Country Report: Germany
Hope for tissue products: Despite increasing unemployment and falling consumer confidence, tissue products have continued to achieve growth in Germany [Read more]

Report on Germany: Key role for discount
Some 80% of the German consumer tissue market goes to the discount sector, one of the highest rates in the world. Egon Schiebel, from GfK Panel Services, looks at the structure of the market and the impact of the economic crisis on consumers [Read more]

Report on Germany: Focus on added value
Tissue World magazine recently spoke with Martin Krengel, CEO at WEPA. He is the son of the founder of WEPA, Paul Krengel, and one of the three brothers who today run the family-owned company, headquartered in Germany. [Read more]

Report on Germany: SCA: German market leader
Headquartered in Munich, SCA Tissue Europe controls a vast market, from Russia to Portugal, UK to the Balkans. In Germany, its biggest market, it is ringing the changes to stay on top [Read more]

Germany in Europe: facts and figures from Fisher International
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Annual Review: North Africa today
Although North Africa does not at first sight offer the best prospects as a centre of papermaking, given its crucial lack of water and fibre resources, the region is showing strong signs of development in some paper grades, including tissue, writes Omar Chabane [Read more]

Annual Review: Self-reliant Belarus [Read more]

The World in 2008 - key facts & figures [Read more]

Company Report: Valot: Five-star service
How does a small company compete with the giants of the industry? Argentina's Valot does it with a wide product range and a high level of personalized service. [Read more]

Focus on Energy: Yankee head insulation [Read more]

Focus on Energy: Toscotec saves energy [Read more]

Hand Drying
A comparative study of different hand drying methods: paper towel, warm air dryer, jet air dryer [Read more]