Pulp Paper & Logistics


VALMET 19


Innovative new pulper rotor geometry increases disintegration efficiency and shortens retention time. This in turn lowers energy consumption and increases pulping capacity.


Essity at a glance


“We need to pulp the fibres well, because that’s when the dyes are fixed to the cellulose. We also use wet strength broke from the machine, which is difficult to repulp after storage,” says Collodi mill manager Vittorio Bellucci


Essity is a leading global hygiene and health products manufacturer with sales in more than 150 countries. Its best-known brands are TENA in the incontinence care segment and Tork in the away-from-home professional hygiene segment, while others include JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. With headquarters in Stockholm, Essity has about 47,000 employees with sales in 2018 of SEK118.5bn (€11.6bn). Its Personal Care division has 37 production sites in 24 countries; Consumer Tissue has 47 sites in 19 countries; and Professional Hygiene had 45 sites in 18 countries. Essity has three production sites in central Italy: Altopascio (LU), Porcari (LU) and Collodi (PT).


Photography by Kaisamaija Marttila and Joonas Nieminen January/February 2020


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