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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

APP continues to build tissue machines in China and Indonesia but slows its pace

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 4, 2014

News from RISI - Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) group has brought a total of eight tissue paper machines on stream at its mills in China and Indonesia this year. However, that...

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...

Slovakia’s Bukóza prepares for two new lines of personal care products

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 29, 2015

(News from RISI) - Bukóza Invest is taking another step in its entry into the hygiene products business. The company started production on two lines at its facility in Hencovce in eastern...

Changes at the top of SCA; on-going aviation and hospitality audits

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 26, 2015

Magnus Groth is to replace Jan Johansson as president and chief executive of SCA as of 1 March. Formerly president of the company’s European consumer goods unit, Groth has worked at SCA...

GZP boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 26, 2015

Głuchołaskie Zakłady Papiernicze (GZP) has boosted its capacity after it signed up Hergen to supply a Smart Fit Crescent Former. The Polish company produces a variety of tissue products across five machines...

Cuban tissue maker Prosa resumes production pace

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 11, 2015

(News from RISI) - Cuba's sole tissue paper producer Productos Sanitarios (Prosa) has completed in the last quarter of 2014 an investment to replace a suction press roll at its mill...

Liuzhou Liangmianzhen boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 11, 2015

China’s Liuzhou Liangmianzhen Paper Product has invested in two Toscotec-supplied MODULO-PLUS ES tissue lines that will be installed at its production site in Liuzhou, Guangxi. The two TMs are based on Toscotec’s...

Hayat Kimya inaugurates 70,000tpy Alabuga tissue mill

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 8, 2015

(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...

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...

Russia’s Arkhbum Tissue Group progresses with 70,000tpy tissue PM

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 23, 2015

(News from RISI) - Russia's Arkhbum Tissue Group, managed by Arkhangelsk pulp and paper mill (APPM), is forging ahead with its plans to install a new tissue mill in Vorsino, in...

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...

Celulosa Argentina starts production on 30,000tpy tissue PM at Capitán Bermúdez

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 7, 2015

(News from RISI) Argentinean pulp and paper producer Celulosa Argentina started up its new 30,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) on 25 April at its Capitán Bermúdez mill, located in Santa Fe...

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...

Metsä Tissue boosts capacity in Germany

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 27, 2015

Metsä Tissue is to increase its tissue capacity at its Raubach, Germany-based site after it signed up Valmet to upgrade its TM 1. The rebuild includes a new Advantage DCT wet end...

SCA closes tissue plant in France

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 27, 2015

SCA has announced the closure of its Saint-Cyr-en-Val-based production plant in France. The company said the move was part of its on-going cost-savings programme related to the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific’s (G-P) European...

Voith launches TissueForm ITY forming fabric

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 23, 2015

Voith has launched a forming fabric that is said creates optimal performance in tissue production. The TissueForm ITY forming fabric is designed for challenging applications in tissue production and “ensures excellent stability...

Södra reports strong results

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 23, 2015

Pulp producer Södra has reported strong results for the first eight months of 2015 due to “high price levels for finished goods” and “mainly favourable” currency conditions. Operating profit rose to SEK...

OMET reports record sales

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 7, 2015

OMET has reported record sales in Italy in the first half of 2015 and said it is on track to continue its run of double-digit percentage growth in sales seen over the...

Fábricas de Papel Potosí boosts production

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Mexico’s Fábricas de Papel Potosí has started-up a new tissue machine supplied by A.Celli Paper. The machine has a 2,850mm web width, a working speed of 1,500m/min and a production capacity of...

Vinda boosts capacity with three TMs

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Chinese giant Vinda Group has invested in three Toscotec-supplied tissue machines that are scheduled for start-up in the second half of 2016. Two Ahead 2.0M machines will be installed at the company’s...

Tissue World Americas 2018 moves to Miami

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 23, 2016

Tissue World has announced that its next Americas exhibition will be held in the beautiful city of Miami, Florida. Following survey results, the next TW Americas will be held from 21 –...

Fire briefly idles production at WEPA tissue mill in Mainz, Germany

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 24, 2016

(News from RISI) - A fire brought production to a brief standstill at WEPA’s tissue mill in Mainz earlier this month. A spokesperson for the group confirmed a report of the local...

Solenis boosts global presence with acquisitions

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 21, 2016

Published on 21 April 2016 | Speciality chemicals supplier Solenis is to acquire the shares in Lostris International and Wester Blend, privately-held companies focused on supplying specialty chemicals to the pulp, tissue and...

SCA announces capital structure and dividend policy for hygiene business; doesn’t rule out potential...

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

SCA has decided on capital structure and dividend policy targets for its hygiene business. The capital structure target for SCA’s hygiene business is to have an effective capital structure at the same...

China’s Taison Group gets four tissue machines for Jiujiang mill in Jiangxi

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 25, 2017

(News from RISI) - The Taison Group is forging ahead with its tissue paper expansions in China, ordering four 60,000tpy tissue machines for its greenfield mill in Jiujiang city, Jiangxi province. Voith...

China’s Guangdong Shaoneng orders new 27,000tpy tissue unit

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 25, 2017

(News from RISI) - Guangdong Shaoneng Group has placed an order for a new 27,000tpy tissue machine for its pulp and paper mill in Nanxiong city, Guangdong province. A.Celli has been signed...

Kemira hikes up prices

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

Kemira has increased the price of its pulp and paper FennoSize AKD chemicals in EMEA. The price increase of the AKD sizing chemicals will be approximately 5-10%, depending on the specific formulations...

Grupo Corporativo Papelera boosts capacity with tissue investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

Grupo Corporativo Papelera has invested in a tissue machine for its Mexico-based site. Supplied by A.Celli, the line will add an additional 34,000 tonnes to the company’s annual production. The machine is 2.6m...

Voith presents latest generation of paper machines

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 11, 2017

Voith is presenting its XcelLine tissue machine technology, its Papermaking 4.0 solutions and InfiltraDiscfilter at Tissue World in Milan. Under the name "XcelLine", Voith said it has improved and refined its paper...

Mtorres acquires Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 20, 2017

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...

Cascades boosts AfH presence with US$64m Oregon facility inauguration

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 27, 2017

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,...

Vinda Paper (Zhejiang) boosts capacity with TM start-ups

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 27, 2017

Vinda Paper (Zhejiang) has fired up two Toscotec-supplied tissue machines at its Longyou mill in Zhejiang province. The mill has now increased its production capacity by 60,000tpy. The new AHEAD-2.0M tissue lines are...

Polmak diversifies into tissue production

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - December 14, 2017

Poland’s Polmak has moved into tissue production after acquiring a tissue machine with a production capacity of 90tpd. Based in Batorowo, Poznań, the company is a leading manufacturer of superior quality printed...

Tissue World 2018 Conference and Exhibition Returns to Miami March 20-23

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 22, 2018

North America ‘s largest tissue industry event to draw over 3,000 attendees from 50 countries MIAMI BEACH (Jan. 22, 2018) — Tissue World Miami 2018 is slated to be the first global...

OMET targets dispenser napkin market with FV.6: launch

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 24, 2018

OMET has launched its latest version of the FV line, a high-performance vacuum folding machine that’s dedicated to the production of dispenser napkins. According to the supplier, the FV.6 is a vacuum...

Essity reports increase in net sales in 2017 results

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 7, 2018

Essity has reported an 8% increase in net sales to SEK 109,265m in its 2017 year-end results. The company attributed the increase to a rise in sales of higher priced products and...

Amazon Papyrus announces price hike

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 8, 2018

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...

Sofidel announces $360m plant in Oklahoma

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 5, 2018

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has strengthened its presence in America after announcing plans to build a second greenfield tissue mill. Located in the south-central town of Inola, Oklahoma, the site will house...

Paperdi boosts capacity with start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 3, 2018

Italian tissue producer Paperdi has started up a Toscotec TT SYD-16FT at its Cartiera di Pietramelara mill. The second-generation TT SYD-16FT replaced a cast iron Yankee. The scope of supply included a complete...

Essity reports net sales increase in Q1 results

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 17, 2018

Hygiene products group Essity has announced a net sales increase of 10.9% to SEK28,020m in its first quarter results, helped by increased volumes and cost savings. Compared with the same period a...

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