Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 13th February 2025 Issue no. 1149
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Arup has designs on Metsä Group's new UK tissue paper mill
Metsä Group has selected Arup as one of its partners to design its new, state-of-the art tissue paper mill on a 200-acre site in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire.
With the planned investment, Metsä Group's tissue paper business aims to replace almost half of imported essential tissue products and bring locally produced, sustainable tissue products to the UK, increasing the country's self-sufficiency in this sector by 30%.
"Goole is the perfect location for this proposed investment," says Alan Jeffery, technical director, UK & Ireland, Metsä Group's tissue paper business. "The Humber region provides a crucial gateway to the whole of the UK and the region's ambitions to bring cutting-edge green technology and jobs to the UK matches our ambitions in clean, sustainable manufacturing."
Arup's multi-disciplinary design team supported Metsä's site search by undertaking site due diligence studies for the shortlisted locations and testing Metsä's preferred layout masterplan against the constraints of each site. Subject to planning and environmental permits and a final investment decision, the site will occupy an area of around 200 acres. Arup will provide civil and structural engineering, geotechnical engineering and landscape architecture services as part of the design team for the facility.
Says Andy Pennington, director and Liverpool Office Leader, Arup: "We are delighted that Metsä Group's tissue paper business will reap the benefit of Arup's local knowledge in delivering the planned new facility in Goole, Yorkshire. Working with a forerunner in sustainable bioeconomy and circular economy such as Metsä aligns well with Arup values and we're excited to drive forward sustainable development in manufacturing together."
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