March/April 2016

March/April 2016

SCA closes Wausau Paper acquisition

Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

March/April 2016

Universal launches interactive game of snakes and ladders tissue products

Helen Morris - June 10, 2016

Key innovations in the search for perfection on the converting line

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 23, 2016

We asked the world’s leading converting machinery manufacturers to explain where their R&D efforts are leading them for TWM’s annual Converting Technical Theme. Gambini, Futura, PCMC, Maflex and MTorres responded. What events...

Vinda to acquire SCA’s hygiene business in Asia

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Vinda International Holdings is to purchase SCA’s hygiene business in South East Asia, Taiwan and South Korea. The divestment of the business for integration with Vinda was approved on 13 January and...

OverMeccanica acquired by OVERMADE

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

OverMeccanica - in temporary operation since September 2014 after entering bankruptcy proceedings - has been acquired by OVERMADE in November 2015. OVERMADE is a new company of Italian investors headed up by...

Egypt: price sensitivity shapes consumer tissue demand

March/April 2016 Euromonitor International - March 23, 2016

By Moustafa Sheta, Euromonitor Research Associate, Egypt With population approaching 88 million in 2015, Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and is expected to add another 12.3 million...

PIX Pulp indices 26.1.2016

March/April 2016 Lars Halén Timo Teräs - March 2, 2016

By FOEX Indexes' Lars Halén and Timo Teräs NBSK pulp Europe When writing these notes, the only publicly available pulp data over December is by UTIPULP, providing the softwood pulp consumption and inventory...

Faderco starts up tissue PM in Algeria

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

Independent tissue paper company Faderco has started up its Valmet-supplied tissue line at its site in Sétif. Owner Amor Habes told TWM the new line will produce more than 30,000 tonnes of...

OCME: The latest generation in handling

March/April 2016 Marcello Lusardi - March 2, 2016

By Marcello Lusardi, OCME Regional Sales Manager Since it was established in 1954, OCME has prioritised research and development for palletisation and the handling of products in warehouses. Fast changing market demands...

Nuqul Group’s Fine Hygienic to boost capacity

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

Nuqul Group’s Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH) has signed for a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200TS tissue production line. The tissue machine will be installed at the Al Nakheel mill in Abu Dhabi and...

Tissue mills in Baoding, China, keep expanding

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

(News from RISI) - Two small tissue mills in Baoding city, Hebei province recently ordered four new tissue PMs with a combined capacity of 80,000tpy. On 22 January, Hebei Jinboshi Group signed...

“Our vision is to become the undisputed market leader in Egypt and North Africa.”

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 2, 2016

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine Keen for growth, Zeina Group founder and chairman Abdul Karim Natout talks to TWM about market potential in Egypt and beyond. With an impressive annual production...

YFY brings first of two medium-sized tissue machines on stream in China

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

(News from RISI) - Yuen Foong Yu (YFY) has started up a 27,000tpy tissue paper machine at its mill in Zhaoqing city, Guangdong province, China. Guangdong Dingfeng Paper, the YFY subsidiary operating...

Hayat Kimya restarts tissue PM at Yeniköy mill in Turkey after rebuild

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 2, 2016

Tissue producer Hayat Kimya has resumed production on the 70,000tpy PM1 at its Yeniköy mill, some 100km southeast of Istanbul, following downtime lasting more than a month. The aim is to increase...

And baby makes three … plus lots more tissue product

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 2, 2016

With a first child on the way, soon-to-be-dad Anders Wendel, originally from Denmark but now living and working in London, suspects he’ll soon be learning a lot more that he used...

Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry boosts rewinder capacity

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - April 21, 2016

Published on 21 April 2016 | Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry has signed an agreement with A.Celli Paper for the supply of three tissue rewinders and an additional agreement for a further nine rewinders. Part...

Egypt and Jordan: progress against the odds

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 2, 2016

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine Tissue makers well know the difference between potential growth and realisable growth. Growth which has every chance of being turned into revenue when consumers enjoy more...

Getting Mr Robot – flexible, quick and tireless – to take on the heavy...

March/April 2016 Luc Vanden-Abeelee - March 2, 2016

By Luc Vanden-Abeele, Marketing Research Advisor, Axium Robotics and Automation After an explosion in choices of packaging and sizes – 15 different bath tissue packs for example – factories are stepping up...

Bolton Group shuts Softex tissue production in Greece

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

(News from RISI) - The manufacture of Softex tissue products in Greece has come to an end. In mid-January, the employees of the factory based in Athens were informed that the site...

Metalicplas boosts capacity with TM start-up

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

Romania’s Metalicplas has increased its production capacity by 34,000tpy after starting up its new tissue PM. Part of the Pehart Tec Group, the A.Celli-supplied machine has a width of 2.8m at the...

Suzano orders two tissue paper machines for Mucuri and Imperatriz mills

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

(News from RISI) - Suzano Pulp and Paper has signed a $58 million order for two tissue paper machines (PM) to be installed at the company’s Mucuri and Imperatriz mills in...

K-C announces Q4 and full year 2015 earnings

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

Kimberly-Clark has reported a fourth quarter net sales decrease of 6% to $4.5 billion compared to the same period a year earlier. The company said changes in foreign currency exchange rates reduced...

Barry-Wehmiller boosts tissue presence with further acquisition

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Barry-Wehmiller has acquired Winkler+Dünnebier and POEM GmbH (W+D) from Körber. W+D is headquartered in Neuwied and Löhne, Germany, and has additional locations in the United States and Malaysia. It provides integrated system solutions...

Gordon Brothers Group purchases assets formerly owned by Lincoln Paper and Tissue

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Gordon Brothers Group has purchased the assets of Lincoln Paper and Tissue as part of a joint venture that includes Capital Recovery Group (CRG), PPL Group and Rabin Worldwide. The global advisory,...

Kimberly-Clark to cooperate with cartel tissue investigation in Peru

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark Peru said it will cooperate with the investigation opened by the country’s Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property Protection (INDECOPI) into certain competition practices within the...

It’s fierce out there – the battle for tissue raging across the UK market

March/April 2016 Simon Creasey - March 23, 2016

By Simon Creasey, Freelance Journalist Sales of household paper products at the top four superstores have slumped. The reasons – branded sales fall, the rise of own label, a price war, discounters...

Target: Egypt’s distinctive facial tissue preference

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - March 2, 2016

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine At more than half the tissue market in volume and marketed in boxes and plastic covers, Hayat Kimya sees a chance to advance a unique...

What to expect next: March/April 2016

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

MarketIssues: With a whirlwind of different factors impacting the UK’s grocer volume sales, the country’s tissue industry is in an interesting phase. The big four grocers are struggling as people are...

Fábricas de Papel Potosí boosts production

March/April 2016 Helen Morris - January 13, 2016

Mexico’s Fábricas de Papel Potosí has started-up a new tissue machine supplied by A.Celli Paper. The machine has a 2,850mm web width, a working speed of 1,500m/min and a production capacity of...