Operations Report

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Niche tissue… Independence, recycled paper, rapid response, flexibility, personalised and increasingly green products

French manufacturer Papeco director general Emmanuel Coulon explains his smart circular economy concept at his Normandy mill. Report: TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris. When I...

Bringing manufacturing ownership back to a region which once led the world

Northwood’s recent acquisitions in the UK’s AfH tissue market has propelled it to the number three spot in the sector. Now with its latest joint venture Northwood & Wepa acquiring the former Georgia- Pacific...

“Dream” of second PM within reach for fiercely independent French hygiene producer

By Tissue World Magazine Senior Editor Helen Morris Already a market leader, quality product and location are key as MP Hygiene aims to clean up...
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Turkey’s tissue leader sets its sights on becoming Russia’s largest producer

Already dominating in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Hayat Kimya continues its impressive growth programme, and targeted pandemic response in manufacturing and marketing. Lutfi Aydın, Global Tissue...
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‘We diversified, it was the only way to survive. And it worked.’

If ever a company was poised for an economic uplift it’s IPEL at its impressive new site in Indaial city. Managing director Juliano Silva talks growth, investment, flexibility, justice… and football...
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Tradition and passion creates Sofidel’s most advanced automated site

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris TWM interviews Robert Jensen, Sofidel Sweden, country operations manager, on the latest tissue trends in the region. Sofidel’s Swedish plant produces 56,000tpy of private label products, specialist tissue in...
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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...

Hayat Kimya’s $100m Nigerian plant expands its dominance in Africa

In June, Turkish tissue manufacturer Hayat Kimya expanded its geographical presence with the inauguration of its $100m Nigerian diaper and tissue plant in Agbara, Nigeria. Hayat first entered into the Nigeria market in 2015...

“ Turkey is becoming the tissue capital of the Middle East and Europe”

TWM interviews Parteks Paper Industry general manager Fatih Çapar TWM/1: What tissue markets do you operate in? Fatih Çapar: “Established in 1996, Parteks Paper Industry is a fully integrated manufacturer of virgin pulp parent...

Universal Paper is gearing up for a move into Japan’s growing premium tissue market

By Helen Morris, Senior Editor The APP Group company’s success has been in the economy segment with 9.4% of Japan’s T&T sector last year. Now its key strategy is to follow younger consumers who...
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İpek Kağıt set to double capacity at its Kazakhstan vantage point on Central Asia...

By Helen Morris, TWM editor The Turkish tissue manufacturer went the extra miles to take advantage of a vast geographical region of economic and social potential. Here, TWM interviews Hamdi Yazıcı, Central...
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全球首条 NTT 生产线大力推动高端产品对美国的出口

Fabrica de Papel San Francisco 位于墨西哥和美国边境,公司在接受《世界卫生纸》的采访时介绍了自己如何扩大对美国的出口并成为全球首家采用 NTT 技术的企业。   2013 年 7 月,Fabrica de Papel San Francisco (Fapsa) 在其位于墨西哥的Mexicali工厂成功投产全球首条Advantage NTT 卫生纸生产线。该生产线由 Mesto 提供,宽度为 2.6 米,可在公司现有产量基础上增加每年 3 万吨的手纸、餐巾纸和面巾纸产量。 该家族企业的运营总监 Dario Palma y Meza Espinoza 告诉《世界卫生纸》,他们的投资旨在提高产能,丰富产品类型。他表示:“要想实现...

High quality and added value – at speed – are key at SCAs Neuss...

Since the SCA purchase of G-P's European tissue business mill manager Brend Bichbeimer has met the 'biggest challenge' of a rapid change from a focus on forestry to hygiene... now he...
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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...

German consumers are eager for innovation – and are prepared to pay

Italian tissue giant Sofidel’s German sites offer a blueprint for its business strategy globally. Here, TWM meets Andreas Meyer and Domenico D’Angelo to get the latest in Europe’s...
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欧洲重量级企业大展身手

Sofidel首席执行官Luigi Lazzareschi阐述欧洲变幻的形势如何为这家意大利先锋企业带来更多商机,促进企业全球业务均衡发展。 在位于意大利卢卡市(Lucca)的Delicarta卫生纸工厂办公室内,Luigi Lazzareschi接受了《世界卫生纸》杂志的专访。向窗外望去,风景格外迷人,工厂大部分也尽收眼底……大片的光伏太阳能电池板,还有附近那秀丽的绵延群山。当然,Sofidel的强劲竞争对手有两家也在附近,成为这窗外风景的一部分,在必要的时候,提醒着卫生纸行业的巨人,商战从未止息。 家族企业Sofidel Group可谓家喻户晓:欧洲的重量级企业,首家进军美国市场的意大利卫生纸制造商,全球市场份额也越来越大。 在整个访谈期间,首席执行官Lazzareschi考虑周详、态度真诚、全身心投入,只在手机偶尔响起有趣的铃声时才稍微中断一下访谈。我们先讨论了欧洲市场,尤其是Sofidel在欧洲市场的角色。随着过去几年各种合并收购,欧洲市场一直在不断变化:2011年底Georgia-Pacific退出市场,这意味着竞争对手会接手新市场的工厂,并会全面拓展至新的国家地区。 Sofidel一直是推动变化的重要驱动力:2013年4月1日,它从SCA收购了之前是Georgia-Pacific的业务,这包括买下英国知名消费者品牌,以及在爱尔兰、比利时、荷兰和卢森堡的品牌和厂商。 Lazzareschi说:“Georgia-Pacific、SCA意大利、宝洁等品牌做出的各种动作,让市场更为集中化,尤其是品牌产品,特别是在法国。但是对欧洲的居家外纸品(AfH)市场来说,这些变化对Sofidel很有益。我们收购了很多欧洲大品牌,目前在比利时和荷兰都有重要品牌。我们还增加了在意大利的市场份额,提高了在海外的生产力。” 当问及Sofidel在近期进军了美国市场,是否仍致力于注重发展欧洲卫生纸市场时,他回答说:“我们在欧洲仍有很大的发展余地,我们还有很多要发展的领域,在英国、荷兰、德国和西班牙还有多家工厂需要扩建。提高这些地方的生产力对我们来说很轻松,成本不高,可以让我们的产量增加一倍。”关于欧洲是否需要进一步展开合并收购活动,他说虽然一些企业可能仍有这样的想法,但现在大型企业一般对此不感兴趣了。他补充说,到目前为止,仍没有出现任何想进入该区发展造纸业的亚洲企业。 意大利,欧洲市场的发展前兆?  Sofidel在过去几年做了大量投资,包括1994年在Delicarta投资上线了美卓公司(Metso)的造纸设备PM3;1997年在Fine Paper(现在的Soffass造纸厂)上线了新设备,产能大大提高;2000年,收购了Fibrocellulosa(现在的Delicarta Val Fegana);2002年,接管Cartiera di Monfalcone(现在的Delicarta Monfalcone),2003年收购了Imbalpaper(现在的Delicarta Valdottavo)。Lazzareschi说:“意大利的产能并没有增加很多,一些地方产能过剩,区域市场有些许的限制性。”他补充说,一直都有一些小规模的开业和歇业,但在意大利,这种起起伏伏并不一定代表当下形势。 2013年,意大利的卫生纸零售业价值额降低了0.7%,有力反映出该国、乃至更广泛地区面临的经济压力。意大利的经济困境在欧洲一直很突出——过去十年间,意大利一直是欧元区发展最缓慢的经济体——它的发展趋势,以及国内的卫生纸厂商采取的决策,成为更广泛意义上的欧洲卫生纸业务的发展前兆。 经济放缓加大了当地卫生纸市场面临的压力。市场形势一直是私营品牌获得份额的催化剂,而在意大利,私营品牌的市场份额已从五年前的30%上升到了37%。品牌需要为此做出牺牲,因为更多的消费者希望得到物美价廉的产品。但去年,卫生纸是发展最迅速的领域,增加了1.6%,因此很有意思的是,这证明即使非常艰难的经济时期,厕纸和卫生纸的需求也完全有可能出现增长。如果产品合适,就可以说服消费者购买更多零售卫生纸产品。 Lazzareschi说:“我们看到整个欧洲消费者市场发生了转变,但意大利的转变最大。现在市面上有很多更便宜的产品。私营品牌在经济衰退期得到了强有力的发展,过去几年间,卫生纸产品已更加商品化。” 他补充说,意大利的居家外纸品(AfH)市场也“绝不只受消费者市场的影响。公共部门已显著就减少了可购买产品的数量。首先,这改变了可购买卫生纸的种类,其次,这也影响了产品的质量。我们也发现意大利的餐饮业和旅游领域的可购买产品也有所降低。” 为适应变化的市场趋势,Sofidel重新定位了在欧洲的位置。公司从上世纪九十年代就保持高速发展,不断向国外扩展,收购国外企业。很多国家地区的私营品牌发展得并不像德国等国家地区那样充分,在德国,私营品牌统占着市场,2013年的市场份额达78%。 他说:“我们在一些国家地区很强大,但我们在整个欧洲的市场份额并不高。我们居家外纸品(AfH)部门的产品已经很多元化,但仍需改进。我们会提高在表现不佳的市场中的份额。例如,我们在法国新建了一家居家外纸品(AfH)工厂,而法国也是我们非常想拓展业务的地区。” 可持续性为企业赢得在意大利的发展动力 虽然在卫生纸零售行业的黄金末期大部分创新都围绕提高产品可持续性展开,但绿色产品在意大利卫生纸行业的市场仍很小。虽然这几乎是一个全新的纸品市场,但可循环再利用卫生纸的商机会越来越多。 Sofidel还脱离固有模式,成为另一个领域的先锋。虽然绿色产品在经济衰退期尤其难以销售,但该公司全球市场战略很大一部分涉及到可持续性。Lazzareschi的战略显示,他这样做是为了长远发展——到目前为止,公司已投资2500万欧元致力于减少二氧化碳的排放,到2020年,公司的二氧化碳排放量可减少26%。他说:“可持续性让我们与众不同,这也是我们大力推进的一个方向。我们希望盈利,但也希望以对社会负责的方式盈利。保护环境和可持续发展是我们的成功因素,也是推动我们发展的关键要素之一。” 这包括投资760万欧元建设了三个光伏阵列,分别位于Porcari的Delicarta工厂和Soffass加工工厂,以及位于Tassignano的Delicarta加工工厂,预计年度总发电量达3,975,000 kWh。   美国是投资的首要市场 在三月份的美国世界卫生纸业展览会上,Lazzareschi向《世界卫生纸》杂志透露,在不久的未来,Sofidel将在美国市场做出更多行动。公司绝不想止步不前:它已重申自己想成为美国市场的重要从业者。2012年8月31日,公司收购了Cellynne及其三个工厂,Sofidel America现在占Sofidel市场总额的8.14%,年总产能提高至1亿公吨。 借助这次收购,这一欧洲卫生纸巨人将业务拓展到新的大洲,当然也包括极富挑战性的美国市场。Lazzareschi告诉《世界卫生纸》杂志:“现在,我们在美国只有三家工厂,在美国的市场份额还很低。我们会关注企业在该区的发展,因为这里有很大的商机。”他补充说,跟美国市场相比,欧洲市场的“竞争更加激烈”;但他也提到,很多投资应该由美国生产商来做。“科技很发达的美国在这方面还很落后,这意味着我们有更多机会。这些机会来自我们的新产品,也得益于居家外纸品(AfH)和消费者市场的发展。居家外纸品(AfH)占在我们市场份额中占很大的比重,是我们的自然市场,我们最近在奥兰多市(Orlando)投建了两台新设备。但同时,为了更平衡地发展,我们还必须投资私营品牌的消费者产品,实现更均衡的发展,获得更多商机,实现风险最小化。” 他继续说道:“我们很难想象未来几年公司在欧洲还能以同样的速度发展,届时发展速度将降为单位数。而从人均消费水平来看,美国是世界上最重要的卫生纸市场,充满了商机。” 关于Sofidel Group 创办人: Giuseppe Lazzareschi &  Emi Stefani 创办年份: 1966 营业区域: 13个国家 (意大利、西班牙、瑞典、英国、比利时、法国、克罗地亚、德国、波兰、罗马尼亚、希腊、土耳其和美国) 工厂: 32 业务范围: 居家外卫生纸、自有品牌、消费者品牌 产品: 卫生纸、厨房用纸、餐巾纸、手帕纸、面巾纸、医用纸、折叠纸巾、卫生纸原纸 品牌: Regina, Softis, Le Trèfle,...

“A Europe-wide outlook is vital for us.”

By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris As the WEPA Group’s French mill, WEPA Lille’s location is key for understanding the dynamics within the French and European tissue markets It’s not surprising that...

Velvet Care: Poland’s tissue market leader seeing dynamic post-pandemic growth

Velvet Care has achieved a series of firsts in production capacity, workforce levels, turnover, quality and its Eco Agenda 2025. Wanda Ciesielczuk, Production and Technical Director, talks to TWM...
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Searching for distinction in a complex market

When competition is fierce and price discounting dominates, niche, flexibility and targeted response to rapidly changing consumer demands become crucial. TWM visited family owned Industria Cartaria Fenili By Helen Morris, Senior editor, Tissue...

IPEL gearing up to ride the economic and industrial recovery

The hard-hit AfH sector is now back to pre-pandemic sales levels. Private label is structuring and professionalising while exports are targeted across South and Central America. IPEL’s Commercial Director...

Operations Report: With a sixth tissue machine due to be started-up in the last...

The best laid development plans on 2018 were tested during the pandemic years. Today, continued investments have brought the goal of 125,000tpy production target into sight. TWM Senior Editor...
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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...

In balance – WEPA Group ethos mirrors Germany’s stable tissue performance

A key ‘produce where you sell’ policy is just one of the strategies behind the consumer sector’s second largest private label manufacturer. TWM talked to Hendrik Otto, chief...

‘A project that could change the course of the tissue industry’s future’

The circular economy, tissue from wheat straw, a dual strategy of private label and brands: TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris interviewed Donato Giorgio, President Global Supply Chain and member...

Operations Report: “We estimate that about 40% of all paper sold on the shelf...

With roughly half the per capita consumption rate of Germany and France, the Transylvania, Romania-based company’s extensive investment programme is targeting home growth, as well as international expansion where...
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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...

IN A WORLD WHERE SPEED TO MARKET AND DYNAMIC PRODUCTION FLOWS ARE CRITICAL, ADVANCES...

While initial capital investment in a mobile robot with control software and interfaces and changes to existing systems may cost close to $200,000, the return on investment is often...

OPERATIONS REPORT Lucart Tissue & Soap: “2022 has shown a full recovery of the...

Lucart Tissue & Soap (Lucart T&S) is a Lucart Group subsidiary based in Artziniega in the north of Spain, running two industrial plants since the beginning of 2018. Here,...
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Thailand’s first tissue mill poised to reap rewards of a new future

Half the population of 68 million doesn’t use tissue. But a boom in tourism, urbanisation and an ageing society is changing that, explains Dr. Sumrit Yipyintum, MD of RiverPRO. Report...
Green potential: The company’s environmentally-friendly products are seeing increased demand in Thailand and across Southeast Asia .

The return of a much-needed tourism boom is anticipated to bring back income –...

The anticipated rise in tissue use of three years ago has been hit by three waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. TWM interviewed Dr. Sumrit Yipyintum, Managing Director of Thailand’s...
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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...

Kimberly-Clark: Operations Report – A ‘fully reopening’ Thailand sees its tissue demand boom continue

The country’s market leader Kimberly-Clark, celebrating its 150th anniversary, reflects on local shifts in shopping habits and pandemic-accelerated opportunities to pivot and drive stronger penetration for in-home consumption. Ratree...

Surge in tourists hiding the effects of Japan’s declining population

Tissue facing a challenge and an opportunity says JP Corelex Holdings president Mr. Hiroshi Kurosaki. Production balanced against demand is the key. Report by TWM senior editor Helen Morris. The first thing TWM notices...

Top of the league SCA is on the ball to meet consumers’ changing needs

With its focus on innovation and sustainability, SCA has taken the top spot in the UK tissue market. TW visits its renowned Manchester mill on the city’s Trafford Park. By Helen Morris, Tissue World...

Sofidel: the European heavyweight flexes its muscles

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...
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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...
Camelia’s Lazar Stevanović: Advanced machine expected to pioneer new quality products

CONSUMERS ARE GETTING SMARTER – AND QUALITY PREVAILS

In an awakening market with more and more company start-ups, Serbia’s tissue industry is “in a constant state of growth.” Here, Lazar Stevanović, commercial director of Čačak-based manufacturer Camelia, looks...
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Consumers want it both ways … national brand equivalent quality in economy products. TW...

A Tissue World report Cascades' Kingman, Arizona, USA-based tissue converting facility. The approach to Cascades’ Kingman tissue converting site in Arizona in the west of the USA is nothing if not dramatic. Located...
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Berli Jucker Cellox has invested in the best technology to target growth potential

Rising numbers… in population, tourism, retail stores, personal income and a strong economic performance gives the Bangkok-based manufacturer confidence for the future. A TWM report. TWM/1 What tissue markets do you operate in in Thailand...
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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...