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K-C announces first major commitment to renewable energy

Helen Morris - September 21, 2017

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Körber announces new CFO

Helen Morris - January 24, 2018

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SCA, Nokian Renkaat and energy companies consider joint energy plant in Finland

Helen Morris - April 9, 2014

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Délipapier to upgrade automation facilities

Helen Morris - September 5, 2013

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Cascades PM ramp-up continues at St. Helens; machine rolls being sold

Helen Morris - December 4, 2014

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Searching for distinction in a complex market

Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

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Papel San Francisco to boost capacity with second PM

Helen Morris - June 16, 2016

Metsä Group reports “good Q1 result as anticipated”; announces co-determination negotiations in operations as...

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 9, 2019

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...

Valmet completes acquisition of Process Automation Systems

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 8, 2015

Valmet has completed the acquisition of Process Automation Systems business from Metso. The company received the necessary approvals from the competition authorities on 15 January. The enterprise value of the acquisition is €340m...

GP completes $5m addition at Camas mill

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 3, 2015

(News from RISI) - In a $5m converting plant project, Georgia-Pacific (GP) started up a new rewinder for Away-from-Home tissue paper towels at its Camas, WA, mill, a company official said. The...

GP announces executive leadership changes

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 11, 2019

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...

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...

Vinda to acquire SCA’s hygiene business in Asia

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Vinda International Holdings is to purchase SCA’s hygiene business in South East Asia, Taiwan and South Korea. The divestment of the business for integration with Vinda was approved on 13 January and...

Yibin Paper targets high quality tissue sector with TM investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 30, 2017

China’s Yibin Paper Industry Co has invested in five high-speed tissue machines, each with a production capacity of 25,000tpy. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the supply includes two new model iDEAL® lines with...

Accrol Group appoints new CEO

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 7, 2017

UK independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has appointed Gareth Jenkins as chief executive. He will take over the role from Steve Crossley with effect from 11 September 2017. Jenkins previously worked for...

Clearwater reports net sales drop follow speciality mills sale

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 12, 2015

Clearwater Paper Corporation has posted net sale results of $444.6m for the second quarter of 2015, down 10.9% year-on-year. The company said this was primarily due to the sale of its specialty...

Andritz responds to increased global tissue demand with pilot centre investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 7, 2017

Andritz has announced the start-up of its new PrimeLineTIAC tissue innovation and applications centre in Austria. It was officially opened on 1 September and the supplier said it is the only plant...

Commemoration: Stefano Santini

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 23, 2014

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,...

Syktyvkar Tissue Group plans for turnkey DIP line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 15, 2013

Syktyvkar Tissue Group has invested in a turnkey deinked pulping (DIP) line, a move that will help the company on its way to becoming the largestest tissue producer in Russia.  The...

Germany: stability with steady growth

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 26, 2013

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International Germany is the European Union’s (EU) largest economy and the second largest producer of Towel and Tissue (T&T), making nearly 1.5 million MT/Yr. That means...

Tissue World exhibits at CIPTE

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 3, 2013

Tissue World has exhibited at the 2013 China International Paper Technology Exhibition and Conference (CIPTE). Held between 23-25 September at the National Agriculture Exhibition Center in Beijing, some 200 exhibitors from nearly...

China’s Sun Paper starts up 60,000tpy tissue PM, UFP unit being rebuilt

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 19, 2014

(News from RISI) - China's Sun Paper has started up a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at its flagship mill in Yanzhou city, Shandong province. The Andritz unit, dubbed PM27, has a width...

G-P completes acquisition of SPG

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 28, 2014

Georgia-Pacific has completed the previously announced acquisition of SPG. Financial details of the agreement are not being disclosed. SPG is a specialty paper packaging supplier focused on the catering industry. As a result...

Faderco boosts presence in Mediterranean region with investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 9, 2019

Algeria’s Faderco has invested in a complete Advantage DCT 100HS tissue production line. Supplied by Valmet, the line will have a width of 2.8m and a design speed of...

Södra reports SEK -929m operating profit for 2012

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 26, 2013

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...

GP files case against discounter, Soundview, Solaris in federal court

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 7, 2015

(News from RISI) - Georgia-Pacific (GP) is understood to have filed a federal lawsuit against discount grocery chain Aldi along with Soundview Paper and Solaris Paper for allegedly "passing off its...

Resolute boosts capacity with Calhoun start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

Resolute Forest Products has boosted its private label capacity with the start-up of its new tissue machine in Tennessee. The first tissue parent roll was produced on 28 February 2017. It will...

Valmet acquires tissue rewinder business from Massimiliano Corsini

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 12, 2015

Valmet has acquired MC Paper Machinery and Focus Rewinding from Massimiliano Corsini. The acquired operations mainly supply rewinders for tissue and non-woven machines. In the past years the net sales of the acquired...

Kimberly Clark de México starts up DCT line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 11, 2014

Kimberly Clark de México has successfully started up a Valmet Advantage DCT tissue line at its Bajío mill, Mexico. The Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line adds 60,000tpy of high quality tissue paper...

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

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

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...

K-C reports 2Q results

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 26, 2018

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has said its second quarter results reflect “a challenging environment” with rising competition, in particular from private label, as well as higher operational and raw material costs. It reported a...

1Q end-product prices show little change for North American producers (News from RISI)

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 2, 2013

(PPI Pulp & Paper Week) - Four tissue paper producers in North America reported mostly flat pricing for the first quarter vs their levels in first quarter 2012. North America's second and...

Aktül Kagit Üretim Pazarlama boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 28, 2014

Aktül Kagit Üretim Pazarlama will install a new Advantage DCT 200 tissue line at its mill in Pamukova, Sakarya province, Turkey. Supplied by Valmet, start-up is planned for the first quarter of...

UK tissue converter Accrol Papers reveals plans to build paper mill

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 12, 2014

(News from RISI) – UK independent soft tissue converter Accrol Papers is set to join the paper production side of the market. A spokesperson for the firm confirmed local news according to...

SCA’s Skelmersdale investment doubles site’s capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 12, 2015

SCA has boosted its tissue capacity in the UK after construction at its Skelmersdale tissue site was completed. Work started 18 months ago and included a new production hall as well as...

Yibin Paper Industry increases capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 1, 2018

China’s Yibin Paper Industry has increased its production capacity after investing in two 18ft IDEAL Steel Yankees. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the two lines are expected to be installed on site in...

Kimberly-Clark to cooperate with cartel tissue investigation in Peru

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark Peru said it will cooperate with the investigation opened by the country’s Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) into certain competition practices within the...

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,...

Cascades Packaging boosts production at Kingsey Falls

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 15, 2018

Cascades Packaging has increased its production capacity after starting-up its PM1 at its Kingsey Falls mill, Canada-based site, following a major rebuild. Supplied by Toscotec, the project included the rebuild of the...

Clearwater: 2Q result expectations met despite “competitive tissue market and high pulp prices”

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 8, 2018

Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported net sales for the second quarter of 2018 up 0.6% year-on-year to $432.1m. Net earnings were $7.0m, down from $8.0m in 2017, due to “a weaker product...

IP Cart boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 30, 2016

Italy’s IP Cart has boosted its production capacity after it installed an Omet-supplied machine. The TV 503 4-colour paper napkin dispensing machine will produce products for the catering industry in and around...

Santher raises third quarter revenues by 11% to $130m

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - December 4, 2014

(News from RISI) - Brazilian tissue producer Santher's third quarter revenues hit Real 337 million ($130 million), an 11% increase over the same quarter of 2013. Through September, the company sold Real...

Daio Paper looking to buy Japanese tissue mills from Nisshinbo

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

(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...

Irving Consumer Products invests in second TAD machine following Macon start-up Tissue World Magazine

Irving boosts ultra-premium capacity with TAD investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - December 17, 2019

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...

Fábricas de Papel Potosí boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 18, 2015

Mexico’s Fábricas de Papel Potosí has invested in a new TM complete with 12-ft steel Yankee and latest-generation hoods. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the new 2,800-mm tissue machine is equipped with a...

VTP and TMC join forces in North America

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 5, 2018

Valley Tissue Packaging (VTP) and Tissue Machine Company (TMC) have entered into a joint partnership to offer an enhanced range of packaging services for the global tissue industry. The move will “better...

Cascades PRO claims 20% sales from new products by 2020

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 21, 2017

Cascades PRO has announced its commitment to new product launches and innovation after it said that 20% of its sales will come from innovation by 2020. The move is part of an...

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