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Metsä Tissue targets UK with ‘Future Mill’ investment

Helen Morris - October 6, 2021

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K-C North America announces Russ Torres as Group President

Helen Morris - April 21, 2021

Europap Tezol Kağit boosts capacity by 40,000tpy with PM investment

World News Helen Morris - January 27, 2021

Turkey’s Europap Tezol Kağit has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2S tissue line. The line will be installed at the company’s integrated production base in Mersin...

Velvet Care acquired by Partners Group

World News Helen Morris - December 13, 2023

Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group is to acquire Polish-headquartered tissue manufacturer Velvet Care from Abris Capital Partners. Velvet Care is one of the largest manufacturers of hygiene tissue products in...

Canfor Pulp announces production curtailment at Taylor Pulp

World News Helen Morris - February 23, 2022

Canfor Pulp Products has announced a minimum six-week curtailment of BCTMP production at its Taylor Pulp plant in response to “significant transportation shortages” that have resulted in inventories at...

Kemira announces price hikes across EMEA

World News Helen Morris - February 24, 2021

Kemira has increased the price of its inorganic coagulants in the EMEA region. Iron coagulants will increase between 8-15% and aluminum coagulants will increase between 4-6%, varying based...

Wepa Professional Piechowice to boost capacity

Europe Helen Morris - March 23, 2016

Wepa Professional Piechowice is to boost its capacity after it signed for a Toscotec-supplied tissue line to be installed at its Poland-based site. The new AHEAD-2.0S line will strengthen Wepa’s recent strategic growth...

Infinity’s Optic M1 Bundler: the technology has been designed with the needs of the international market in mind

Infinity targets global tissue bundler market with Optic M1 launch

World News Helen Morris - May 17, 2023

Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. has responded to its global customers’ requests for packaging versatility and speed by launching its latest innovation, the Optic M1 Bundler.

Fabio Perini targets AfH market with Proxima S6 launch

Global Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

Fabio Perini has launched the Proxima S6, a rewinder the company said is designed “to guarantee excellent performances and quality for every type of AfH product”.

UK-based Poppies Europe boosts converting production

Europe Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Tissue producer Poppies Europe has invested in three OMET napkin production lines. They will join six existing OMET lines installed by the company in the last two years. Poppies Europe has been operating...

Kruger Products launches Bonterra tissue products range

World News Helen Morris - March 9, 2022

Kruger Products has launched its Bonterra range of tissue products into the Canadian market. The company said the range was “an innovative and sustainably focused line...

The new Futura management team: (left to right standing) Dellagnelo, Graunar, Granucci, Pelaia, Tonarelli, (seated left to right) Viani, Betti.

Futura promotes Guido Dellagnelo to CEO

World News Helen Morris - January 10, 2024

Futura has reorganised its management team and appointed Guido Dellagnelo to the role of Chief Executive. Fabio Perini, Founder and President of Futura, said: “When I accepted the presidency of Futura, I...

Solenis boosts product offering with Nopco acquisition

World News Helen Morris - September 8, 2016

Solenis is to acquire the shares in Nopco Holding and related subsidiaries (Nopco), a producer and supplier of advanced chemical solutions for the pulp and paper industry. The transaction is expected to...

Sainsbury’s introduces paper packaging to its toilet and kitchen rolls

World News Tissue World Magazine - October 4, 2023

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has moved from plastic to paper on its own-brand toilet and kitchen roll packaging, a move it said will save over 55m pieces of plastic annually.

CMPC and SCA allegedly colluded to control Chilean tissue market

January / February 2016 Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

Chilean forestry company CMPC and a subsidiary of SCA are guilty of price-fixing in Chile, according to Chilean prosecutor Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE). On 28 October, the FNE presented an injunction against...

Fire briefly idles production at WEPA tissue mill in Mainz, Germany

Europe Helen Morris - March 24, 2016

(News from RISI) - A fire brought production to a brief standstill at WEPA’s tissue mill in Mainz earlier this month. A spokesperson for the group confirmed a report of the local...

Kimberly-Clark Europe boosts Swiss converting facilities

Europe Helen Morris - March 10, 2016

Kimberly-Clark Europe has invested in the latest generation Futura JOI Embosser for an existing tissue converting line at its Niederbipp facility in Switzerland. The new JOI Embosser started up in October 2015 and...

Fujian Hengan Group boosts premium tissue capacity

World News Helen Morris - March 23, 2022

China’s Fujian Hengan Group has invested in two Valmet-supplied Advantage QRT tissue lines to increase its production of premium tissue products.

Cascades exits Boxboard Europe segment with RDM Group sale

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2021

Cascades has exited the Boxboard Europe segment after selling its 57.6% equity stake in RDM Group.

P&G reports strong quarter; Family Care increases organic sales by double digits

World News Helen Morris - February 24, 2021

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported net sales results up 8% year-on-year to $19.7bn in its fiscal year 2021 second quarter results. Gross profit increased 12% to $10.4bn and operating income increased 20% to $5.38bn for the October -...

Hergen-supplied Crescent Former Smart Eco TM

INPEL boosts high-quality production capacity with start-up

World News Helen Morris - February 8, 2023

Brazil’s Indústria de Papéis (INPEL) has diversified its product offering after starting up a Hergen-supplied Crescent Former Smart Eco tissue machine. The project is part of...

Lucart receives €101.4m loan to enhance investments in the circular economy

World News Helen Morris - October 5, 2022

Italian tissue manufacturer Lucart has obtained a loan of €101.4m to invest in the growth and support of the circular economy. The company has benefited from...

Kartogroup boosts capacity

World News Helen Morris - December 1, 2020

Kartogroup España has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeDry Steel Yankee and air and energy systems for its Burriana mill in Spain. Start-up is scheduled for the summer of 2021, and the turnkey...

Cartiere Carrara boosts premium tissue offering with M&A

World News Helen Morris - February 11, 2020

Italy’s Cartiere Carrara has completed the acquisition of converting companies Carind and CRC from the Caldaroni Group. Consistent with the company’s M&A-based growth strategy, the...

K-C invests €15m in tissue converting line at Villey-Saint-Etienne plant

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark has invested approximately €15m in a hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France. After installation at the start of the year, the new...

First Quality boosts capacity with 70,000tpy TAD investment

World News Helen Morris - May 31, 2017

America’s First Quality Tissue has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTAD tissue line with complete stock preparation for its mill in Lock Haven. Start-up is scheduled for 2019 and once up and...

K-C delivers double-digit organic sales growth in Q1 results

World News Helen Morris - May 4, 2022

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has reported first quarter net sales up 7% year-on-year to $5.1bn, and an organic sales increase of 10%.

“The purchase of Orchids Paper Products provides compelling optimisation opportunities for our tissue platform," Mario Plourde, Cascades president and chief executive

CANADA – Cascades delivers “record quarterly sales”: Orchids Paper acquisition provides “compelling optimisation opportunities”

Northern America Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

Cascades has said all segments executed well in its second quarter results, with its tissue results supported by favourable input costs and selling prices. For the three-month period ended 30...

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