- 18 Aug 2026

The following are the latest highlights from Essity’s operations around the world, covering developments across the group between April and July 2026. The company has opened a new recycled fiber facility at its Prudhoe mill in Northumberland, UK, the company’s largest manufacturing site in the country. The facility raises recycled fiber processing capacity at Prudhoe to more than 100,000 tonnes per year, strengthens domestic fiber supply, and can handle a wider range of recovered paper, including lower-grade materials, while improving energy efficiency. It supports more circular production across Essity’s toilet tissue, household towel and hand towel ranges for both consumer and skilled hygiene brands, building on the company’s position as the largest recycled-fiber user in UK consumer tissue and Europe’s leading recycled-fiber user for tissue production.

At its Mannheim plant in Germany, Essity has introduced a new emissions-cleaning system that removes particles and sulfur dioxide from production exhaust gases, cutting emissions by more than 70% compared with previous levels. The system also recovers materials such as magnesium oxide and sulfur for reuse rather than treating them as waste, reinforcing lower-impact pulp production at a site where Essity already runs fossil-free pulp operations.

In France, Minister for Ecological Transition Mathieu Lefèvre visited Essity’s Consumer Tissue site in Gien — the first visit by a French government minister to an Essity production site — to review water stewardship efforts, including a new ultrafiltration unit expected to cut water withdrawals by 25–30%, exceeding the government’s reduction target.

Separately, Essity has initiated a strategic review of its Consumer Tissue business area, which represented 31% of group net sales in 2025 across roughly 13,000 employees and 29 production facilities worldwide. The review will assess options for the unit, including a potential separation; no decision has been taken.





In the Netherlands, Essity’s Edet Smart coreless toilet paper — sold without an inner cardboard sleeve — won the Retail Wheel award in the Personal Care category, recognized for reducing waste while offering more paper per roll.

RELATED NEWS

Suzano reports Adjusted EBITDA of R$4.7 billion in the second quarter of 2026

August 18, 2026

Smurfit Westrock reports strong Q2 despite rising costs

August 18, 2026

Metsä Board awarded EcoVadis Platinum rating again – among the top 1% of the best-rated companies in its category

August 17, 2026

Two Sides global anti-greenwash campaign passes major milestone as 1,500 organisations remove misleading environmental claims about paper

August 17, 2026

RDM Group announces the sale of the Arnsberg business to MM Board & Paper

August 17, 2026

Kimberly-Clark appoints Suzana Blades as Senior Vice President and General Counsel

August 13, 2026

Innovative measurement solutions at CIPTE 2026 showcased by emtec Electronic

August 13, 2026

Mondi collaborates with Fixit Gruppe to supply a standardized paper bag portfolio that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 135 tonnes per year

August 12, 2026

Metsä Group invests EUR 25 million in the production of Muoto fibre packaging in Äänekoski, Finland

August 11, 2026

Metsä Group selects Infosys as its IT partner

August 6, 2026

SCA to increase Kraftliner prices by €100 per tonne

August 6, 2026

Mondi unveils award-winning packaging concept that simplifies eCommerce packaging through laser marking

August 5, 2026

Progroup and Zeus Packaging Seal Packaging Park Partnership in the UK





August 5, 2026

SOFIDEL America commissions a new photovoltaic system in Circleville Ohio

August 5, 2026

Sonoco Aligns Global Consumer Businesses Under Single Leadership Structure

August 5, 2026

AFT supports capacity and quality upgrade at Papiro Sarda mill in Italy

August 3, 2026

Fastmarkets Forest Products North America and International Containerboard Conference 2026 comes to Chicago

July 31, 2026

Cartiere del Garda signs long-term biomethane supply agreement

July 31, 2026

Sonoco expands Wood Reels manufacturing and assembly capacity to meet growing market demand

July 31, 2026

Palm converts its paper mill in King’s Lynn in the UK to corrugated case material

July 30, 2026

Hinojosa reaches 64% renewable energy use and presents ESG progress in its 2025 Sustainability Report

July 30, 2026

Saica Group Welcomes Ohio State University Students to Boost Brand Awareness and Enhance Its Appeal to Future American Talent

July 29, 2026

Keeping long-term goals firmly in sight: Progroup publishes new sustainability report

July 29, 2026

Gold, gold, silver: DS SMITH wins three awards at the Shop! D-A-C-H AWARDS 2026

July 28, 2026

Fibre Excellence: buyout offer rejected, Saint-Gaudens granted last-minute reprieve

July 27, 2026

European Commission approves Saica Group’s acquisition of Thimm Group

July 27, 2026

Change in Valmet’s Executive Leadership Team: Pia Aaltonen-Forsell appointed Chief Financial Officer

July 24, 2026

Valmet initiates a strategic review to evaluate a potential separation of its two segments

July 24, 2026

MERS by Maflex: energy regeneration applied to the Tissue Industry

July 23, 2026

Change in Valmet’s executive leadership team

July 22, 2026

Huhtamaki appoints Thomas Morin as President, Fiber Packaging, and member of the Global Executive Team

July 21, 2026

Mondi enables Büromodel to cut operational packing costs by 20%

July 21, 2026

📌 Essity’s latest global activity report highlights recycled fiber gains and Consumer Tissue review with possible separation (Amreli)
🏢 PaperFIRST
📍 Amreli