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July / August 2017

    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    K-C reports 1Q earnings growth despite “a challenging environment”

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark Corporation has reported net sales of $4.5bn - even with a year earlier - in its first quarter 2017 results. Operating profit for the quarter was $834m in 2017 compared to...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Lee & Man starts-up Voith-supplied TM

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Lee & Man has started-up its XcelLine TM 10 tissue machine at its Jiangxi-based tissue site. Supplied by Voith, TM10 has a wire width of 5,600mm and is designed for a maximum...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Canadian tissue marketplace continues to battle soft demand

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Real GDP is expected to grow by 1.8% in 2017, following a gain of 1.3% in 2016. Real growth of private final consumption was 1.8% in 2016 and an increase of 1.5% is predicted for...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Meghna Group of Industries moves into tissue

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Bangladesh’s Meghna Group of Industries has diversified its product offering after it invested in its first tissue machine. Supplied by Recard, PM1 is an Easy Crescent line with a sheet width of...
    Tissue World Magazine

    New OnePly product that “easily competes with TAD and NTT”

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Spain’s LC Paper won Tissue World Milan’s prestigious Most Energy-Aware Mill Award. Here, chief executive Joan Vila talks through the development process which led the independent niche tissue producer to energy savings of...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Canada – a ten-year T&T capacity retrospective

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    By Bill Burns, Senior consultant, Fisher International Over the past ten years (2007-2017) the pulp and paper industry has experienced a market shake up. Grades like Newsprint and Printing & Writing have lost significant user base...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Resolute ramps up capacity to position itself as key player in tissue

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    President and chief executive Richard Garneau provides an update on Resolute Forest Products’ ongoing transformation strategy and entry into the growing tissue market. A TWM report. In June 2015, Resolute announced its entry...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Vajda Papír boosts capacity

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Vajda Papír has invested in a complete tissue production line to be installed at its mill in Dunaföldvár, Hungary. The order comprises a PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine with Steel Yankee and shoe...
    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    Hayat Kimya inaugurates its Nigerian diaper and tissue factory; launches Familia and Papia brands...

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has further boosted its geographical presence after it inaugurated its $100m diaper and tissue plant in Agbara, Nigeria. In attendance at the inauguration held in May was the vice...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Canada – strengthening its away game

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    Canada, of course, has a big neighbour. The biggest, in economic terms, which while returning a fluctuating performance is never, currently, less that the biggest economic giant. In tissue terms, Canada is small scale … it’s a...
    Tissue World Magazine

    As Brexit looms UK domestic tissue suppliers see their chance

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    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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