equipment for tissue paper and board industries founded 1948 headquarters marlia italy website www.toscotec.com toscotec is an italian company specialized in the design and manufacture of plants and equipment for the production of tissue paper and paper board as well as for stock preparation . 1 this is a privately owned italian group based in the province of lucca in tuscany . toscotec whose head office is located in marlia lu has branches in the united states and china toscotec north america in green bay wisconsin and toscotec paper machine shanghai co. ltd. in the gaohang district of shanghai . 2 contents 1 history 2 corporate structure 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit toscotec originally named officine meccaniche toschi was founded in 1948 3 by sergio toschi as a service provider for paper mills in tuscany . 4 in the 1950s the company began engineering and producing the first complete machine for paper manufacturing . it was the first company to manufacture dryer cylinders in steel 5 instead of cast iron . 6 7 the name officine meccaniche toschi was officially changed to toscotec in 2003 . 8 in 2006 the mennucci family became the sole shareholders of the company . 6 at the beginning of 2012 toscotec became full owner of milltech 9 a company specialized in drying and energy solutions for the tissue industry and consolidated its commercial and service network in the far east through its associate toscotec paper machine shanghai co. ltd. 10 in end 2012 . 11 in addition to their growth in asia 12 13 the company has also had recent success in russia 14 and south america . 15 today toscotec operates with a group of companies toscotec tech which comprises the parent company and its affiliates milltech and s.to.ri . 6 corporate structure edit toscotec is headed by chairman giovan battista mennucci and ceo alessandro mennucci . members of the mennucci family also sit on the board of directors . 16 internally the company has two divisions . the tissue division which designs and engineers tissue machinery plants and turnkey projects . the paper & board division does turnkey project and refits existing paper production equipment . see also edit tissue paper paperboard paper mills steel cast iron papermaking converting turnkey tappi references edit about us . toscotec . toscotec opens shanghai facility . toscotec . 30 may 2013 . archived from the original on 29 september 2013 . toscotec a partner for innovation 1948 2008 toscotec celebrates 60 years of activity . innovation as a trademark . . perini journal . dead link toscotec press release . club tecnologia e passion . size costs and energy consumption continue to dominate tissue machine technology advances . tissue world magazine . a b c history . toscotec . retrieved 2012 06 12 . inside the steel yankee . . futura magazine . archived from the original on may 15 2013 . lucca imprese . toscotec la storia . milltech joins toscotec advanced solutions for drying to the paper industry . paperweb . 16 january 2012 . new toscotec tissue line started up in china . paperweb . 9 february 2012 . toscotec extends presence in asia . tissue world magazine . toscotec to supply eight new tissue machines to vinda . toscotec . 3 april 2012 . archived from the original on 29 september 2013 . toscotec supplied tissue line starts up at ningxia bauhinia paper in yinchuan china . risi . 8 february 2012 . toscotec adapts to the changing landscape . toscotec . 21 may 2012 . peruvian papelera del sur rebuilds pm5 dryer section . toscotec . 23 april 2012 . archived from the original on 29 september 2013 . management . toscotec . external links edit toscotec official website toscotec facts & figures milltech official website stori official website tecnologia & passione official website industriali official website lucca imprese camera di commercio website tappi official website it s tissue official website toscotec s page on it s tissue official website lu.me official website 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