Svilosa – The regional leader

Svilosa AD through its main daughter company Svilocell EAD is the only producer in Bulgaria of bleached kraft pulp and products thereof. Svilosa plays a crucial role in Bulgarian pulp and paper industry and is a market leader in the country and the region. The Company pursues an ambitious investment strategy consolidating its leading position in the pulp and paper industry on the Balkans and in whole Europe. Our subsidiary Svilocell EAD holds FSC® certificate (FSC® C112486) for Chain of Custody. Svilocell EAD may offer FSC-certified Bleached Sulfate Cellulose on client order.

1971 – the Pulp Mill was designed and built for production of viscose pulp

1987 – the production was changed to paper grade pulp

1997 – 1999 – Privatization of the state owned company

2003 – Svilosa started the project for doubling production capacity to 110 000 Adt/y

2005 – Svilosa was granted a EUR 28 Mln loan from EBRD and NIB

2006 – Svilosa separates its pulp production in Svilocell EAD. Svilocell EAD is 100% owned by Svilosa

2007 – a large-scale investment reconstruction was implemented at Svilocell aiming to increase the production capacity to 110 000t/a with possibility 150 000t/a to be reached in future

2015 – Svilocell launches on the market ПН-98 and ПП-76 – soil improvers used for soil acidity neutralization

40 years of experience, ECF bleached hardwood kraft pulp in sheets

Production Capacity is up to 150 000 tons/year, 95% of the production is export orientated

172 hectares in the industrial zone, located by a natural source of process water

Very close by a port on the Danube River, own railway network and railway station

1-2 days delivery time by road to a major part of the end-customers, the company employs 480 people

In the company there is established and functioning Integrated Management System which includes:

  1. Certificate for Quality Management EN ISO 9001-2015
  2. Certificate for Environmental Management EN ISO 14001-2015
  3. Certificate for Occupational Health and Safety Management OHSAS 18001-2007

SVILOCELL EAD is the sole producer and supplier of bleached hardwood sulphate pulp in the region. As such our attention and efforts are focused on the products’ quality in order to fully comply with the clients’ requirements, while at the same time we take care for the environment protection as well as for ensuring health and safety labour conditions.

https://svilosa.bg/en/

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