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Fabio Perini expands its footprint in Brazil to meet growth


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abio Perini SpA is enlarging its administrative offices at Joinville in Brazil and


its production plant to handle the increasing demand from the Brazilian and South American market for tissue paper and folded paper products. “Brazilian and South American


markets today are rapidly expanding and show a higher long-term growth rate than more mature markets like those in Europe and the US,” said Dineo Eduardo Silverio, chairman of Fabio Perini Ltda. “In South America, the tissue


paper market has been growing by at least 3 per cent a year, and we estimate a growth of around 15 per cent over the next five years.” The enlargement of the Joinville


plant is also marked by the entry of MTC, which offers systems for folded tissue products, to meet growing demand in South America. In November, an Open House


was set up at the Joinville site, where visitors could see the first operational MTC machine made entirely in Brazil. “Part of the growth of the tissue market comes from increased


consumption of folded paper products, and one of the reasons which drove us to bring MTC technology into Brazil was to answer this growing demand: surely one of the main requests


Mondi chief Peter Oswald to step down


International packaging and paper group Mondi started looking for new chief executive after Peter Oswald said he was resigning in January. Oswald said it had been an honour to have worked for Mondi and he was extremely proud of what they had achieved together. “While I am sad to be leaving,


I know the group is in the hands of a strong board and an experienced senior management team that will ensure its continued success,” Oswald said. He has been with the Mondi group for 27 years and was


January/February 2020


appointed chief executive in May 2017.


Finance chief Andrew King


will take over as interim chief executive after Oswald steps down and until a successor is appointed. Mondi’s chairman David Williams said Oswald had made an immense contribution to the growth and development of Mondi since joining in 1992, most notably during his tenure as chief executive of the former Europe and International division and subsequently as chief executive. “His drive to grow the business


The board thanks Peter for his contribution to the group and wishes him all the best for the future,” Williams said. In the UK, Mondi is planning


and his focus on ensuring Mondi’s long-term sustainable future have been invaluable to Mondi.


to close two plants making bags, pouches and laminates for the consumer industry with the loss of more than 200 jobs. The plants are at Deeside Industrial Park near Liverpool and at Nelson in Lancashire. A “change in demand for the niche products” was given as the reason for the decline in business at the sites, and a 45-day consultation process was started.


coming from the Latin American and South American market is for machinery to produce folded tissue paper products. In the coming years, we expect a further upward push,” says Silverio.


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