Helicopter Tragedy in Italy Kills Tissue Industry Executives

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A helicopter carrying six industry executives from the iT’s Tissue industry exhibition in Lucca, Italy, crashed in a mountainous area on the border between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna on Thursday, June 9, killing all on board.

Eczacıbaşı Holding issued a statement saying plant director Altug Erbil, Yalova plant manager Arif Cez, investment project manager Ilker Ucak and Manisa plant manager Serhat Kenar were among those who died. Later it was reported that Tarek Tayah and Chadi Kreidy, two Lebanese -based Indevco employees were also killed, along with the pilot. 

Eczacıbaşı Consumer Products is the manufacturing, marketing and sales company for a number of leading Turkish brands in the tissue paper, personal care, household care and away-from-home segments.

Indevco produces jumbo tissue rolls and consumer away-from-home disposables and operates in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the US.  

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