September / October 2017

    Tissue World Magazine

    All is not well for North American tissue producers

    As brand loyalty is slowly eroding in the US, Europe’s leading discounters are set for major expansions. Report for TWM by RBC Capital’s markets analyst Paul Quinn. Change is afoot. Branded tissue products will...
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    Meeting the WSR challenge head on

    Wet strength resins are the most expensive chemical application in tissue production. Hence the urgent need for economically effective solutions to reduce consumption. Kemira’s Vladimir Grigoriev and Eric Padovani discuss. A TWM report.     Wet...
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    TWM Interview: Manuel Dizon, CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit, Asia Pulp &...

    Manuel Dizon joined Asia Pulp & Paper as CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit in January 2017. He has more than 20 years of general management, sales, and marketing experience with companies...

    Universal Paper is gearing up for a move into Japan’s growing premium tissue market

    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor The APP Group company’s success has been in the economy segment with 9.4% of Japan’s T&T sector last year. Now its key strategy is to follow younger consumers who...

    Tissue … the perfect canvas for capturing life’s perfect moments

    Claire Bowen is a Perth, Australia-based blogger, dramatist and self-described “leftie feminist greenie” who studies the impact of popular culture on the historical record. I’ll...
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    The shifting growth of Asia’s most developed country; premium and lower mainstream products key

      Quality, in Asia’s most developed country, is key in the Japanese tissue market … that much is a constant. Much else, however, has moved on in the four years since TWM’s last Country Report from there,...