At home in Switzerland – made for Europe

We have always been one of the innovators of paper production in Switzerland, and we have been established for almost just as long in Europe’s retail market.

History

1953

Founding of Cartaseta AG owned by the Kunz family (paper mill in Zwingen)
1955

First toilet paper production
1970

Commissioning of a tissue paper machine with a web width of 1.70 m
1972

Construction of the high-rise building, today’s office building
1973

Takeover of Cartaseta AG by Dr. Brendle-Neher
1974

Albert Friedrich, already owner of the Fripa paper mill in the German town of Miltenberg, takes over Cartaseta AG; renaming to Cartaseta Friedrich + Co.
1976

Commissioning of the waste paper processing plant
1982

Construction of the roller bearings
1983

Replacement of paper machine (PM) 3 with a new model with a web width of 2.70 m
1986

Conversion of various halls for the finishing machines
1996

Creation of staff facilities and the paper lab
1998

Construction of a storage hall plant 2
2003

Complete renovation and upgrade of PM 3
2004

Conversion of the toilet paper production plant with fully automated palletizing
2008

Connection of process steam to Däniken Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant resulting in a massive reduction in CO2 emissions
2012

New process control system on the paper machine with completely new pulp preparation process
2014

Commissioning of a new towel plant and a steam power plant as redundancy for the process steam
2015

Modernisation of the processing plant for roll products and purchase of 20,000 m² for an extension as a reserve zone
2017

Commissioning of a state-of-the-art processing line for roll products
2019

Rebranding as Cartaseta AG
2020

Commissioning of new logistics with automatic pallet conveyor system
2021

Commissioning of a new state-of-the-art packaging plant