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KPLP reports “continued recovery” in latest results; revenue increases 14.8% in FY 2022

Helen Morris - March 22, 2023

Papeteries du Cotentin Sienne’s mill in Normandy, France; the company has invested in a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer and a steam and condensate plant.

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PAPECO boosts capacity with Yankee and steam plant replacement

Helen Morris - March 3, 2024

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Northwood Consumer announces £7m investment

Helen Morris - November 3, 2020

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Yuen Foong Yu boosts production capacity with TM start-up

Helen Morris - February 7, 2024

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Fabio Perini – tissue industry pioneer – to give keynote address at Tissue World Miami

Tissue World Magazine - December 19, 2023

Navigator implements price hikes

World News Helen Morris - April 19, 2022

The Navigator Company has applied a 20% energy, logistics and commodities surcharge on the sales price of its tissue products, effective since 21 March.

Essity records “highest net sales ever” in year-end results

World News Helen Morris - February 8, 2023

Essity has said record growth, significant price increases and acquisitions have resulted in record net sales up 28.2% year-on-year to SEK156bn. In its year-end results, sales...

Cascades Q2 results impacted by lower consumer retail demand

World News Helen Morris - August 11, 2021

Cascades has reported second quarter results “below expectations” after a sequential shortfall was driven by a drop in demand in its tissue segment.

Cascades launches eco-friendly packaging across Fluff & Tuff range

World News Helen Morris - September 8, 2021

Cascades has said its Fluff & Tuff range of tissue products now use 100% recycled plastic packaging. The company said the move means it is the first in the bathroom tissue and paper...

ABB launches latest generation of its APC

World News Helen Morris - July 28, 2020

ABB has launched the latest generation of its Advanced Process Control (APC), which it said provides paper mills with “complete digital control over wet end operations, optimising productivity and profit”. The...

SCA to integrate its business in the Middle East, India and Africa into consumer...

World News Helen Morris - August 25, 2016

SCA has said it will integrate its business in the Middle East, India and Africa into consumer goods. The company will integrate its Business Unit MEIA (Middle East, India and Africa) into...

Essity launches its first straw toilet paper product into German market

World News Helen Morris - July 13, 2022

Essity has launched its first toilet paper product - Zewa - using straw into the German marketplace.

FHH plans sixth tissue mill site following double-digits growth

World News Helen Morris - February 11, 2020

Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH) has begun evaluating locations for the establishment of a sixth paper mill. The group said the move is a result...

Hayat Kimya inaugurates its Nigerian diaper and tissue factory; launches Familia and Papia brands...

World News Helen Morris - June 15, 2017

Turkey’s Hayat Kimya has further boosted its geographical presence after it inaugurated its $100m diaper and tissue plant in Agbara, Nigeria. In attendance at the inauguration held in May was the vice...

WEPA starts up largest TT SYD ever installed in Europe

World News Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

WEPA has successfully started up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD-18FT at its Cassino mill in Italy. According to the supplier, the 5,600mm wide PM3 is Europe’s largest Steel Yankee Dryer for tissue...

Suzano to sell converted tissue products; investment in tissue increases to $176.1m

World News Helen Morris - March 9, 2017

(News from RISI) - Brazilian pulp and paper producer Suzano is to acquire converting equipment that will enable it to sell finished products in the tissue segment. The company is currently installing...

Price drop: by Sainsbury’s Super Soft White Toilet Tissue Double Rolls 2 equals 4

Sainsbury’s cuts own-brand toilet paper prices

World News Helen Morris - June 27, 2023

British supermarket Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of its own-brand toilet paper, a result of the cost-of-living crisis and the falling cost of pulp. The retailer...

BRAZIL – CMPC expands operations with acquisition of SEPAC; move means subsidiary Softys becomes...

Southern America Helen Morris - December 1, 2019

CMPC subsidiary Softys has agreed to acquire family-owned tissue manufacturer SEPAC, a move it said will consolidate Softys as the largest tissue producer in Brazil. SEPAC...

Filar starts high-quality tissue production

World News Helen Morris - November 17, 2020

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...

Libang Group boosts capacity in Hebei and Hubei

Asia Helen Morris - November 27, 2019

The Libang Group has ordered four new tissue machines for its mills in China, according to domestic supplier Baotuo Paper Machinery Engineering. The supplier told TWM...

Körber presents MTC ITF Change folding head

World News Helen Morris - May 31, 2022

Körber Business Area Tissue has introduced its latest folding head capable of changing a product’s cut off. The MTC ITF Change is the company’s latest machine...

“Visionary, generous, and charismatic”: Cascades Cofounder Bernard Lemaire passes

World News Helen Morris - November 15, 2023

Cascades has announced the death of Bernard Lemaire, 87, a Cofounder of the company. Born in Drummondville, Québec in 1936, un 1960 Lemaire joined the family business of waste recovery, Drummond Pulp...

Fujian Hengan Group boosts premium tissue capacity

World News Helen Morris - March 23, 2022

China’s Fujian Hengan Group has invested in two Valmet-supplied Advantage QRT tissue lines to increase its production of premium tissue products.

Solenis completes acquisition of ChemSystems

World News Helen Morris - June 2, 2020

Chemicals company Solenis has closed its previously announced acquisition of paper business ChemSystems. Effective 1 June, ChemSystems is a leading producer and supplier of specialised chemical...

Hengan fires up 60,000tpy tissue PM in Anhui, China

World News Helen Morris - August 25, 2016

(News from RISI) - China's Hengan International has kicked off trial runs on a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Wuhu city, Anhui province, in eastern China. When the new...

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World News Tissue World Magazine - August 16, 2021

Lucart boosts packaging and converting capacity with Körber investments Lucart has invested in eight Körber-supplied Casmatic CMB270 packaging lines and a Perini MyLine converting line.

Cascades reports improved Q2 results driven by tissue segment

World News Helen Morris - August 9, 2023

Cascades has reported “solid” results for the second quarter of 2023, driven by its tissue segment which it said delivered its strongest performance since 2020. Sales of $1,168m compared with $1,134m in...

Production boost: a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer has started up at Mirae Paper

Mirae Paper boosts capacity with TM start-up

World News Helen Morris - July 26, 2023

South Korea’s Mirae Paper has boosted its production capacity after starting up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer. Mirae Paper started up the line to...

Asia Symbol moves into tissue with TM investment

World News Helen Morris - September 22, 2021

China’s Asia Symbol (Guangdong) Paper has diversified into the tissue market after investing in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 at its site in Jiangmen

MEPCO enters tissue market with 60,000tpy plant announcement

World News Helen Morris - December 15, 2021

Saudi Arabia’s Middle East Paper Co. (MEPCO) has celebrated the inauguration of its 60,000tpy Toscotec-supplied tissue jumbo roll manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC).

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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...

Sofidel boosts Nordic presence

Europe Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

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:...

Andritz acquires Kempulp

Global Helen Morris - July 1, 2019

Andritz has acquired Swedish company Kempulp, a specialist provider of process technologies for the chemical pulping industry. The company designs and markets technologies used in chemical...

Competition authority slaps fines of Euro 128.8 million on heavy inco cartel

World News Helen Morris - September 16, 2016

(News from RISI) – The Spanish National Market and Competition Commission, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has imposed fines of Euro 128.8 million ($142.6 million) on seven manufacturers of...

Körber Group companies announce rebrand; confirms it can’t exclude further growth

World News Helen Morris - October 20, 2020

Fabio Perini, Casmatic and MTC have officially rebranded under the Körber Group name in a move the company said will offer a distinctive and complete range of technologies dedicated to the global tissue...

Essity has reported a 20.2% net sales increase in its half-year results

Essity reports 20.2% net sales increase; announces closure of two New York state plants

World News Helen Morris - July 26, 2023

Essity has reported continued high sales growth and higher margins in its half-year report, as it fully exits the Russian market and announces restructuring plans in New York state.   

SCA targets French tissue mills with restructuring measures

World News Helen Morris - September 8, 2016

SCA has announced a series of restructuring measures at its production plants in Hondouville and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. It includes the closure of the oldest tissue machine at the AfH producing Hondouville site...

Edson launches 4000TL-Robotic

World News Helen Morris - February 9, 2022

Edson has launched the 4000TL-Robotic, a top-load case packer aimed at small to midsized companies that manufacture a variety of SKUs within the AfH towel and tissue industry.The supplier...

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World News 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...

SCA set to acquire Wausau Paper

January / February 2016 Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

SCA is to boost its presence in the north American Away-from-Home (AfH) tissue market with the acquisition of Wausau Paper for US$513m. The move enhances the tissue giant’s AfH premium tissue portfolio...

Lucart highlights Circular Economy and sustainability in its latest report

Europe Helen Morris - November 27, 2019

Lucart has presented its 2018 Sustainability Report with a focus on Circular Economy, new investments and partnerships for sustainable development The company reported a turnover increase...

Double E Group launches Appleton side load slabber.

Double E Group debuts Appleton side load slabber; Kyle Willis appointed CEO and President

World News Helen Morris - February 21, 2024

Double E Group has introduced the Appleton side load slabber into the global tissue converting market.

Sofidel invests $185m to expand Circleville Ohio plant

World News Helen Morris - September 20, 2023

Italian tissue giant Sofidel is to further strengthen its presence in the American market after announcing plans to invest $185m at its integrated plant in Circleville, Ohio. The project involves the construction...

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

Latest Headlines 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...

Essity’s divestment of its Russian operations expected to be finalised during Q2 2023

Essity to exit Russian market after divesting operations

World News Helen Morris - June 14, 2023

Essity has signed an agreement for the divestment of its Russian operations and the transaction has now been approved by authorities. The deal is expected to...

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