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As Brexit looms UK domestic tissue suppliers see their chance

Poppies is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of high quality bespoke printed napkins. TWM asked partner and technical director Armindo Marques how he plans to meet the challenges and uncertainties of the...
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Unprecedented number of tissue machines installed since 2010

With tissue consumption growing at a rapid pace in emerging markets, particularly in China, an unprecedented number of new tissue paper machines have been installed. Numera’s analysis shows that 327 new tissue paper machines...
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Tissue EU Ecolabel: its current success is the best proof that the scheme works...

The tissue industry was stunned in November 2016 to hear that the EU College of Commissioners was considering not renewing three Ecolabels, including one of the most successful – the Ecolabel for tissue. This Ecolabel is a...
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2016 North American tissue statistics point to a balanced market

Shipments and operating rates are currently strong but we worry about the supply side So the demand side of the North American tissue market appears strong, but we continue to worry about the lineup of...

İpek Kağıt invests in regional power

By Sertaç Nişli, general manager, İpek Kağıt                   A long-time pioneer and leader of Turkey’s tissue paper sector, İpek Kağıt has opened two new plants in Turkey and Kazakhstan that will advance its goal of...
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A tissue industry “overwhelmed” with new paper convertors entering the local market

Tissue consumption growth remains at 15% in the United Arab Emirates despite an economy hit by a fall in oil prices. Sajid Hussain, general manager of Gulf Manufacturing Company, explains why. The...

CMPC created a costs virtue out of an energy necessity

Cogeneration is the key to boost already impressive growth across Latin America for an innovative company which faced tough energy issues by building in efficiency at the design stage of its...
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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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India prepares for an expected surge in tissue demand

By Sumit Khanna, Chief Executive of Beeta Tissues Regional growth rates can already reach 20-25%, and as the new one-party government clears away restrictions on manufacturing and international players enter the market...
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A radical step changer?

The new Andromeda converting technology is, manufacturer Futura believes, going to revolutionise the market. TWM reports on the claims. It’s six months since Futura launched its new Andromeda converting technology for tissue...
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Free from its long dark history how high can resource rich Indonesia rise?

By Phillip Lawrence, Academic Once ranked 141st in terms of GDP, democratic Indonesia’s leadership is aiming to become the world’s sixth largest economy in the next decade. Academic Phillip Lawrence explains how...
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Southern America: Engaging in the world production chain

By Geraldo Ferreira, partner, Huntsfield Brasil Consultancy, Brazil  The region’s tissue market has three alternatives to respond to an ever-increasing import wave: entrench, adapt or transform yourself. Huntsfield Brasil Consultancy’s Geraldo Ferreira...
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Intercontinental growth – tissue parent roll trade pushing back the boundaries

By Esko Uutela, Principal, Tissue, RISI A global tissue business in excess of 2.6 million tonnes a year and providing 35% of all tissue sold internationally, bulk parent roll trade offers new...
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Waste not – want not… the issue of disposability facing tissue nations

By Industry analyst Greg Grishchenko Even among developed ‘non-Western’ nations to ‘flush or not to flush’ is still the question. Tissue - the brightest segment in the world paper business - is growing...
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Understanding vibration to perform smart chatter monitoring

By BTG’s Florent Bougerolle BTG’s Florent Bougerolle talks to TWM about how doctor blade vibration monitoring helps tissue makers get valuable insight into costly coating upsets and Yankee chatter problems Significant financial losses...

Algeria set to double its tissue capacity

By former senior paper industry officer Omar Chabane With North Africa awakening from a period of inertia, TWM spotlights Faderco, a company with big ideas whose investment is driving the momentum A previous...
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Capacity additions plus aggressive promotions spell interesting times in North American tissue markets.

By RBC Capital’s markets analyst Paul Quinn We believe that North American tissue margins could remain below historical levels for the next several years, particularly on the mid-to-low end of the quality...

Defining the physical characteristics that cause tissue softness

By Buckman’s John Stitt and Holly Richardson Softness: we know it when we feel it. We try to model it with complex equations.   Now we even have a pretty good test...
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The power of Private Brands

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...
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Bellwether of Hungary’s economic evolution

A new converting line will give Forest Papir of Hungary a powerful boost for competitiveness and innovation. A TW report. The uneventful transformation into a market economy which Hungary experienced just over...
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What’s all the noise about?

By Milltech’s Luca Linari and Marco Cattani With increasing regulation the attention paid by mills to the phenomenon of "noise" has increased Noise has two distinct impacts in a tissue mill: the effect...
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Gaining efficiency with smarter investment

A new Yankee hood and air system installed in August 2013 has resulted in substantial energy savings, according to Wepa mill director Maurizio Lattanzi. Here he discusses the potential that exists...

The importance of effective dust removal

Explosion prevention from dust build-up is an ever-increasing hazard for tissue manufacturers. Here, Martèl’s chief executive Massimo Bertocchi talks to TW about how its effective removal can create a safer working...

‘Designer’ printing rises to the challenge

Paper towel print technology has achieved one of the fastest transformations to product quality in any market place. Flexographic printing industry consultant David M Root explains how to stay ahead of...

Taking advantage of NBSK pulp for soft and strong tissue grades

With the fibre cost of the finished tissue product still a dominant factor in the tissue industry, Canfor Pulp explains its latest developments to TW. By Wlad Janssen, Specialist on tissue for Canfor Pulp...
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充分利用 NBSK 纸浆打造高规格柔韧纸巾

Canfor 制浆公司在向《世界卫生纸》介绍最新发展时表示,成品卫生纸产品的纤维成本仍是卫生纸行业的主要影响因素。 本文基于对 Canfor 制浆公司创新部负责人 Paul Watson 和Canfor 制浆卫生纸专家 Wlad Janssen 的访问而撰。 制浆巨头 Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (CPLP) 定位为环境可持续性的领头企业,其中最重要的体现是最初的纤维供应。 该公司在温哥华以北 800 公里的卑诗省乔治王子镇设有三个加工厂,Canfor 制浆公司的总部和创新部也位于该区。 其所加工的纤维来自 Canfor 林产品有限公司和该地区其他锯木场实木加工所产生的副产品碎屑,其中有 60% 来自 Canfor 林产品公司。 Canfor 林产品公司拥有 CPLP...

Improving runnability on tissue machines

Catanchem’s Gerhard Viljoen and aquaTECH’s Julien Arnold and David Hunkeler consider how to make savings, and get the most from the mill When tissue grades with high wet-strength resin (WSR) are being...

Better monitoring – fewer stoppages

When SCA’s Edet Bruk mill invested in a new burner management system from ABB, the difference was immediate. Two years later, the company tells TW what a difference it has made SCA’s...

ADT’s first start-up successfully running in the USA

By Ed Graf ADT’s first start-up successfully running in the USA Air Dried Tissue (ADT) Technology has been hailed as a real alternative to TAD. Two years after the start-up of the first installation of...
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Rotor thermal stress can lead to a pulper’s unscheduled downtime. Here, Baldor’s senior principal...

COPPER BAR ROTOR MOTOR DESIGN FOR PULPER APPLICATIONS In tissue mills, process reliability is absolutely crucial to the bottom line. Due to the batch nature of the stock pulping process, pulpers typically...