March / April 2017

March / April 2017

Italian tissue mill Cartiera San Lorenzo hit by fire, production halted

Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

March / April 2017

Italy’s Cartiera Ferrania to double capacity with installation of new tissue machine

Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

March / April 2017

Trevipapel Group boosts capacity with Steel Yankee investment

Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

March / April 2017

Distribution Special Feature

Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

March / April 2017

Suzano to sell converted tissue products; investment in tissue increases to $176.1m

Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

March / April 2017

Star Paper Mill boosts capacity

Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

March / April 2017

Hayat Kimya boosts presence with Egypt start-up

Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

How will the tissue connection between Europe and North America continue?

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

For several decades, North America and Europe shared some of the same tissue suppliers. However, during the last decade a lot has changed. Previously, North American companies were expanding into Europe, and now exactly the...

Trevipapel Group boosts capacity with Steel Yankee investment

March / April 2017 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...

China’s Mancheng Paper to add two new TMs to Baoding mill

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

(News from RISI) - Mancheng Paper (formerly known as Tiantian Paper) will install two new tissue production lines at its sole mill in Baoding city, Hebei province, northern China. Chinese supplier Liaoyang...

WEPA invests in new converting line in Germany

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

(News from RISI) German tissue giant WEPA is set to raise the converting capacity at its Kriebethal tissue mill in Saxony. The company is investing in a new line for cosmetic wipes,...

Cascades launches household tissue range

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

Cascades has targeted the consumer market with the launch of a range of household tissue products. Consisting of three varieties of toilet paper and two varieties of paper towels, the products will...

Italy – T&T capacity leader in Western Europe

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Italy is traditionally a major player in the story of tissue and today remains the capacity leader in the Western European market. Comparisons to competing countries within Italy’s natural...

PCMC launches tissue embosser-laminator Omnia

March / April 2017 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...

The countdown to TW Milan has started!

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

Over 200 exhibitors and key industry speakers are gearing up for Tissue World’s leading exhibition and conference, held in Milan in just over two weeks’ time. With over 25 new exhibiting companies,...

Sofidel UK starts-up latest-generation tissue rewinder

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Sofidel UK has boosted its tissue production capacity after it started up a tissue rewinder at its Lancaster-based site. Supplied by A.Celli, the latest-generation tissue rewinder is a Mod. 865 and 3.4m...

Japan’s Daio announces 10% hike for its household paper range

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

(News from RISI) - Daio Paper has announced its intention to hike all of its household paper prices, on shipments starting from 1 May. The 10% hike will apply to tissue, toilet...

We need greater speed on the production floor… and we need it now

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

The Smart robotics revolution is underway to meet the rapid pace of change in the feminine, adult and baby care products markets. As E-commerce and other market trends demand an increased range of...

Distribution Special Feature

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

Adapting to every request for end of line or the automatic conveying system: TWM hears from OCME on its latest offerings. A TWM report. OCME is always on the lookout to respond to every-changing customer...

The Home of Tissue: driving forward innovation to create the products of the future

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

It’s pressure which produces diamonds, and the fiercely competitive nature of the Italian market is producing some sparkling results. They have been called “smart factories,” but tissue factories have always been smart ... these are...

Kemira increases prices of polymer products in Europe

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

Kemira has increased the price for its polymer product line by 4-8 % across all European countries. It said the price increase is “necessary due to overall significant cost increase and global...

Hayat Kimya boosts presence with Egypt start-up

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has boosted its presence in the Middle East after it started-up a PM at its new mill in Egypt. The Valmet-supplied line will produce 70,000tpy of high quality facial,...

Defining the products of the future

March / April 2017 Helen Morris - March 21, 2017

Greater efforts to save margins, fearless investment in technological innovation and new products, e-commerce selling, increasing of stakeholder engagement processes, potential double digit growth in the US. Luigi Lazzareschi, chief executive of the...