Latest Headlines

Resolute set with order for Valmet NTT Advantage for launch at Calhoun mill

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 15, 2015

(News from RISI) Resolute Forest Products will launch into the North American tissue market in 2017 behind a Valmet NTT Advantage machine, a new unit that is growing in interest globally...

Arkhbum Tissue Group invests to increase capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 14, 2018

Russia’s Arkhbum Tissue Group has invested in a PrimeLineTM W6-XT tissue machine. Supplied by Andritz, the line will be installed at its mill in Vorsino and produce high-quality facial, toilet, napkin, and...

Top of the league SCA is on the ball to meet consumers’ changing needs

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 15, 2013

With its focus on innovation and sustainability, SCA has taken the top spot in the UK tissue market. TW visits its renowned Manchester mill on the city’s Trafford Park. By Helen Morris, Tissue World...

K-C reports 1Q earnings growth despite “a challenging environment”

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has reported net sales of $4.5bn - even with a year earlier - in its first quarter 2017 results. Operating profit for the quarter was $834m in 2017 compared to...

China’s Hengan starts up new 60,000tpy tissue PM in Hunan province

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 12, 2015

(News from RISI) - China's Hengan International has started up a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Changde city, Hunan province. The commissioning has raised its total tissue capacity to...

Syassky Pulp and Paper Mill increases capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

Syassky Pulp and Paper Mill has started up a 45,000tpy Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine at its Syasstroy mill in Russia. The AHEAD-1.5M tissue line came on stream on 29 April. The site...

Brazil’s Sepac invests in low-energy tissue machine

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 5, 2013

Tissue manufacturer Serrados e Pasta de Celulose (Sepac) has boosted its energy efficiencies after it invested in a Voith VTM2 tissue line. The tissue producer is now one of the 10 largest toilet...

Metalicplas boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 31, 2013

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...

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...

PT Suparma Tbk boosts capacity

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 20, 2015

PT Suparma Tbk has started up a new tissue line at its site in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 100 TM increases the company's production of bathroom tissue, towel and diaper...

The countdown to Tissue World São Paulo has begun!

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

The Latin American tissue industry is gearing up to attend Tissue World São Paulo - the only key meeting point for the region’s growing and dynamic tissue market. Whether on the show...

Historic Marcal mill in New Jersey, USA, devastated by fire; efforts underway to help...

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 14, 2019

A devastating fire that engulfed the famous Marcal tissue mill in New Jersey on 30 January has destroyed most of the historic building.No injuries were reported at the Elmwood...

Södra announces price hikes

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 7, 2018

Södra Cell has increased the price of its NBSK in Europe to USD 1,070/tonne. The hike was made effective 1 January 2018. Magnus Björkman, VP Marketing and Sales Södra Cell, said: “The global...

K-C Europe boosts capacity with TouchMax embossers buy

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 30, 2015

Kimberly-Clark Europe has finalised the purchase of four TouchMax embossers supplied by Gambini. The company has invested in three TouchMax Large versions and one standard version. It said the embossers “significantly modernise” its...

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...

The Navigator Company continues expansion into tissue with XcelLine investment

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 10, 2017

Portugal’s The Navigator Company is to boost its tissue capacity by 70,000tpy after investing in an XcelLine TM. Supplied by Voith, the line is designed to produce high-quality tissue paper and maximise...

Family tissue: for babies’ noses… and Construction Club

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Creativity is at the heart of Brazilian Melissa Hoemke’s family. After living in London for 12 years she wants to do right by the children and the environment, and...

SCA’s Productos Familia guilty in anti-trust inquiry

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 2, 2016

Productos Familia has been found guilty in an anti-trust inquiry related to tissue products conducted by the Colombian competition authority. The inquiry targeted Familia and four other companies in the Colombian market...

Conference targets potential in Southern American tissue market

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 29, 2017

Tissue World São Paulo has started its first day of conference sessions, under the theme ‘Challenges and opportunities – approaches to accelerate the success’. The sessions are discussing the latest opportunities and...

APP China starts up six tissue machines, adding new capacity of 200,000tpy to Hainan...

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 14, 2013

(News from RISI) - APP China has stayed on course with its plans for tissue paper expansion, bringing six tissue machines online at its Haikou mill on the Chinese island of...

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...

Wuhan Chenming Hanyang Paper moves into tissue sector

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 15, 2014

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...

Von Drehle starts-up USA’s first NTT line

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Von Drehle Corporation has successfully started up its First Advantage NTT tissue production line at its Natchez-based mill. It is the first tissue maker in the USA to produce tissue with Valmet's...

Green Innovations to launch North America’s first tree-free bamboo-based bath tissue

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - May 15, 2013

  Green Hygienics is set to launch an exclusively licensed line of tree-free bamboo-based bath tissue.  The Green Innovations subsidiary said it will be the first ever tree-free bamboo fibre-based toilet paper products...

Mtorres acquires Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 11, 2017

Mtorres has acquired Italian automatic tissue line manufacturer Universal Tissue Technology (UTT). The company will operate under the name of Mtorres Tissue. This new brand will supply and serve customers worldwide with a...

Sofidel breaks ground on $300m Ohio plant

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - July 14, 2016

Sofidel has broken ground at its $300m tissue paper mill and converting plant in Circleville, USA. The move will significantly increase the Italian company’s production capacity in the States, with the site’s...

Körber Group acquires Roll-Tec; expands converting and packaging machine expertise

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - August 15, 2019

Körber Group has increased its Business Area Tissue division after acquiring Roll-Tec Cilindro, a Brazilian-based embossing roll specialist. Roll-Tec develops, produces and sells engraving cylinders for embossing machines for tissue...

Santher improves financial results in 2013

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - April 22, 2014

(News from RISI) Brazilian major tissue paper producer Santher recorded a Real 17.7 million ($7.8 million) loss in 2013, according to the company's latest financial results report. The figure is, however, an...

Kennedy Hygiene Products targets paper converters with product launch

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - January 29, 2014

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...

Resolute announces strong 2018 results; tissue segment reports $9m operating loss in Q4

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - February 14, 2019

Resolute Forest Products has reported net income of $36m for the fourth quarter of 2018 – up from $13m for the same quarter in 2017.For the full year, net...

Guizhou Chitianhua boosts capacity with 20-foot Steel Yankee start-up

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - October 19, 2017

China’s Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry has increased production of high-quality tissue products after starting up its second PrimeLineST tissue machine. PM6 is based at the company’s Guizhou Province site and has a...

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...

Star Tissue named as one of Europe’s most dynamic SMEs

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 21, 2017

UK-based Star Tissue has been chosen as one of the ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Europe’, an annual report created by the London Stock Exchange Group. It celebrates some of the fastest-growing SMEs...

Ungricht launches production process for ceramic coated Anilox rollers

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 5, 2013

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...

China’s Hwagain Paper starts five tissue machines in Jiangxi province

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

(News from RISI) - Hwagain Paper kicked off trial runs on five new tissue PMs with a combined capacity of 18,000tpy in the first half of August at its mill in...

GLOBAL MARKET MUST TAKE CARE TO CREATE BALANCED EXPANSION

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - November 22, 2013

By Helen Morris, Tissue World editor As 2013 draws to a close, this issue of TW reflects on the key trends and project start-ups of the past year and looks in detail...

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...

Sichuan Yibin to start 350,000tpy cartonboard PM; tissue units under consideration

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 19, 2014

(News from RISI) - China's Sichuan Yibin Paper is erecting a new 350,000tpy cartonboard PM at a greenfield mill in Yibin city, Sichuan province. It is expecting to finish construction around August....

SCA Nicolás de los Garza reduces energy consumption

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - March 27, 2014

SCA has invested in a NipcoFlex T shoe press that will be installed at its Nicolás de los Garza plant in Mexico. The new shoe press will be installed in PM3 and...

First Quality announces an up to 8% increase on its tissue paper products

Latest Headlines Helen Morris - June 5, 2014

(News from RISI) - In what appears to be the first official tissue paper price increase for consumer/retail products in three years in the USA, First Quality Tissue has announced an...

1...345...24 Page 4 of 24