World News

Tissue World Magazine World News: Africa, Asia, Europe, Global, Northern America, and Southern America

World News

Metsä Group increases Lambi production with packaging line investment

Helen Morris - April 17, 2024

World News

Andritz acquires stake in HydrogenPro

Helen Morris - April 17, 2024

World News

Valmet targets process automation with Valmet DNAe launch

Helen Morris - April 17, 2024

World News

Xuong Giang Paper boosts capacity to 72,000tpy with TM start-up

Helen Morris - April 17, 2024

World News

GP invests $150m to grow consumer tissue business

Helen Morris - April 17, 2024

World News

Navigator Paper UK makes offer to acquire Accrol Group

Helen Morris - April 3, 2024

World News

K-C unveils restructuring initiatives focused on growing brands and businesses

Helen Morris - April 3, 2024

Clearwater boosts private label capacity with $340m NTT investment

World News Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

Clearwater Paper has responded to customer demand for premium and ultra-premium products by investing in a second tissue machine and converting facility at its site in North Carolina. The 200-inch, Valmet-supplied NTT...

China’s Guangxi Tianlifeng starts 20,000tpy tissue machine in Nanning

Asia Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

(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...

Tissue Italy appoints president for iT’s Tissue 2018

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Tissue Italy Network has appointed Massimo Franzaroli as president for iT’s Tissue 2018. He replaces Sergio Casella who has stepped down due to other commitments. Casella will remain on the board as vice...

Lucart’s French site starts-up PM rebuild

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Lucart has started up its PM10 at its Laval sur Vologne mill after a rebuild project undertaken by Toscotec. The rebuild will boost the machine speed from the current 1,300mpm to 1,600mpm...

Omet launches No-Stop unwinder

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

Omet has responded to customer demand with the launch of the No-Stop unwinder. The patented module allows operators to change paper rolls without stopping the machine within a specific timeframe, which according...

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

Latest Headlines 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...

SCA strengthens UK tissue presence with TAD investment

Europe Helen Morris - February 9, 2017

SCA is to invest SEK160m in a through-air drying (TAD) machine at its tissue plant in Skelmersdale, UK. The investment is to “meet the growing demand for high-quality tissue and strengthen the...

2016 North American tissue statistics point to a balanced market

Exitissues Helen Morris - January 20, 2017

Shipments and operating rates are currently strong but we worry about the supply side So the demand side of the North American tissue market appears strong, but we continue to worry about the lineup of...

Tissue World Milan set to be world’s largest tissue event

World News Helen Morris - January 12, 2017

Italy is gearing up to host the world’s largest gathering of tissue professionals for the first time as the industry prepares for Tissue World Milan held during 10-12 April 2017. With an exhibition...

Irving boosts capacity with TAD investment

World News 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...

First Quality expands manufacturing capacity with PM investments

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

First Quality Tissue is to focus its long term growth plans on the ultra-premium towel and tissue sectors after it announced plans to invest in two new state-of-the-art tissue machines. The lines will be installed at the company's South Carolina and...

Gomà‐Camps to boost capacity by 34,000tpy following investment

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

Spain's Gomà‐Camps Group has signed for a new high quality paper machine to be installed at its Gomà‐Camps Consumer site in Ejea de los Caballeros. Supplied by Voith, PM7 has a trim width of 2.8m, a design speed of 2,000m/min...

Bedford Paper invests in retail and AfH production capacity

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

America's Bedford Paper has invested in a tissue converting and packaging line for its facility in De Pere, Wisconsin. Supplied by PCMC, start-up is expected in 2017 and will increase the company's production of retail and AfH small bath...

C&S plans tissue expansion in Hebei; small mills in Mancheng forced to stop to...

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

(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...

Winners of Sofidel’s Suppliers Sustainability Award announced

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2016

Italian tissue company Sofidel has announced the winners of the first edition of its Suppliers Sustainability Award. The Award was created to encourage and spread best practice and improvement activity currently being carried out by the tissue mill's suppliers in the area of...

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,...

Japan’s Daio loses appeal in NPI tissue patent infringement case

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2016

(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...

Timeline for BOR Biotechnology tissue mill project in Czech Republic pushed back

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2016

(News from RISI) - The plans of Czech firm BOR Biotechnology to build a new tissue mill in the town of Kozomín, north of Prague, are moving forward but the timeline...

Twinsaver Group to become “largest tissue manufacturer” in Sub-Saharan Africa

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2016

South Africa’s Twinsaver Group has boosted its capacity after it invested R500m in a new Toscotec AHEAD-2.0S tissue production line. Based at its Kliprivier site in Gauteng, the line will be started-up...

Daio Paper firms up plans to start tissue production at Kawanoe mill

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(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...

K-C invests €15m in tissue converting line at Villey-Saint-Etienne plant

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark has invested approximately €15m in a hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France. After installation at the start of the year, the new...

K-C reports a “more challenging economic and competitive environment” in 3Q results

Global Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

Kimberly-Clark has reported a net sales decrease y-o-y of 3% in its 3Q 2016 results, as chairman and chief executive Thomas J. Falk describes the company’s market share positions as “broadly...

SCA announces capital structure and dividend policy for hygiene business; doesn’t rule out potential...

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

SCA has decided on capital structure and dividend policy targets for its hygiene business. The capital structure target for SCA’s hygiene business is to have an effective capital structure at the same...

Russia’s Arkhangelsk pitches for state aid for domestic tissue investments

Europe Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(News from RISI) - The Russian pulp and paper giant Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill (APPM), which is implementing a large tissue mill investment in Vorsino, in the Kaluga region, is...

Taison Group paving the way for tissue expansions in Jiangxi, China

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2016

(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...

Abu Dhabi’s Ittihad to invest in new UWF PM; mulls new tissue PM

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

(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 –...

SCA targets environment with Okay® Compressé launch

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

SCA’s consumer tissue brand Okay® has launched a compressed household towel “Okay® Compressé”. The company said the product performs as well as regular household paper towels but added that it is half...

Lee & Man starts two 60,000tpy TMs in Chongqing

Asia Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

(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...

Henan Yinge’s principle shareholder listed for sale in China

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

(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...

Carta Fabril to install “world’s largest Steel Yankee” for tissue

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

Carta Fabril is to boost its capacity after it signed for a PrimeLineST W22 tissue machine with Steel Yankee and steam-heated hood. The line is scheduled to start up at the company’s...

PCMC Italy boosts production capacity after inaugurating facilities

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2016

PCMC Italy has officially opened its three new buildings in Fornaci di Barga, Italy. The premise covers 14,000sqm and will facilitate four converting lines for a production capacity of 36 lines per...

ICT to double capacity at Spanish mill with new tissue PMP

World News Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

(News from RISI) - Italy's Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti (ICT) will double the production capacity of its paper mill in El Burgo de Ebro, Spain, by installing a new 70,000tpy tissue paper...

Von Drehle starts-up USA’s first NTT line

World News 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...

ST Tissue invests in “widest Steel Yankee” ever manufactured

World News Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

ST Tissue has invested in “the widest Steel Yankee ever to be manufactured”, according to supplier Toscotec. The Franklin, Virginia-based mill will convert its F-5 machine to produce bathroom tissue and kitchen...

Södra’s Värö pulp mill amongst world’s largest following start-up

World News Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Södra has started up its state-of-the-art pulp line in Värö, Sweden, boosting the site’s current 425,000tpy capacity to 700,00tpy. The expansion is part of a SEK 6 billion investment, with SEK 4...

Sofidel America to boost capacity with NTT purchases

Latest Headlines 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...

Tissue World Istanbul attracts 1,602 attendees

World News Helen Morris - October 6, 2016

Tissue World Istanbul 2016 has been concluded successfully after attracting 1,602 unique attendees – of which 1,231 were unique visitors - from across 65 countries. Held in Istanbul from 27-29 September, the...

Eurovast restarts former Eurotec tissue mill in Italy, plans more investments

World News Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

(News from RISI) - Production is up and running again at the former Eurotec Fabbriche di Vallico tissue mill near Lucca in Italy. Eurovast, which took over the 20,000tpy site earlier this...

China’s Hwagain Paper starts five tissue machines in Jiangxi province

World News Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

(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...

Sofidel targets tissue supply chain with sustainability award

World News Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

Sofidel has launched the ‘Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award’, an annual award that aims to motivate its national and international suppliers to promote high sustainable standards. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the award will...

1...181920...25 Page 19 of 25