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WEPA Giershagen boosts capacity

WEPA Giershagen has increased its high quality tissue capacity by 32,000tpy after it started up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD line. The turnkey Toscotec delivery for the new TM#19 is based on the best...
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2015 November/December Europe News

PORTUGAL Renova in European first with NTT buy Portugal’s Renova has become the first European tissue producer to invest in Valmet’s Advantage NTT tissue technology. The production line will be installed at the company’s...
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Wepa starts up tissue line in France

The Wepa Group has started up a Toscotec-supplied tissue line in Lille, France. The 2.8m-wide machine came on-stream after the commissioning period and is now producing high quality tissue products. It has a...
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Sofidel boosts Nordic presence

Sofidel’s Swedish subsidiary Swedish Tissue has boosted its capacity after it started up a new converting plant in Kisa. The new converting plant is now fully operational with two active production lines:...
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Portucel targets tissue market with €120m investment

The Portucel Soporcel group is to significantly boost its tissue capacity after announcing plans to install a new tissue machine at its Cacia pulp mill. The €120 million investment will increase the...
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2015 Sept/Oct Europe News

EUROPE K-C Europe boosts capacity with TouchMax embossers buy Kimberly-Clark Europe has finalised the purchase of four TouchMax embossers supplied by Gambini. The company has invested in three TouchMax Large versions and one standard...
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2015 July/August Europe News

GERMANY Man killed in accident at Metsä Tissue’s Stotzheim facility in Germany A 41-year-old truck driver was killed in an accident at Metsä Tissue’s Stotzheim facility in Euskirchen in Germany on 29 April. According...
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May / June 2015 – Europe News

TURKEY Hayat Kimya starts up 70,000tpy TM Hayat Kimya has started up its up 70,000tpy tissue machine at its Mersin mill in Turkey. The company started production at its new mill in Mersin in...
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March / April 2015 – Europe News

POLAND Almus boosts converting capacity Poland’s Almus has boosted its converting capacity after it signed for a Gambini TouchMax line. The family-run company is based in Slomniki and produces Almusso products, consumer and AfH...
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Romania – overall weakness offset by strength in T&T

By Fisher International’s Bill Burns Romania had enjoyed a diverse and solid paper industry for many years. In the last decade, however, the shrinking global market for printing and writing and newsprint...
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November / December 2014 – Europe News

GERMANY WEPA to build two new tissue machines German tissue giant WEPA is poised for growth as it plans to spend more than Euro 50 million on two new tissue machines. The new lines...
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2014 September / October – Europe News

FRANCE Sofidel’s new integrated tissue mill in France begins to take shape (News from RISI) Delipapier, Sofidel’s French subsidiary, has broken ground on its €120m new integrated tissue mill project at its Ingrandes site. The...
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2014 July / August – Europe News

ITALY Fire hits Cartiera Lucchese’s Porcari mill in Italy Italy’s Cartiera Lucchese Porcari tissue and packaging paper mill was hit by a fire on May 11, destroying some 3,000 tonnes of recovered...
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Benelux – success tied to world markets and EU trade

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International The Benelux Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg) represent good trading partners in the European Union (EU). Belgium and the Netherlands (the only towel and tissue...
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Despite the economic gloom, tissue makes some headway in Benelux

By Ian Bell, Euromonitor International's global head of tissue and hygiene research With words such as ‘feeble’ and ‘modest’ peppering any references to economic recovery in 2014, the economies of Belgium, the...
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2014 May / June – Europe News

TURKEY IPEK KAGIT TISSUE PAPER BOOSTS CAPACITY Turkey’s Ipek Kagit Tissue Paper has invested in a new Advantage tissue production line. The Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS line will be installed at the company’s Manisa...
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2014 March / April – Europe News

ITALY Guinness World Record: the world’s largest collection of tissue packs goes to... Italy’s Silvio Fioravanti has been awarded a Guinness World Record for his collection of tissue packets. He started his collection...
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2014 January / February – Europe News

Ukraine PJSC “VGP” STARTS UP GAMBINI LINE Ukrainian tissue converter PJSC “VGP” has boosted its product offering after it successfully started up a Gambini supplied production line. The Right 550 line is capable of...
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2013 November / December – Europe News

UK SOFIDEL ACQUIRES NTG PAPERMILL Tissue giant Sofidel has boosted its presence in the UK after it acquired Lancaster-based NTG Papermill. The agreement became effective on 1 October, with the company adding the move...
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2013 September / October – Europe News

Russia METSÄ GROUP’S TISSUE AND COOKING PAPER BUSINESS OPENS SITE Metsä Tissue has boosted its presence in Russia after it opened up a converting and warehousing site in Vorsino. The company said the developing...
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1,037 first day exhibition visitors at Tissue World 2013

Some 1,037 visitors have attended the first exhibition day of Tissue World 2013 in Barcelona! The show opened its exhibition hall doors on 19 March to visitors from 97 countries and counting;...
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Focus on sustainability

Retailers and tissue makers focus on sustainability at Tissue World conference in Barcelona: best ever gathering of distinguished speakers A world-class lineup of speakers, including numerous major global retailers, top tissue making...
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Tissue World in Barcelona is moving at full speed

New ideas, new technology, new methods for tissue makers and converters Excitement is now building for Tissue World 2013, the world’s largest event targeted specifically at the soft hygienic tissue paper business....