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Ariete increases capacity with MODULO-PLUS order

Helen Morris - April 20, 2017

January / February 2016

Resolute in “step-change acquisition” of Atlas Paper

Helen Morris - November 18, 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

The opening of the ABB Dundalk R&D Centre in Ireland

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ABB opens global R&D facility in Ireland

Helen Morris - April 5, 2023

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Resolute appoints Remi G. Lalonde as President and CEO

Helen Morris - November 17, 2020

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Sofidel UK to install Advantage ViscoNip press

Helen Morris - October 6, 2021

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Suzano to reduce BEK sales to Asia by 100,000 tonnes in 3Q17, says CCO

Helen Morris - June 29, 2017

Liansheng Pulp and Paper boosts capacity

World News Helen Morris - December 15, 2021

China’s Liansheng Pulp & Paper has boosted its production capacity after investing in two Andritz-supplied CrescentFormer tissue machines.

Faderco starts up tissue PM in Algeria

Africa Helen Morris - February 25, 2016

Independent tissue paper company Faderco has started up its Valmet-supplied tissue line at its site in Sétif. Owner Amor Habes told TWM the new line will produce more than 30,000 tonnes of...

Essel Kâğıt achieves maximum production efficiency on TM

World News Helen Morris - January 11, 2023

Turkish tissue producer Essel Kâğıt has reached a milestone on its AHEAD 2.2L machine after it “exceeded its guaranteed production by a large margin and surpassed bulk and softness parameters”.

Newcomer TPO Converting enters US tissue market

World News Helen Morris - September 22, 2021

TPO Converting has started-up its tissue converting facility in America after investing in a Maflex-supplied ARES rewinder.

Arkhbum Tissue Group boosts high-quality production by 70,000tpy

World News Helen Morris - October 6, 2021

Russia’s Arkhbum Tissue Group has invested in a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200 HS tissue line for start-up at the company’s mill in Vorsino, Kaluga.

2015 Sept/Oct Americas News

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...

Accrol reports H1 revenue drop following Covid outbreak

World News Helen Morris - February 24, 2021

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.

Elettric80 targets advanced safety standards with SmartDect launch

World News Helen Morris - June 2, 2021

Elettric80 has launched SmartDect, an ultra-wideband (UWB) technology fitted onto its AGVs and LGVs which it said enhances their safety in tissue manufacturing and distribution. The...

Lee & Man Group boosts capacity by 310,000tpy

World News Helen Morris - August 11, 2020

China’s Lee & Man Group has boosted its production capacity by 310,000tpy after completing a series of machinery investments supplied by Baosuo Enterprise Group. Jiangxi Lee & Man...

Kemira hikes up prices

World News Helen Morris - February 23, 2017

Kemira has increased the price of its pulp and paper FennoSize AKD chemicals in EMEA. The price increase of the AKD sizing chemicals will be approximately 5-10%, depending on the specific formulations...

AMERICAS NEWS: North Americas

World News Helen Morris - April 21, 2012

NORTH AMERICA Free box/Facebook offer from Kruger represents social media-coupon play The days of using only print, radio, and TV advertising to sell tissue paper and towels have been vastly extended now to...

Suzano announces February pulp price hikes

World News Helen Morris - February 7, 2024

Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Suzano has confirmed pulp price hikes across its various markets, effective from February.

Essity net sales “reached record levels” in 3Q22 results; announces further price hikes will...

World News Helen Morris - November 2, 2022

Essity has reported a net sales increase up 28.2% y-o-y to SEK112,339m in its third quarter results as it announces it will make further price increases to offset inflation.

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...

Turinsky’s fire-hit tissue PM down until at least end December

World News Helen Morris - September 19, 2016

(News from RISI) - Russia’s Turinsky Pulp and Paper Mill will not be able to restart its blaze-damaged tissue machine PM1 before the end of December. The mill suffered Rouble 300 million...

Södra announces $100 NBSK price hike

World News Helen Morris - March 24, 2021

Södra Cell is increasing the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe by $100 to $1,220 per tonne. Effective 1 April 2021, the pulp giant said that the “global...

WEPA boosts consumer converting capacity

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2021

converting abilities after investing in a Gambini-supplied 700m/min consumer converting line.

2014 March / April – Americas News

World News 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...

JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory diversifies after investing in a Maflex-supplied Hermes line

JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory doubles capacity with investment

World News Helen Morris - June 30, 2021

Ukraine-based JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory has diversified into virgin tissue paper production after investing €4m in a Maflex-supplied Hermes line. The scope of supply includes a...

Toscotec’s latest generation of Distributed Control System, TT Brain DCS.

Toscotec launches latest generation of TT Brain DCS

World News Helen Morris - February 21, 2024

Toscotec has responded to customer demand and introduced its latest generation of Distributed Control System TT Brain DCS.

ICT boosts consumer tissue capacity across Europe with UK investment

World News Helen Morris - June 2, 2021

European tissue manufacturer ICT UK has invested in a 50-acre tissue plant in Deeside, Wales. Construction of the integrated tissue production and conversion facility – which...

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...

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

World News 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...

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...

Infinity boosts presence with Italian subsidiary

Europe Helen Morris - April 7, 2016

Published on 7 April 2016 | Infinity Machine & Engineering has responded to global market growth in the tissue industry with the opening of a subsidiary in Bologna. The Italian headquarters will be dedicated...

Velvet Care acquired by Partners Group

World News Helen Morris - December 13, 2023

Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group is to acquire Polish-headquartered tissue manufacturer Velvet Care from Abris Capital Partners. Velvet Care is one of the largest manufacturers of hygiene tissue products in...

Guangxi Sun Paper boosts capacity with 60,000tpy start-up

World News Helen Morris - January 26, 2022

China’s Guangxi Sun Paper has started up the second of two Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 tissue machines at its plant in Beihai City, Guangxi Province.

Infinity holds first ever Eurasia showcase

World News Helen Morris - August 24, 2022

Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. is inviting customers and other industry professionals to view its machines and services tailored to the European and Asian tissue markets first-hand.

Velvet Care’s Klucze plant: CO2 emissions have dropped as production quadruples

Velvet Care cuts CO2 emissions whilst quadrupling capacity in a decade

World News Helen Morris - July 11, 2023

Polish consumer tissue manufacturer Velvet Care has said it reduced its CO2 emissions and water usage per tonne of output by half since 2013, whilst quadrupling its tissue production.

Kruger invests $55m on new PM at Crabtree plant

World News 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...

Clearwater Paper confirms GHG reduction aims in latest ESG report

World News Helen Morris - November 30, 2022

Clearwater Paper Corporation has announced plans to achieve a 30% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2020 baseline in its 2022 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report.

Sofidel France invests in biomethane for Roanne

World News Helen Morris - November 1, 2023

Sofidel has signed a 10-year contract with ENGIE for the supply of renewable gas biomethane at its production plant in Roanne, France. The contract is a BPA (Biomethane Purchase Agreement), which Sofidel...

“Our financial results in fiscal 2023 are highlighted by record sales of $1.9bn,” Dino Bianco, Chief Executive of KP Tissue

Kruger Products reports “record sales” and investment in latest results

World News Helen Morris - March 19, 2024

Canada’s Kruger Products has targeted future growth in the facial tissue sector as it highlights “record sales” in its Q4 2023 and full year 2023 results.

Tissue World Düsseldorf rescheduled for Spring 2023; all eyes on Tissue World Miami in...

World News Helen Morris - July 13, 2021

Event organiser Informa Markets has announced that its September 2021 Tissue World Düsseldorf trade show and conference will now take place in the Spring of 2023.

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...

Henan Yinge in China may change ownership

Asia Helen Morris - July 14, 2016

(News from RISI) - China’s Henan Yinge Industrial Investment announced that a plan to put its principal shareholder’s stake up for sale has been approved by local authorities. The statement sent the...

Dezhou Shenggang Paper invests 800m yuan in capacity boost

World News Helen Morris - November 3, 2020

Dezhou Shenggang Paper has increased its household paper production capacity after signing for two Baosuo Enterprise Group-supplied Baotuo BC1300-3600 Crescent Former TMs. Based in Qingyun County, Shandong Province, China, the total investment of the...

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