Monday, June 29, 2026

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    Arsen Kitch, Clearwater Paper President and Chief Executive

    Clearwater reports “outstanding” 4Q and 2020 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...
    Dino Bianco, Kruger Products Chief Executive

    Kruger boosts North America TAD capacity; announces $240m expansion project

    World News Helen Morris -
    Canada’s Kruger Products has increased its presence across the North American tissue market after starting up a TAD tissue machine at its Sherbrooke plant. Once up...
    Mario Plourde

    Cascades reports record annual profitability for third consecutive year

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has reported “significant strategic progress” in its fourth quarter and full-year results, as demand for its consumer retail tissue products helps offset lower pandemic-related AfH demand levels.
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    Körber appoints MD of Fold Division

    World News Helen Morris -
    Körber has appointed Giovacchino Giurlani as Managing Director of its Fold Division.  He will develop the company on a global level and told TWM that “by combining our expertise under the Körber brand, we offer the market...

    PPC boosts facial tissue capacity with investments

    World News Helen Morris -
    USA-based Precision Paper Converters (PPC) has made a series of investments to increase capacity following an increase in demand for the products.    Headquartered in Northeast Wisconsin, the facial...
    Gareth Jenkins,

    Accrol reports H1 revenue drop following Covid outbreak

    World News Helen Morris -
    UK-based tissue converting company Accrol Group has reported a revenue drop of 4.3% to £62.3m for the six months ended 31 October 2020, down from £57.6m for the same period a year earlier.  
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    Hayat Kimya boosts premium tissue capacity in Russia

    World News Helen Morris -
    Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has responded to increased demand for premium tissue products in Russia by investing in multiple Kӧrber-supplied converting and packaging lines.  The Perini Constellation S8 lines will be installed at the company’s new 210,000tpy plant in Kaluga, near Moscow, which is...

    Kemira announces price hikes across EMEA

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...

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

    World News Helen Morris -
    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 -...

    Solenis announces EMEA price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Solenis is to increase prices by up to 8% on all polyacrylamide polymers and retention aids across the EMEA region.  Effective 1 March or as contracts allow, the company said the hikes are necessary due...

    Buckman announces price increases, forecasts continued rising costs

    World News Helen Morris -
    Buckman has announced global price hikes of 8 - 25% for all products following recent raw material price increases that have created “an unsustainable strain” on the company.   All increases are effective...
    Suzano has made a series of pulp price increases for its bleached eucalyptus kraft products.

    Suzano announces BEK price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Suzano has made a series of pulp price increases for its bleached eucalyptus kraft products.   Effective 1 February, in Europe prices will increase by +$70 per tonne...

    Toscotec launches TT Defender

    World News Helen Morris -
    Toscotec has officially launched TT Defender after it was successfully applied on a TT SYD operating at Lucart’s Diecimo tissue mill in Italy.  The paper machine supplier said the “ground-breaking innovation” consists of a special...
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    Essity reports net sales drop following Covid-19 outbreak

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has reported net sales negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns in its year-end report but added that “profitability has developed positively”.  Group net sales dropped 5.6% to SEK121,752m during January–December 2020...
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    Futura strengthens presence in North America

    World News Helen Morris -
    Futura North America has appointed Cristian Giuliani as General Manager and Kevin Barliament as Vice President of Sales. Giuliani has many years’ experience in the hygiene...

    Metsä Tissue boosts energy efficiencies in Mänttä

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Tissue is to increase the efficiency of its fresh fibre tissue paper production at its Mänttä plant in Finland. The company said that the Valmet-supplied...

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

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...

    Cascades and Essity ranked amongst world’s 100 most sustainable companies

    World News Helen Morris -
    Tissue manufacturers Cascades and Essity have been ranked amongst the world’s most environmentally sustainable companies in Corporate Knights’ 2021 Global 100 list. The ‘Global 100 Most...

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

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...

    WEPA Group appoints Andreas Krengel to management board

    World News Helen Morris -
    Germany’s WEPA Group has appointed Andreas Krengel as a member of the management board.   Effective 1 January 2021, Krengel has held various executive positions at WEPA since 2018 and will now assume responsibility for strategy and transformation process, corporate communications and...

    Metsä Tissue to boost capacity at Mariestad

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Tissue has chosen BHM Engineering as the design service partner for the  expansion of its mill in Mariestad, Sweden.   The expansion of the mill will include the construction of a new paper...

    GP to sell nonwovens business to Glatfelter for $175m

    World News Helen Morris -
    Georgia-Pacific (GP) is to sell its nonwovens business to Glatfelter, a global supplier of engineered materials headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.   The sale - for $175m...

    K-C sells Swiss tissue mill

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has sold its Niederbipp tissue mill to the Queck family of entrepreneurs.    The transfer will take place on 1 May 2021; Lakana Holding, wholly owned by the Queck family,...

    Gorham Mill sold to Behrens

    World News Helen Morris -
    Gorham Paper & Tissue and White Mountain Tissue (Gorham Mill) has been purchased by New York-based investment firm Behrens Investment Group.   The New Hampshire-based mill will...
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    Royal Paper boosts USA presence with Sun Paper purchase

    World News Helen Morris -
    Integrated tissue manufacturer Royal Paper Converting has expanded its presence across the American market after acquiring South Carolina-based Sun Paper Company.    Sun Paper is a family-owned...

    Filar boosts high-quality tissue production

    World News Helen Morris -
    Poland’s Filar Fijałkowscy Spółka Jawna has invested in a Tecno Paper-supplied tissue slitter rewinder.   The TP-3US-TRH18 rewinder will process high quality tissue.   It has a trim width of 2.8m...

    Cascades Tissue Group Wisconsin wins energy award

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades Tissue Group Wisconsin has won an energy efficiency award after it replaced and start-up its PM5 Yankee hood at its site in Eau Claire, USA.  Supplied by Andritz, the line is a medium-speed tissue machine...

    K-C looks to sell Niederbipp mill

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has confirmed it is currently in talks with a potential buyer to sell its Niederbipp mill in Switzerland.    A sale would see production of its Hakle-brand toilet...

    Xuan Mai Paper targets premium tissue sector with TM start-up

    World News Helen Morris -
    Vietnam’s Xuan Mai Paper has started up its PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line at its mill in Ho Chi Minh City.  Supplied by Andritz, the tissue machine has a...

    Cascades announces closure of Laval plant

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades will close its Laval plant in Québec, which specialises in the manufacture of napkins for the AfH market.   The site has an annual converting capacity of 1.4m cases, and this volume will be moved to the company’s...

    Manikraft boosts high-quality production

    World News Helen Morris -
    Brazil’s Manikraft has increased its production of high-quality tissue after starting-up a Hergen-supplied PM rebuild.   The family-run business is aiming to improve the quality of its products and enable the production of double ply tissue. 

    Accrol boosts UK presence with LTC acquisition

    World News Helen Morris -
    UK-based independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has completed the acquisition of Leicester Tissue Company (LTC).   It is the first acquisition made by the company and takes its share of the £1.7bn UK tissue...

    Toscotec to supply three tissue rebuild projects

    World News Helen Morris -
    Toscotec is to deliver three tissue machine rebuilds located at different mills to a confidential global producer.  The company will rebuild the drying sections of two tissue machines, as...

    Kartogroup boosts capacity

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...
    Arsen Kitch, Clearwater Paper President and Chief Executive

    Clearwater reports elevated tissue demand in 3Q results

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...

    Kemira announces price hike for AKD wax in Asia Pacific

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kemira has increased the price of selected AKD (alkyl ketene dimer) wax-based sizing products in the APAC region by 10-18%.  The price adjustment has been implemented immediately, or as the existing AKD wax contracts allow.

    Resolute appoints Remi G. Lalonde as President and CEO

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...

    Gorham tissue companies file for bankruptcy

    World News Helen Morris -
    Gorham Paper and Tissue (Gorham) and White Mountain Tissue (WMT) have filed for bankruptcy.   The news comes after the companies announced entry into an asset purchasing...

    Optima Group acquires Senning

    World News Helen Morris -
    Optima Group has boosted its tissue packaging offering and strengthened its turnkey solutions ability by acquiring Senning.   Bremen, Germany-based Senning specialises in the production and packaging of paper and...

    Filar starts high-quality tissue production

    World News Helen Morris -
    Poland’s Filar has started producing tissue for high-quality tissue paper production.   Supplied by Hergen, the EVO 12 machine has a HCF 1225 Crescent Former, a Suction Press with a diameter of 1,050mm and a 3.6m Yankee Cylinder made...
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