Consumer Speak
For me the most important thing with toilet paper is comfort – and the size of the pack. I go into the supermarket and look on the shelves for the one that looks softest ...
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Annual Review : 2007 growth slows in west
As major markets stagnate, manufacturers must search the globe for opportunities, as growth shifts to the emerging markets, writes Adrian Atterby. [Read more]

Company Report : Making an impression in Brazil
Brazilian company Santher has added a Futura embosser to go upmarket in its ‘Personal’ tissue range [Read more]

Middle East : Top guns at Dubai seminar
A Hercules seminar in Dubai in May drew many industry leaders from the Middle East to hear papers from Hercules, Metso and Euromonitor. [Read more]

Country Report（Russia): Way Forward for Russia?
Growing fast but from a very low base, Russia seems full of potential but faces massive challenges. Ian Bell looks at prospects for tissue [Read more]

Country Report（Russia): Syassky takes soft approach
A new machine gives the company better quality as well as extra tonnage to go up market into softer two- and three-ply for its popular ‘b’ brand. [Read more]

Country Report（Russia): Faces of tissue in Russia
At Tissue Russia in St Petersburg in June, where the main focus of the programme was technical advances, discussion kept turning to lagging consumption [Read more]