JPH-Group has partnered with Lucart since 2018. There has been particular success growing business in the transport industry and where toilet tissue is required to break down quickly.

Paper is said to have been invented by the Chinese, who began making it around 105 A.D. from shreds of used fabrics. Marco Polo – author of “Il Milione” – was probably the first in Italy to talk about the invention of paper.

Italy and Spain were the European countries to use paper. In Italy, in particular, the art of paper-making was established around 1100 in Amalfi and Fabriano, which became the most important manufacturing centre in Europe. The use of paper then spread to the rest of Italy, in particular to Tuscany where what today is the paper district of Lucca, the most important in the country, developed on the plain of Lucca.

Some key facts about Lucart include:
It was founded in Italy in 1953, with headquarters in Lucca, Tuscany.
It has 12 paper mills and more than 55 converting lines located in Italy, France, Hungary, Spain and now the UK.
It employs 1685 staff.
Has an estimated turnover of £575m.