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There was some movement on the table in 2017, with more changes on the way as some recent M&As near completion. MARK RUSHTON, GRAEME RODDEN A new company made its debut in 2017, and enters this year’s Top 100 near the top of the list, no less. There is a catch though. Essity, although a new entity, was created when ...

At Metsä Tissue in Katrinefors, Sweden, de-inked pulp from recycled waste paper is used in the production of tissue paper. During the process, broke generated during web breaks in the paper machine or from finished paper that is discarded is normally sent to a pulper for dissolving and then mixed in with other pulp to be reused in the tissue ...

A digital-age mindset—with a human touch and a ‘boutique’ approach—forms the core of this company’s strategy. In 2015, the turnaround team of the Portuguese telecom company ONI Communications was looking for its next project; Xavier Rodriguez-Martín and Rui Sequeira Martins were determined to breathe new life into another business. As unlikely as it may seem, they landed on Fapajal, a tissue producer on ...