Tag Archives: Portugal

Surge in Spain’s toilet paper exports reaches $13M in August 2023

In August 2023, overseas shipments of toilet paper increased by 24% to 5.6K tons for the first time since May 2023, thus ending a two-month declining trend. The total export volume increased at an average monthly rate of +1.0% from August 2022 to August 2023; the trend pattern remained relatively stable, with somewhat noticeable fluctuations […]

Andritz to supply chemical recovery technologies to Navigator’s Setúbal mill

Andritz has received an order from the pulp and paper producer The Navigator Company to supply a new recovery boiler, new ash leaching system and an upgrade of the non-condensable gases (NCG) collection and incineration system for its pulp mill in Setúbal, Portugal. ANDRITZ will execute the order on a turn-key basis with start-up scheduled […]

Voith to rebuild PM 4 at DS Smith mill in Portugal

DS Smith has commissioned Voith to rebuild its PM 4 at the company’s Viana site in Northern Portugal. Producing around of 400,000 tons of kraftliner and high-performance top kraftliner per year, the mill is a market leader in Southern Europe. The extensive rebuild will increase production and improve overall efficiency. Production will expand to around […]

Autajon Packaging acquires GMT Gráficos

The Autajon Group strengthen its presence in Portugal with the acquisition of GMT Gráficos. Now renamed Autajon Packaging GMT, the Portuguese company specialized in the realization of folding cartons, gift boxers and small POS displays, joins the Autajon Group. The company located in Amadora, in the Lisbon region, is only 30 minutes away from the […]

Saica Group expands in Poland

Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire the majority of shares (76%) of Fox Recykling, a waste management company in Poland. Thanks to this acquisition, Saica strengthens its growth strategy in Eastern Europe and expands the footprint of one of its business divisions: Saica Natur. “This milestone is a step forward in Saica´s business […]

Nijhuis Saur Industries completes the acquisition of Veolia’s European mobile water services division

Nijhuis Saur Industries (part of Saur Group) announces that it has finalized the Group’s acquisition of Veolia’s European Mobile Water Services division based on the anti-trust commitments made by Veolia to the European Commission. The former Mobile Water Services will now become Nijhuis Saur Industries’ Mobile Water Solutions division, one of Europe’s leading providers of […]

Saur and Veolia signed a binding agreement for the acquisition by Saur of MWS Europe from Veolia

In accordance with the press release , and following completion of the consultation process with the employee representative bodies, Saur announces that Veolia has exercised the unilateral put option for the sale of its European Mobile Water Services division (MWS Europe). Subsequently, Saur and Veolia signed an agreement for the acquisition by Saur of MWS […]

Altri’s profit grows to €123.7 million in record production year

The Altri Group achieved, in 2021, a record in the production of cellulosic fibers, but also a growth in its sales, in a period marked by the high prices of pulp in international markets. At the Altri Group’s pulp production units in Portugal — Celbi, Biotek and Caima — there was an absolute record of […]