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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...

In September, Tissue World hosted eight hours of critical insights over the course of two days, analysing how the tissue market is preparing itself for...

              India - the world’s greatest untapped market In no other country is so great a potential so apparently locked out of reach. India has untapped retail tissue growth estimated at US$12 billion, 4.5 million tonnes....

Charlotte Lynn is a teacher from Canada working in the UK I love travelling and have been to many parts of the world and also...

An entrepreneurial spirit gives Royal Paper the means to diversify and expand west to east across the complete range of private label products. Chief Executive Kevin Otero gives TWM...

Born in the UK, Wesley Sawkins talks about his preference for bulk buying, his scepticism on presentation and corporates, and his experiences of living in Singapore

Paul Ashcroft lives in the picturesque village of Rivington in the north west of England. He works in the water industry and in his spare time he is a...

These are turbulent times in Brazil – but tissue is toughing it out. Helen Morris, Tissue World magazine senior editor, visits Carta Fabril’s Rio de Janeiro headquarters as the company begins the start-up...

As the world is set for recession, this is shaping up to be a banner year for consumer tissue producers. Bathroom product sales tripled, mills on full capacity,...

Sopanusa Tissue & Packaging Saranasukes and Sun Paper Source’s state-of-readiness was due to a dynamic business strategy which today sees it trading in over 80 countries and across five continents....

Please wash your hands and dry them with a paper towel! By Bruce Janda, senior consultant, Fisher International Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International

For several decades, North America and Europe shared some of the same tissue suppliers. However, during the last decade a lot has changed. Previously, North American companies were expanding into Europe, and now exactly the...

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...

As carbon intensity of grid electricity can range from 29g to 635g of CO2 per kWh, paper manufacturers are moving towards local renewable generation. Eduardo De Almeida, Manager, AFRY Process Industries...

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...

The phrase ‘boom and bust’ is traditionally used in a sequential sense. If a boom gets out of control it may lead to an economic collapse or a major...

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...

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....

Not only is China’s economic performance in 2020 a classic “V shaped” slump and recovery, when the multi-complexities of such a populous nation are reduced to a convenient shape...

Green ambition, niche products and export potential hold the key to not just surviving but thriving through Spain’s economic crisis at LC Paper. “You don’t often see a mill with a philosophy...

Cheapest: too rough even for the toughest of men. Middle rank: comfortable, quality, full-bodied. Luxury: generally pointless, but essential for a girlfriend’s nose. I use toilet...

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...

Manufacturers need to pursue innovative ways to decrease consumption and make their factories more efficient as energy and raw material prices soar. Report for TWM by Eduardo de Almeida,...

At 6.3kg in Turkey - 26kg in the US – the figure has risen during the pandemic and will remain higher permanently, says Bilge Çiftçi, Chief Marketing Officer, Eczacıbaşı...

Julie Chen and Chris Forbes are the founders of The Cheeky Panda, the multi-award winning UK based and global supplying sustainable bamboo tissue manufacturer. Here, Chris discusses their own retail  references that...

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...

Tissue World São Paulo, Brazil, has again raised the standard for the region’s dynamic tissue industry. Trade visitors to the event, now in its third edition, were 898. A...

HMI, the Human Machine Interface, might stand as a symbol of TWM’s Technical Theme on packaging, wrapping and logistics in this edition… as for the tissue industry across the board. Four top companies report on...

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...

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has officially opened its $400m, 280-acre plant in Circleville, Ohio… one of the most technologically and environmentally-advanced paper plants in the world and Sofidel’s largest worldwide to-date. Sofidel...

The surge in tissue consumption meant an intense focus on operating efficiencies, increasing control of entire supply chains, generational software updates, a catalyst for major investment, and innovation which...

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...

With a demanding toddler to look after, self-confessed lazy shopper Gemma O’reilly, a mum and journalist who lives in west London, has had to think again about her tissue...

I don’t know if Guillermo Swett, chief executive of Chilean producer FPC Tissue, has any Italian ancestry, but he reminds me of some good Italian friends of mine - the ones...

WEPA France is investing while some competitors are selling or restructuring. Country Manager Christophe Dorin spoke to TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris. It has taken a...

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...

Indonesia-based Sopanusa Tissue has announced plans to create a new company called Sun Paper Source that will double the company’s tissue capacity. In an interview at the company's site near Surabaya in...

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...

Germany’s green transition may have been accelerated by five to ten years. And remarkably, it could have proceeded at a faster pace still. Helen Morris,...

Rapid changes in supply and pricing in the pulp market presents major challenges for both suppliers and buyers. The need for price hedging tools is likely to increase. Report...