Kohler Paper Publishes Third Sustainability Report

Zanders GmbH has filed for the opening of ‘debtor in possession’ proceedings in the local court in Cologne on the 22 June 2018. This is a restructuring process to secure the continued operation of Zanders. It has become necessary primarily because of high pension fund payments, which continuously weigh on our operations, and a drastic increase in raw material and energy costs in the last few months, together with difficult conditions and overcapacity in our industry. By engaging in this process we can accomplish a successful restructuring that will see Zanders GmbH back in a strong, competitive trading position. In the past three years we have made many operational improvements which have delivered annual sales growth of 12%. Under the supervision of the court we believe we can build on this growth, increase our efficiency and create a solid base to continue to deliver to our customers. Click Read More below for additional information.

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, will increase prices by seven percent on most (AKD) sizing products and all wet strength products across the North America region, effective immediately or as customer contracts allow. The price increase is necessary due to the increase in certain raw material costs combined with a tightening overall global supply chain. “We are unable to absorb the impact of the increased costs that we are currently experiencing but we will continue to work in partnership with our customers to help mitigate the increases,” said Jose Santolaya, global product director, Functional Chemicals, Pulp and Paper. Click Read More below for additional information.

We are very pleased to announce that, effective 1 March 2022, Gilles Van Nieuwenhuyzen will become CEO of Lecta Group. He will also be appointed as Director of Lecta Ltd succeeding Eduardo Querol. Gilles has a vast and diversified experience in different industries such as chemicals (DSM ), packaging (Rexam and Stora Enso), food ingredients (Danisco and CSM), and paper & board (Stora Enso). He has also served several positions as independent advisor and top interim executive . Gilles has proven all along his career a successful focus on the same pillars which form the basis of Lecta transformation today. He will drive with energy and passion our path to profitable growth through innovation, value selling and focused investment while developing further our operational excellence initiatives.