{"id":178131,"date":"2026-07-06T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=178131"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:57:26","slug":"upm-and-andritz-partner-to-advance-tailored-tissue-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/upm-and-andritz-partner-to-advance-tailored-tissue-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"UPM and ANDRITZ partner to advance tailored tissue innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The world\u2019s leading multifibre pulp producer UPM Pulp and the international technology group ANDRITZ have signed a strategic, multi-year cooperation agreement to enable tissue manufacturers to develop and optimize next-generation tissue products and processes. With dedicated access to pilot-scale development at ANDRITZ’s\u00a0Prime<\/em>LineTIAC Tissue Innovation and Application Center in Graz, Austria, tissue manufacturers can optimize fibre and process solutions tailored to their production setup. They can also develop and commercialize innovative products faster for enhanced performance and improve efficiency across tissue production and raw materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cInnovation in tissue is rarely about one element alone. By bringing our fibre expertise and ANDRITZ\u2019s deep knowledge in process technology together in a shared development environment, we provide our customers with access to unique technical capabilities and world-class facilities for innovation,\u201d says\u00a0Tomas Wiklund, Senior Vice President, Pulp Sales, UPM Fibres.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bringing a new raw material or process concept to tissue production carries real risk. Trialing on a live production machine is costly and disruptive. This is where our tissue pilot plant comes to play. It supports continuous process innovation and de-risking of investments. Together with UPM\u2019s pulp expertise, we can help tissue manufacturers innovate efficiently and faster,\u201d says\u00a0Franz Harrer<\/strong>, Director Global R&D and Pilot Operations, Paper & Tissue, ANDRITZ.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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ANDRITZ hosted UPM in Graz for discussions on current and future tissue topics.
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The partnership combines ANDRITZ’s expertise in process and equipment engineering with UPM’s leadership in pulp and fibre technology to drive innovation across the value chain, from raw materials to production processes. As part of the agreement, UPM hardwood pulp, UPM Euca, will serve as the standard pulp across all customer and internal trials at Prime<\/em>LineTIAC. Tissue producers can participate directly in joint trials, working with both UPM’s technical team and ANDRITZ’s process experts to develop and optimize next-generation tissue products and processes. The tissue facility supports dry-crepe, textured and structured (Through-Air-Drying) tissue manufacturing technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About UPM Pulp<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UPM Pulp is the world’s leading\u00a0multifibre\u00a0pulp\u00a0producer. We create value for our global customers\u00a0in end-use segments such as tissue, specialty papers, packaging, graphic papers and board with our broad product portfolio and deep technical knowledge of both hardwood and softwood\u00a0fibres. UPM Pulp\u00a0operates\u00a0five\u00a0modern pulp mills, three in Finland and\u00a0two in Uruguay, with an annual production capacity of\u00a05.8\u00a0million\u00a0tonnes. As a sustainability leader we provide our customers with certified and traceable pulp from well-managed plantations in Uruguay and forests in Finland.\u00a0Read more:\u00a0upmpulp.com<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About UPM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UPM is a material solutions company, renewing products and entire value chains with an extensive portfolio of renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. Our performance in sustainability has been recognized by third parties, including EcoVadis and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. We operate globally and employ approximately 15,100 people worldwide, with annual sales of approximately \u20ac9.7 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Read more:\u00a0upm.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPM \u2013 we renew the everyday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s leading multifibre pulp producer UPM Pulp and the international technology group ANDRITZ have signed a strategic, multi-year cooperation agreement to enable tissue manufacturers to develop and optimize next-generation tissue products and processes. With dedicated access to pilot-scale development at ANDRITZ’s\u00a0PrimeLineTIAC Tissue Innovation and Application Center in Graz, Austria, tissue manufacturers can optimize fibre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":178148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"A strategic, multi-year cooperation agreement to enable tissue manufacturers to develop and optimize next-generation tissue products and processes","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[13702,13222,23051],"supplier":[7572,11726,28083],"class_list":["post-178131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-cellulosics","tag-paper","tag-sustainabilitygoals","supplier-andritz-inc","supplier-upm-corporation","supplier-upm-pulp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178167,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178131\/revisions\/178167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178131"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=178131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}