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    Cascades to close two Canadian-based tissue PMs

    Cascades has said it will close two of its tissue paper machines located in Whitby and Scarborough, Ontario . The end date of the production remains...
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    WEPA applies to take over Arjowiggins’ Greenfield plant

    Germany’s anti-trust authority the Bundeskartellamt has given its approval for a possible takeover of Arjowiggins' French Greenfield de-inked pulp mill by German tissue producer WEPA. According...
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    Fourstones boosts capacity with TM investment

    Scotland’s Fourstones Group is understood to have invested in a new tissue machine at its Sapphire mill. According to reports, the line has been supplied...
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    Papel San Francisco boosts capacity

    Mexico’s Papel San Francisco has invested in an Advantage DCT 100TS tissue production machine at its site in Mexicali. Supplied by Valmet, start-up is planned for the third quarter...
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    Kemira increases prices for paper chemicals in APAC

    Kemira has increased the price of its main paper chemical product lines in the Asia Pacific region by 12-28%. The supplier said the price hikes result from “significant increases...
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    GP announces executive leadership changes

    Georgia-Pacific (GP) has announced that Kathleen A. "Kathy" Walters will retire as executive vice president – consumer products group, effective 1 June 2019.David Duncan, who currently serves as executive...
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    ProMach boosts robotics capabilities with Quest Industrial acquisition

    ProMach has acquired Quest Industrial, a provider of robotic integration solutions. The move means the packaging machinery provider will strengthen its robotics integration capabilities across multiple markets. Wisconsin, USA-based...
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    Metsä Group reports “good Q1 result as anticipated”; announces co-determination negotiations in operations as...

    Metsä Group has reported year-on-year sales of €1,438m compared with €1,428m in its Q1 results. Operating result was €183m compared with €208m a year earlier.The company said that...
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    Södra Q1 results “better than expected”

    Södra has reported a net sales increase of 11% to SEK 6,318m in its first quarter results. Operating profit increased 22% to SEK 1,148m. The company said the result is due...
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    Cascades reports “important sequential improvement” in Q1 tissue results

    Cascades has reported group sales of $1,230m - an increase of 3% compared to $1,196m in Q4 2018, and an increase of 12% from $1,098m in Q1 2018 –...
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    Suzano announces Q1 results in “challenging market environment”

    Brazil’s Suzano has reported first quarter net revenue results of R$5.7bn, which it said was supported by the “strong performance of prices and margins in both the pulp and...
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    Kruger Products boosts capacity with Canada investment

    KP Tissue and Kruger Products have officially announced their future $575m Sherbrooke tissue plant, which will be equipped with TAD technology. Located in the borough of Brompton, the new...
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    Convertipap targets Americas with capacity boost

    Mexico’s Convertidor de Papel has increased its high-quality tissue production capacity after investing in an Intelli-Tissue Advanced 2100 tissue machine.Supplied by PMP, the Crescent Former line will have a...
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    Essity invests SEK 400m in sustainable alternative fibre technology

    Tissue manufacturer Essity is investing SEK 400m in an integrated facility for the production of pulp based on alternative fibre from plant-based agricultural by-products. The investment is taking place...
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    Sofidel aims to reduce 50% of its plastic production

    Sofidel has further broadened its environmental efforts after announcing plans to reduce 50% of conventional plastic from its production by 2030 when compared to 2013.The Italian tissue giant said...
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    Libang Group boosts capacity in Hebei and Hubei

    The Libang Group has ordered four new tissue machines for its mills in China, according to domestic supplier Baotuo Paper Machinery Engineering.The supplier told TWM that the four new...
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    Metsä Tissue to book €107m review and focus on tissue

    Metsä Tissue, part of Metsä Group, has announced a strategy update that includes an operational review with the target to improve internal efficiency, reduce complexity and focus on the...
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    Nikmas’ Omet-supplied TV 503 boosts production

    Russian producer Nikmas has boosted its napkin production after it installed an Omet TV 503. In the last 15 years, Nikmas has become one of the largest manufacturers of paper napkins and...

    Södra reports SEK -929m operating profit for 2012

    Södra has said its operating profit for 2012 amounted to SEK -929m, which it said was a result of the “major economic downturn and a strong Swedish krona”. Net sales fell by...
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    Innventia launches tissue paper project

    Innventia has launched a project within the field of tissue paper that will focus on product properties and different aspects of tissue paper. The project is part of the paper and...
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    Clariant launches Leucophor Ack

    Specialty chemicals producer Clariant has launched Leucophor® ACK, which it said is “the world’s most highly-concentrated, urea-free liquid optical brightening agent (OBA)”. The product can be used on unsized tissue, printing and...
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    AMERICA NEWS

    Canada Kruger Products reports 1Q results following TAD construction Canadian manufacturer Kruger Products has posted an increase in its 1Q 2013 revenue after it completed the construction phase of its TAD project. It reported...
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    Buckman launches Buckman North America

    Buckman has launched Buckman North America, a new organisation that “focuses on maximum efficiency” across Canada and the USA. The current Buckman Canada and Buckman United States organisations will be brought together...
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    Délipapier to upgrade automation facilities

    French tissue producer Délipapier has said it will upgrade its automation facilities to boost the availability and performance of its tissue production. The Sofidel Group site has signed up Metso to upgrade...

    Ungricht launches production process for ceramic coated Anilox rollers

    Roller manufacturer Ungricht has launched a new production process for ceramic coated Anilox rollers. The family-owned business said the key-component of the process is a new ceramic coating line that is designed...

    Wangpaper to boost capacity

    Thailand’s Wangpaper is to boost its capacity with the installation of an Intelli-Tissue® 900 machine supplied by PMP Group. The deal was made at the end of August and is promised to...
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    SCA launches high-end hand towels line

    SCA has announced the availability of its most luxurious line of high-end hand towels. Featuring an embossed leaf throughout, the company said the hand towels are soft, strong, and smart - designed to...

    Double E Company appoints CEO

    Double E Company has appointed Bryan Gregory as its chief executive. Gregory has a broad background in industrial products, safety sensors, control systems and communications. Prior to joining the business he was president...
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    Metso and Kawanoe Zoki extend cooperation in tissue making

    Metso and Kawanoe Zoki have announced a
new license agreement covering the supply of Advantage DCT 40 and DCT 60 technology to China. Under the new license agreement, Kawanoe Zoki will market, manufacture...

    ‘The economic crisis has redefined our marketplace’

    Unprecedented private label growth, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, achieving the best price/quality/ performance value possible - Cascades Tissue Group chief executive Suzanne Blanchet discusses key retail trends with TW.   Tissue World: What...
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    Metalicplas boosts capacity

    Romania’s Metalicplas has started-up a turn-key project tissue line at its Dej mill. The new PM1 tissue machine has an operating speed of 1,600m/min, with 2,850mm trim width at reel and production...
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    Faderco expands with new line

    Algeria’s Faderco is to boost its capacity after it signed for a complete tissue line for an undisclosed sum. Supplied by Metso’s pulp, paper and power business, Valmet, the order also...
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    Gard Chemicals targets tissue sector with product launch

    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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    China’s Hebei Yihoucheng delays 25,000tpy tissue PM

    (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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    Södra hikes up prices

    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...
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    Metsä Tissue announces price increase

    Metsä Tissue has said it will increase the prices of its tissue paper products by 8%. The increase will take place during the second quarter of 2014. The company said the price increase...
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    First Quality Tissue boosts capacity

    America’s First Quality Tissue has ordered a complete Advantage ThruAir (TAD) tissue line for its Anderson, South Carolina-based site. The line is planned to be started-up in the second half of 2015...
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    Tokushu Tokai pushes back schedule for startup of two tissue PMs in Japan

    (News from RISI) Japan's Tokushu Tokai Paper has rescheduled the timeline for two new tissue paper machines at its mill in Shimada city, Shizuoka prefecture. The firm will erect two identical 18,000tpy...
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    Environmental concern and market competition driving upgrades at small tissue mills in China

    (News from RISI) Although the Chinese tissue sector is in a state of oversupply and major mills are grabbing more market share, small players will not necessarily disappear, said Cao Zhenlei,...
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    Carta Fabril starts up new 30,000tpy tissue PM in Anápolis, Brazil

    (News from RISI) - Brazilian tissue producer Carta Fabril has fired up production on its new 30,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) installed at its Anápolis mill, in Goiás state, Midwestern Brazil. According...