| The first paper mill of the Strepp family was founded by Johann Michael Strepp near Düren, Germany |
Pauliström steel mill, which later on became a tissue mill, was founded in Sweden by Wilhelm Mauritz Pauli |
Warszawskie Zaklady Papiernicze was founded near Warsaw in Poland |
Anders Rodin started production of rag paper for printing, writing and wrapping at Catrinafors mill (Katrinefors) in Sweden |
Mänttä mill was founded by pharmacist G.A. Serlachius in Finland |
Strepp mill was founded on its present site in Hochkoppelmühle near Kreuzau in Germany |
Halstrick mill was founded by Heinrich Scheffer-Hoppenhöfer and Anton Scheffer-Tulke in Sundern/Sauerland in Germany |
Katrinefors mill was founded in Sweden and the first paper machine was installed. |
Nyboholm mill was founded at Kvillsfors in Sweden |
Serlachius commenced production of bathroom tissue in Finland |
Production of greaseproof paper was started at Mänttä in Finland |
Serlachius introduced the first tissue-based napkins and handkerchiefs in Finland |
The Mola brand was launched in Germany |
Katrinefors mill in Sweden started producing creped paper towels on a small scale |
The Fasana brand was launched in Germany |
The Leni brand was launched in Sweden |
The first modern tissue machine went into operation at Mänttä in Finland |
The Serla brand was launched in Finland |
The Lambi brand (Vita Lamm) was launched in Sweden |
Mechanical wastewater treatment was opened at Mänttä in Finland |
Serla summer bags (bathroom tissue and household towels) were introduced for the first time in Finland |
Recycled fibre pulp production was started at Mänttä. Serlachius became the first in Finland to use deinked waste paper as raw material for tissue production |
The Katrin brand was launched in Sweden |
Katrinefors mill was acquired by Holmen Hygiene |
Serlachius merged with Metsäliiton Teollisuus Oy and a new company Metsä-Serla Oyj was formed |
Katrinefors mill was acquired by MoDo |
Metsä-Serla acquired Holmen Hygiene in Sweden |
UPM-Kymmene Tissue mill was acquired in Finland |
Katrin Ultimatic agreement made with Georgia-Pacific |
Metsä Tissue acquired a majority shareholding in the Polish company Warszawskie Zaklady Papiernicze S.A. (WZP) |
Metsä Tissue was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX) in December |
Metsä Tissue acquired two German tissue paper companies, Halstrick and Strepp |
Metsä Tissue acquired a majority shareholding in the Polish company Zaklady Papiernicze Krapkowicach S.A. (ZPK). Metsä Tissue became the largest supplier of tissue paper products in Poland |
Metsä Tissue acquired a majority shareholding in the Polish tissue paper converting company Krapex |
Metsä Tissue's share was delisted from the Helsinki Exchanges. The ownership of all shares has been transferred to M-real Corporation. |
M-real Corporation sold in January 2004 first 66 % of Metsä Tissue's business activities to Metsäliitto Cooperative and 17 % to Tapiola Group, a Finnish insurance company. |
Later in January M-real sold its remaining shares in Metsä Tissue: 9.86 % of the shares were sold to Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and 7.14 % to Sampo Life Insurance Company Ltd. |
Metsä Tissue acquired Tento a.s., a leading tissue paper company in Slovakia, and became the market leader in the Central-Eastern European market |
