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    Tissue World Magazine

    K-C de México announces new tissue PM

    (News from RISI) - The Mexican arm of the global paper producer Kimberly-Clark, Kimberly-Clark de México (KCM) announced the second quarter of 2014 as the scheduled startup date for its new...
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    Colombian competition authority confirms tissue paper collusion involving four producers in the country; CMPC...

    Published on 21 April 2016 | (News from RISI) - After over one year of investigations, the Colombian competition authority (SIC) affirmed the existence of collusion in the tissue paper market involving four...
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    Buckman hikes up North America freight prices

    Buckman is to increase the price of products sold and delivered to customers in North America by $0.02 to 0.04/pound. The increase will take place on 1 July and is being driven...
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    Countdown to Tissue World Asia! Hengan, SCA and Nielsen to present key conference sessions

    A new senior management session will be launched at Tissue World Asia 2014, which will open its doors to the region’s key tissue players in under three weeks time. Organised to reflect...
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    Entry submission for TWM Mill Awards 2019 is now open!

    Tissue World magazine Mill Awards 2019 - the premier awards celebrating excellence in the tissue industry - is now open for entry submission. An initiative by Tissue World magazine, the awards have...
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    K-C reports a “more challenging economic and competitive environment” in 3Q results

    Kimberly-Clark has reported a net sales decrease y-o-y of 3% in its 3Q 2016 results, as chairman and chief executive Thomas J. Falk describes the company’s market share positions as “broadly...
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    Hayat Kimya inaugurates 70,000tpy Alabuga tissue mill

    (News from RISI) - Turkish tissue producer Hayat Kimya has inaugurated its 70,000tpy Alabuga tissue mill located in Tatarstan, Russia. The mill, which occupies a 73,000m2 site in the special economic zone...
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    Lucart targets premium market with latest investment

    Italy’s Lucart has started up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine and a TT WIND-H slitter rewinder at its Porcari mill in Lucca. The machine has a paper width of 2.8m, an operating...
    Irving Consumer Products invests in second TAD machine following Macon start-up Tissue World Magazine

    Irving boosts ultra-premium capacity with TAD investment

    Irving Consumer Products has invested in a Valmet-supplied Advantage ThruAir tissue production line. The machine is planned to start-up in 2022 and will increase the company’s production...
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    Mtorres acquires Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology

    Mtorres has acquired Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology (UTT). The company announced the purchase at TW Milan and will operate under the name of Mtorres Tissue. This new brand will...
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    Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award sets global eco-friendly standard across tissue

    Suzano, Valmet, LKW WALTER and Fibria are amongst the winners of Sofidel’s second Suppliers Sustainability Award. Some 400 suppliers from 17 countries attended the event, held on 9 November at the magnificent...
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    C&S Paper considers tissue expansion in Hubei

    (News from RISI) - C&S Paper is mulling over adding 200,000tpy of new tissue paper capacity at its mill in Xiaogan city, Hubei province, to feed demand in central China. The project...
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    Tissue World Miami Conference – When Best in Class isn’t Good Enough

    Interdependencies in today’s global market are driving us towards a knowledge based economy. During the Business and Management Day on March 21, following a morning of thought-provoking presentations, an afternoon of...
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    Cascades boosts AfH presence with US$64m Oregon facility inauguration

    Cascades has inaugurated its towel and tissue converting plant on the West Coast of America. Based in Scappoose, the company said the 284,000-square-foot tissue converting facility is equipped with best-in-class converting lines,...
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    Sofidel America to boost capacity with NTT purchases

    Italian tissue giant Sofidel is to start-up two Valmet-supplied Advantage NTT 200 machines at its site in Circleville, Ohio. Each line will have a width of 5.5m, a speed of 2,000m/min and...
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    K-C investing in bigger capacity at Australian tissue mill

    (News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has announced its intention to invest in operations at its Millicent mill in South Australia, expanding its capacity. It declined to reveal the new target capacity...
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    APP China starts up six tissue machines, adding new capacity of 200,000tpy to Hainan...

    (News from RISI) - APP China has stayed on course with its plans for tissue paper expansion, bringing six tissue machines online at its Haikou mill on the Chinese island of...
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    ST Tissue invests in “widest Steel Yankee” ever manufactured

    ST Tissue has invested in “the widest Steel Yankee ever to be manufactured”, according to supplier Toscotec. The Franklin, Virginia-based mill will convert its F-5 machine to produce bathroom tissue and kitchen...
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    Hebei Xuesong Paper boosts capacity

    China’s Hebei Xuesong Paper has successfully started up its first EcoEc tissue machine, the Intelli-Tissue® 1200 EcoEc. The company produces 80,000tpy of tissue and its brands include Xuesong, Jiabei and Haorenjia. Based in...
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    Drenik increases capacity with TM investment

    Serbia-based Drenik ND has boosted its production capacity by 120tpd after it invested in a Crescent Former line. Supplied by Recard, the complete turnkey plant has a speed of 1,850mpm, a width...
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    Daio Paper looking to buy Japanese tissue mills from Nisshinbo

    (News from RISI) Daio Paper has announced it is in talks to take over the tissue production activities of fellow Japanese firm Nisshinbo Holdings. The latter operates four mills in Japan. Two...
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    Amazon Papyrus announces price hike

    Amazon Papyrus Chemicals has increased its prices by 5-15% depending on the products. The hike is in effect immediately, or wherever contracts allow. The company said it was necessary due to “a significant...
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    Omet’s Koala, Raccoon and Chameleon launches target tissue market

    Omet has launched a range of innovations that target the tissue industry. ‘Koala’ introduces magnetic plates in replacement of embossing cylinders which Omet said makes the changing of embossing “simple and low-cost”. It...

    Eurovast boosts capacity

    Italian company Eurovast has boosted its production capacity by 30,000tpy after it invested in a tissue machine for its Cartiera della Basilica Lugliano-Bagni di Lucca plant. Toscotec will supply the MODULO-PLUS...
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    ICT’s Kostrzyn mill boosts capacity

    ICT Poland has started up a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line at its Kostrzyn-based plant. The new line will add 70,000tpy of high-quality toilet and towel grades for the European market....
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    Calling all sustainable tissue mills in America!

    Tissue World has officially launched the ‘Tissue Mill Awards’ to recognise exceptional environmental awareness and marketing excellence by tissue mills across America. Showcase your talent and product excellence to your peers and...
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    SCA eyes South America for personal care, tissue paper investments

    (News from RISI) SCA is prepared to flex its financial muscles and invest in South America, considering the region's potential for the development of the company's portfolio if the right opportunities arise,...
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    Suzano Pulp and Paper merges with Fibria

    Suzano Pulp and Paper has gained approval from the European Commission to merge with Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria. The combination of the two companies will be concluded on 14 January 2019. The...
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    Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Highlights

    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...
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    Ehime Paper starts up rebuild project

    Japanese tissue manufacturer Ehime Paper has boosted its capacity and tissue production efficiency after started up an Advantage DCT tissue line rebuild on PM8. The rebuild was jointly supplied by Valmet...
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    Nine Dragons to purchase Resolute’s Fairmont mill for $55m

    Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons has entered into an agreement to purchase Resolute Forest Products’ pulp mill in Fairmont, USA. The mill produces recycled bleached kraft pulp that is used in packaging and...
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    Green Hygienics launches 100% tree-free, bamboo-based line

    Green Hygienics has launched a line of 100% tree-free, bamboo-based products under its Sensational® and Clearly Herbal® brands. The Green Innovations subsidiary said the bamboo products include bath tissue, facial tissue, paper...
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    Africaine Paper Mills starts up first tissue line

    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...
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    Productos Familia starts up tissue machine

    Columbia tissue producer Productos Familia has boosted its tissue paper production capacity after it installed a Voith Paper machine. The new TM7 has been installed in the Cajica plant where another Voith...

    Yankee Dryer System: critical asset protection, monitoring and control using 3D TRASAR™ Technology by...

    A TW report by Steve Hoefs, senior industry development manager, Nalco, an Ecolab company. Reliable Yankee dryer performance is a key contributor to the smooth operation and finished product quality of every...
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    Sun Paper moves ahead with hygiene production

    (News from RISI) China’s Sun Paper is moving ahead with its incursion into the hygiene product market in partnership with Nippon Paper Industries subsidiary Crecia. The partnership will see Sun Paper market...
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    Mtorres acquires Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology

    Mtorres has acquired Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology (UTT). The company will operate under the name of Mtorres Tissue. This new brand will supply and serve customers worldwide with a...
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    China’s Hengan starts new 60,000tpy TM in Chongqing

    (News from RISI) - Hengan International has fired up a new 60,000tpy tissue machine at its mill in Chongqing municipality, southwestern China. The Andritz-supplied PM23 has a trim width of 5.6m, a...
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    SCA starts staff consultation at Oughtibridge site

    SCA has started a period of consultation on the future of its site at Oughtibridge in the UK; a move that could impact 161 staff. The site has been operating converting...
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    Essity’s Kostheim mill hit by small fire

    Essity has said a small fire hit one of its paper machines at its Kostheim mill in Germany on 12 June.No body was injured, and the company said it...