Northwood expands in Spain and the UK

Polish tissue company Velvet Care is going to take over Almus, a Polish sanitary paper products manufacturer. Velvet Care reports that a corresponding preliminary share purchase agreement was signed shortly before Christmas. The intended share purchase is currently being reviewed by the Polish Office of Competition and...

British Northwood Group has acquired a “significant share” in tissue products manufacturer Consuma Paper Products (CPP). CPP will be combined with Northwood’s Birmingham-based retail business, Northwood Consumer Limited (NCL), to create a “market leading retail focussed business”, as Northwood Group announced. CPP...

As part of its expansion project for the Mariestad mill in Sweden, Metsä Tissue has ordered a new tissue production line from Valmet. The scope of supply also includes an extensive package of stock preparation, automation and service solutions, reports Valmet, which did not disclose the value of the order. In an...