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Tissue World Magazine, Country Report: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt & Jordan, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, North America area, North East USA, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, Vietnam

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Back from the brink in Norway’s dramatic Paper Valley

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris Amid the spectacular mountains and fjords, the story of a mill’s survival is barely less impressive. After all looked lost in 2013, Vajda-Papir Scandinavia is now investing,...
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Scandinavia – regional provider of pulp and paper with local T&T business

By Bill Burns, Senior consultant, Fisher International Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway and Denmark) is well known for producing pulp and paper products for both the local market and export. Exports are heavily focused on Western European countries but the...
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India: From shanty towns to shopping malls

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine. When, not if, tissue consumption takes off among a population of 1.25bn. Top industry managers are preparing for that momentous cultural change. As the second most populous...
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India’s T&T – a market profoundly influenced by cultural preferences

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International The second most populous nation in the world, India is ranked fifth in a worldwide listing of countries producing paper products. With a population of 1.25 billion, one...
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Consumer tissue in India: Value in focus but significant long-term opportunities ahead

                India remains one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. Real GDP is expected to increase by 7.3% in 2016, while unemployment in the country is expected to come down from 5.1% in 2015 to 4.8% in 2016....
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Twinsaver Group to become “largest tissue manufacturer” in Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa’s Twinsaver Group has boosted its capacity after it invested R500m in a new Toscotec AHEAD-2.0S tissue production line. Based at its Kliprivier site in Gauteng, the line will be started-up...
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September / October 2016

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...
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Iran: Relaxation of sanctions will increase tissue demand

By Euromonitor Research Analyst, Ahmed Bakr With the recent relaxation of sanctions, the Iranian economy is expected to experience a more stable situation in 2016. Real GDP is expected to grow by...
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Iran – regional leader following recent investment

The Middle East region (Egypt and Turkey not included) is a minor contributor to worldwide pulp and paper production. As figure 1 indicates, Asia Pacific is the largest contributor at 43%...
Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

Colombia: Middle class rise prompts growth even as economy slows

By Euromonitor International's Svetlana Uduslivaia Colombia was one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America over 2005-2014, resulting in rising disposable incomes and expansion of the middle class. By 2015, the number...
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Colombia – sluggish T&T market tied to adverse conditions

By Fisher International's Bill Burns   Colombia, the second most populous country in South America (with ¼ the population of Brazil), has been in the midst of a demographic transition with steady declines...
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Hard discounting is reshaping the Colombian market

Growth in low price own label products has meant a strategy rethink for value added producers. Tissue World editor Helen Morris reports. César Augusto Solano Velandia, the general manager for Papeles Nacionales,...
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Quality and speed supports business and product innovation at Productos Familia

An El Nino of change has hit the Colombian economy … the peso’s value down 30%, energy costs almost doubled, dramatically low rainfall. TWM visit’s the Cajicá site - at 2,640...
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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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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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Egypt: price sensitivity shapes consumer tissue demand

By Moustafa Sheta, Euromonitor Research Associate, Egypt With population approaching 88 million in 2015, Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and is expected to add another 12.3 million...
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Egypt and Jordan – holding on to progress despite the region’s economic and political...

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International The Middle East and Africa represent about 2% each of the global Towel and Tissue (T&T) capacity. If you consider Egypt as more a part...
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Target: Egypt’s distinctive facial tissue preference

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine At more than half the tissue market in volume and marketed in boxes and plastic covers, Hayat Kimya sees a chance to advance a unique...
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IPI aims to strengthen its reach overseas

Faced with regional jumbo roll overcapacity, the loss of energy cost leverage, traditional neighbouring markets hit by security issues, Egypt’s Interstate Paper Industries’ strategy is to find new potential growth …...
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“Our vision is to become the undisputed market leader in Egypt and North Africa.”

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine Keen for growth, Zeina Group founder and chairman Abdul Karim Natout talks to TWM about market potential in Egypt and beyond. With an impressive annual production...
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Is Vietnam at last beginning to emerge from its troubled history?

Tissue demand is growing at 20%, so Vietnam Pulp & Paper Association vice chairman and secretary general Vu Ngoc Bao heralds a major opportunity as the country “joins the world’s economy.”...
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Bringing Japanese efficiency – and patience – to Vietnam

Recycling pioneer JP CORELEX VIETNAM is poised to reap the benefits … but it has to narrow the gap between polar opposite tissue industries and cultural habits. TWM talked to Masahiko...
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Not content with being a market leader, Saigon Paper plans to double capacity in...

Vietnam is a classic tissue growth market. One million new urban residents added each year - per capita consumption less than 1.0kg – behind only China and India among Asia’s growing...
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Vietnam – modest but steady growth in an underdeveloped T&T market

By Fisher International's Bill Burns Globally, the Asia Pacific Region is the largest centre of Pulp and Paper (P&P) being first out of the six major global regions in total P&P production....
Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

Consumer tissue in Vietnam: changing lifestyles spell good news for the industry

While Vietnam’s household disposable incomes are the lowest, on average, of all major Asia Pacific nations, long-term economic growth continues to support strong gains in the country. Aside from the rising...
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Song Duong: on the brink of privatisation and expansion, TWM talks to director Nguyen...

Director Nguyen Van Quan explains the fundamental shift taking place in consumers’ tissue expectations across Vietnam . TWM/1 What are your investment plans for the future? “Years of investment by our joint shareholders...
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South Africa – locally focused and underdeveloped T&T market

By Fisher International's Bill Burns Globally, Africa (Sub-Sahara and North Africa combined) is not a significant producer of Pulp and Paper (P&P) products. The region is fifth out of six (just ahead...
Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

South Africa: budget constraints hinder demand for consumer tissue

By Euromonitor International's Svetlana Uduslivaia The fifth member of the BRICS, South Africa is seen as a major developing consumer market and is a focus of strategic initiatives and planning by domestic...
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Niche innovation is key at Universal

Inhibiting exchange rates, rising energy costs, changing consumer habits, struggling economy … no wonder Universal Paper & Plastics has become creatively self-sufficient. TWM talks to three members of the founding Sher...
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Sub-Sahara Africa: An expanding main market opportunity … long term

At Kimberley-Clark’s Enstra mill in South Africa they can’t make enough tissue to meet the demand. TWM spoke to the man who aims to steer the tissue giant towards that potential...
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Novus Holdings backs debut in tissue with €25m boost to capacity

With the global print and paper market showing signs of global decline, one major player has moved into tissue with an investment project at newly acquired Correll Tissue. TWM reports. “I’m attracted...
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Sugar cane and able

The primary fibre source which supplies Sappi at its Stanger site on South Africa’s east coast is much in evidence. TWM visited the pulp giant’s single tissue producing mill. Driving from Durban...
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Greece – primarily local T&T market with signs of contraction

By Fisher International's Bill Burns Among Western Europe’s Towel and Tissue (T&T) producing countries, Greece is a small player with a manufacturing T&T capacity base significantly lower than the more industrial and populous...
Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

Reduced purchasing power shapes consumer tissue preferences in Greece

By Euromonitor International's Svetlana Uduslivaia Greece boasts one of the highest tissue per capita consumption in Western Europe and many product categories are considered to be a household necessity. It is not...
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How Maxi is surviving Greece’s economic tragedy

Bankruptcies and closures saw an end to production at five paper machines in recent years, but with Greece still seeing the tissue market grow by 2.5%, just one new installation took...
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Kazakhstan – Local T&T business in an area with modest papermaking focus

By Bill Burns, Senior consultant, Fisher International With a territory larger than Western Europe, Kazakhstan is the northern most of the five Central Asian countries that once numbered among the republics of...
Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

Kazakhstan: healthy growth and opportunities ahead in consumer tissue

By Svetlana Uduslivaia, head of tissue & hygiene industry, Euromonitor International  Although not as much in the spotlight as its larger neighbours Russia and China, Kazakhstan offers good opportunities for growth in consumer...
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Karina poised to build on four years of 11% sales growth

When the Kazakhstan company first offered kitchen towels many years ago store buyers asked why they needed such wide toilet paper. It’s come a long way since then. Greg Grishchenko reports. In...