Dear readers,
Despite the rather unsettled atmosphere in Turkey since last year, the sectors have not suspended their investments, keeping a close watch on the developments in the global market.
With a 2,4% growth, Turkish Paper-Board Industry has preserved its place in the market as one of the sectors with a high potential for development. According to the 2016 report of the Turkish Pulp
& Paper Industry Foundation, the paper-board production capacity of Turkey, in 2016, reached 5.040.000 tonnes with an increase by 3,5% compared to 2015. Reaching 971.000 tonnes with a net capacity increase by 21,2% compared to 2015, tissue played the leading role in this increase rate.
The paper-board production reached 4.024.013 tonnes in 2016 with an increase by 7,4% compared to the previous year. The consumption rate of paper-board per capita also manifested an increase by 0,9%
compared to the previous year and reached 75,2 kg.

New investments
Turkish paper-board sector continues its development this year as well with the new investments renovations that it has made both in Turkey and abroad. Cami ? Ambalaj, whose corrugated board manufacturing branch of activity was sold to Dunapack last year, has started operating under the umbrella of Hamburger as of March. MOPAK Dalaman Pulp-Paper-Board Integrated
Plants, on the other hand, doubled its capacity by renovating its two machines. Kipa ? also is in preparation for making a new investment planned in Söke, Ayd ?n, in addition to its ?negöl plant ready for commissioning at the end of this year.
Hayat Kimya also stands out with its investments both in Turkey and abroad. Adding a plant with the capacity for manufacturing non-woven textile and packing paper for all its products and an automatic warehouse ranked as the biggest in Europe to its ?zmit Campus, Hayat Kimya has recently made an agreement with Valmet on a second machine for its mill in Yelabuga, Tatarstan.
The new line will add 70,000 tonnes to its current production of tissue.
Our most sincere wishes for the development of the sector in an accelerating speed in the coming years,