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China’s Mancheng Jinguang starts up two TMs in Baoding

(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,...
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Lee & Man starts up tissue machine in Jiangxi

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing started trial runs on a new 60,000tpy tissue machine earlier this month at its mill in Jiujiang city, in the inland province...
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Hengan Group ramps up capacity with investment

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...
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Hengan Group boosts capacity with investment

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...
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Ningxia Jiamei gets two new TMs for mill in Wuzhong, Ningxia

(News from RISI) Ningxia Jiamei Paper will install two new 20,000tpy tissue machines at its mill in Wuzhong city, in northwest China’s Ningxia autonomous region. The producer has placed orders for the...
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China’s Mancheng Paper to add two new TMs to Baoding mill

(News from RISI) - Mancheng Paper (formerly known as Tiantian Paper) will install two new tissue production lines at its sole mill in Baoding city, Hebei province, northern China. Chinese supplier Liaoyang...
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APP boosts capacity with TM investments

Tissue giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has invested in eight new tissue machines. Supplied by Toscotec, the scope of supply includes AHEAD-2.0L crescent former tissue machines with a net trim width...
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Daio Paper looking to buy Japanese tissue mills from Nisshinbo

(News from RISI) Daio Paper has announced it is in talks to take over the tissue production activities of fellow Japanese firm Nisshinbo Holdings. The latter operates four mills in Japan. Two...
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China’s Guangxi Tianlifeng starts 20,000tpy tissue machine in Nanning

(News from RISI) - Guangxi Tianlifeng has kicked off production on a new 20,000tpy tissue machine at its sole mill in Nanning city, in southwestern China’s Guangxi autonomous region. The first sheet...
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C&S plans tissue expansion in Hebei; small mills in Mancheng forced to stop to...

(News from RISI) - C&S Paper is to add 75,000tpy of new tissue paper capacity at its mill in Tangshan city, Hebei province, to feed increasing demand in northern and northeastern China. The board...
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China’s Shandong Tranlin condemns report revealing legal problems and pledge of shares in subsidiary

(News from RISI) - Shandong Tranlin condemned a media report on its involvement in multiple lawsuits and its pledge of the entirety of its equity in a subsidiary, Chiping Tranlin Paper,...
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Japan’s Daio loses appeal in NPI tissue patent infringement case

(News from RISI) - The latest ruling in a legal battle that has been in the Japanese courts since 2012 between Nippon Paper Industries (NPI) and Daio Paper was made in...
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Daio Paper firms up plans to start tissue production at Kawanoe mill

(News from RISI) - Japan’s Daio Paper has announced that its board of directors have green-lit a plan to restart operations at its inactive Kawanoe mill in Ehime prefecture. The site, which...
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Taison Group paving the way for tissue expansions in Jiangxi, China

(News from RISI) - China’s Taison Group is planning to build a huge greenfield tissue and hygiene product mill in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. The proposed project is subject to environmental impact assessments...
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Abu Dhabi’s Ittihad to invest in new UWF PM; mulls new tissue PM

(News from RISI) - Abu Dhabi’s Ittihad International Investments will start construction of a 325,000tpy uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper machine at its Ittihad Paper Mill in November. The 7.5m wide machine –...
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Lee & Man starts two 60,000tpy TMs in Chongqing

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has fired up two 60,000tpy tissue machines at its Chongqing mill in southwestern China, boosting its total tissue capacity to 270,000tpy. TM5 and...
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Henan Yinge’s principle shareholder listed for sale in China

(News from RISI) - China’s Henan Yinge Industrial Investment has revealed that its principle shareholder has been put up for sale for RMB 3.08 billion ($457 million). Luohe Yinge Industrial Group holds...
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China’s Hwagain Paper starts five tissue machines in Jiangxi province

(News from RISI) - Hwagain Paper kicked off trial runs on five new tissue PMs with a combined capacity of 18,000tpy in the first half of August at its mill in...
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Turinsky’s fire-hit tissue PM down until at least end December

(News from RISI) - Russia’s Turinsky Pulp and Paper Mill will not be able to restart its blaze-damaged tissue machine PM1 before the end of December. The mill suffered Rouble 300 million...
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Bashundhara Paper Mills boosts capacity

Bashundhara Paper Mills has signed up Andritz to supply a turnkey tissue production line at its site in Bangladesh. The PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine has a design speed of 2,100m/min and a...
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Lee & Man Paper boosts capacity with rewinders buy – delivery end of 2016

  Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has ordered four tissue rewinders to be supplied by A.Celli Paper. The model AC882 rewinders will have a paper width of 5,620mm and a speed of 1,000...
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Vinda gets two news 30,000tpy tissue PMs in Guangdong

(News from RISI) - Vinda International Holdings started up two new 30,000tpy tissue PMs last month at its Sanjiang mill in Jiangmen city, Guangdong province, China, raising its total tissue capacity...
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Yusen Paper starts 13,000tpy tissue PM in Baoding; five more to follow

(News from RISI) - Yusen Paper has fired up a new 13,000tpy tissue PM in its sole mill in Baoding city, Hebei province, China. Supplied by fellow Chinese company Weifang Hicredit Machinery,...
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Hengan starts-up 19th tissue machine

Hengan has boosted its one million tpy tissue production capacity by a further 60,000tpy after it started up an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue machine at its Wuhu mill in China. It has...
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Hengan fires up 60,000tpy tissue PM in Anhui, China

(News from RISI) - China's Hengan International has kicked off trial runs on a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Wuhu city, Anhui province, in eastern China. When the new...
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Zhuji Paper fires up 25,000tpy tissue PM in Guangdong, China

(News from RISI) - China’s Shaoguan Nanxiong Zhuji Paper has started trial runs on a new 25,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Nanxiong city, Guangdong province. Andritz provided the PM, which...
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Lee & Man to get two more 60,000tpy TMs in Dongguan, China

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing is continuing its ambitious tissue expansion programme, planning to add a pair of 60,000tpy tissue machines at its Hongmei mill in Dongguan...
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Cheng Loong tissue line breaks world record

Supplier Voith has said its tissue line at Taiwan’s Cheng Loong Corporation has broken world records “substantially ahead of the industry in several indexes”. TM16 has an operating speed of 2,001m/min, which...
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Shandong Tranlin to install new tissue unit in Gaotang, China

(News from RISI) Shandong Tranlin is going to install a new tissue PM at its flagship mill in Gaotang, Shandong province, China. The PM, scheduled to start up in the middle of...
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Vinda International integrates SCA Asia tissue business, reports 19% increase in 1H 2016 revenue

(News from RISI) - Vinda International Holdings has reported a 19% increase in revenue in the six-month period ending in June 2016, to HK$5.7bn, following the integration of the SCA Asia...
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China Environment State Investment cancels Sichuan Yibin Paper purchase; tissue project delayed

(News from RISI) - China’s Sichuan Yibin Paper has announced that the planned transfer of a majority stake in it to an environmental protection company has been cancelled. The move comes after...
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Henan Yinge in China may change ownership

(News from RISI) - China’s Henan Yinge Industrial Investment announced that a plan to put its principal shareholder’s stake up for sale has been approved by local authorities. The statement sent the...
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Weifang Hicredit Machinery to supply two PMs to tissue mills in Baoding, China

(News from RISI) - Two small mills in Baoding city, Hebei province, recently ordered 15,000tpy tissue machines from Weifang Hicredit Machinery. A spokesperson from the Shandong-based supplier said the PMs, each having...
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Kuban Papir boosts production with TM1 wet-end rebuild

Russia’s Kuban Papir has signed a contract with PMP for a TM1 wet-end rebuild. The TM has a reel trim 2,750mm and produces tissue with basis weight range at the reel from...
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APP halts tissue expansion in China in face of oversupply; continues in Indonesia

(News from RISI) - While gearing up for the commissioning of a massive 2.8m tpy pulp mill in South Sumatra, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has shifted its tissue paper expansion...
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Lee & Man Paper boosts capacity with rewinders buy

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has ordered four tissue rewinders to be supplied by A.Celli Paper. The model AC882 rewinders will have a paper width of 5,620mm and a speed of 1,000...
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Daio Paper to make tissue products at Kawanoe mill in Japan

(News from RISI) - Japan’s Daio Paper has announced a plan to restart operations at its inactive Kawanoe mill in the Ehime prefecture. The site, which is near Daio’s huge Mishima mill,...
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Fruits of a smart marketing strategy

Japanese designers are never afraid to turn stereotypes on their head if it makes for a sale. Their latest idea means we can once again celebrate style genius. Fruits Toilet Paper off ers orange, watermelon, strawberry...
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Syassky Pulp and Paper Mill increases capacity

Syassky Pulp and Paper Mill has started up a 45,000tpy Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine at its Syasstroy mill in Russia. The AHEAD-1.5M tissue line came on stream on 29 April. The site...
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Lee & Man advances tissue plans

(News from RISI) - Despite being a latecomer to the Chinese tissue paper industry, Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing aims to become one of its top producers. It is targeting a total...