Toscotec
{{Infobox company
|name = Toscotec S.p.A.
|logo = Toscotec logo.png
|type = Corporation (S.p.A.)
|foundation = {{start date and age |1948 }}
|location = Marlia, Province of Lucca, Italy
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|industry = Mechanical and plant equipment for Tissue, Paper and Board industries
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|parent = Voith{{cite web |title=Voith Group successfully completes the acquisition of Toscotec. |url=https://www.toscotec.com/en/news-article/voith-group-successfully-completes-the-acquisition-of-toscotec/ |website=Toscotec |date=6 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=2020-05-06 VP Toscotec closing {{!}} Voith |url=https://voith.com/corp-en/news-room/press-releases/2020-05-06-vp-toscotec.html |website=voith.com |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}
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|homepage = {{URL |http://www.toscotec.com/ }}
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Toscotec is an Italian company specialized in the design and manufacture of plant and equipment for the production of tissue paper and paper board, as well as for stock preparation.{{cite web|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/about-us.html|title=About Us|publisher=Toscotec}} This is a privately owned Italian group based in the province of Lucca, in Tuscany.
Toscotec, whose head office is located in Marlia, Lucca, has branches in the United States and China. Toscotec North America is in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Toscotec Paper Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is in the Gaohang district of Shanghai.{{cite web|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-opens-shanghai-facility-better-serve-asia-pacific-market.html|title=Toscotec opens Shanghai facility|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003841/http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-opens-shanghai-facility-better-serve-asia-pacific-market.html|publisher=Toscotec|date=30 May 2013|archive-date=29 September 2013}}
History
Toscotec, originally named Officine Meccaniche Toschi, was founded in 1948{{cite web|url=http://www.perinijournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=379&Itemid=195|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201012858/http://www.perinijournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=379&Itemid=195|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-01|publisher=Perini Journal|title=Toscotec: a partner for innovation! 1948-2008: Toscotec celebrates 60 years of activity. Innovation as a trademark.}} by Sergio Toschi as a service provider for paper mills in Tuscany.{{cite web|publisher=Club Tecnologia e Passion|title=Toscotec Press Release|url=http://wykylynky.blogspot.com/2016/01/tmc-club-tecnologia-e-passione.html?evento=4}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} In the 1950s, the company began engineering and producing the first complete machine for paper manufacturing. It was the first company to manufacture dryer cylinders in steel{{cite web|publisher=Tissue World Magazine|title=Size, Costs and Energy Consumption Continue to Dominate Tissue Machine Technology Advances|url=http://tissueworldmagazine.com/12_decjan/technical_1.php}} instead of cast iron.{{cite web|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/history.html|title=History|accessdate=2012-06-12|publisher=Toscotec|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130183205/http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/history.html|archivedate=2013-01-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.futuramagazine.it/futura-magazine-issue-01/ |title=Inside the Steel Yankee. |publisher=Futura Magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515154459/http://www.futuramagazine.it/futura-magazine-issue-01/ |archivedate=May 15, 2013 }}
The name Officine Meccaniche Toschi was officially changed to Toscotec in 2003.{{cite web|author=Lucca Imprese|title=Toscotec: La Storia|url=http://www.luccaimprese.it/le-imprese/toscotec-spa/}} In 2006 the Mennucci family became the sole shareholders of the company.
At the beginning of 2012, Toscotec became full owner of Milltech,{{cite web|publisher=Paperweb|title=Milltech joins Toscotec, advanced solutions for drying to the paper industry|date=16 January 2012|url=http://www.paperweb.biz/news/2012/01/milltech-joins-toscotec/}} a company specialized in drying and energy solutions for the tissue industry, and consolidated its commercial and service network in the Far East through its associate Toscotec Paper Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.,{{cite web|publisher=Paperweb|title=New Toscotec Tissue Line Started Up in China|date=9 February 2012|url=http://www.paperweb.biz/news/2012/02/new-toscotec-tissue-line-started-up-in-china}} in end 2012.{{cite web|publisher=Tissue World Magazine|title=Toscotec Extends Presence in Asia|url=http://www.tissueworldmagazine.com/12_febmar/news_asia.php}} In addition to their growth in Asia,{{cite web|title=Toscotec to supply eight new tissue machines to Vinda|publisher=Toscotec|date=3 April 2012|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-supply-eight-new-tissue-machines-vinda.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929005422/http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-supply-eight-new-tissue-machines-vinda.html}}{{cite web|publisher=RISI|title=Toscotec-supplied tissue line starts up at Ningxia Bauhinia Paper in Yinchuan, China|date=8 February 2012|url=http://www.risiinfo.com/pulpandpaper/news/Toscotec-supplied-100000-tonnesyr-tissue-line-starts-up-at-Ningxia-Bauhinia-Paper-in-China.html?source=rssfw|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927202736/http://www.risiinfo.com/pulpandpaper/news/Toscotec-supplied-100000-tonnesyr-tissue-line-starts-up-at-Ningxia-Bauhinia-Paper-in-China.html?source=rssfw|archivedate=27 September 2013}} the company has also had recent success in Russia {{cite web|title=Toscotec adapts to the changing landscape|publisher=Toscotec|date=21 May 2012|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-adapts-changing-landscape.html?page=2|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003825/http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/toscotec-adapts-changing-landscape.html?page=2|archivedate=29 September 2013}} and South America.{{cite web|title=Peruvian Papelera Del Sur rebuilds PM5 dryer section|publisher=Toscotec|date=23 April 2012|archive-date=29 September 2013|url=http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/peruvian-papelera-del-sur-rebuilds-pm5-dryer-section.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003853/http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/peruvian-papelera-del-sur-rebuilds-pm5-dryer-section.html}}
Today, Toscotec operates with a group of companies, Toscotec Tech, which comprises the parent company and its affiliates Milltech and S.to.ri.
Corporate Structure
Toscotec is headed by Chairman Giovan Battista Mennucci and CEO Alessandro Mennucci. Members of the Mennucci family also sit on the Board of Directors.{{cite web|title=Management|url=http://www.toscotec.com/en/about-us/management/|publisher=Toscotec}}
Internally, the company has two divisions. The Tissue Division, which designs and engineers tissue machinery, plants and turnkey projects. The Paper & Board Division does turnkey project and refits existing paper production equipment.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.toscotec.com Toscotec official website]
- [http://www.toscotec.com/keepmoving/factsefigures.html Toscotec Facts & Figures]
- [http://www.milltechsrl.com/ Milltech official website]
- [http://www.storisrl.com Stori official website]
- [http://www.clubtecnologiaepassione.it/ Tecnologia & Passione official website]
- [http://www.assindustria.lu.it/Associazione Industriali official website]
- [http://www.luccaimprese.it/ Lucca Imprese]
- [http://www.lu.camcom.it/ Camera di Commercio website]
- [http://www.tappi.org/ Tappi official website]
- [http://www.itstissue.com// It's Tissue official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130918000721/http://itstissue.com/companies/toscotec.php Toscotec's page on It's Tissue official website]
- [http://www.luccametalmeccanica.it/ LU.ME official website]
Category:Engineering companies of Italy
Category:Industrial machine manufacturers
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1948