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    GP closes Augusta site; 55 staff redundancies

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    Georgia‐Pacific (GP) is to permanently close its Augusta Select Tissue mill following increased competition in the tissue business. The move will impact 55 members of staff. GP said: “The decision to close the...
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    Bataan 2020 boosts capacity in the Philippines

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    Philippines-based tissue manufacturer Bataan 2020 has started up two Toscotec-supplied TT SYD-3600MM tissue lines. The Steel Yankee dryers have been started up at the company’s Samal mill in the Bataan province. Emmanuel Gaspar,...
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    Buckman hikes up North America freight prices

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    Buckman is to increase the price of products sold and delivered to customers in North America by $0.02 to 0.04/pound. The increase will take place on 1 July and is being driven...
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    Essity reports net sales increase in Q1 results

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    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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    K-C announces executive leadership changes and 1Q net sales increase

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has appointed the president of K-C Professional - Kim Underhill - group president K-C North America. In her new role, Underhill will lead the company’s $8bn North American consumer business. She...
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    Strategies for Sustainable Growth and Development will be discussed at Asian Paper & Tissue...

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    More than 20 industry experts will examine the future trajectory of the pulp, paper and related industries under the theme: Shaping Success: Strategies for Sustainable Growth in Paper, Packaging and Tissue,...
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    Sepac boosts capacity with TM start-up

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    Latin American tissue producer Sepac has started up an XcelLine tissue machine in Brazil. Supplied by Voith, TM6 is based at the company’s Mallet plant in Paraná and will be used to...
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    Twinsaver Group targets premium quality market with investment

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    South Africa’s Twinsaver Group has started up an AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine at its Kliprivier operations in Gauteng. PM5 is a turnkey project supplied by Toscotec and is equipped with a second-generation TT...
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    Paperdi boosts capacity with start-up

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    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...
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    Asian Paper and Tissue World – the First Pan-Asian Industry Event to Focus on...

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    BANGKOK, Thailand: From June 6-8, 2018 the Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok 2018, the first pan-Asian event of its kind will bring together paper, packaging and tissue product makers and...
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    Latest paper and tissue industry trends to be examined at the Asian Paper &...

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    The industry today is being rapidly transformed, faster than anyone would have expected  even just a couple years ago and it continues to accelerate. New demands, trends, regulations and changes are impacting...
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    Over 200 exhibitors, 1,687 total participants, 69 countries … Tissue World celebrated our 25th...

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    The wonderfully modernised Miami Beach Convention Center was the fitting setting for Tissue World’s double celebration – our 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary as the global industry’s leading tradeshow, and the opening...
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    Suzano and Fibria merge to form global pulp giant

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    Brazilian pulp producer Suzano Papel e Celulose has acquired Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria in a deal worth BRL36 billion. The move has created a pulp giant with a 17% share of...
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    Essity to close La Riba site and Allo TM in Spain

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    Essity is to restructure its consumer tissue production in Spain after announcing plans to close its production facility in La Riba and close one of its tissue machines at its site...
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    K-C targets bath tissue market with $100m Alabama investment

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has boosted its capacity in North America’s bath tissue market after expanding production at its Mobile, Alabama site. The tissue giant announced a two-year project worth $100m that it said...
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    APP boosts capacity with Indonesian TM start-up

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    APP has successfully started up a Prodergy AHEAD-2.0L tissue machine at its Perawang mill, Indonesia. Supplied by Toscotec, the supplier said its 22 ft diameter Steel Yankee dryer constitutes a world record:...
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    Sofidel announces $360m plant in Oklahoma

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    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...
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    Velvet Care acquired by private equity firm

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    Polish tissue manufacturer Velvet Care has been acquired by Abris Capital Partners. The private equity company has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in the business, which manufactures brand-name, tissue-based personal...
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    VTP and TMC join forces in North America

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    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...
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    Double E Company acquires Convertech

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    Double E Company has boosted its web handing capacity after acquiring Convertech. Headquartered in Wharton, NJ, Convertech joins Appleton Manufacturing, Epoch Industries, and Double E Europe as part of the Double E...
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    Södra announces price hikes in Europe

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    Södra Cell has increased the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp as “supply remains tight”. As of 1 April, the company’s NBSK pulp has been increased in Europe to...
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    Lee & Man boosts latest TM start-up

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    China’s Lee & Man has started up its fourth Voith-supplied XcelLine tissue machine. Based in Guangdong, the machine has a wire width of 5.6m and is designed for an operational speed of...
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    Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Highlights

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    Three Deep Dive Sessions on Trending Tissue Industry Topics will be examined during the Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Deep Dive 1: Global Trade Shifts – Sourcing and Supply Chain Impacts At a time...
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    Amazon Papyrus announces price hike

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    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...
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    Hengan International boosts capacity with Changji start-up

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    Chinese producer of hygiene and sanitary products Hengan International has successfully started up its Modulo-Plus PM26 at its Changji mill in Xinjiang. Supplied by Toscotec, it is the second PM to be...
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    Essity restructures in Chile; closes one tissue machine and two converting lines

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    Essity is restructuring its production facility in Santiago, Chile, to strengthen its presence in the country’s consumer tissue and professional hygiene segments. The tissue giant said the move is aligned with its...
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    Carta Fabril starts-up 22ft Steel Yankee

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    Brazil’s Carta Fabril has started up its PrimeLineST W22 tissue machine, which supplier Andritz said has the world’s largest Steel Yankee dryer. It will produce tissue with grammage of 15 g/m2 that...
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    Tissue World Miami Conference – When Best in Class isn’t Good Enough

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    Interdependencies in today’s global market are driving us towards a knowledge based economy. During the Business and Management Day on March 21, following a morning of thought-provoking presentations, an afternoon of...
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    Suzano boosts presence in tissue market with investment

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    Brazilian Suzano Papel e Celulose has boosted its tissue capacity after starting up two tissue machines. Supplied by Voith Paper, the double-width XcelLine VTM 4 machines have been installed at the company’s...
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    Metsä Tissue boosts production capacity

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    Metsä Tissue is modernising an existing DIP line at its mill in Mänttä, Finland, in order to increase its production output. The project will be carried out by Andritz and the new...
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    K-C to close two Wisconsin facilities; 600 redundancies

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    Kimberly-Clark will close its Neenah facility and Cold Spring plant as part of its announced global restructuring programme. Some 100 staff will be made redundant at the Neenah plant, which makes nonwoven...
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    Buckman announced global price increase

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    Speciality chemical company Buckman has said it will increase its prices on select paper and pulp product lines as of 1 March, or as contracts allow. | The price increase will be...
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    Lucart invests and secures commitment to Italian tissue market

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    Lucart Group has strengthened its presence in the tissue market after investing in an AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine. Supplied by Toscotec, PM12 will be installed at the company’s Porcari, Italian-based mill and will...
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    Hayat Kimya to invest $150m in Pakistan

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    Hayat Kimya – the FMCG company of Turkish conglomerate Hayat Group – has launched a sales and marketing subsidiary in Pakistan. The investment includes the introduction of tissue brands Papia and Familia...
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    Pol-Mak boosts capacity with rewinder investment

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    Poland’s Pol-Mak has increased its capacity after investing in a high-performance Slitter Rewinder, model TP-3US-TRH18. Supplied by Tecno Paper, the rewinder has a trim width of 2.8m and includes three unwind stands...
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    Södra announces price hikes

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    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...
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    SPS Corporate eyes global growth with TM investments

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    Indonesia’s SPS Corporate has boosted its presence in the global tissue market after investing in two tissue machines. The lines will be installed at the company’s Indonesian-based subsidiary companies, Sopanusa Tissue and...
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    Vinda International boosts capacity by 120,000tpy

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    Vinda International Group has purchased four AHEAD-2.0M tissue machines to be installed in its new production base in Xiaonan district, Xiaogan, Hubei. Toscotec will deliver the first two lines in mid-March and...
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    Resolute reports preliminary 4Q and 2017 results; appoints Yves Laflamme as president and CEO

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    Resolute Forest Products has reported sales of $898m in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of $9m compared to a year earlier. Net income for the quarter ended 31 December was...
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    Essity reports increase in net sales in 2017 results

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    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...
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