Grown in the Nordics, Made in Britain
In 2023, we announced our plans for a new, state-of-the art tissue paper mill in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire in the UK, through a landmark investment of hundreds of millions of pounds.
The planned Goole site will use the best available technologies to manufacture tissue paper products for the UK and Irish markets, using fresh fibre pulp as the main raw material from sustainably managed forests in the Nordics. Occupying a site of around 200 acres, the mill will have the capacity to produce 240,000 tons of tissue paper, built in several phases over the next decade, serving both the professional and consumer markets – a level of production unrivalled in the UK.
This investment would deliver the largest tissue mill in the UK and significantly reduce the quantity of tissue products that are currently imported into the UK and Ireland each year.
When operating at full capacity the mill will create 400+ direct jobs at the facility, as well as thousands more across the supply chain and the local economy.
The planned investment demonstrates Metsä Tissue’s long-term commitment to the UK as one of the largest tissue markets in Europe. The proposed mill is an opportunity to bring locally produced, sustainable tissue products to the UK, increasing the country’s self-sufficiency in this sector by 30%.
Metsä Tissue’s activity is rooted in sustainability, with a target for all products to be manufactured from fully fossil fuel free raw materials by 2030. Additionally, we aim for all our mills, including the new Goole facility, to operate without the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
“Metsä Tissue’s investment is good for Yorkshire, good for our economy and good for sustainability.”
Rishi Sunak, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
About Metsä Tissue
We create a cleaner every day – one sheet at a time. Metsä Tissue is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of tissue paper products for the home and households and one of the world's leading manufacturers of greaseproof paper products. We produce high-quality toilet, household and hand towel tissues and develop services that make everyday life more hygienic, easier, and cleaner, in an environmentally sustainable way. Developed for cooking, baking and food packaging, our greaseproof paper products are designed to meet the changing needs of the global food and packaging industry and household cooking. For more information visit About Metsä Tissue
We are part of Metsä Group
We are a part of Metsä Group, a Finnish forest industry group that operates in international markets. We use renewable raw material – northern wood – responsibly and efficiently. Metsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by around 90,000 Finnish forest owners. For more information visit Metsä Group
We have been present in the UK for over two decades, supplying wood for the construction, industrial, and distribution sectors. This planned investment further cements a long-term commitment to UK industry, as the company has also been supplying the professional tissue market in the UK with the Katrin brand for almost 30 years, giving them a strong foothold in the UK tissue market.
We are committed to sustainability
Our objective in Metsä Tissue is to contribute to people’s wellbeing through our products and actions. We strive to minimise the environmental impacts of our operations and products throughout their life cycle, from sourcing of raw materials to production and from delivery to consumption and final disposal. We do this in co-operation with our suppliers, customers, business partners and consumers. We are committed to conducting our business in a responsible manner and taking into account the social, environmental, and economic impacts of our actions.
Metsä Tissue was awarded the highest Platinum rating in the EcoVadis sustainability and social corporate responsibility assessment again in 2023. The company is among the top one percent of all companies rated by EcoVadis and has received the highest Platinum-level every year since 2020.
Careers
At Metsä Tissue we strive for an open, fair, and safe work community, valuing diversity, cultural differences, and the fair treatment of all our employees. We emphasise professional development, our employees’ wellbeing, and work safety. And in return we want our employees to develop their ways of working and find ways to improve and drive our common goals – every day. For more information visit Metsä Tissue Careers
