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    Crown Paper Mill boosts capacity by 65,000tpy

    Abu Dhabi’s Crown Paper Mill (CPM) has increased its presence in the Middle East after it invested in an Advantage DCT 200HS line tissue. Supplied by Valmet, the investment includes a Focus...
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    Essity targeted by Greenpeace campaign

    Essity is the focus of a Greenpeace campaign that claims it is driving the destruction of critical parts of Europe’s Great Northern Forest in Sweden, Finland and Russia. The Greenpeace report (Wiping...
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    Star Tissue named as one of Europe’s most dynamic SMEs

    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...
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    Cascades PRO claims 20% sales from new products by 2020

    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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    Kruger boosts AfH capacity with PM start-up

    Kruger Products has started-up PM8 at its Crabtree Plant, a $55m investment that will increase the Canadian tissue manufacturer’s AfH capacity by 30,000 metric tonnes annually. The purchase of an additional winder...
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    PCMC targets packaging sector with Graphbury Machines purchase

    Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has boosted its presence in the packaging sector with the acquisition of flexible packaging machinery manufacturer Graphbury Machines. PCMC president Steve Kemp said the purchase will “strengthen...
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    K-C announces first major commitment to renewable energy

    Kimberly-Clark has substantially increased its environmental efforts after announcing its aims to power its north American mills with renewable wind energy. As part of the agreement, it will annually purchase 1,000,000 megawatt...
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    Accrol Group appoints new CEO

    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...
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    Guizhou Chitianhua starts-up 20-foot Steel Yankee

    China’s Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry has started up one of the world’s largest Steel Yankees at its Chishui, Guizhou Province-based site. Supplier Andritz said the PrimeLineST tissue machine is unique in the Asian...
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    Call for Papers Now Open: Tissue World Americas 2018 – Technical Sessions

    The Call for Papers is now open for Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference – the largest gathering dedicated exclusively to the tissue industry in North America. All industry players are invited to...
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    Ashland announces price hike

    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...
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    Gambini targets performance and flexibility with TouchMax.Twin launch

    Gambini has responded to customer demand with the launch of its TouchMax.Twin embosser. The product is the latest member of the TouchMax Family of embossing and lamination solutions which the supplier said...
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    Andritz responds to increased global tissue demand with pilot centre investment

    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...
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    Kemira reports its half year results; profitability below prior-year level

    Kemira has reported solid revenue growth but profitability below prior-year level in it half year results. In its second quarter results, revenue increased 5% to €617.2m while operative EBITDA decreased 2% to...
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    Resolute appoints Patrice Minguez as president of Tissue Group

    Resolute has appointed the former founder and former president of Cellynne Holdings, Patrice Minguez, as president of its Tissue Group. The new role will see Minguez reporting to Richard Garneau, president and...
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    Voith launches OTR Precise system

    Voith has targeted the tissue market with the launch of its OTR Precise system. The supplier said the system accurately measures and analyses Yankee cylinders during operation, meaning early detection of problem...
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    Irving targets USA expansion with $400m TAD investment

    Irving Consumer Products has invested in a 75,000 tonne state-of-the-art tissue plant to be constructed in Macon, Georgia. The machine is expected to start-up in 2019 and will double the company’s ThruAir...
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    Asian Paper and Tissue World successfully organized their first seminar in Bangkok, Thailand on...

    In conjunction with the merger of Asian Paper and Tissue World Bangkok trade shows, and with the support of The Thai Pulp and Paper Industries Association (TPPIA), Asian Paper and Tissue...
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    Fabio Perini expands Industry 4.0 presence; announces laboratories in US, Brazil and China

    Fabio Perini is to boost its Industry 4.0 data-driven offering with the opening of three additional “PIVOT” laboratories. PIVOT is the supplier’s global database that uses data to support tissue customers in...
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    Resolute reports net loss in preliminary 2Q results

    Resolute Forest Products has reported a net loss of $74m for the quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared with a net loss of $42m in the same period in 2016. Sales were...
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    Clearwater Paper reports decline in earnings

    Clearwater Paper has reported net earnings of $8.04m in its second quarter compared with $20.9m for the same time last year. Net earnings for the six months ended 30 June 2017 were...
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    K-C references “challenging environment” in 2Q results

    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...
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    The Navigator Company continues expansion into tissue with XcelLine investment

    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...
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    PT Aspex Kumbong boosts capacity with TM investment

    Indonesia’s PT Aspex Kumbong has signed for a complete tissue machine to be installed at its Jakarta, West Java-based site. The line will be supplied by Papcel Group and will include an...
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    Solenis completes acquisition of Nopco Colombiana

    Solenis has boosted its product offering after completing the acquisition of Nopco Colombiana. Headquartered in Medellin, Colombia, Nopco Colombiana produces and supplies specialised chemical solutions for water intensive industries in Central and...
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    Vinda Paper (Zhejiang) boosts capacity with TM start-ups

    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...
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    Accrol Group invests in manufacturing line for Leyland site

    UK independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has invested €4.5m in a tissue converting machine to be installed at its recently opened facility in Leyland, Lancashire. The machine features the latest technology...
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    Cascades boosts AfH presence with US$64m Oregon facility inauguration

    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,...
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    Convertipap boosts capacity with TM investment

    Mexico’s Convertipap has invested in a tissue machine to boost its production capabilities. Supplied by Recard, the turnkey plant has a sheet width of 2.8m and a production capacity of 90tpd. It has...
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    Lee & Man starts-up Voith-supplied TM

    Lee & Man has started-up its XcelLine TM 10 tissue machine at its Jiangxi-based tissue site. Supplied by Voith, TM10 has a wire width of 5,600mm and is designed for a maximum...
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    Vajda Papír boosts capacity

    Vajda Papír has invested in a complete tissue production line to be installed at its mill in Dunaföldvár, Hungary. The order comprises a PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine with Steel Yankee and shoe...
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    Meghna Group of Industries moves into tissue

    Bangladesh’s Meghna Group of Industries has diversified its product offering after it invested in its first tissue machine. Supplied by Recard, PM1 is an Easy Crescent line with a sheet width of...
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    Sofidel targets Spanish market with Ibertissue investment

    Sofidel has invested in an Advantage NTT tissue production line to be installed at its Ibertissue mill in Buñuel, Spain. Delivery includes an Advantage NTT 200 tissue production line, stock preparation equipment...
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    Hayat Kimya inaugurates its Nigerian diaper and tissue factory; launches Familia and Papia brands...

    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...
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    Fabricas de Papel Potosì boosts capacity with converting investment

    Mexico’s Fabricas de Papel Potosì has invested in its bathroom tissue production capacity after acquiring a Gambini-supplied converting line. The FLEX 600 line has a rollface width of 2.9m and a production...
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    SCA to close tissue production plant in America

    SCA is to close its 55,000tpy tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona. The company said the move was to further improve efficiency and strengthen competitiveness for its Professional Hygiene business in North...
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    Solenis announces price hike

    Specialty chemicals producer Solenis is to increase its prices on all wet strength and sizing product lines across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The hike will see prices increase by 10...
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    China’s Mancheng Jinguang starts up two TMs in Baoding

    (News from RISI) - Mancheng Jinguang Paper fired up two 12,000tpy tissue machines earlier this month at its sole mill in Baoding city, Hebei province, China. The units, dubbed PM3 and PM4,...
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    Lee & Man starts up tissue machine in Jiangxi

    (News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing started trial runs on a new 60,000tpy tissue machine earlier this month at its mill in Jiujiang city, in the inland province...
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    Hengan Group ramps up capacity with investment

    China’s Hengan Group has boosted its presence in the tissue market after starting up an Andritz-supplied tissue line. The PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machine started up at the tissue mill’s Chongqing mill on...