March / April 2015

    Tissue World Magazine

    French market shows evolving tissue trends are helping to buck a gloomy European marketplace

    By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris As a Francophile it doesn’t surprise me in the least that French shoppers are bucking the trend, in more ways than one. The standard model economic...
    Tissue World Magazine

    As shopping habits change SCA’s Barker sees multiple, price-relevant and distinctive products as the...

    By freelance journalist Simon Creasey Sally Barker has a vision. And that vision is to drive a sustainable business for long-term growth. It’s a vision she’s been working towards ever since she...

    “A Europe-wide outlook is vital for us.”

    By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris As the WEPA Group’s French mill, WEPA Lille’s location is key for understanding the dynamics within the French and European tissue markets It’s not surprising that...
    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    March / April 2015 – Global News

    SCA's Jan Johansson steps down following on-going aviation and hospitality audits SCA has said its president and CEO Jan Johansson is to step down. The company has been in the spotlight over media...

    New sulphur reduction targets mean a potential 30% increase in sea freight costs

    By Pöyry Management Consulting’s Pirkko Petäjä and Jyrki Latvala In an ever more challenging business environment, top experts suggest how the industry should manage a cost effective delivery chain in TWM’s Distribution...
    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    March / April 2015 – Asia News

    JAPAN Tokushu Tokai tests new tissue machine in Japan (News from RISI) - Tokushu Tokai Paper has kicked off trial runs on a new tissue paper machine at its Shimada mill in Shimada...
    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    March / April 2015 – Americas News

    USA Cascades PM ramp-up continues at St. Helens; machine rolls being sold (News from RISI) - Cascades started up a converted uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper machine for making tissue paper in late October,...

    PIX Pulp indices 30.12.2014

    By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs NBSK pulp Europe The pulp market remained fairly firm over the fourth quarter as the share of market pulp of the global fibre consumption has...
    Tissue World Magazine

    France – T&T strength in an overall weakened market

    By Fisher International’s Bill Burns France is one of the top ten paper making countries in the world but, like elsewhere, the shrinking global market for printing and writing (P&W) in the...

    “It’s a luxury I can’t do without”

    By Chloe Setter Chloe Setter, 31, is head of policy at a UK children’s charity. She lives in South West London. I rather...