Turkish company Lila Kagit is continuing its growth path in the tissue sector. Finnish machine engineering company Valmet reported that the Turkish company had ordered its fifth tissue machine in total, which will be the first tissue machine for its new Erzurum production facility. According to both Valmet and Lila Kagit, the machine will have a capacity of 70,000 tpy. Valmet put the TM's width at 5.6 m and its design speed at 2,200 m/min.
Lila Kagit is currently building a new tissue mill in Erzurum. While its Corlu site is located in the northwest of Turkey, the Erzurum mill is situated in the far east of the country. The company sees demand in the region and wants to be close to its customers. "We aim to deliver products faster and at lower logistics costs to markets with a population exceeding 30 million, including a large portion of Anatolia as well as nearby markets like Georgia, Iraq, and Azerbaijan," said Lila Kagit's CEO Alp Öğücü in a statement made in late 2024.
Lila Kagit started construction of the new Erzurum mill in May 2024. At the time, the investment sum for the project was expected to exceed TL3bn. According to reports made in November 2024, the converting section is scheduled to be launched this summer, while the production of jumbo rolls will start in 2027.
Lila Kagit was founded in 2006 and has been growing ever since. The company currently operates one mill in Corlu, which operates four tissue machines with a total capacity of 270,000 tpy. The site further houses 26 converting machines and 53 packaging machines. The company produces hygienic cleaning paper products such as toilet paper, paper towels, tissue paper, handkerchiefs and napkins and sells its products under the Sofia, Maylo, UltraBerrak, and Nua brands. Approximately 40 per cent of the company's tissue paper production is processed in the converting facility at the Corlu site, while the remaining part is sold to the market.
Lila Kagit is part of the Lila Group conglomerate, which is active in different sectors: tissue paper, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), energy, and textile.
