May / June 2014

SÖDRA HIKES UP PRICES Pulp manufacturer Södra has increased the price of its softwood pulp in Europe to USD 940 per tonne. The company said the move was due to “strong global...

TURKEY IPEK KAGIT TISSUE PAPER BOOSTS CAPACITY Turkey’s Ipek Kagit Tissue Paper has invested in a new Advantage tissue production line. The Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS line will be installed at the company’s Manisa...

By Paul Watson, director of Canfor Pulp Innovation and Wlad Janssen, specialist on tissue for Canfor Pulp Fibre is the highest single cost element of a finished tissue product, typically more than...

Paul Seviour (far right) reveals why the wrong sort of loo roll doesn’t make his day “I have never been overly brand conscious and I certainly...

Exporting finished product to 25 companies and with annual turnover of €60 million the Dutch niche player is looking to grow through value-increase “We’re a small niche player,” Van Houtum general manager...

SOFIDEL HIGHLIGHTS LATEST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS Sofidel, the world’s second largest manufacturer of tissue paper in Europe, has showcased its latest sustainable developments and innovations at Tissue World Miami. The tissue giant, which...

By Ian Bell, Euromonitor International's global head of tissue and hygiene research With words such as ‘feeble’ and ‘modest’ peppering any references to economic recovery in 2014, the economies of Belgium, the...

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International The Benelux Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg) represent good trading partners in the European Union (EU). Belgium and the Netherlands (the only towel and tissue...

It’s official - Tissue World Americas 2014 was the most successful Tissue World Americas show ever. The stats are stacking up and they make impressive reading for the global tissue industry. The Miami...

刚于迈阿密圆满落幕的第七届「世界卫生纸展 – 美洲」成功吸引了逾2,000名来自69个国家的卫生纸业人士，参观人数较上届升幅40%。 2014年「世界卫生纸展 – 美洲」共有173家参展公司，其中51间企业加入参展行列。 本届展会的出席者分别来自69个国家，其中包括美国、巴西、 加拿大、中国、意大利、土耳其和其他国家。 下届美洲展会拟定于2016年3月14-17日移师至美国新奥尔良New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 举行，现场已有63%的参展商续订下届展台。 世界卫生纸选择在新奥尔良举行的原因包括其设备先进的场馆、位于场馆旁的魅力小镇和价格廉宜的酒店住宿。 这个会展中心也将于2018年主办国际展览和项目协会（IAEE）的年度会议与展览会。 IAEE主办地点的选拔过程早在3年前已开始进行，其中多国会展局曾向协会呈交提案。该协会表示提案的评估准则包括主办地点的整体形象、其销售、展馆和设施管理过程、空运设施和该地点对于IAEE的承诺所作出的支持。IAEE 评审团与工作人员将针对以上准则深入审查，然后再公布被选中的会展城市。 世界卫生纸系列展览会始于1993年，旗下展览会包括美洲世界卫生纸展、巴塞罗那世界卫生纸展及亚洲世界卫生纸展。从2014年起，世界卫生纸系列展览会将扩展版图，增加两场展览会，包括：「世界卫生纸研讨会 – 伊斯坦布尔」以及「世界卫生纸展 – 圣保罗」。这两项崭新计划将有效延伸世界卫生纸展览会的服务范围和应对全球发展迅速的卫生纸市场。（详情请阅读：「世界卫生纸」新推两项活动以促新市场潜力)     首届世界卫生纸摄影奖项 – 得奖作品揭晓 来自萨尔瓦多，Alas Doradas S.A. de C.V. 的代表， Farina Rivera是首届摄影奖项的得奖者。 本届摄影奖项共接获34个提名，比赛以现场参观者投票数量为准，并于展会第三日公布得奖名单。 该摄影奖项的活动宗旨是提升品牌意识、与世界分享成为业界一份子的荣耀和以极具代表性的照片激励身在或即将加入卫生纸业的专业人士。

Södra’s expansion at Värö has the needs of tissue makers at heart. A TW report. On 24 February 2014, Södra’s board of directors gave the green light to invest SEK 4 billion...

By LARS HALEN, Senior Manager, FOEX Indexes and TIMO TERAS, Managing Director, FOEX Indexes Paper industry More statistics are gradually coming out over the pulp and paper industry performance in 2013. As we...

How the largest facial tissue plant in Europe is stepping up to meet customer demand After TW’s visit to Belgium and the Netherlands for this issue’s regional report it was evident that...

THAILAND RVP BOOSTS PRODUCTION WITH START-UP RiverPRO Pulp & Paper Company Limited (RVP) has boosted its production after it successfully started up a 25,000tpy tissue machine at its mill in Saraburi province, Thailand. The...

CHILE CMPC TO INSTALL NEW 50,000TPY TISSUE PM IN MEXICO IN 3Q15 Chilean Empresas CMPC has announced a $160 million investment to expand its Altamira tissue plant capacity in Mexico by 50%. The company...

Increased customer sophistication, sustainability, e-commerce, innovation, multiculture, aging population, decline in household income, slowing population growth, convenience, increased global logistics... the launch of the Tissue Retailers and Distributors Insight Forum (TRIF)...

Staying in, our EuroMonitor report on the Benelux countries tells us, is the new going out. What’s happening in the At-Home category offers up rich promise for tissue producers, at least...

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Bold investment in luxury products pays off as staying at home is the new going out Marketissues: Kazakhstan – emerging tissue market leader in Central Asia Exitissues: Bellwether of Hungary’s economic evolution   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas news Asia...

GLOBAL NEWS SÖDRA HIKES UP PRICES AMERICAS NEWS CHILE: CMPC TO INSTALL NEW 50,000TPY TISSUE PM IN MEXICO IN 3Q15 USA: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE EXPANDS TAD CAPACITY USA: CLEARWATER PAPER TO CLOSE LONG ISLAND TISSUE CONVERTING...

A new converting line will give Forest Papir of Hungary a powerful boost for competitiveness and innovation. A TW report. The uneventful transformation into a market economy which Hungary experienced just over...