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    WEPA Group: Consolidated growth for Europe’s third largest tissue player

    With paper machines recently started-up in Germany and France, and another PM investment announced in Poland, WEPA Group has its eyes firmly fixed on growth. TWM discusses market strategy with the...
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    Headwinds in the Russian tissue market

    By Esko Uutela, Principal, Tissue, RISI Russian tissue consumption showed a very strong growth pattern from 2000 until 2012, with an average growth rate of close to 10% per year. But since...
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    US: Battle for value and volume growth hots up in mature market

    By Jabel Parayil, Analyst – tissue & hygiene, Euromonitor International With per capita volume consumption of retail tissue standing at 14kg, the US has the highest usage rate of retail tissue in...
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    Northeast United States – A mix of T&T machine vintages, sizes and technologies

    By Bill Burns, Senior consultant, Fisher International The global Towel and Tissue (T&T) market can be divided into six regions where North America ranks third with 22% of overall capacity. North American...
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    Targeting top brand icons … by comparison and confusion

    By Greg Grishchenko, Industry analyst Copy-cat labelling on private label products has created a lucrative revenue stream for discount stores, increasing confusion for consumers, and upped the champagne consumption of litigation lawyers....
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    Battle for the biggest Away-from-Home sector in the world

    Table napkins are on a surge as Americans eat out more, enjoy ‘fast casual’ dining, and turn to the pleasures of the homeland and the ‘staycation.’ TWM editor Helen Morris heads...
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    Opportunity on “our doorstep” – or as it’s otherwise known … New York

    The great metropolis is also “a great waste paper basket,” says Soundview Paper Company chief executive Karl Meyers who has targeted recycled and virgin fibre T&T. The key issue is still...
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    The US faces big structural changes to its tissue market

    TWM, and hopefully all who read our Regional Report in this edition will join us, has enjoyed the privilege of touring the world’s leading tissue market North America – ranked third...