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Recard announces management changes

Helen Morris - August 29, 2019

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Lee & Man boosts latest TM start-up

Helen Morris - April 5, 2018

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Lamix diversifies product offering

Helen Morris - November 19, 2014

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Essity’s Kostheim mill hit by small fire

Helen Morris - June 19, 2019

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Cascades expands into US south east

Helen Morris - August 28, 2014

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PAPCEL changed its ownership structure

Helen Morris - April 11, 2019

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Tissue World São Paulo announces conference speakers: Kimberly-Clark, Finep, The Navigator Company, Euromonitor, Fastmarkets RISI in line-up

Helen Morris - July 18, 2019

GP boosts bath tissue capacity with $120m investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 9, 2019

Georgia-Pacific (GP) will install a new tissue machine and roll storage building to increase its consumer (retail) bath tissue business at its Naheola, Alabama-based mill. In a $120m investment,...

GP Muskogee tissue mill back up after 13 May fire

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 19, 2019

Georgia-Pacific (GP) has confirmed that production has restarted at its recycled-content tissue paper mill and converting operation in Muskogee, USA.A spokesperson for the company told TWM that: “The mill...

Cascades to acquire Orchids Paper

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 3, 2019

Cascades has boosted its US retail tissue offering after entering into an agreement to acquire Orchids Paper Products Company.The move will include the Barnwell, South Carolina, and Pryor,...

Sopanusa Tissue: adapting to an ever-expanding global market

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 7, 2013

With a new business and substantial investments underway, TW meets integrated Indonesia manufacturer Sopanusa Tissue It takes one and half hour drive from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya to reach PT.Sopanusa Tissue....

Voith launches MasterJet Pro T headbox

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 29, 2013

Voith has targeted the tissue market with the launch of its new MasterJet Pro T headbox. With this headbox, the company said “an excellent quality level with minimum energy consumption” is reached,...

Taking advantage of NBSK pulp for soft and strong tissue grades

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 3, 2013

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...

Japan’s Shin-Ei Paper to install two TMs

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 16, 2013

Shin-Ei Paper has invested in two tissue machines with Steel Yankees that will be used to produce high-quality tissue from recycled fibre. Scheduled to start up at the start of 2015 at...

Fripa Miltenberg invests in TM

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 14, 2013

Germany’s Fripa - Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich has commissioned Voith to deliver a production line for its Miltenberg site. The line will produce high-quality tissue paper and is designed for an operating speed...

‘We develop and innovate across the board…’

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 26, 2013

Dominant private label, high energy costs, influential NGOs, an ageing population... Metsä Tissue outlines its way forward in a challenging German market. Tissue World editor Helen Morris meets Christoph Zeiler, Metsä...

PIX Pulp indices 24.9.2013

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 22, 2013

NBSK pulp Europe The softwood pulp market remains firm. The volumes from Tofte are disappearing from the market and of course being replaced mainly by other Södra-tonnage. This lessens the pressure to...

Argentina: the impact of inflation and price controls on tissue

Latest Headlines Ian Bell - January 14, 2014

The threat of hyperinflation is fuelling expectations of Argentina experiencing yet another financial crash. Euromonitor International’s Ian Bell finds a market fighting for survival. By Ian Bell, Euromonitor International’s global head of...

Malaysia’s Fudak starts up Amica line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 22, 2014

Fudak has successfully started up its new Amica line at its Malaysian facilities in Johor Bahru. The line will produce high-quality consumer rolled products at a speed of 550mpm. They will then be...

Shandong Sun Paper boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 30, 2014

China’s Shandong Sun Paper has start up an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W8 with Steel Yankee at its Yanzhou mill, Shandong province. PM27 has a design speed of 2,000m/min and a width of 5.62m....

Parteks boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 11, 2014

Turkey’s Parteks has successfully started up a Toscotec-supplied tissue line installed at its mill in Kayseri. Founded in 1996, 300-staffed Parteks Paper is a fully integrated large manufacturer of tissue paper producing...

Gambini boosts global presence with AMS joint agreement

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 29, 2015

Gambini has increased its global presence after it announced a joint collaboration with Vancouver-based Applied Motion Systems (AMS). The agreement will provide tissue converting technology and engineering services to the North American...

Fortissue starts up new tissue machine in Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 23, 2015

(News from RISI) - Production is up and running on a new tissue machine in Portugal. Fortissue Produção de Papel, which is part of the Suavecel group, started production at its mill...

Resolute Forest Products boosts production

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 9, 2015

Resolute Forest Products has increased its product offering after it invested in Valmet’s Advantage NTT 200HS tissue machine. The new tissue line will have a width of 5.2m and a design speed...

Sofidel continues drive in America with GBC purchase

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has further strengthened its position in the American tissue market after announcing the acquisition of Green Bay Converting (GBC). With its subsidiary Sofidel America, the purchase includes a...

Metsä Tissue renews organisational structure

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

Metsä Tissue has renewed its business unit structure as of 1 January 2016. The new organization is based on four business units: Consumer Nordics, Consumer Continental, Away-from-Home and Baking & Cooking. CEO Petri...

St. Croix Tissue starts-up first PM at Baileyville

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 21, 2016

Published on 21 April 2016 | America's St. Croix Tissue has successfully started up the first of its two Andritz-supplied PrimeLine tissue machines at its Baileyville, Maine-based site. It is the first time the mill - which is...

Lucart Group acquires Bokk Paper

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

Italian producer Lucart Group has acquired the total capital of Bokk Paper, the main independent Hungarian player in the AfH tissue products market. The name of the company has already been changed...

Tissue World Istanbul attracts 1,602 attendees

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Tissue World Istanbul 2016 has been concluded successfully after attracting 1,602 unique attendees – of which 1,231 were unique visitors - from across 65 countries. Held in Istanbul from 27-29 September, the...

Hayat Kimya boosts presence with Egypt start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has boosted its presence in the Middle East after it started-up a PM at its new mill in Egypt. The Valmet-supplied line will produce 70,000tpy of high quality facial,...

Innovative tissue technology and energy-efficient solutions: Andritz highlights key technologies

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 11, 2017

Andritz is showcasing a range of technologies for tissue production – complete tissue lines as well as key components – at Tissue World Milan. The company is onsite to discuss “sophisticated stock...

Sun Paper boosts capacity with investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

South Carolina-based Sun Paper has invested in its packaging facilities after purchasing a XF800 wrapper line from PCMC. It will be installed in October 2017 and is replacing a reciprocating wrapper that...

Brazil: P&P on a sharp positive trend despite country’s rollercoaster economic performance

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Brazil’s economy was in a strong growth cycle when the global financial crisis of 2008 hit, when its GDP growth rate plummeted from 4+% down to zero. However, recovery from...

Paper Prime invests with new TM

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

Portugal’s Paper Prime has boosted its capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine. TM1 will be installed at the company’s Vila Velha de Rodão site. Included in the investment is...

Essity targeted by Greenpeace campaign

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 5, 2017

Essity is the focus of a Greenpeace campaign that claims it is driving the destruction of critical parts of Europe’s Great Northern Forest in Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Greenpeace report (Wiping...

Grand Bay Paper and Care Products Group boosts Latin American presence

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 5, 2017

The Grand Bay Paper and Care Products Group has invested in a new tissue paper mill. Supplied by Recard, the plant will produce toilet rolls, table napkins, facial tissue and kitchen towels. It...

Suzano boosts capacity with R$540m mill start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 19, 2017

Suzano Papel E Celulose has started the production and sale of jumbo rolls of sanitary paper at its mill in Mucuri, Bahia. The total estimated investment is R$540m and the total tissue...

Hengan Paper expands with PM start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 30, 2017

Xinjiang Hengan Paper has started up its MODULO-PLUS ES tissue line at its Changji-based mill. Supplied by Toscotec, PM25 includes the TT DOES (Drying Optimisation for Energy Saving) solution, which the supplier...

Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Highlights

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 8, 2018

Three Deep Dive Sessions on Trending Tissue Industry Topics will be examined during the Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Deep Dive 1: Global Trade Shifts – Sourcing and Supply Chain Impacts At a time...

Sepac boosts capacity with TM start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 3, 2018

Latin American tissue producer Sepac has started up an XcelLine tissue machine in Brazil. Supplied by Voith, TM6 is based at the company’s Mallet plant in Paraná and will be used to...

Velvet Care acquired by Abris Capital Partners

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 31, 2018

Poland’s largest manufacturer of tissue hygiene consumer products has been successfully acquired by private equity company Abris Capital Partners. The transaction has been approved by Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. Velvet...

Global Hygiène boosts capacity with investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 17, 2019

France’s Global Hygiène is to increase its production capacity after signing for a complete turnkey tissue production plant.Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the investment will take place at its Charavines...

Xuan Mai Paper targets high-quality tissue with capacity boost

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 23, 2019

Vietnam’s Xuan Mai Paper has invested in a PrimeLineECO tissue machine to be installed at its Ho Chi Minh City-based plant. Supplied by Andritz, the machine has a design...

Suavecel boosts capacity in Iberian Peninsula

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 6, 2019

Suavecel has recently purchased two OMET TV 840 lines and one OMET ASV Line for interfolded production. In addition to the production of tissue paper, the company works as...

Africaine Paper Mills starts up first tissue line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 29, 2019

Algeria’s Africaine Paper Mills (APM) has moved into the tissue market after starting up its first tissue machine. The Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT line has a design...

GP boosts bath tissue capacity with $120m investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 29, 2019

Georgia-Pacific (GP) will install a new tissue machine and roll storage building to increase its consumer (retail) bath tissue business at its Naheola, Alabama-based mill. In a $120m investment,...

Clearwater’s Shelby TAD machine starts production

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 15, 2013

America’s Clearwater Paper Corporation has boosted its private label consumer tissue offering after it announced its Shelby-based TAD tissue machine started production. The additional production and distribution capability at Shelby is expected...

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