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Resolute in “step-change acquisition” of Atlas Paper

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Northern America

Little Rapids Corp to invest $40m in crescent forming tissue PM

Helen Morris - May 4, 2016

Northern America

2014 May / June – Americas News

Helen Morris - May 12, 2014

Northern America

2015 July/August Americas News

Helen Morris - July 8, 2015

President and chief executive Linda K. Massman

Northern America

Clearwater Paper Reports Q2 results; positively impacted by higher retail tissue shipments and tissue pricing

Helen Morris - November 29, 2019

Northern America

Resolute files lawsuit against Greenpeace

Helen Morris - June 30, 2016

Northern America

Kruger invests $55m on new PM at Crabtree plant

Helen Morris - July 28, 2016

SCA to close tissue production plant in America

Northern America Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

SCA is to close its 55,000tpy tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona. The company said the move was to further improve efficiency and strengthen competitiveness for its Professional Hygiene business in North...

K-C announces Q4 and full year 2015 earnings

Northern America Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

Kimberly-Clark has reported a fourth quarter net sales decrease of 6% to $4.5 billion compared to the same period a year earlier. The company said changes in foreign currency exchange rates reduced...

Resolute’s Calhoun tissue operation on track for 1Q 2017 start-up

Northern America Helen Morris - September 8, 2016

Resolute Forest Products has completed the commissioning of its first tissue converting line at its tissue facility currently under construction in Calhoun, Tennessee. The remaining two lines will be commissioned by the...

2013 September / October – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - October 3, 2013

North America BUCKMAN LAUNCHES BUCKMAN NORTH AMERICA Buckman has launched Buckman North America, a new organisation that “focuses on maximum efficiency” across Canada and the USA. The current Buckman Canada and Buckman United States...

Resolute boosts capacity with Calhoun start-up

Northern America Helen Morris - April 6, 2017

Resolute Forest Products has boosted its private label capacity with the start-up of its new tissue machine in Tennessee. The first tissue parent roll was produced on 28 February 2017. It will...

2015 Sept/Oct Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - September 16, 2015

AMERICA Bretting Manufacturing celebrates 125 years and five generations Bretting Manufacturing has announced it is celebrating 125 years in business as the fifth generation of the Bretting family joins the ranks of managing...

2014 September / October – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - October 12, 2014

CHILE FPC to start up new 70,000tpy tissue PM in 1Q15 (News from RISI) Chilean packaging producer Forestal y Papelera Concepción (FPC) has scheduled for the first quarter of 2015 the startup of its...

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Northern America Tissue World Magazine - August 16, 2021

Kruger Products invests $25m in AI at Sherbrooke plant Kruger Products has announced a $25m artificial intelligence (AI) project which will be installed at its Sherbrooke,...

Sofidel America boosts American capacity with rewinder investment

Northern America Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

Sofidel America has increased its presence in the American market after signing for a rewinder for its facility in Circleville, Ohio. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the E-WIND T200 model has a width...

Irving Consumer Products boosts premium product capacity

Northern America Helen Morris - April 20, 2017

Irving Consumer Products has invested in an Advantage ThruAir tissue production line. Supplied by Valmet, the machine increases Irving's capacity to provide premium household paper products to the North American market. It will...

2014 March / April – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - April 2, 2014

BRAZIL LEAL TO START UP 5,400TPY TISSUE SPECIALTY PM AT IBEMA PLANT IN BRAZIL Brazilian paper producer Leal Indústria e Comércio de Papéis is installing a 5,400tpy tissue and low basis weight gloss...

Clearwater Paper reports 4Q and full year 2015 results

Northern America Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

Clearwater Paper has reported sales of $431.6m for the fourth quarter of 2015, down 8.6% compared to the same period a year ago. The company said the decrease was mainly due to...

2014 January / February – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - February 7, 2014

Mexico FABRICA DE PAPEL SAN FRANCISCO STARTS UP ADVANTAGE NTT TISSUE LINE The world’s first Advantage NTT tissue line has been successfully started up at Fabrica De Papel San Francisco in Mexico. Supplied by...

SCA closes Wausau Paper acquisition

Northern America Helen Morris - January 27, 2016

SCA has closed its acquisition of Wausau Paper for USD 513 million in cash. The European tissue giant consolidated Wausau Paper on 21 January 2016. Magnus Groth, SCA president and chief executive, said:...

2013 November / December – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - December 16, 2013

Argentina CELULOSA ARGENTINA BOOSTS CAPACITY Celulosa Argentina has diversified its product offering after it invested in a complete tissue line from Voith. The company will now also produce high-quality tissue papers and continue to...

2014 July / August – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - July 15, 2014

MEXICO Mexico’s KCM to start up new 60,000tpy tissue PM in June Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (KCM) has scheduled the start up of its new 60,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) installed at its Bajíio...

Kruger invests $55m on new PM at Crabtree plant

Northern America Helen Morris - July 28, 2016

Canadian tissue manufacturer Kruger Products has invested $55m to add a paper machine at its Crabtree Plant in Canada. PM8 will produce tissue products primarily for the AfH market and will be...

“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...

Tissue World Magazine merger & acquisitions

Cascades to acquire Orchids Paper; boosts retail tissue offering

Northern America Helen Morris - November 29, 2019

Cascades has boosted its US retail tissue offering after entering into an agreement to acquire Orchids Paper Products Company. The move will include the Barnwell, South Carolina, and...

US upholds anti-dumping duties on certain tissue products from China

Northern America Helen Morris - June 16, 2016

(News from RISI) - The US International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted earlier this month to extend anti-dumping duties (ADD) on imports of certain tissue products from China. As a result of...

Sofidel America to boost capacity with NTT purchases

Northern America Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Italian tissue giant Sofidel is to start-up two Valmet-supplied Advantage NTT 200 machines at its site in Circleville, Ohio. Each line will have a width of 5.5m, a speed of 2,000m/min and...

Resolute in “step-change acquisition” of Atlas Paper

Northern America Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Resolute Forest Products has expanded its At-Home and AfH tissue product offering after it acquired Florida-based Atlas Paper Holdings. Atlas Paper manufactures branded and private label tissue products offering recycled and virgin...

2015 May / June – America News

Northern America Helen Morris - July 2, 2015

AMERICA Tissue: KP ‘very hard’ at work on TAD; von Drehle NTT set for early 2016 startup While considering a new machine for almost nine months, KP Tissue chief executive Mario Gosselin told...

KCM announces capex for 2016-2017 at $400m; to invest in new tissue PM with...

Northern America Helen Morris - May 4, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark de México (KCM), a subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, has announced its 2016-2017 capex at $400m. KCM chief executive Pablo González said: “We’re aggressively raising our investment plan...

Clearwater Paper Reports Q2 results; positively impacted by higher retail tissue shipments and tissue...

Northern America Helen Morris - November 29, 2019

Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported a net sales increase of 4.6% to $452.0m for the second quarter of 2019 compared with the same time a year earlier.

Von Drehle starts-up USA’s first NTT line

Northern America Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Von Drehle Corporation has successfully started up its First Advantage NTT tissue production line at its Natchez-based mill. It is the first tissue maker in the USA to produce tissue with Valmet's...

Resolute reports results; prepares to ramp-up Calhoun tissue operations

Northern America Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Resolute Forest Products has reported a net loss for the quarter ended 31 December 2016 of $45m, compared to a loss of $214m in the same period a year earlier. Sales were...

March / April 2015 – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - April 8, 2015

USA Cascades PM ramp-up continues at St. Helens; machine rolls being sold (News from RISI) - Cascades started up a converted uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper machine for making tissue paper in late October,...

Cascades targets American west coast with tissue investment

Northern America Helen Morris - June 30, 2016

Cascades is to invest US$64m in constructing a tissue converting plant for the American AfH market. Located in Scappoose, Oregon, the investment includes new state-of-the-art converting lines that are scheduled for commissioning...

200 exhibiting companies, 70 countries … the countdown to TW Miami begins!

Northern America Helen Morris - January 14, 2020

Tissue World is preparing to welcome the tissue industry’s key personnel to its world-leading exhibition and conference on Miami beach, as Kimberly-Clark (K-C) North America’s Group President Kim Underhill is confirmed as keynote speaker. Bringing the world’s largest...

2014 May / June – Americas News

Northern America Helen Morris - May 12, 2014

CHILE CMPC TO INSTALL NEW 50,000TPY TISSUE PM IN MEXICO IN 3Q15 Chilean Empresas CMPC has announced a $160 million investment to expand its Altamira tissue plant capacity in Mexico by 50%. The company...

Irving boosts capacity with TAD investment

Northern America Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

Canadian tissue manufacturer Irving Consumer Products has invested in a Thru-Air Dried tissue making machine from Valmet. Delivery is expected in 2018 and once up and running the line will increase its household paper products capacity. President of the Dieppe-based company Robert K. Irving...

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