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    César Iglesias boost production capacity with TM investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    César Iglesias is to boost its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 1.8 tissue line to be installed at its facility in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Start-up of PM2 is...

    “Before being a great entrepreneur, my father was a great man”: Piero Celli passes...

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    Piero Celli - Italian entrepreneur and co-founder of A.Celli - has peacefully passed away at his home in Porcari, Lucca, on 24 April 2025 at the age of 89. Born on 15...

    Essity reports “solid performance” in Q1 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has reported a net sales increase of 0.4% to SEK34,976m in its first quarter results, and reiterated its commitment to “innovation, strong brands, efficiency improvements and sustainability work.” Organic sales growth...

    K-C announces Q1 results; bids continue for potential sale of its $4bn international tissue...

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    Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has reported first quarter 2025 results driven by “resilient consumer demand, the introduction of pioneering innovative products, and leveraging sustained productivity momentum.” In the first quarter, the company reported...

    Wacker announces price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    The Wacker Group has announced a range of price hikes for its dispersions and dispersible polymer powder sourced from its production sites in Europe and USA. Effective 1 May or as customer...

    Toscotec announces “world’s first fully electric TM” at Fortissue

    World News Helen Morris -
    Portuguese tissue manufacturer Fortissue and machinery supplier Toscotec have celebrated the start-up of the “world’s first fully electric tissue machine” at Fortissue’s Viana do Castelo production facility. PM1 is an AHEAD 2.0...

    Andritz signs agreement to acquire A.Celli Paper

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    Andritz has diversified its product offering after signing an agreement to acquire the Italian company A.Celli Paper. The company said the move will strengthen its presence across the global tissue and paper...

    Exclusive: Sofidel enters Stalking Horse bid to acquire assets of Royal Paper; Luigi Lazzareschi...

    World News Helen Morris -
    Sofidel has entered into a Stalking Horse Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) to acquire certain assets of American At-Home and AfH business Royal Interco (Royal Paper). Speaking exclusively to TWM at Tissue World...
    ITA Holding acquires Sipack; Sipack founder and Chief Executive Walter Pacioni (left), shakes hands with ITA Holding shareholder Mauro Celli

    ITA Holding (A.Celli Group) acquires Sipack

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    Italia Technology Alliance (ITA Holding) has diversified its product offering after acquiring Lucca-based corrugated cardboard box machinery manufacturer Sipack. Sipack manufactures complete production lines for corrugated cardboard boxes such as case makers,...

    K-C announces Koblenz plant on track to 100% renewable energy use

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has announced its Koblenz, Germany-based tissue manufacturing plant is its first that’s on track to move to 100% renewable energy by 2029. The site produces brands including Kleenex, Scottex, Scott,...
    Switzerland’s Cartaseta to boost capacity with combustion system upgrade investment. Photo: Andritz

    Cartaseta to increase capacity with combustion system upgrade

    World News Helen Morris -
    Switzerland’s Cartaseta is to boost its production capacity after investing in an Andritz-supplied combustion system upgrade for a tissue machine at its mill in Gretzenbach. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter...

    Metsä Group advances fresh fibre strategy for tissue business; plans to shut down one...

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    Metsä Group has announced plans to further invest in the production of fresh fibre-based tissue papers and modernise the water circulation systems of two tissue paper machines. As part of the company’s...

    “World first”: Essity unveils 100% geothermal steam operation, reduces CO2 emissions by two-thirds

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has unveiled the world’s first tissue machine operating wholly on geothermal steam at its production facility in Kawerau, New Zealand. The compay added that the annual CO2 emissions of the plant...

    Europe’s tissue industry titans unite for Tissue World’s strongest-ever speaker line-up

    World News Tissue World Magazine -
    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025 will host the most powerful speaker line-up in its history, featuring an elite league of European-headquartered tissue industry heavyweights including executives from Essity, Sofidel, WEPA, Metsä Tissue,...

    First Quality announces location for ultra-premium T&T operations

    World News Helen Morris -
    First Quality Tissue has confirmed that a new plant in Defiance, Ohio, will home its two new TAD tissue machines. The first of two state-of-the-art Thru-Air-Dried paper machines with associated converting facilities...

    Metsä Group submits final planning application for Goole, UK; latest technologies aim for fossil-free...

    World News Helen Morris -
    Finland’s Metsä Group has submitted the final planning application for its proposed new Metsä Tissue mill in Goole, UK. If approved, the mill would be capable of producing 240,000 tonnes of fresh...

    Kruger Products rebrands AfH division; some consumer brands soon to be available in Canada...

    World News Helen Morris -
    North America’s Kruger Products has introduced the rebranded Kruger PRO, which it said aims to align the company’s AfH division with the company’s overall vision. As part of the rebrand, Kruger PRO...

    Metsä Group announces Sari Pajari-Sederholm as Metsä Tissue CEO

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Group has appointed Sari Pajari-Sederholm, previously Executive Vice President, Strategy, as Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive. Esa Kaikkonen, previously Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive, has been appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy. The...

    Suzano announces price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Brazil’s Suzano has announced a range of price increase as of March 2025. The company will increase its hardwood pulp prices by +$20/ton in Asia, +$60/ton in Europe - bringing European prices...

    First Quality expands product portfolio after purchasing Henkel’s retailer brands

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    First Quality has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Henkel’s retailer brands business in North America. The company said the acquisition enhances its existing store brand product portfolio by adding detergents, fabric...

    Suzano reports record Q4 and FY sales; reaches nominal capacity in “record time” on...

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    Suzano has set a “sales record” in 2024 as it reaches nominal capacity and one million tons of production in “record time” on the world’s largest single-line eucalyptus pulp mill –...

    Rexcell completes drying section rebuild in Skåpafors

    World News Helen Morris -
    Sweden’s Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid has started up its PM1 after a complete rebuild of the drying section supplied by Toscotec at its Skåpafors mill in Sweden. The machinery supplier said Rexcell...

    PT SPS begins production on TMs; expands project to five units

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    Indonesia’s PT Sun Paper Source (PT SPS) has successfully started up two new tissue machines - PM18 and PM19 - at its Ngoro mill. PM18 commenced production on 24 January followed by...

    Essity – Metsä Tissue – Sofidel – FHH – Ukraine’s KCPM – LC Paper...

    World News Helen Morris -
    Tissue World Düsseldorf has officially announced its conference line-up with talks and panel discussions from colleagues at Sofidel, Metsä Tissue, Essity, Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH), and LC Paper, as well as...

    K-C reports solid results in first year of “transformation”

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported a “breakthrough year” in its Q4 and FY 2024 results, as its “innovation-led” business model enables reinvestment in its brands and new capabilities. Net sales for the fourth...

    Two confidential projects will be started-up by Toscotec in Europe and the USA

    World News Helen Morris -
    Toscotec to supply two Yankee hood upgrades in Europe and USA. Toscotec has said it will supply two Yankee hood upgrades to a confidential tissue manufacturer in Europe and in the United...

    Suzano announces price increases

    World News Helen Morris -
    Suzano has announced a series of price hikes for the price of its hardwood pulp. As of February 2025, the company will raise its hardwood pulp prices by +$20/ton in Asia, +$60/ton...

    Essity’s President and CEO Magnus Groth to step down; strong growth reported in Q4...

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has announced its President and Chief Executive Magnus Groth will leave the company in 2025, as it reports its “highest level ever” profits in its FY 2024. After 14 years with...

    Edilio Stefani, Presidente Gruppo, Sofidel, has passed away

    World News Helen Morris -
    The Sofidel Group has announced that its Chairman Edilio Stefani suddenly passed away at his home on 30 January 2025. The company said: “This is a tremendous loss for everyone at the...

    Amaco Group introduces the AM307 inter-folder to global tissue market

    World News Helen Morris -
    Lebanese-headquartered Amaco Group has launched its latest machinery innovation, the AM307, a fully automatic inter-folder tissue paper line equipped with an automatic log transfer. The line includes the company’s first sheet semi-fold...

    Metsä Group to close TM at Kreuzau as part of review

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Group has announced a series of investment plans to advance the long-term competitiveness of its tissue paper business in Kreuzau, Germany, including the closure of one tissue machine. The company said...

    Irving to boost ultra-premium production after investing in third TAD machine

    World News Helen Morris -
    Irving Consumer Products is to increase its ultra-premium tissue production in North America by 75,000tpy after investing in a third TAD tissue machine to be installed at its mill in Macon,...

    Hengan starts-up second TAD line; China’s first two TAD machines now operational

    World News Helen Morris -
    China’s Hengan International Group has boosted its TAD production capacity after starting up its second Toscotec-supplied TADVISION tissue machine at its headquarters in Fujian. This is the second of two TAD machines...

    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025: Registration now open! Sofidel’s Luigi Lazzareschi announced as keynote speaker

    World News Helen Morris -
    Registration for Tissue World’s flagship event - held again in Düsseldorf - has officially opened, with Valmet, Solenis, Buckman, Gambini, and PCMC joining over 120 confirmed exhibitors. Building on the success of...

    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025 Registration Now Open: Future-Proofing the Tissue Industry for Sustainable Growth

    World News Tissue World Magazine -
    Düsseldorf, Germany – The global tissue industry’s premier event is making its highly anticipated return! Registration is now open for Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025, set to take place from 8–10 April...

    Metsä Tissue appoints Joonas Kukkonen as SVP

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Tissue has appointed Joonas Kukkonen as Senior Vice President, Finland and the Baltics, and member of the company’s management team. He reports to Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive Esa Kaikkonen.

    Metsä Tissue announces “industry benchmark” Tissue MES

    World News Helen Morris -
    Finland’s Metsä Tissue has partnered with IT software company Tietoevry to launch a modernised Tissue MES system as part of its Future Tissue Mill programme. The system is based on TIPS Industry...

    Buckman unveils $10m chemical R&D plant in Memphis

    World News Helen Morris -
    Buckman has unveiled a state-of-the art chemical R&D pilot plant facility on the campus of its global headquarters in Memphis, USA. Named in honour of Robert H. Buckman, who has served as...

    Cascades appoints Jérôme Porlier as Executive Vice-President, Tissue

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has appointed Jérôme Porlier to the position of Executive Vice-President, Tissue. Until last November, Porlier was President and Chief Operating Officer of Cascades Specialty Products Group (SPG). He joined Cascades in 2012...

    Grigeo Group starts-up TT SteamBooster steam generation system

    World News Helen Morris -
    Lithuania’s Grigeo Group has started-up a Toscotec-supplied energy saving upgrade at its Grigeo tissue mill in, Grigiskes. The TT SteamBooster was implemented into the hood and steam systems of the company’s PM6,...
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