Startup of the latest-generation A.Celli (Italy) tissue rewinder in the U.K. by Sofidel, international Italian player and tissue market leader, was completed on Jan. 25, 2017, with excellent results, .A.Celli reports. In just eight months, the machine, a rewinder Model 865 shafted in a 3400-mm format, was built, installed at the Sofidel U.K. facilities in Lancaster, and started up to the full satisfaction of the customers who signed the acceptance certificate. 

 

 

The startup took place with no delays and "is certainly an additional piece added to the mosaic of collaborations that A.Celli Paper is collecting in regards to this major Italian group, A.Celli noted in a release this week.

The Sofidel Group is a leading produ9cer of paper for hygienic and domestic use worldwide. Established in 1966, the Group has subsidiaries in 13 countries--Italy, Spain, the U.K., France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and the U.S.—with more than 5,500 employees, a consolidated turnover of EUR 1,809 million (2015), and a production capacity of more than 1 million metric tons per year (1,058,000 metric tons in 2015).