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Kemira announces price hikes

Helen Morris - December 14, 2017

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Guangdong Shaoneng starts up TM at Nanxiong Zhuji site

Helen Morris - October 19, 2017

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Klippans Bruk boosts premium tissue capacity

Helen Morris - January 30, 2019

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Faderco starts up tissue PM in Algeria

Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

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Kiss-u Corps launches 2-go cap

Helen Morris - March 12, 2014

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Clearwater Paper reports 4Q and full year 2015 results

Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

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The Navigator Company announces price hikes

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 31, 2018

The Navigator Company will increase its tissue prices by 5 - 8 % in all products and markets across Europe as of 1 July. It said the decision follows “the continuous increase...

Lamix diversifies product offering

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 19, 2014

Lamix has diversified its product offering after it started up a PCMC-supplied Amica Matrix industrial line at its Witnica site. The line converts industrial laminated rolls at the speed of 550mpm and...

Kemira announces renewed focus on tissue, packaging and board industries

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 9, 2014

Kemira has announced an increased focus on the tissue, packaging and board industries. In a statement, it said it “strives to support growth of the paper industry in the stagnant market of...

Suzano’s board approves Real 346m loan for tissue projects in Brazil

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 12, 2017

(News from RISI) - Suzano’s board has approved a Real 346.4 million ($105.8m) loan with the Brazilian Northeast Bank (Banco do Nordeste) to be used in the construction of two tissue...

ISMA 2000 S.L boosts capacity with rebuild

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 15, 2015

Spain’s ISMA 2000 S.L has signed up Toscotec and its sister company Milltech to deliver a major dry-end rebuild of PM1 at its La Torre de Claramunt site. The start-up of the...

Van Houtum to rebuild PM4

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 29, 2015

Independent hygienic paper producer Van Houtum is to boost its capacity after it signed up Toscotec to carry out a dry end rebuild of its PM4 tissue machine at its Netherlands-based...

Fortissue starts up new tissue machine in Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 23, 2015

(News from RISI) - Production is up and running on a new tissue machine in Portugal. Fortissue Produção de Papel, which is part of the Suavecel group, started production at its mill...

Europe news: Belarus, Austria, Italy and UK

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 10, 2013

UK Northwood & Wepa acquires former GB&I G-P private label business Northwood & Wepa has acquired the former GB&I Georgia-Pacific private label tissue business from SCA. Northwood & Wepa is a joint venture made up...

China’s Zhuji Paper considers installing new tissue PMs with a combined capacity of 30,000tpy

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 17, 2014

(News from RISI) Shaoguan Nanxiong Zhuji Paper is mulling over building two tissue PMs with a combined capacity of around 30,000tpy at a mill in Nanxiong city, Guangdong province, China. The firm...

Hebei Xuesong Paper boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 12, 2015

China’s Hebei Xuesong Paper has boosted its capacity after it signed for its second Intelli-Tissue® 1200 EcoEc tissue machine supplied by PMP Group. TM2 has a reel trim of 2,850mm, a design...

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...

Södra raises softwood and hardwood pulp prices

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 8, 2013

Södra has said it will raise the price of its softwood pulp to US$ 860.00 and hardwood pulp to USD 820.00 per tonne in Europe. The price hike came into effective on...

Metsä Group’s tissue and cooking paper business invests in bioenergy

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 19, 2013

Katrinefors Kraftvärme (KKAB) is to build a new biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Mariestad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Metsä Tissue mill. KKAB, a 50/50 joint venture owned by...

Futura launches “first-in-tissue” technology

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 26, 2019

Futura has launched its JOI HYDRO-BOND technology, which it said is a first in tissue converting to achieve perfect adhesion of tissue plies using water alone. The company said...

Syassky mill to install new tissue PM in western Russia

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 14, 2015

(News from RISI) Russia's Syassky pulp and paper mill has signed up Toscotec to supply a new tissue line at its mill in Syasstroy, in the Leningrad region. The new 125tpd tissue...

Brazil: P&P on a sharp positive trend despite country’s rollercoaster economic performance

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Brazil’s economy was in a strong growth cycle when the global financial crisis of 2008 hit, when its GDP growth rate plummeted from 4+% down to zero. However, recovery from...

Valmet launches stand-alone wet end control package

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 3, 2019

Valmet has launched a stand-alone wet end control package for paper, board and tissue machines.The control product called Valmet Stand-Alone Retention Control (Valmet RET) can be used for retention...

Countdown to Tissue World’s São Paulo launch!

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 7, 2015

The Tissue World team is making the final touches to welcome the industry to our debut launch in Latin America! The first edition of Tissue World São Paulo – the gateway to...

Yuen Foong Yu moves further into tissue

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 28, 2014

Taiwan-based Yuen Foong Yu (YFY) has invested in the high-quality facial, toilet and towel market after it signed for a new tissue line. The Toscotec-supplied tissue line will be installed at the...

K-C increases capacity in Nigeria; closes current factory in Lagos

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 28, 2019

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is to build a new factory in Nigeria and close its current factory in Lagos with the loss of 60 permanent employees. The investment in the new...

APP and APRIL become PEFC-certified in Indonesia

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 18, 2015

Indonesia’s top two pulp and paper producers Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) have become certified to PEFC and its local partner, the Indonesian Forestry Certification...

Tissue World Magazine Mill Awards: entry submission is open!

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Tissue World is calling all green and innovative tissue mills across Western Europe to get in touch to showcase their latest developments in our TW Awards. If you are a tissue...

Multipack sells Pharma-Cosmetic branch to focus on tissue

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 30, 2015

Multipack has realigned its business to focus on the international tissue market after it announced the sale of its Pharma-Cosmetic products division. Located in Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, the company has over...

Duni postpones closure of one of its Rexcell production units

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 27, 2013

Duni’s Rexcell subsidiary has extended production of input materials for the hygiene products industry for another year. The company said the move will “permit profitable operations until the production unit is closed”. Duni...

PJSC “VGP” starts up Gambini line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 27, 2013

Ukrainian tissue converter PJSC “VGP” has boosted its product offering after it successfully started up a Gambini-supplied production line. The Right 550 line is capable of producing premium class products, 3-ply toilet...

Cascades 1Q margins impacted; results in the near-term to benefit from price increases

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Cascades has said higher raw material prices, lower jumbo roll sales and new facility construction investments have impacted its first quarter 2017 results. Sales were stable at $1,006m compared to $1,003m in...

RCI Technology and Consos launch Softener SC-Q Liq

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 15, 2014

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...

PCMC launches tissue embosser-laminator Omnia

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

PCMC has launched Omnia, a new tissue embosser-laminator that the supplier said will “offer customers’ flexibility and safety in a small footprint”. According to the supplier, the Omnia, which in Latin means...

Tissue World opens in Miami next week

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 12, 2014

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...

Brands not offering value or a unique selling point are withering

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 16, 2013

Promotional battleground sees companies seeking ideal combination of quality, performance and price in a tough UK market. Simon Creasey, associate editor (features) at the UK’s The Grocer magazine assesses key advice...

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...

K-C announces shutdown in Venezuela following country’s deepening economic chaos

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 14, 2016

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has indefinitely suspended operations in Venezuela after it said it was “impossible” to manufacture there due to the country’s economic crisis. The tissue giant said the move was in response...

Pulp and Paper United do the nation proud

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Let’s describe general economic performance in recent years as a football match … why not, this is Brazil after all: it has been an end-to-end thriller. TWM must first apologise to those across the...

K-C references “challenging environment” in 2Q results

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 10, 2017

Kimberly-Clark has reported net sales of $4.6bn for the three months ended 30 June, down 1% compared to the same time a year earlier. Operating profit for the period was $799m, down...

Ashland announces price hike

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 7, 2017

Ashland has said it will increases its prices on all resins and gelcoats in North America. The increase will come into effect as of 18 September and will impact the supplier’s complete...

Productos Familia starts up tissue machine

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 15, 2013

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...

Duni to close part of Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid production unit

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 26, 2013

Duni has entered into trade union negotiations with the intention to close one of three production units in its Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid subsidiary, putting the jobs of 110 staff at...

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...

Recard announces management changes

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 29, 2019

Recard has officially announced that Mauro Michelini exited the company on 31 July. He had been general manager at Recard since 1994. Doctor...

Trevipapel Group boosts capacity with Steel Yankee investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Trevipapel Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied tissue line at its Paper Prime mill in Vila Velha de Rodão, Portugal. The Steel Yankee Dryer TT SYD-16FT is due to be started-up in...

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