May / June 2017

May / June 2017

Investments mean more ECF pulp from Södra

Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

May / June 2017

How to achieve growth in a national crisis

Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Pulp and Paper United do the nation proud

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Let’s describe general economic performance in recent years as a football match … why not, this is Brazil after all: it has been an end-to-end thriller. TWM must first apologise to those across the...

Fibria announces July $20/tonne price hike on BEK in Europe and North America; Asia...

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

(News from RISI) - Brazilian bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp producer Fibria has announced a $20/tonne price increase for North American and European markets effective 1 July. With the increase, Fibria’s BEK...

China’s Hengan starts new 60,000tpy TM in Chongqing

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

(News from RISI) - Hengan International has fired up a new 60,000tpy tissue machine at its mill in Chongqing municipality, southwestern China. The Andritz-supplied PM23 has a trim width of 5.6m, a...

Tissue World Milan: Global tissue ‘is reaching new peaks year after year’

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Worldwide consumption stands at 36.3 million tonnes with estimated unmet potential at over 15 million tonnes in retail alone. As an increasingly complex and diverse marketplace presents great challenges and opportunities, Tissue World Milan...

Brazil consumer tissue: lingering effects of economic downturn

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Brazil’s economy has experienced one of its worst recessions, with real GDP contracting once again by 3.4% in 2016. With economic downturn, the value of private final consumption fell by 3.5% in 2015 and only a marginal...

Sofidel targets Spanish market with Ibertissue investment

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

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...

How to achieve growth in a national crisis

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

These are turbulent times in Brazil – but tissue is toughing it out. Helen Morris, Tissue World magazine senior editor, visits Carta Fabril’s Rio de Janeiro headquarters as the company begins the start-up...

Former SCA managers avoid prosecution for bribery

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

(News from RISI) - Sweden’s anti-corruption watchdog has terminated the pre-trial investigation into possible bribery against SCA ex-managers including the former chief executive Jan Johansson and former chairman of the board...

Solenis announces price hike

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

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...

Hayat Kimya boosts Russian capacity

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has boosted its capacity in Russia after investing in an Advantage DCT machine, to be supplied at its mill in Yelabuga in Tartaristan. TM7 will have a width of...

Sun Paper boosts capacity with investment

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

South Carolina-based Sun Paper has invested in its packaging facilities after purchasing a XF800 wrapper line from PCMC. It will be installed in October 2017 and is replacing a reciprocating wrapper that...

WEPA targets European AfH market with Van Houtum acquisition

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

WEPA Hygieneprodukte is to boost its AfH capacity in Europe with the acquisition of Netherlands-based Van Houtum Group Holding. The purchase is subject to the approval of the competition authorities and is...

Cascades 1Q margins impacted; results in the near-term to benefit from price increases

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Cascades has said higher raw material prices, lower jumbo roll sales and new facility construction investments have impacted its first quarter 2017 results. Sales were stable at $1,006m compared to $1,003m in...

PAPCEL boosts presence with PMT Italia acquisition

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

PAPCEL has completed the acquisition of Pinerolo-based company PMT Italia, helping it expand its presence in the USA and China. PMT manufactures and supplies technology for the production of graphic papers and...

Hengan Group boosts capacity with investment

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

China’s Hengan Group has started up its 12th Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machine. The line is based at the company’s Chongqing mill and has a design speed of 2,000m/min and a width...

Family tissue: for babies’ noses… and Construction Club

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Creativity is at the heart of Brazilian Melissa Hoemke’s family. After living in London for 12 years she wants to do right by the children and the environment, and...

Brazil: P&P on a sharp positive trend despite country’s rollercoaster economic performance

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Brazil’s economy was in a strong growth cycle when the global financial crisis of 2008 hit, when its GDP growth rate plummeted from 4+% down to zero. However, recovery from...

GP invests $400m in consumer business; funding approved for TAD line

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Georgia-Pacific (GP) is to boost its private label branded capacity with a $400m investment in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business. Funding has been approved for a through-air-dried (TAD) paper...

‘We diversified, it was the only way to survive. And it worked.’

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

If ever a company was poised for an economic uplift it’s IPEL at its impressive new site in Indaial city. Managing director Juliano Silva talks growth, investment, flexibility, justice… and football...

China’s Mancheng Jinguang starts up two TMs in Baoding

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

(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,...

Suzano to reduce BEK sales to Asia by 100,000 tonnes in 3Q17, says CCO

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

(News from RISI) - Suzano estimates a 100,000 tonnes reduction in its bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp sales volumes during the third quarter of this year, due to longer maintenance downtime...

Unprecedented number of tissue machines installed since 2010

May / June 2017 David Vallieres - May 18, 2017

With tissue consumption growing at a rapid pace in emerging markets, particularly in China, an unprecedented number of new tissue paper machines have been installed. Numera’s analysis shows that 327 new tissue paper machines...

Investments mean more ECF pulp from Södra

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

Södra Cell has pioneered TCF pulp but with the evolution in the market and in ECF bleaching technology, the company has significantly boosted its growing position in ECF. Södra’s latest investments have included the new...

Baotuo Paper Machinery supplying Baoding firms with TMs in China

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 18, 2017

(News from RISI) - Two small producers in Baoding city, Hebei province, China, recently purchased new tissue machines from domestic supplier Baotuo Paper Machinery. Mancheng Yongxing Paper has placed orders for two...

ICT Iberica boosts capacity by 70,000tpy with TM investment

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

Spain’s ICT Iberica has invested in an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line which will be installed at its mill in Burgo. The new line will add 70,000tpy of high-quality toilet, towel, facial,...

Hengan Group ramps up capacity with investment

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

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...

Chinese tissue market in a good growth phase but oversupply continues

May / June 2017 Esko Uutela - May 18, 2017

According to a recent talk by Zhang Yulan, of the China National Household Paper Association (CNHPIA), in 2016 the Chinese tissue business maintained growth, and the expansion of the tissue industry continued at a good pace –...

SCA to close tissue production plant in America

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

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...

Futura appoints new BoD and promotes Piero Ceccon to CEO

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

Futura has announced a new board of directors and promoted Piero Ceccon to chief executive. The board is joined by head of technology & FuturaLab Giovacchino Giurlani and head of operations Giulio...

The countdown to Tissue World São Paulo has begun!

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 4, 2017

The Latin American tissue industry is gearing up to attend Tissue World São Paulo - the only key meeting point for the region’s growing and dynamic tissue market. Whether on the show...

Paper Prime invests with new TM

May / June 2017 Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

Portugal’s Paper Prime has boosted its capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine. TM1 will be installed at the company’s Vila Velha de Rodão site. Included in the investment is...