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BOSS Today #61 MEMBER NEWS BOSS Today #61

BOSS Member: Manufacturer Profile

Metsä Tissue Ltd UK and make meaningful connections professionals and peers. Through

with customers, suppliers, and
BOSS, Metsä has the chance to attend
partners. By joining BOSS, it is
aligning with a respected network of events, conferences, and meetings The importance of
where it can engage with others in the
businesses that share its values of office supplies industry, allowing it to forests will increase
quality, sustainability, and innovation. share knowledge, exchange ideas and even more in the future,
etsä Tissue, the tissue paper Progression Achievements This collaboration will help it continue potentially form new partnerships and therefore the entire
Mbusiness of Metsä Group, Metsa Tissue was established in the Metsä is a significant forest industry to grow and build relationships that – all of which will benefit both the
produces hygiene products for UK when Finland joined the EU in company, with products based on support its long-term success. company and its customers. industry must continue
households and professionals, 1995. It has grown from producing renewable wood, grown in sustainably to renew itself.
and greaseproof papers for food a humble 5,000 tonnes in the late managed Northern forests. It Utilising BOSS services For further information visit:
preparation and packaging. Its 1990s, through to 25,000 tonnes invests in growth, innovating new One of the most exciting aspects of www.metsagroup.com/metsatissue
high-quality locally produced brands today, and the company has plans to bioproducts and building a fossil-free joining BOSS is the access it provides
– Lambi, Serla, Mola, Tento, Katrin grow significantly in the future. In future. Metsä’s company structure to an extensive network of industry
and SAGA – make daily life cleaner. 2023, it announced plans for a new, is unique: its parent company
It promotes a diverse, equal, and state-of-the art tissue paper mill on Metsäliitto is a co-operative owned
inclusive culture. Its 2023 sales land to the west of Goole, in the East by more than 90,000 Finnish forest
were EUR 1.3 billion, and it has Riding of Yorkshire. The planned owners. Metsä consists of five Sovereign Office
approximately 2,500 employees. It Goole site will use the best available business areas that promote the use
is a part of Metsä Group, a Finnish technology to manufacture tissue of renewable products and develop
forest industry group that operates paper products for the UK and Irish alternatives to fossil-based materials.
in international markets and uses markets, using fresh fibre pulp from Its innovation company Metsä
renewable raw materials – northern managed forests in the Nordics as its Spring invests in innovations and BOSS WELCOMES ANOTHER NEW MEMBER
wood – responsibly and efficiently. main raw material. technologies that create new uses for
Metsä Group’s parent company Occupying a site of around 200 northern wood.
Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by acres, the mill will have the capacity The importance of forests will
around 90,000 Finnish forest owners. to produce 240,000 tonnes of tissue increase even more in the future, overeign Office is a national health and safety, ISO guidance and
paper and will be built in several and therefore the entire industry Sbusiness supplies and services industry standards. This all aligns
History phases over the next decade, serving must continue to renew itself. Metsä provider. It was established on with Sovereign’s own business
The forestry company has its origin both the professional and consumer wants to create well-being for people the 2nd June 1982 in Edgbaston, principles: the staff and everything
in the wood industry more than 150 markets. This investment would and growth for both nature and the Birmingham, when Managing Director needed together in one place.
years ago, when Mänttä mill was significantly reduce the quantity economy. Succeeding in this requires Gary Cox saw a gap in the market for We are looking forward to
established in 1868 by Gustaf Adolf of tissue paper products that are co-operation with existing and new general office supplies and interiors engaging with the BOSS community
Serlachius. Originally the mill was a currently imported into the UK and partners. The company is committed for Birmingham and set the business and understanding all aspects of
ground wood mill, but the company Ireland each year. When operating at to promoting innovative forestry, up with a shop fronted property in the the Federation’s offering in more
launched production of toilet tissue full capacity, the mill will create 400+ where nature and the economy grow heart of the city. detail, especially the areas which can
in 1908 and greaseproof paper in direct jobs at the facility, as well as hand in hand. Metsä’s goal is to leave Understanding the true value of support the team here at Sovereign.
1924. The Katrin journey began thousands more across the supply the forests in a verifiably better single source and diversity is what
more than 50 years ago, when the chain and local economy. condition for future generations. Sovereign does best. It offers value For further information visit:
Katrin brand was first used in 1974, adds in every area, with a wide range www.sovereign-office.com
making it one of the first tissue paper Reasons for joining BOSS of products embracing a ‘one stop
brands in the Away-from-Home Metsä is excited to join the BOSS shop’ – one order, one delivery and
market in Europe. Metsä Group Federation, and this decision marks a one invoice. Sovereign understands
invests in high-performing, modern significant milestone as it continues the true cost of purchasing.
mills that improve environmental to grow and strengthen its presence Sovereign Office has decided to
performance by increasing efficiency. in the UK market. Joining BOSS offers join BOSS in order to be part of a
It also produces essential products valuable opportunities for networking community of dealers and suppliers
in locations that are close to users and staying informed about the latest coming together to celebrate and
and raw materials, which reduces developments in the office supplies collaborate for the greater good. The
unnecessary transportation, improves sector. With the new mill soon to be BOSS Federation - like Sovereign
availability in changing situations, and under construction, the company is – also offers so much more – HR, James Mckeever, Group Sales Director,
employs people locally. Mike Hill, Sales Manager, Metsä Tissue looking to bolster its presence in the training, legal advice, environmental, Sovereign Office

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