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DALLAS, TX, Oct. 16, 2019 (PRNewswire) -Kimberly-Clark earned the SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for leadership in environmentally responsible shipping as well as two prestigious Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards for its social impact programs, With U She Can and Toilets Change Lives.

The 2019 SmartWay Excellence Award marks the tenth time Kimberly-Clark has been ranked amongst the top 2% of all SmartWay shippers who meet or exceed the emissions and carrier selection standards EPA outlines for clean, efficient transportation. The company announced in July that it had exceeded its global GHG reduction goals four years early and would double its goals by 2022.

SmartWay high performers are also evaluated by their integration of freight into their sustainability outreach, planning and progress. Kimberly-Clark's commitment to enlisting their extensive network of carriers into the EPA program has been a hallmark of the company's efforts and environmental impact.

"We are committed to using our leadership position to bring other carriers into our sustainability journey because these standards have an incredible impact on air quality and our carbon footprint," said Scott DeGroot, vice president of transportation for Kimberly-Clark. "By implementing SmartWay standards over the past decade, Kimberly-Clark has saved more than 100 million gallons of diesel fuel and reduced greenhouse gas emission by an estimated 1 million tons."

The company's social impact programs are also yielding benefits for millions of people in need. The company was selected from more than 90 finalists for the Ethical Corporation Responsible Business awards, which recognize leadership in the movement towards a sustainable future.

With U She Can, the signature program of Kimberly-Clark's U by Kotex brand designed to provide period products to women in need, received Ethical Corporation's Community Impact Award. U by Kotex joined forces with the National Diaper Bank Network in May 2018 to form the Alliance for Period Supplies. As the organization's founding sponsor, U by Kotex reached out to retail partners to conduct buy-donate programs and dramatically increase donations. By May of 2019, U by Kotex donated products and retailer donations reached 17 million products.

Kimberly-Clark's Toilets Change Lives platform was also recognized by Ethical Corporation for Sustainable Development Goal Impact. The company's flagship multi-national program funds work to improve access to sanitation. Through partnerships between its well-known brands like Andrex, Scott, Baby Soft, Suave, and global NGOs like Water For People and WaterAid, Kimberly-Clark is creating consumer engagement in the global sanitation crisis while supporting sanitation education, advocacy, and programs to build toilets, impacting more than 1.5 million people around the world.

Kimberly-Clark was also shortlisted for two additional awards: Circular Innovation and Clean Energy Transition. Between the four shortlists and two wins, Kimberly-Clark was the most recognized company in 2019 by the Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards.

About Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what's important to them. Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Viva and WypAll, hold No. 1 or No. 2 share positions in 80 countries. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy planet, build strong communities, and ensure our business thrives for decades to come.

Kimberly-Clark wins SmartWay Excellence Award from US Environmental Protection Agency

Posted in: Tissue 10/17/2019 - 05:05

DALLAS, TX, Oct. 16, 2019 (PRNewswire) -Kimberly-Clark earned the SmartWay Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for leadership in environmentally responsible shipping as well as two prestigious Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards for its social impact programs, With U She Can and Toilets Change Lives.

The 2019 SmartWay Excellence Award marks the tenth time Kimberly-Clark has been ranked amongst the top 2% of all SmartWay shippers who meet or exceed the emissions and carrier selection standards EPA outlines for clean, efficient transportation. The company announced in July that it had exceeded its global GHG reduction goals four years early and would double its goals by 2022.

SmartWay high performers are also evaluated by their integration of freight into their sustainability outreach, planning and progress. Kimberly-Clark's commitment to enlisting their extensive network of carriers into the EPA program has been a hallmark of the company's efforts and environmental impact.

"We are committed to using our leadership position to bring other carriers into our sustainability journey because these standards have an incredible impact on air quality and our carbon footprint," said Scott DeGroot, vice president of transportation for Kimberly-Clark. "By implementing SmartWay standards over the past decade, Kimberly-Clark has saved more than 100 million gallons of diesel fuel and reduced greenhouse gas emission by an estimated 1 million tons."

The company's social impact programs are also yielding benefits for millions of people in need. The company was selected from more than 90 finalists for the Ethical Corporation Responsible Business awards, which recognize leadership in the movement towards a sustainable future.

With U She Can, the signature program of Kimberly-Clark's U by Kotex brand designed to provide period products to women in need, received Ethical Corporation's Community Impact Award. U by Kotex joined forces with the National Diaper Bank Network in May 2018 to form the Alliance for Period Supplies. As the organization's founding sponsor, U by Kotex reached out to retail partners to conduct buy-donate programs and dramatically increase donations. By May of 2019, U by Kotex donated products and retailer donations reached 17 million products.

Kimberly-Clark's Toilets Change Lives platform was also recognized by Ethical Corporation for Sustainable Development Goal Impact. The company's flagship multi-national program funds work to improve access to sanitation. Through partnerships between its well-known brands like Andrex, Scott, Baby Soft, Suave, and global NGOs like Water For People and WaterAid, Kimberly-Clark is creating consumer engagement in the global sanitation crisis while supporting sanitation education, advocacy, and programs to build toilets, impacting more than 1.5 million people around the world.

Kimberly-Clark was also shortlisted for two additional awards: Circular Innovation and Clean Energy Transition. Between the four shortlists and two wins, Kimberly-Clark was the most recognized company in 2019 by the Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards.

About Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what's important to them. Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Viva and WypAll, hold No. 1 or No. 2 share positions in 80 countries. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy planet, build strong communities, and ensure our business thrives for decades to come.

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CINCINNATI, OH, Oct. 8, 2019 (Press Release) -David Taylor, CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G) was told the company profited from a “wasteful, globally-harmful” practice—turning trees from the world’s largest, most carbon-rich intact forest into throwaway tissue products—in a letter signed by leaders of more than 115 environmental, conservation, consumer and student groups in the U.S. and Canada. The letter was delivered to shareholders at P&G’s general meeting on Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth, non-profit environmental advocacy organizations, which also organized a rally outside the meeting in Cincinnati.

The letter, which cited “deep concern that Charmin” and other P&G brands contain no recycled materials or alternative fibers and decried the toll their activities were taking on endangered species and the climate, urged the company to apply its 181-year history of innovation to create tissue products that are truly sustainable.

“In the face of the worst environmental crisis our planet has ever faced, there is simply no excuse for P&G to continue flushing our forests down the toilet with its unsustainable business practices,” said Shelley Vinyard, Boreal Corporate Campaign Manager for NRDC. “Nature’s call is loud and clear: Charmin must stop sourcing from threatened species habitat and forests that are vital to fixing our climate emergency, now.”

Consumers need to know that P&G’s products are made with threatened species habitat and carbon-rich ancient forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, International Program Director at Stand.earth and one of the winners of the 2019 Climate Breakthrough Project Award. “As a Canadian, it pains me to know that Procter & Gamble allows U.S. consumers to be unknowingly complicit in destroying endangered forests for single-use toilet paper and tissue products.”

To call attention to P&G’s failure to address its role in climate chaos, tyvek-clad protesters rallied outside the company’s annual meeting in downtown Cincinnati wearing signs that say “Charmin: Stop Flushing Our Forests”—joined by a chainsaw-wielding bear inspired by Charmin’s iconic branding. As shareholders made their way into the meeting, activists handed out 100% recycled “Who Gives a Crap” toilet paper and explained how P&G sources its fiber from clearcut forests and refuses to add recycled or alternative fiber to its Charmin toilet paper.

P&G’s shareholders meeting comes amidst increased calls from consumers and climate change activists for the company to use its extensive resources to create and deliver products with recycled and responsibly-sourced content that is better for the planet. Especially its toilet paper. Specifically, P&G is under fire for its Charmin brand, which uses no recycled content and is instead made using 100% virgin fiber from ancient trees, much of which is clear-cut from the Canadian boreal forest (the “Amazon of the North”). More than 200,000 people have signed petitions calling for P&G to change its sourcing practices and reduce its reliance on virgin forest fiber for its tissue products.

“The Canadian boreal forest stores nearly twice as much carbon as the world’s combined oil reserves,” said Anthony Swift, Director of NRDC’s Canada Project. “Keeping that carbon locked in the boreal’s trees and soils has to be a critical part of our global climate strategy – and that means companies like P&G must rethink what they’re using to make throwaway tissue products.”

NRDC and Stand.earth will hold a media availability today beginning at 11 a.m. ET outside Procter & Gamble’s headquarters, located at 301 E. 6thStreet in downtown Cincinnati, immediately following the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The groups will react to the outcomes of the meeting and also discuss the “Issue with Tissue” report on toilet paper, which takes P&G and the largest tissue manufacturers to task for destroying Canada’s Boreal forest and exacerbating the world’s climate crisis by using no recycled content in their toilet paper.

Source: Natural Resources Defense Council

Environmental, other groups call on P&G to increase recycled fibers in tissue products, preserve forests, species habitat

Posted in: Tissue 10/12/2019 - 14:48

CINCINNATI, OH, Oct. 8, 2019 (Press Release) -David Taylor, CEO of Procter & Gamble (P&G) was told the company profited from a “wasteful, globally-harmful” practice—turning trees from the world’s largest, most carbon-rich intact forest into throwaway tissue products—in a letter signed by leaders of more than 115 environmental, conservation, consumer and student groups in the U.S. and Canada. The letter was delivered to shareholders at P&G’s general meeting on Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth, non-profit environmental advocacy organizations, which also organized a rally outside the meeting in Cincinnati.

The letter, which cited “deep concern that Charmin” and other P&G brands contain no recycled materials or alternative fibers and decried the toll their activities were taking on endangered species and the climate, urged the company to apply its 181-year history of innovation to create tissue products that are truly sustainable.

“In the face of the worst environmental crisis our planet has ever faced, there is simply no excuse for P&G to continue flushing our forests down the toilet with its unsustainable business practices,” said Shelley Vinyard, Boreal Corporate Campaign Manager for NRDC. “Nature’s call is loud and clear: Charmin must stop sourcing from threatened species habitat and forests that are vital to fixing our climate emergency, now.”

Consumers need to know that P&G’s products are made with threatened species habitat and carbon-rich ancient forests,” said Tzeporah Berman, International Program Director at Stand.earth and one of the winners of the 2019 Climate Breakthrough Project Award. “As a Canadian, it pains me to know that Procter & Gamble allows U.S. consumers to be unknowingly complicit in destroying endangered forests for single-use toilet paper and tissue products.”

To call attention to P&G’s failure to address its role in climate chaos, tyvek-clad protesters rallied outside the company’s annual meeting in downtown Cincinnati wearing signs that say “Charmin: Stop Flushing Our Forests”—joined by a chainsaw-wielding bear inspired by Charmin’s iconic branding. As shareholders made their way into the meeting, activists handed out 100% recycled “Who Gives a Crap” toilet paper and explained how P&G sources its fiber from clearcut forests and refuses to add recycled or alternative fiber to its Charmin toilet paper.

P&G’s shareholders meeting comes amidst increased calls from consumers and climate change activists for the company to use its extensive resources to create and deliver products with recycled and responsibly-sourced content that is better for the planet. Especially its toilet paper. Specifically, P&G is under fire for its Charmin brand, which uses no recycled content and is instead made using 100% virgin fiber from ancient trees, much of which is clear-cut from the Canadian boreal forest (the “Amazon of the North”). More than 200,000 people have signed petitions calling for P&G to change its sourcing practices and reduce its reliance on virgin forest fiber for its tissue products.

“The Canadian boreal forest stores nearly twice as much carbon as the world’s combined oil reserves,” said Anthony Swift, Director of NRDC’s Canada Project. “Keeping that carbon locked in the boreal’s trees and soils has to be a critical part of our global climate strategy – and that means companies like P&G must rethink what they’re using to make throwaway tissue products.”

NRDC and Stand.earth will hold a media availability today beginning at 11 a.m. ET outside Procter & Gamble’s headquarters, located at 301 E. 6thStreet in downtown Cincinnati, immediately following the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The groups will react to the outcomes of the meeting and also discuss the “Issue with Tissue” report on toilet paper, which takes P&G and the largest tissue manufacturers to task for destroying Canada’s Boreal forest and exacerbating the world’s climate crisis by using no recycled content in their toilet paper.

Source: Natural Resources Defense Council

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LUCCA, ITALY, Oct. 7, 2019 (Press Release) -Fabio Perini Spa presents at MIAC Proxima S6, the cutting edge rewinder designed to guarantee excellent performances and quality for every type of Away From Home product. Based on the proven Sincro Winding System, Proxima S6 can reach a speed of 600 m/min while drastically reducing product changeover times, since core diameter, roll diameter and length and perforation pitch can be adjusted directly from the control panel.

“It is estimated that over 21 million tons of tissue products, almost one third of the market – Stefano Palazzesi, Marketing Product Manager, comments – are destined to Away From Home products, with global demand driven by Northern America and Europe but growing very rapidly in the Asia-Pacific countries: products designed for this sector have such totally different features that they require specifically designed lines to minimize, for instance, continuous format adjustments”.

Indeed, Proxima S6 allows maximum flexibility in logs handling (with diameters from 90 to 350 mm), thanks to the quick change of core diameter and perforation pitch by the HMI panel, and to a double perforation assembly with 4 and 6 blades.

The core glueing is always clean and efficient thanks to the glue blade.

The use of independent servomotors and drives makes both machinery use and maintenance extremely easy and require a minimum of manual interventions. In addition, state-of-the-art technologies allow noise reduction and energy savings. To top it all, particular focus was put on ergonomy and accessibility for all the groups of Proxima S6, i.e. by incorporating a mobile platform for easy access to the perforation area and to the edge embossers.

“Proxima S6 – Stefano Palazzesi, Marketing Product Manager, says – is centered on meeting our customers’ requirements in a market, such as the Away From Home business, where product adjustments must be done continuously, covering very different characteristics. Proxima S6 incorporates different technologies, already fully proven, allowing to process several high and low density professional products. However, its greatest innovation is its flexibility and ease of product adjustment, performed simply by a command on the HMI control panel”.

Fabio Perini to present Proxima S6 rewinder for every type of away from home product at MIAC

Posted in: Tissue 10/07/2019 - 06:57

LUCCA, ITALY, Oct. 7, 2019 (Press Release) -Fabio Perini Spa presents at MIAC Proxima S6, the cutting edge rewinder designed to guarantee excellent performances and quality for every type of Away From Home product. Based on the proven Sincro Winding System, Proxima S6 can reach a speed of 600 m/min while drastically reducing product changeover times, since core diameter, roll diameter and length and perforation pitch can be adjusted directly from the control panel.

“It is estimated that over 21 million tons of tissue products, almost one third of the market – Stefano Palazzesi, Marketing Product Manager, comments – are destined to Away From Home products, with global demand driven by Northern America and Europe but growing very rapidly in the Asia-Pacific countries: products designed for this sector have such totally different features that they require specifically designed lines to minimize, for instance, continuous format adjustments”.

Indeed, Proxima S6 allows maximum flexibility in logs handling (with diameters from 90 to 350 mm), thanks to the quick change of core diameter and perforation pitch by the HMI panel, and to a double perforation assembly with 4 and 6 blades.

The core glueing is always clean and efficient thanks to the glue blade.

The use of independent servomotors and drives makes both machinery use and maintenance extremely easy and require a minimum of manual interventions. In addition, state-of-the-art technologies allow noise reduction and energy savings. To top it all, particular focus was put on ergonomy and accessibility for all the groups of Proxima S6, i.e. by incorporating a mobile platform for easy access to the perforation area and to the edge embossers.

“Proxima S6 – Stefano Palazzesi, Marketing Product Manager, says – is centered on meeting our customers’ requirements in a market, such as the Away From Home business, where product adjustments must be done continuously, covering very different characteristics. Proxima S6 incorporates different technologies, already fully proven, allowing to process several high and low density professional products. However, its greatest innovation is its flexibility and ease of product adjustment, performed simply by a command on the HMI control panel”.

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SHIKOKU, Japan, Sept. 26, 2019 (Press Release) -Daio Paper Corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”) hereby announces that the board of directors of the Company approved a resolution at the meeting held today (September 26) to install additional state-of-the-art household paper production facilities to fortify stable supply to the domestic market and strengthen exports to Asian countries such as China in order to fulfill the needs of the market and consumers as the manufacturer of Japan’s top household paper brand.

The facilities will be installed at the Company’s Kawanoe Mill (Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture; papermaking facility), which was converted into a household paper mill in October 2018, and the Kani Mill (Kani City, Gifu Prefecture; converting facility).

The papermaking facility to be installed at the Kawanoe Mill will be a high-speed machine with wide wire width that makes use of highly cost competitive pulp and energy supplied from the Mishima Mill that is located next to an international trade port. The converting facility to be installed at the Kani Mill will make full use of the mill’s locational advantage that facilitates flexibility in the supply of products to high demand areas in Japan, from the Tokyo metropolitan area to the Kansai area.

Through an optimization in production balance involving both the facilities to be added and existing facilities, the Company will establish a manufacturing structure that enables the stable supply of all categories of household paper (facial tissue, toilet paper and kitchen paper) to the domestic market. Moreover, the Company will ensure that the household paper produced at Kawanoe Mill could be exported in the form of jumbo rolls to its overseas production bases to escalate the sales of household paper in Asia, with a focus on China.

In recent years, the Company has fortified its manufacturing structure to meet the growth in demand for high value-added products such as lotion tissue and deodorizing toilet paper. Having reached the 40th anniversary of the Elleair brand in 2019, the Company sets out to fulfill the increasingly growing and diversifying needs of the markets and consumers of Japan and other regions of the world.

The Company plans to procure the funds for this project through debt based financing, etc. Please also note that this matter will have no significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

-Overview of Plan

Production capacity: Approximately 4,500t per month

Investment amount: Approximately 20.0 billion yen

Sites of installation: Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture (Kawanoe Mill, the Company); Kani City, Gifu Prefecture (Kani Mill, the Company)

Start date of operation: September 2021

Daio Paper to install additional household paper production facilities at its Kawanoe mill in Shikoku, Japan

Posted in: Tissue 09/26/2019 - 05:09

SHIKOKU, Japan, Sept. 26, 2019 (Press Release) -Daio Paper Corporation (hereinafter, the “Company”) hereby announces that the board of directors of the Company approved a resolution at the meeting held today (September 26) to install additional state-of-the-art household paper production facilities to fortify stable supply to the domestic market and strengthen exports to Asian countries such as China in order to fulfill the needs of the market and consumers as the manufacturer of Japan’s top household paper brand.

The facilities will be installed at the Company’s Kawanoe Mill (Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture; papermaking facility), which was converted into a household paper mill in October 2018, and the Kani Mill (Kani City, Gifu Prefecture; converting facility).

The papermaking facility to be installed at the Kawanoe Mill will be a high-speed machine with wide wire width that makes use of highly cost competitive pulp and energy supplied from the Mishima Mill that is located next to an international trade port. The converting facility to be installed at the Kani Mill will make full use of the mill’s locational advantage that facilitates flexibility in the supply of products to high demand areas in Japan, from the Tokyo metropolitan area to the Kansai area.

Through an optimization in production balance involving both the facilities to be added and existing facilities, the Company will establish a manufacturing structure that enables the stable supply of all categories of household paper (facial tissue, toilet paper and kitchen paper) to the domestic market. Moreover, the Company will ensure that the household paper produced at Kawanoe Mill could be exported in the form of jumbo rolls to its overseas production bases to escalate the sales of household paper in Asia, with a focus on China.

In recent years, the Company has fortified its manufacturing structure to meet the growth in demand for high value-added products such as lotion tissue and deodorizing toilet paper. Having reached the 40th anniversary of the Elleair brand in 2019, the Company sets out to fulfill the increasingly growing and diversifying needs of the markets and consumers of Japan and other regions of the world.

The Company plans to procure the funds for this project through debt based financing, etc. Please also note that this matter will have no significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

-Overview of Plan

Production capacity: Approximately 4,500t per month

Investment amount: Approximately 20.0 billion yen

Sites of installation: Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture (Kawanoe Mill, the Company); Kani City, Gifu Prefecture (Kani Mill, the Company)

Start date of operation: September 2021

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PORCARI, Italy , Sept. 11, 2019 (Press Release) -The decision regards its Italian companies as of 1st July and will be extended over the coming months to all Group companies across Europe and the US.

A few weeks ago, the company also announced it will halve the use of conventional plastic in its production by 2030.

Sofidel, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue paper for hygienic and domestic use, particularly well-known for its Regina brand, has decided to abandon use of disposable plastic items in its workplaces.

In Italian offices and production sites, all disposable plastic bottles, glasses, plates and cutlery have been eliminated, replaced with more sustainable materials or ones with a more consolidated recycling system such as, for example, returnable glass bottles, aluminium cans, wood pulp plates and glasses, and wooden cutlery. This protocol will be extended over the coming months to all Group companies in the 13 countries across which Sofidel operates in Europe and the US.

The decision to eliminate disposable plastic in the work environments comes just a few weeks after the company announced that it will halve use of conventional plastic in its production by 2030. This will be achieved with the introduction of new paper packaging, already present or due to arrive on European distribution shelves, the progressive use, on some markets, of recycled plastics or bioplastics, and a general reduction in the thickness of the plastic film used in the production process (launched some years ago).

The commitment begins with the Sofidel brands (including Regina, Cosynel, Nalys, Le Trèfle, Sopalin and KittenSoft), many of which are leaders on their reference markets.

The Sofidel Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue paper for hygienic and domestic use and has its headquarters in Porcari, Italy. Founded in 1966, the Group is present in 13 countries and currently counts more than 6,000 employees. With an annual production capacity of 1,308,000 tonnes, the Group is second in Europe and sixth in the world in its sector.

Sofidel has always placed strategic importance on sustainability as a strategic lever for development and growth, setting itself the goal of reducing its environmental impact to a minimum and maximising benefits for society. Sofidel has been the first Italian manufacturer, and the world’s first in the tissue sector, to have joined WWF’s flagship climate leadership programme – WWF Climate Savers – that seeks to transform businesses into leaders of the low-carbon economy by setting particularly ambitious objectives.  

To date, Sofidel has reduced direct emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere by 18.3% (reduction in carbon intensity, 2009-2018). To achieve this result, the company invested in ten years (2009 – 2018) about 100 million euros in cogeneration plants and energy production from renewable sources (photovoltaic and hydroelectric), biomass power plants and energy efficiency. Furthermore, Sofidel limits its use of water within production processes (7.1 l/kg against a sector benchmark of 15–25 l/kg) and sources 100% of pulp certified by independent third parties with forest certification schemes (FSC, FSC Controlled Wood, SFI, PEFC).

Sofidel to stop use of disposable plastic items at its workplaces

Posted in: Tissue 09/11/2019 - 04:22

PORCARI, Italy , Sept. 11, 2019 (Press Release) -The decision regards its Italian companies as of 1st July and will be extended over the coming months to all Group companies across Europe and the US.

A few weeks ago, the company also announced it will halve the use of conventional plastic in its production by 2030.

Sofidel, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue paper for hygienic and domestic use, particularly well-known for its Regina brand, has decided to abandon use of disposable plastic items in its workplaces.

In Italian offices and production sites, all disposable plastic bottles, glasses, plates and cutlery have been eliminated, replaced with more sustainable materials or ones with a more consolidated recycling system such as, for example, returnable glass bottles, aluminium cans, wood pulp plates and glasses, and wooden cutlery. This protocol will be extended over the coming months to all Group companies in the 13 countries across which Sofidel operates in Europe and the US.

The decision to eliminate disposable plastic in the work environments comes just a few weeks after the company announced that it will halve use of conventional plastic in its production by 2030. This will be achieved with the introduction of new paper packaging, already present or due to arrive on European distribution shelves, the progressive use, on some markets, of recycled plastics or bioplastics, and a general reduction in the thickness of the plastic film used in the production process (launched some years ago).

The commitment begins with the Sofidel brands (including Regina, Cosynel, Nalys, Le Trèfle, Sopalin and KittenSoft), many of which are leaders on their reference markets.

The Sofidel Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tissue paper for hygienic and domestic use and has its headquarters in Porcari, Italy. Founded in 1966, the Group is present in 13 countries and currently counts more than 6,000 employees. With an annual production capacity of 1,308,000 tonnes, the Group is second in Europe and sixth in the world in its sector.

Sofidel has always placed strategic importance on sustainability as a strategic lever for development and growth, setting itself the goal of reducing its environmental impact to a minimum and maximising benefits for society. Sofidel has been the first Italian manufacturer, and the world’s first in the tissue sector, to have joined WWF’s flagship climate leadership programme – WWF Climate Savers – that seeks to transform businesses into leaders of the low-carbon economy by setting particularly ambitious objectives.  

To date, Sofidel has reduced direct emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere by 18.3% (reduction in carbon intensity, 2009-2018). To achieve this result, the company invested in ten years (2009 – 2018) about 100 million euros in cogeneration plants and energy production from renewable sources (photovoltaic and hydroelectric), biomass power plants and energy efficiency. Furthermore, Sofidel limits its use of water within production processes (7.1 l/kg against a sector benchmark of 15–25 l/kg) and sources 100% of pulp certified by independent third parties with forest certification schemes (FSC, FSC Controlled Wood, SFI, PEFC).

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BURLINGTON, ON, Sept. 4, 2019 (CNW) -Bunzl Canada (bunzlcanada.ca) today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art distribution centre in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. The company's previous investments in the province have included the acquisition of sanitation supply businesses Emballages Maska and Plus II Sanitation, which now operate under the R3 Redistribution brand banner.

"Quebec is a very strategic market for Bunzl," said Bunzl Canada President, John Howlett. "We continue to invest in growing our wholesale distribution business across the province. This exceptional new facility is an example of that. It will allow us to increase the product offering and tools we provide to our customers and continue to enhance their service experience." 

Bunzl Canada's Quebec operations are in multiple centres, including Montreal, Quebec City, Boucherville, and Lachine, with sales and customer service operations in Saint-Hyacinthe.

"We are committed to giving our customers access to knowledgeable, local people who provide personal service and dedicated support, so maintaining our local presence is vital," Howlett said. "That, combined with our comprehensive range of product categories and reliable national supply network, allows us to play a unique and pivotal role in our customers' business success." 

Bunzl Canada provides a wide range of cleaning and hygiene products and equipment, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies to businesses across Canada. The company continually invests in new equipment, training and technology to improve employee and workplace safety. It has run a number of recruitment campaigns this year to staff its operations in Quebec. Vaudreuil-Dorion, twice cited as one of the best cities in Canada in which to raise a family, was not only selected for its convenient access to major transportation routes but its attractiveness as a location for employees to live and work.

For more information about Bunzl Canada please visit the company's website at www.bunzlcanada.ca.

About Bunzl Canada

Bunzl Canada Inc. (bunzlcanada.ca) provides the cleaning and hygiene products and equipment, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies that keep over 45,000 Canadian businesses running optimally, every day. The company brings its customers the advantage of global sourcing, product innovation and national scale combined with responsive local service and deep category expertise. Bunzl Canada Inc. is a division of Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC.

About Bunzl Distribution

Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC (bunzldistribution.com), headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is the largest division of London-based Bunzl plc, an international distribution and outsourcing group. With more than 100 distribution centres throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, Bunzl supplies a wide range of products to food processors, supermarkets, retailers, convenience stores and other users.

Bunzl Canada opens new distribution facility in Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC

Posted in: Tissue 09/04/2019 - 20:08

BURLINGTON, ON, Sept. 4, 2019 (CNW) -Bunzl Canada (bunzlcanada.ca) today announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art distribution centre in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. The company's previous investments in the province have included the acquisition of sanitation supply businesses Emballages Maska and Plus II Sanitation, which now operate under the R3 Redistribution brand banner.

"Quebec is a very strategic market for Bunzl," said Bunzl Canada President, John Howlett. "We continue to invest in growing our wholesale distribution business across the province. This exceptional new facility is an example of that. It will allow us to increase the product offering and tools we provide to our customers and continue to enhance their service experience." 

Bunzl Canada's Quebec operations are in multiple centres, including Montreal, Quebec City, Boucherville, and Lachine, with sales and customer service operations in Saint-Hyacinthe.

"We are committed to giving our customers access to knowledgeable, local people who provide personal service and dedicated support, so maintaining our local presence is vital," Howlett said. "That, combined with our comprehensive range of product categories and reliable national supply network, allows us to play a unique and pivotal role in our customers' business success." 

Bunzl Canada provides a wide range of cleaning and hygiene products and equipment, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies to businesses across Canada. The company continually invests in new equipment, training and technology to improve employee and workplace safety. It has run a number of recruitment campaigns this year to staff its operations in Quebec. Vaudreuil-Dorion, twice cited as one of the best cities in Canada in which to raise a family, was not only selected for its convenient access to major transportation routes but its attractiveness as a location for employees to live and work.

For more information about Bunzl Canada please visit the company's website at www.bunzlcanada.ca.

About Bunzl Canada

Bunzl Canada Inc. (bunzlcanada.ca) provides the cleaning and hygiene products and equipment, food and retail packaging, safety products and industrial supplies that keep over 45,000 Canadian businesses running optimally, every day. The company brings its customers the advantage of global sourcing, product innovation and national scale combined with responsive local service and deep category expertise. Bunzl Canada Inc. is a division of Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC.

About Bunzl Distribution

Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC (bunzldistribution.com), headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is the largest division of London-based Bunzl plc, an international distribution and outsourcing group. With more than 100 distribution centres throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, Bunzl supplies a wide range of products to food processors, supermarkets, retailers, convenience stores and other users.

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LUCCA, ITALY, Sept. 2, 2019 (Press Release) -Recard announces the successful start up of PM11, the new plant of Klippan Bruk in Sweden that took place on August 19, 2019.

The new PM increases the annual capacity by 30.000 tonnes of coloured and white high quality tissue. Recard supplied the client with a Turn Key Project including a Tissue Machine Crescent Former with a maximum operating speed of 1.700 mpm; trim at reel by 3.200 mm and with a gross production capacity of 110 tpd. Auxiliaries systems serving the machine are duo-system hood, steam and condensate system, vacuum system, mist removal system and dust suction system.

The scope of supply includes a stock preparation system for 100% pre-dried virgin pulp, broke line, approach flow system, fiber recovery system and water distribution. The supply for Klippan Mill comprises also a high performing slitting rewinder with 3 unwind stands.

To complete the Turn Key also the plant electrification have been supplied including mainly MCC, Drives, AC motors and power and signal cables and DCS and QCS are also included in the scope. Turn Key Recard’s Services include full detailed engineering, mechanical erection, supervisions, start up assistance and personnel training.

“This is the 138th start-up for us, - declared Recard's Managing Director, Ing. Riccardo Campo - but the excitement and satisfaction for women and men of Recard seeing the first Jumbo reel made by our tissue machine is always unique. The plant was built with a turnkey contract signed with Klippan Bruk, an historic paper mill that blends well with the tradition of Recard to build unique machinery as each component is designed and built with artisan care to achieve the performance required by the customer”. With Klippan’s PM11, continues the series of Recard successful start-up’s in which the first reel is perfect and ready to the market. Recard guarantees high performances, user friendliness and energy saving. The accuracy of the project, the manufacturing quality and the care give to the installation, ensure the respect of all customer’s targets.

Klippans Bruk AB History

Klippans Bruk AB has a long tradition of papermaking. It began in 1573 when renowned astronomer Tycho Brahe´s uncle started producing paper near the monastery at Herrevadskloster. In 1832 the country’s first paper machine was installed at Klippan Mill.

Through the years the paper products have varied following the markets requests.

From 1962 the production of tissue for napkins started at Klippan Mill and with more than 50 years’ experience of producing it Klippans Bruk AB is today one of the world´s leading producers of deep-coloured tissue.

Recard successfully starts-up tissue PM 11 at Klippan Bruk's new plant in Sweden

Posted in: Tissue 09/02/2019 - 10:00

LUCCA, ITALY, Sept. 2, 2019 (Press Release) -Recard announces the successful start up of PM11, the new plant of Klippan Bruk in Sweden that took place on August 19, 2019.

The new PM increases the annual capacity by 30.000 tonnes of coloured and white high quality tissue. Recard supplied the client with a Turn Key Project including a Tissue Machine Crescent Former with a maximum operating speed of 1.700 mpm; trim at reel by 3.200 mm and with a gross production capacity of 110 tpd. Auxiliaries systems serving the machine are duo-system hood, steam and condensate system, vacuum system, mist removal system and dust suction system.

The scope of supply includes a stock preparation system for 100% pre-dried virgin pulp, broke line, approach flow system, fiber recovery system and water distribution. The supply for Klippan Mill comprises also a high performing slitting rewinder with 3 unwind stands.

To complete the Turn Key also the plant electrification have been supplied including mainly MCC, Drives, AC motors and power and signal cables and DCS and QCS are also included in the scope. Turn Key Recard’s Services include full detailed engineering, mechanical erection, supervisions, start up assistance and personnel training.

“This is the 138th start-up for us, - declared Recard's Managing Director, Ing. Riccardo Campo - but the excitement and satisfaction for women and men of Recard seeing the first Jumbo reel made by our tissue machine is always unique. The plant was built with a turnkey contract signed with Klippan Bruk, an historic paper mill that blends well with the tradition of Recard to build unique machinery as each component is designed and built with artisan care to achieve the performance required by the customer”. With Klippan’s PM11, continues the series of Recard successful start-up’s in which the first reel is perfect and ready to the market. Recard guarantees high performances, user friendliness and energy saving. The accuracy of the project, the manufacturing quality and the care give to the installation, ensure the respect of all customer’s targets.

Klippans Bruk AB History

Klippans Bruk AB has a long tradition of papermaking. It began in 1573 when renowned astronomer Tycho Brahe´s uncle started producing paper near the monastery at Herrevadskloster. In 1832 the country’s first paper machine was installed at Klippan Mill.

Through the years the paper products have varied following the markets requests.

From 1962 the production of tissue for napkins started at Klippan Mill and with more than 50 years’ experience of producing it Klippans Bruk AB is today one of the world´s leading producers of deep-coloured tissue.

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PORCARI, Italy , Aug. 30, 2019 (Press Release) -A new version of the famous Regina Rumiankowy will be hitting Polish stores starting from October: Regina Rumiankowy toilet paper packaged in kraft paper – a plant-based material that is renewable, biodegradable and easy to recycle – instead of standard polyethylene film.

Regina Rumiankowy toilet paper, which retain the same product quality of the tissue brand that the Polish have learned to love over the years, joins the traditional range and represents a new contribution towards environmental sustainability by the Sofidel Group – showing further effort in its sustainable development strategy.

Sofidel Groups's Regina Rumiankowy unveils new paper packaging in Poland

Posted in: Tissue 09/02/2019 - 08:04

PORCARI, Italy , Aug. 30, 2019 (Press Release) -A new version of the famous Regina Rumiankowy will be hitting Polish stores starting from October: Regina Rumiankowy toilet paper packaged in kraft paper – a plant-based material that is renewable, biodegradable and easy to recycle – instead of standard polyethylene film.

Regina Rumiankowy toilet paper, which retain the same product quality of the tissue brand that the Polish have learned to love over the years, joins the traditional range and represents a new contribution towards environmental sustainability by the Sofidel Group – showing further effort in its sustainable development strategy.

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