCT 200 tissue line—was successfully started up at ICT’s mill in Pannes, France, in February 2025.
Valmet is to deliver a press roll for the TwinRoll wash press at Mercer Rosenthal mill in Germany. The new TwinRoll Press Roll will ensure the availability and performance of the press and increase its lifetime. The replacement roll will be delivered during the second quarter of 2026.
Today, Hygiene and health company Essity, has unveiled the world’s first tissue machine operating wholly on geothermal steam at its production facility in Kawerau, New Zealand. The annual CO2 emissions of the plant have been reduced by two-thirds.
On March 1st, Fibre Excellence Provence, located near Avignon (in the south of France), will launch its maintenance shutdown which will last around ten days. The total investment for this work exceeds 3 million euros. The operations will aim to modernize and make the plant more reliable. Around fifteen worksites will be opened across the mill, at the wood yard, the black liquor boiler and the digester. The roof of the fiber line will also be renovated.
Södra delivered a strong result for 2024. Operating profit totalled SEK 2,630 million and Södra’s Board proposes a profit distribution of SEK 1,753 million to members. During the year, the implementation of Södra’s strategy continued, with a focus on strengthening competitiveness in both the long and short term to create maximum value for forest estates.
Forest Products Europe Conference 2025 is just around the corner: March 3-5 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Ontex Group NV, a leading international developer and producer of personal care solutions, announces that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Turkish subsidiary to Dilek Grup. The transaction includes Ontex’s business in Türkiye and related export business, as well as its plant in Istanbul.
