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DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Poland gets in shape to take full advantage of the European recovery Marketissues: Tissue retail in Africa’s southern region Exitissues: Improving runnability on tissue machines   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia news Europe news Short issues   FEATURES: Country Report: Poland: international presence in...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  The great balancing act Marketissues: Thinking inside … and outside the box Exitissues: Algeria set to double its tissue capacity   FEATURES: Country Report: Romania – overall weakness offset by strength in T&T Country Report:  Romanian retail tissue...

2014 March/April 2014 Mexico Issue January/February 2014 Argentina Issue 2013 November/December 2013 Germany Issue September/October 2013 UK Issue July/August 2013 Poland Issue April/May 2013 Indonesia Issue

MALAYSIA Malaysia’s Fudak starts up Amica line Fudak has successfully started up its new Amica line at its Malaysian facilities in Johor Bahru. The line will produce high-quality consumer rolled products at a...

GLOBAL NEWS Gomá-Camps severs ties with AMS Gomá-Camps, expands into Africa K-C announces 1Q 2014 results Kemira closes acquisition of BASF’s global AKD emulsion business AMERICAS NEWS MEXICO: Mexico’s KCM to start up new 60,000tpy tissue...

By Ian Bell Italy’s economy stands out in Europe for all the wrong reasons. An on-going recession, high public debt and corruption mean that over the past decade the country has been...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  The sweet smell of success for tissue in Russia Marketissues: Social media – a powerful tool for all sectors of the tissue industry Exitissues: Capacity additions plus aggressive promotions spell interesting times in...

By Subhash Deodhar Globally, tissue and towel production emits more carbon per tonne of paper than any other paper grade. For a product so close to the end-consumer, the carbon footprint of...

In 2013, TWM visited a number of mills from around the world - from Spain to Indonesia, Poland to Germany - for the magazine’s Country Reports. Here, we revisit a selection...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Don’t cry for us in Argentina: ‘Tissue Culture’ primed and ready for an economic upturn Commemoration: Stefano Santini Exitissues: The importance of effective dust removal   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Africas news Asia news Europe news Short issues   FEATURES: Country Report: Argentina: modest,...

  DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  French market shows evolving tissue trends are helping to buck a gloomy European marketplace Marketissues: As shopping habits change SCA’s Barker sees multiple, price-relevant and distinctive products as the key Exitissues: Understanding vibration...

After two years of substantial restructuring, the WEPA Group has never lost its faith and drive in the Italian tissue market. Italian managing director Bernhard Gross tells TWM why now more...

Sofidel chief Luigi Lazzareschi reflects on how changing times in Europe offer the Italian pioneer even more opportunities for balanced expansion across the globe.  Luigi Lazzareschi greets TWM at his office at...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  An intriguing contrast – an economy on solid ground in a country prone to earthquakes Marketissues: Tissue World Barcelona attracted key industry members from across Europe and beyond. We kick off...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  Tissue sans frontiers Marketissues: Magnus Groth searching for ‘win-win’ across SCA’s global performance Exitissues: Intercontinental growth – tissue parent roll trade pushing back the boundaries   WORLD NEWS: Global News Europe News Americas News Asia News     FEATURES: Country Report: Kazakhstan – Local...

DEPARTMENTS FRONT : Sweden: Model for the future – or a unique market? MARKET : With DHG prices set to rise new sources of recovered paper for tissue must be found EXIT : The...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Mexico: “The opportunity to grow is huge” Marketissues: Growth in the European tissue business moving from West to East Exitissues: Gaining efficiency with smarter investment   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia news Europe news   FEATURES: Country Report: Mexico – free market...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: Iran ‘at a turning point’ and ready for business home and away Marketissues: Ukraine: How does an industry survive corruption, revolution and military conflict? Exitissues: A tissue industry “overwhelmed” with new paper convertors entering...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  Balancing sustainable growth with demand: east China’s tissue industry responds Marketissues: Overheating investment activity threatening market balance in the North American tissue business Exitissues: Defining the physical characteristics that cause tissue softness   WORLD NEWS: Global...

January / February 2016 DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam joins the world market – official Marketissues: US tissue market: dynamic phase following recent slow growth Exitissues: A radical step changer?   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia news Europe...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: Colombians like what they see with tissue Marketissues: “Exceptionally strong growth” at 4% for the global tissue industry in 2015 Exitissues: CMPC created a costs virtue out of an energy necessity   FEATURES: Country Report: Colombia: Middle class...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  Italy: tailoring resources to adapt to tough market conditions Marketissues: Attract and keep the next generation of talent Exitissues: The power of Private Brands   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia news Europe news Africa news   FEATURES: Country Report: Italy – the...

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: The US faces big structural changes to its tissue market Marketissues: Targeting top brand icons … by comparison and confusion Exitissues: Headwinds in the Russian tissue market   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia news Europe news    FEATURES: Country Report: US: Battle...

Gomá-Camps severs ties with AMS Gomá-Camps, expands into Africa (News from RISI) The Spanish tissue specialist Gomá-Camps is no longer part of AMS Gomá-Camps in Portugal. The firm said it signed an agreement...

By Kit Vale Private Brand sales are increasing globally, with a rise of 24% between 2007 and 2012. In fact, the global Private Brand business is estimated at $352bn. European consumers strongly...

By Pirkko Petäjä In the German markets catering for certain environmental attributes is a ticket to play, while in many emerging markets their importance is still low. Environmental issues continue to gain importance...

By Lars Halén and Timo Teräs NBSK pulp Europe In Asia, the prices of softwood pulp are also now in a clear decline. In Europe, the availability of BSKP remains relatively tight and...

Sharmaine Collins works in project management at London’s Tate, an institution that houses the UK’s national collection of British and international art. She talks to TWM about a...

By Brian Work At Tissue World Americas 2014, American Paper Converting’s Brian Work discussed why tissue is a dynamic sector that can attract smart young people with creative minds. Here, he talks...

Fit for the future” is the phrase WEPA Lucca’s managing director Bernhard Gross uses when TWM meets him at the company’s Lucca-based site. The company’s restructuring process meant it has now...

MEXICO Mexico’s KCM to start up new 60,000tpy tissue PM in June Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (KCM) has scheduled the start up of its new 60,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) installed at its Bajíio...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: With tough times at home Portugal gets innovative abroad Marketissues: Recent trends in tissue consumption and manufacturing within the newly independent states of the former Yugoslavia Exitissues: ADT’s first start-up successfully running in the USA   FEATURES: Country...

November / December 2015DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  Huge potential yes, but plan for the long term in sub-Saharan Africa Marketissues: Is the slowdown in China a threat for the South East Asian tissue market? Exitissues: Free from...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: A unique market aiming to create a new category of ICI nations – India, China, Indonesia Marketissues: Indonesia: the perfect combination of inputs for tissue growth Exitissues: Better monitoring – fewer stoppages   WORLD NEWS: Tissue World: 40%...

  DEPARTMENTS Frontissues : A more bullish west US aspires to quality and economy in product and sales Marketissues: Global tissue market continuing  strong growth, but Europe struggling Exitissues:  Rotor thermal stress can lead to...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Bold investment in luxury products pays off as staying at home is the new going out Marketissues: Kazakhstan – emerging tissue market leader in Central Asia Exitissues: Bellwether of Hungary’s economic evolution   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia...

  Operation Report Operation Report Almost 255 years in operation under 10 generations of the family, Gomà-Camps tells TW how it draws on its history in order to stay one step ahead of the...

DEPARTMENTS FRONT : A more bullish west US aspires to quality and economy in product and sales MARKET : Global tissue market continuing  strong growth, but Europe struggling EXIT : Rotor thermal...