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– The Italian hygiene paper manufacturer Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti (ICT) has started up a new mill in Montargis, France. The new tissue machine with an installed capacity of 70,000 tpy began manufacturing in mid-July and the converting facility was now in full operation as well, ICT announced. Following the start-up of the new machine in Montargis, ICT operates a total of nine tissue machines at seven locations in Italy, Poland, France and Spain. The group’s total production capacity is put at 470,000 tpy.
The 5.6m-wide tissue machine installed in Montargis was supplied by Metso last year. ICT said the unit produces virgin-fibre tissue for the production of its Foxy brand as well as for other retail brands. ICT put the investment at €100m when the expansion project was announced in 2009, although the group said that it intended to make additional investments in Montargis.
The company is sticking to plans announced back in 2009 to install another tissue machine at the same site and raise its total output in France to 140,000 tpy. ICT said that it had yet to decide on the exact timetable for this second phase of the project.
31.08.2011
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