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    Tissue World opens in Miami next week

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    2013 was a year to remember: in the season that marked the 20th anniversary of Tissue World, the show moved from Nice to Barcelona, expectations were building up, and thanks to...
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    Buckman International announces new president and COO

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Buckman International has appointed Kathy Buckman Gibson president and chief operating officer. She will step away from her role as chairman of the board of Buckman, a position she has held...
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    Kiss-u Corps launches 2-go cap

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Kiss-u Tissue has launched its new, reseal-able cap on the back of customer demand. The company said it developed the product on the back of customer feedback that tissues were getting dirty...
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    Södra hikes up prices

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Pulp manufacturer Södra has increased the price of its softwood pulp in Europe to USD 940 per tonne. The company said the move was due to “strong global markets and solid...

    Södra boosts Värö’s pulp capacity

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Södra is to invest SEK 4 billion to increase the pulp production capacity of its Värö mill from 425,000tpy to 700,000tpy. The investment will make the mill one of the biggest in...
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    First Quality Tissue expands TAD capacity

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    First Quality Tissue has announced plans to add two additional TAD paper machines with an estimated annual capacity of 140,000 tonnes. The start-up of these machines is expected to be Q3 2015...
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    CMPC to install new 50,000tpy tissue PM in Mexico in 3Q15

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) - Chilean Empresas CMPC has announced a $160 million investment to expand its Altamira tissue plant capacity in Mexico by 50%. The company plans to install a new 50,000tpy...
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    Forest Papir boots capacity

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Hungary’s Forest Papir has boosted its product offering after it started up a new converting line supplied by Futura. Dedicated to roll products, the installation comprises the usual key converting elements and...

    SCA’s Kawerau opens its doors after expansion

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    SCA has opened its Kawerau tissue facility in New Zealand following a $60m expansion plan. The site was opened by prime minister John Key and the expansion includes a new 14,500 square-metre...

    RVP boosts production with start-up

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    RiverPRO Pulp & Paper Company Limited (RVP) has boosted its production after it successfully started up a 25,000tpy tissue machine at its mill in Saraburi province, Thailand. The PM was bought from...

    Ecofibras rebuilds TM5 into Crescent Former

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Spanish tissue manufacturer Ecofibras has rebuilt its TM5 into a Crescent Former. Toscotec have been awarded the contract to deliver the rebuild. Ecofibras Aranguren is part of the CEL group which was the...
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    China’s Hebei Yihoucheng delays 25,000tpy tissue PM

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI)   China's Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity looks set to start up a new 25,000tpy tissue PM next quarter at a greenfield mill in Baoding city, in the northern province of...
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    SPMC taps Recard for tissue machine rebuild in Saudi Arabia

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) Saudi Paper Manufacturing Company (SPMC) plans to rebuild its PM 1. The firm tapped Recard for the conversion of the twin-wire machine into a crescent former line with a capacity...
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    SCA eyes South America for personal care, tissue paper investments

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (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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    Clearwater Paper to close long island tissue converting facility

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Clearwater Paper Corporation is to permanently and immediately close its Long Island, N.Y., tissue converting and distribution facility, affecting 155 staff. Tom Colgrove, president of the company's consumer products division, said: “After...
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    Fire strikes Kimberly-Clark’s Northfleet tissue mill in the UK

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) A small fire broke out at Kimberly-Clark’s Northfleet tissue mill on 27 January in the morning. The cause of the blaze remains unclear for the time being and an...
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    CMPC Melhoramentos starts up new tissue DC in Caieiras, Brazil

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) - CMPC Melhoramentos has inaugurated a new tissue distribution center (CD) at Caieiras city, in São Paulo state, southeast Brazil. The company also runs a specialised and modern tissue...
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    TW’s Photography Award submissions now online!

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Tissue World has launched a Pinterest page to showcase all entries for the upcoming Tissue World Photography Awards. Held at Tissue World Americas in Miami in March, the newly launched awards are...
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    Kimberly-Clark de México has strong 2013, positive perspectives for 2014

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) Kimberly-Clark de México (KCM) had strong results in 2013, even though it faced a tough fourth quarter, according to the CEO Pablo Gonzalez. "Overall we had a strong...
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    Brazil’s Ipel schedules new 26,400tpy tissue PM startup in April

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) - Brazilian tissue producer Ipel - Indaial Papel Embalagens - confirmed to RISI that it will start up its new paper machine (PM4) in April this year, after...

    Beskidy orders Hergen Smart tissue line

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Poland’s Fabryka Papieru i Tektury Beskidy has boosted its production capacity after it invested in a Hergen-supplied HCF 920 SMART FIT. The 2.8m machine has a 50tpd capacity and will work at...
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    Tissue World Americas conference – Early Bird Package closing 18 February!

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    The Tissue World Americas conference is the vital event for retailers, distributors, manufacturers, convertors, machine and material suppliers in North and Latin American tissue industry. Bringing together the most renowned experts from...
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    Tissue retailers, distributors, makers and technology suppliers coming to Tissue World Americas: Top 100...

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Tissue World has announced the Top 100 companies attending Tissue World Miami. A selection of the companies already registered to attend the conference and trade show include BJ's Wholesale Club, Sam's Club,...
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    Kennedy Hygiene Products targets paper converters with product launch

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    UK-based global washroom dispenser manufacturer Kennedy Hygiene Products has launched the POD – auto-cut paper roll dispenser. The launch is targeted at paper converters and it incorporates the Reserve System, a feature...
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    Fire hits C&S Jiangmen mill in China; new PMs delayed

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) - A fire has hit tissue maker C&S Paper's mill in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province, China, but was extinguished without casualties. The blaze went through a tissue converting workshop...
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    Yuen Foong Yu Corporation reaches speed record

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Yuen Foong Yu Corporation has significantly boosted its capacity on two PMP Intelli-Tissue® 1500 machines after it reached a speed record of 1,700mpm. PM 5 and PM 6 are running in the...
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    Poppies Europe invests in Maflex line

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    UK-based manufacturer of catering disposable products Poppies Europe has invested in a complete production line from Maflex following its acquisition of McNulty Wray. The company said it made the investment on the...
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    Leal to start up 5,400tpy tissue specialty PM at Ibema plant in Brazil

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    (News from RISI) - Brazilian paper producer Leal Indústria e Comércio de Papéis is installing a 5,400tpy tissue and low basis weight gloss paper machine PM 2 at its mill in...
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    ICT Group invests in ICT Poland mill

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    ICT Group is to invest in a new 70,000tpy tissue machine at its ICT Poland mill located in the town of Kostrzyn. The investment would also comprise of additional converting equipment...

    The importance of effective dust removal

    Latest Headlines Massimo Bertocchi -
    Explosion prevention from dust build-up is an ever-increasing hazard for tissue manufacturers. Here, Martèl’s chief executive Massimo Bertocchi talks to TW about how its effective removal can create a safer working...
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    Commemoration: Stefano Santini

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    A brilliant and modest tissue pioneer, dynamic visionary, creative force, social politician… and punk rock band manager.  Martin Bayliss, former editor of Tissue World magazine, pays a heartfelt tribute to Stefano Santini,...
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    Argentina: modest, locally focused T&T business

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International       Argentina’s economy has suffered from repeated crises, deficits, high inflation, mounting debt, and capital moving out of the country. Rich in natural resources, Argentina has...
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    Gard Chemicals targets tissue sector with product launch

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Gard Chemicals has increased its focus on the tissue industry after it developed its cold glue removers and release agent products. The company started supplying into the tissue industry towards the end...
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    RCI Technology and Consos launch Softener SC-Q Liq

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    RCI Technology and partner company Consos have announced the availability of their newest offering, Softener SC-Q Liq. The 100% active Softener SC-Q Liq “pushes the envelope” for molecular weight on their eco-friendly...
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    Lincoln Paper and Tissue to focus on tissue production

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Lincoln Paper and Tissue is to focus on tissue manufacturing following its announcement to “indefinitely idle” its pulp and paper production. In a statement, the Maine, American-based company said: “Given the situation...
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    Shanghai Welfare starts up 12,000tpy tissue PM in China

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    News from RISI - The Shanghai Welfare Group has fired up a 12,000tpy tissue PM at its mill in Shaoxing city, Zhejiang province. The Kawanoe Zoki machine has a width of 2.76m...
    Voith launches TissueFlex XD

    Voith launches TissueFlex XD

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Voith has launched the TissueFlex XD, which it said is a reliable press fabric for tissue manufacture that offers maximum dewatering capacity. It is produced with a lower caliper offering faster break-in...
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    Wuhan Chenming Hanyang Paper moves into tissue sector

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Wuhan Chenming Hanyang Paper has moved into the tissue sector after it started up its first tissue line, a Valmet-supplied 60,000tpy Advantage DCT 200HS. The Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line is now...
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    Don’t cry for us in Argentina: ‘Tissue Culture’ primed and ready for an economic...

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Tissue World editor Mill manager Eric Taylor has a seemingly simple but extraordinarily demanding ethic known to anyone working successfully in industry: ‘Each day we assess the problems ......
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    Argentina: the impact of inflation and price controls on tissue

    Latest Headlines Ian Bell -
    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...
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