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Accrol Group announces plans for 70,000tpy tissue plant

Helen Morris - January 25, 2023

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ST Paper invests in an Andritz-supplied TM at Duluth

Helen Morris - August 11, 2021

Europe

SCA strengthens UK tissue presence with TAD investment

Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

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Elettric80 launches next generation of parent roll handling

Helen Morris - September 22, 2020

Asia

Nuqul Group’s Fine Hygienic to boost capacity

Helen Morris - February 11, 2016

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Buckman announces price increases, forecasts continued rising costs

Helen Morris - February 10, 2021

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Fabricas de Papel Potosì boosts capacity with converting investment

Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

Sofidel continues drive in America with GBC purchase

January / February 2016 Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has further strengthened its position in the American tissue market after announcing the acquisition of Green Bay Converting (GBC). With its subsidiary Sofidel America, the purchase includes a...

Vinda boosts capacity with PM start-ups

Asia Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Vinda Sichuan and Vinda Shandong Paper have started-up two Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-1.5m tissue machines. The two machines have come on-stream according to schedule at Vinda’s tissue mills in Deyang, Sichuan, and Laiwu, Shandong, and...

Shawano Specialty Papers Enhances Efficiency with TT SYD Dryer

Shawano Specialty Papers boosts capacity with TM investment

World News Helen Morris - September 20, 2023

Shawano Specialty Papers, a division of Little Rapids Corporation, has started up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer at its plant in Shawano, Wisconsin. It replaced an existing cast iron dryer...

Yunnan Nan’en Sugar Paper boosts tissue capacity

World News Helen Morris - April 21, 2021

China’s Yunnan Nan'en Sugar Paper has signed for its second Baosuo Enterprise Group-supplied Baotuo BC1300-2850 Crescent Former tissue machine. The company made the second part of...

Resolute reports Q1 sales surge as tissue segment incurs operating loss

World News Helen Morris - May 18, 2022

Resolute Forest Products has reported sales of $945m - an increase of $72m from the year-ago period – in its first quarter results, as its tissue segment incurs a $9m operating loss.

Resolute: 4Q results reflect “bottom-of-the-cycle conditions” in market pulp

World News Helen Morris - February 11, 2020

Resolute Forest Products has said its financial position “will remain strong” following the acquisition of three sawmills, as it reports preliminary fourth quarter and 2019 results hit by ongoing...

Dezhou Shenggang Paper increases converting capacity

World News Helen Morris - August 25, 2020

Dezhou Shenggang Paper has signed for six Baosuo Enterprise Group-supplied tissue paper converting line with an annual output of 100,000 tonnes of high-end household paper. The six sets of main...

Sofidel opens automated warehouse in Poland

World News Helen Morris - November 1, 2023

Sofidel has opened an automated warehouse at its plant in Ciechanów, Poland, boosting its production efficiencies. The new 11,000 m2 warehouse can handle 32,000 pallets of goods and according to the business...

Arsen Kitch, Clearwater Paper President and Chief Executive

Clearwater reports elevated tissue demand in 3Q results

World News Helen Morris - December 1, 2020

Clearwater Paper Corporation has said it delivered a “strong performance” in its third quarter results due to the elevated demand for tissue products following the outbreak of Covid-19. For the third...

Resolute appoints Remi G. Lalonde as President and CEO

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2020

Resolute Forest Products has appointed Remi G. Lalonde as president and chief executive as Yves Laflamme steps down from the role. Laflamme has worked for the...

Advance in dry crepe tissue: Andritz’s new tissue machines PrimeLineVRT with its Vertical Crescent Former enhancing dewatering of the fibre web

Andritz launches PrimeLineVRT – Vertical CrescentFormer

World News Helen Morris - May 15, 2020

Andritz has officially launched its latest tissue machine, the PrimeLineVRT – Vertical Crescent Former – for the production of dry crepe tissue. It features a vertical Crescent Former in...

Former SCA managers avoid prosecution for bribery

World News Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

(News from RISI) - Sweden’s anti-corruption watchdog has terminated the pre-trial investigation into possible bribery against SCA ex-managers including the former chief executive Jan Johansson and former chairman of the board...

Portucel targets tissue market with €120m investment

Europe Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

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...

Metsä Group reports “excellent” HY results; demand for consumer tissue products “significantly lower”

World News Helen Morris - August 25, 2021

Metsä Group has reported comparable operating results in its half-year 2021 report of €416m and said its year-on-year demand for its consumer tissue products were “significantly lower”. In July, the company reported sales for the six-month...

Toscotec starts up TM rebuilds in North and South America

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2022

Toscotec has started up two tissue machine rebuilds at the production facilities of two major producers in North and South America.

Irving Consumer Products boosts premium product capacity

Latest Headlines 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...

China’s Shandong Tranlin condemns report revealing legal problems and pledge of shares in subsidiary

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2016

(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,...

Buckman launches immersive digital technology range

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2021

Buckman has announced a range of immersive digital technology that combines artificial, augmented, and mixed reality capabilities.Supported by its expanding Ackumen platform, the company said its Ackumen Connected Reality...

Resolute in “step-change acquisition” of Atlas Paper

January / February 2016 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...

Hayat Kimya boosts presence with Egypt start-up

World News Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has boosted its presence in the Middle East after it started-up a PM at its new mill in Egypt. The Valmet-supplied line will produce 70,000tpy of high quality facial,...

Clearwater Paper reports “strong sales quarter for tissue” in results

World News Helen Morris - May 15, 2020

Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported net sales of $436m for the fourth quarter of 2019, up from $429m reported at the same period in 2018. Net income...

Clearwater reports “outstanding” 4Q and 2020 results

World News Helen Morris - March 10, 2021

Clearwater Paper has said it delivered “exceptional results” in its fourth quarter and 2020 financial and operating results, despite the challenges of Covid-19. In the fourth...

Körber targets taco market with interfolded napkin line launch

World News Helen Morris - February 23, 2022

Körber Business Area Tissue has officially launched its interfolded napkin line, the MTC ITF omni Taquera. The Taquera line can be added to the company’s existing...

Guangdong Hengan boosts capacity with four TMs

World News Helen Morris - September 22, 2020

China’s Guangdong Hengan has increased its production capacity after investing in four Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 TMs. Based in Yunfu, the new lines will produce high-quality facial, toilet, handkerchief...

“We had a great year, driven by a significant improvement in our tissue margins and strong operational execution,” Arsen Kitch, President and Chief Executive, Clearwater Paper Corporation

Clearwater reports net income up $61.7m in 2023; boosts paperboard presence with Augusta acquisition

World News Helen Morris - March 19, 2024

Clearwater Paper Corporation has said it will “explore strategic options for its tissue business”, as it rates the divisions performance improvement “outstanding” in its 2023 results.

Guatemala

World News Tissue World Magazine - August 16, 2021

GrandBay Group boosts capacity GrandBay Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue line to be installed at its subsidiary Papelera Internacional’s plant in Rio...

PAPCEL boosts presence with PMT Italia acquisition

World News Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

PAPCEL has completed the acquisition of Pinerolo-based company PMT Italia, helping it expand its presence in the USA and China. PMT manufactures and supplies technology for the production of graphic papers and...

P&G’s sales grow 7% to $76bn; Jon R. Moeller appointed President and CEO

World News Helen Morris - August 11, 2021

Procter & Gamble has delivered “another year of strong results” with balanced top and bottom-line growth reported, as its Family Care sector reports a double digit decrease in organic sales.

Softys boosts capacity in Mexico with TM investment

World News Helen Morris - October 16, 2023

CMPC subsidiary Softys has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 turnkey tissue line to be installed at its facility in Altamira, Mexico. Scheduled for start-up in the first quarter of 2025, the...

GPM investment to boost high-quality facial tissue capacity

World News Helen Morris - September 6, 2023

Gulf Paper Manufacturing (GPM) has invested in a Toscotec-supplied forming section rebuild of PM2 to be installed at its Mina Abdullah mill in Kuwait. The project aims to improve the machine’s paper...

2014 September / October – Asia News

World News Helen Morris - October 12, 2014

TAIWAN Cheng Loong to invest NT$1.28bn in tissue paper expansion (News from RISI) Cheng Loong has earmarked NT$1.28bn to build a tissue paper machine at its Chu Pei mill in Hsinchu county, Taiwan. Output on...

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.

“A ground-breaking new pulp”: Södra investigates possibilities of agricultural-enhanced softwood pulp

Södra investigating possibilities of agricultural-enhanced softwood pulp

World News Helen Morris - May 30, 2023

Södra investigating possibilities of agricultural-enhanced softwood pulp Södra is investigating “a ground-breaking new pulp” which will combine wood from its forests in southern Sweden with agricultural...

2014 March / April – Europe News

World News Helen Morris - April 2, 2014

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...

Guangxi Sun Paper boosts capacity

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2020

China’s Guangxi Sun Paper has invested in two Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 tissue machines to be installed at its new mill in Beihai City, Guangxi Province. Start-up is planned for 2021, and the...

Suzano signs up Andritz for maintenance on new Ribas do Rio Pardo plant

World News Helen Morris - November 29, 2023

Brazilian pulp and tissue producer Suzano has invested in a five-year contract with Andritz that will cover maintenance modules for its new mill currently being constructed in Ribas do Rio Pardo,...

Essity acquires Novioscan

World News Helen Morris - April 7, 2020

Essity has strengthening its offering in incontinence products through the acquisition of the Dutch company Novioscan. Novioscan was founded in 2014 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and has ten employees, all...

Range of pulp price increases announced by world’s producers

World News Helen Morris - July 13, 2022

Suzano and Klabin have confirmed they are announcing a range of global pulp price hikes in July.

K-C reports “healthy” 2020 results as Q4 consumer tissue sales increase 14%

World News Helen Morris - January 27, 2021

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has said a “healthy underlying performance” and increased demand because of Covid-19 boosted its full-year 2020 net sales by 4% to $19.1bn. Operating profit...

TURKEY Lila Group doubles production capacity with TRY450m investment

World News Helen Morris - January 28, 2020

Turkish hygienic tissue paper manufacturer Lila Group is to increase its production capacity by 50% after investing in an integrated tissue plant. According to the company, the TRY450m...

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