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Lucart S.p.A
Via Ciarpi, 77, Porcari, Lucca, Italy

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Industry : Paper Recycling
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Our history

Lucart's story is a journey that starts from afar, is fueled by passion and looks to the future. A successful family and entrepreneurial history that is based on tradition, experience and quality, and which is open to innovation. Everyday more.

1953

Lucchese paper mill of the Pasquini brothers

It all began with the foundation of the Lucchese paper mill of the Pasquini brothers in Villa Basilica in the province of Lucca, an important paper production center in the Tuscan territory. The brothers Alessandro, Eliseo, Fernando, Raffaello and Tarcisio begin the production of straw paper and paper for packaging which they will later refine in the factory located within the sixteenth-century walls of the city of Lucca. The technologies of the time could still adapt to the ancient building which for centuries had represented the most important mill in the city.

1966

First paper machine PM1

In 1966 the need for growth and investment led the Pasquini brothers to move production from the city to the plain of Lucca where the Porcari plant was built, still today the Group's registered office. The new plant allows the installation of the first continuous machine (PM1), a machine that marks the first important technological leap of the company. The plant, dedicated to the production of mono-gloss jumbo reels for flexible packaging, allows to increase productivity tenfold and to expand the offer with high-weight papers.

1976

Second paper machine PM2 In

1976, the growing worldwide demand for flexible packaging papers convinced the family to invest again in the Porcari site with the installation of a second continuous machine (PM2). The line will remain in production until 2018. 1983 Third paper machine PM3 In Porcari in 1983 the third continuous machine (PM3) was started up for the production of tissue papers, whose processing continues today with great success and interest in the Italian market and abroad. With the installation of this plant, Cartiera Lucchese becomes a leader in Europe for the production of tissue papers and flexible packaging papers.

1987

Start of tissue paper production

It is time to diversify production by looking at the promising sector of papers for hygienic use and in 1987 the fourth continuous machine (PM4) was thus launched, again in Porcari. The Group thus enters the tissue paper market.

1988-1989

The Diecimo plant and the Lucart brand are born

1988 is a fundamental year in the evolution of the Company: thanks to the purchase of a land of more than 240,000 m², the Group can think big and design a fully integrated site dedicated to the tissue paper market, from paper production to transformation into a finished product for both the Consumer and Away from Home markets, with modern paper converting. The Lucart brand is born.

1990-1991

Installation of two new paper machines

The tissue paper market is undergoing strong development and the Company, at the new Diecimo site, almost simultaneously starts up two other paper machines, the PM5 and PM6 powered by a new methane gas cogeneration turbine, a technology already successfully tested in Porcari plant.

1993

Lucchese France paper mill

In 1993 Cartiera Lucchese France was established. It is a commercial company that, in addition to managing the customers already acquired, has the task of preparing the ground for producing paper also beyond the Alps.

1996

De-inking plant for pulp in Diecimo and PM7 

In1996 the Group decided to differentiate the offer of tissue paper from the competition and, taking advantage of the technologies and knowledge acquired with the processing of flexible packaging papers from selected waste, inaugurated a series of plants specifically designed for deinking waste, the production of high quality recycled tissue paper and the purification of process waste water. The new PM7 paper machine is capable of producing 60,000 tons of recycled and regenerated paper per year.

1997

EcoLucart is born

The new plants allow the Group to launch EcoLucart on the Italian market, an absolutely innovative and ecological product line that uses recycled and regenerated paper as a raw material and Mater-Bi (biodegradable corn starch material) as a shell. Lucart is the first company in the world to replace plastic packaging with a completely biodegradable renewable material developed by Novamont.

1998

Consolidation in Europe

1998 marks an important moment for the Group at a European level: it is the year in which Lucart Ibérica SLU, a commercial company for the management of Iberian customers, and Lucart France sas, followed by the construction of the Troyes plant in France. , with the production and transformation of tissue papers in pure virgin cellulose for the Consumer sector.

2006

EMAS environmental certification

In the desire to engage in evaluating and improving its environmental efficiency, the Diecimo plant requests and obtains the EMAS environmental certification for the management of environmental performance. In the same year, Hygenius Toilet, the first self-cutting toilet paper dispenser, was launched.

2007

Lucart enters the Ho.Re.Ca. market

To complete the offer on the market, in 2007 the Group acquired Fato, the reference brand for the Ho.Re.Ca. Italian, and the two production plants in the province of Treviso and Venice. The production of decorated, colored and personalized tablecloths and napkins in tissue, airlaid and Yankee paper is concentrated in the Torre di Mosto plant.

2008

New acquisition in France

The growing interest in the foreign market pushes the Group to acquire a second plant in France in 2008, in Laval sur Vologne - today Lucart sas - taking over the tissue branch of Novacare sas, a French company with a production capacity of 46,000 t / year of paper tissue. The production of the plant is perfectly integrated with the Group's business model, being dedicated to the production of recycled and regenerated tissue paper.

2009

Lucart Group is born

In 2009 the name Cartiera Lucchese Group gives way to Lucart Group, to identify all the companies belonging to Cartiera Lucchese spa.

2010

Fiberpack ® : off you go!

In 2010 a new plant - unique in Italy - was built in Diecimo for the production of 100% ecological paper deriving from the recovery of cellulose fibers present in Tetra Pak ® type beverage cartons . The ecological raw material that constitutes these new products is given the name of Fiberpack ® . With this project, Lucart consolidates its commitment to the enhancement of environmental sustainability and the protection of the environment, through an innovative and exclusive production from a technological point of view.

2011

New brands and certifications

In 2011, following the great success in Italy of the plant that uses Tetra Pak ® type beverage cartons , a similar one was also built in France, at the Laval sur Vologne plant. In the same year, the Group obtained the BS OHSAS 18001 certification relating to the worker health and safety management system. Also in 2011, the EcoNatural brands were launched, for the Away from Home market, and Grazie Natural, intended for the Consumer market.

2012

Acquisition of Georgia Pacific Italia

2012 was a turning point for the Group: with the acquisition of Georgia Pacific Italia srl, Lucart became the owner of the Italian plants in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (LU) and Avigliano (PZ), as well as the administrative headquarters in Genoa, and acquired the Tenderly and Tutto brands in Italy and around the world.

2013

Merger into Lucart Spa

In 2013, all the Italian companies of the Group merged into a single company called Lucart Spa. In the same year, the relaunch of the Tenderly and Tutto brands took place.

2016

Entry into Hungary

In 2016, now projected towards foreign markets, the Group acquires the company Bokk Paper Kft. In Esztergom in Hungary, the main independent Hungarian company in the Away from Home market for hygiene paper products, today become Lucart Kft. After two years of work, the new Lucart plant in Nyergesújfalu will be inaugurated in September 2018.

2017

The Altopascio Logistic Center

As part of an improvement and efficiency plan for the logistics of the entire Group, Lucart acquires an area of ​​approximately 24,000 m² of covered warehouses a few steps from the Altopascio motorway exit. A futuristic Logistics Center dedicated to products for the Away from Home market was born on the site and connected to the Diecimo site by a continuous service of ecological LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) shuttles, equipped with an automatic loading / unloading system based on RFID technology.

2018 (February)

Investment in Spain

At the beginning of 2018 Lucart finalizes a strategic investment in the Basque Country, Spain, to strengthen its market position in the Iberian Peninsula. The Group acquires three factories of the Spanish Group CEL Technologies & System near Bilbao, dedicated to the production and transformation of tissue paper and the production of soaps and detergents for the person, to be used in the Away from Home sector.

2018 (November)

Starting the PM12 paper machine

At the end of 2018, the new tissue paper production line was successfully launched at the Lucart plant in Porcari. The PM12 line has replaced machine number 2 which, since 1976, has been producing Yankee papers for the flexible packaging market around the world.

2019

Paper packaging launch

In 2019 Lucart takes yet another step towards sustainability by creating recycled and recyclable paper packaging for the products of the Grazie Natural and EcoNatural lines.

2021

Investment in the UK

With the acquisition of Essential Supply Products Ltd (ESP Ltd), the main independent converter in the United Kingdom, Lucart strengthens its leadership in the European market for Away from Home hygiene products, continuing the Group's development and internationalization plan.

Company NameLucart S.p.A
Business CategoryPaper Recycling
AddressVia Ciarpi, 77
Porcari
Lucca
Italy
ZIP: 55016
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Year Established1953
EmployeesNA
MembershipsNA
Hours of OperationMonday - Friday 7am–5pm
Company Services
  • Production Of Recycled And Regenerated Tissue Paper
  • Manufacturers Of Paper And Tissue Products.
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