OREANDA-NEWS. June 05, 2013. Toscotec S.p.A. has established its Chinese subsidiary, Toscotec Paper Machine (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. The new company, a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE), is located in the Gaohang district of Shanghai, and has a total covered area of 1500 m? dedicated to paper machine manufacturing and commercial offices, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.

Toscotec Shanghai’s mission is to become a benchmark for tissue technology in the Asia Pacific region, to provide the best service level to its Customers and strengthen the company’s presence in one of the world’s most significant and fastest growing markets.

With a skilled team of permanent engineers from both Italy and China, Toscotec Shanghai is now in a position to manufacture and deliver tissue paper machines to its prestigious Clients. The Shanghai Service Team will be able to provide a full range of services such as mill site surveys, fast delivery of spare parts and mill staff training.

Already active in the Asian market since early 2000, Toscotec S.p.A. has developed a strong commercial network in the Far East in recent years with the result that today fourteen tissue machines have successfully started-up for prestigious Chinese clients and an additional fifteen are to be started-up in 2014.

Alessandro Mennucci, CEO of Toscotec Italy, said: “This start-up, together with our existing commercial network, brings Toscotec closer to our Asian clients, wherever they are located.”

Toscotec is a leading company in the design, manufacture and delivery of complete plants and equipment for the production of tissue, paper and board.