Thursday, May 2, 2024

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

    World News Helen Morris -
    Vietnam's Xuong Giang Paper has started up its second Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT S 1300 tissue line at its plant in Song Khê - Nội Hoàng Industry Park, Bắc Giang Province. With this new...

    Valmet targets process automation with Valmet DNAe launch

    World News Helen Morris -
    Valmet has introduced its next-generation Distributed Control System (DCS), the Valmet DNAe, into the global tissue market. The fully web-based process control system includes a cybersecure system architecture, control software and hardware,...

    Andritz acquires stake in HydrogenPro

    World News Helen Morris -
    Andritz has acquired a 13.8% stake in Norwegian tech-company HydrogenPro. The company was founded in 2013 and supplies pressurised alkaline electrolysers (AEL) for green hydrogen production. The two companies had previously entered a...

    Metsä Group increases Lambi production with packaging line investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Group has boosted production of its Lambi Home Towel household towel sheets after starting up a packaging line at its Mänttä tissue mill in Finland. The packaging machine was commissioned in...

    GP invests $150m to grow consumer tissue business

    World News Helen Morris -
    Georgia-Pacific (GP) is to boost production in its consumer tissue business after announcing an investment of over $150m to rebuild a paper machine at its mill in Wauna, Oregon. The company said...
    Liying Qian, Head of Tissue and Hygiene, Euromonitor International

    FOCUS ON – GLOBAL TISSUE: Outlook for global consumer tissue and opportunities amid new...

    World News Liying Qian -
    2023 was a year of demand recovery in consumer tissue. However, elevated inflation has led to diverging performance in value and volume sales across tissue categories, most notably in paper towels...

    K-C delivers “solid start” to the year in latest results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported net sales of $5.1bn in its latest results, which it said were driven by its “powerhouse pipeline of innovation”. First quarter sales of $5.1bn were 1% lower than...

    Essity “in better shape than ever” in latest results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has reported “high profitability and strong cash flow” in its Q1 results, as all three business areas increase their margins. Net sales decreased year-on-year by 4.1% to SEK34,850m, while organic growth...

    P&G announces “solid sales and strong earnings growth” in latest results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported net sales of $20.2bn up 1% year-on-year in its Q3 fiscal year 2024 results, as it reports “strong earnings growth despite multiple headwinds.” Between January –...

    C.Y.P. Del R boosts capacity with TM start-up

    World News Helen Morris -
    Colombian tissue manufacturer C.Y.P. Del R. has started up a Toscotec-supplied complete AHEAD 1.8 tissue line at its mill in Risaralda. According to the supplier, the AHEAD 1.8 machine features an upgraded...

    Combustion System Upgrade on PM2 TAD machine at Essity

    World News Helen Morris -
    Sweden’s Essity has invested in an Andritz-supplied combustion system upgrade on its PM2 TAD machine at its plant in Prudhoe Mill, England. The completed upgrade included the installation of new equipment including...

    Navigator increases tissue prices by 8 to 10%

    World News Helen Morris -
    The Navigator Company has announced tissue price hikes of 8 to 10% in all markets, effective for all dispatches from May 2024 onwards. The company said the move was “to mitigate the...

    Suzano announces May pulp price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Suzano has announced price increases for eucalyptus pulp orders in May. In Asia, prices will increase by $30 per ton. In Europe, prices will increase by $60 per ton, meaning that the price...

    Sipat optimises operations to meet growth target with ABB investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Morocco’s Societé Industrielle Des Papiers Tissues (Sipat) has invested in two ABB-supplied advanced Quality Control System (QCS) to be installed at the company’s Meknes-based tissue mill. Family-run Sipat said made the investments...
    Libang Group boosts capacity in Hebei and Hubei

    Libang Group boosts capacity in Hebei and Hubei

    Asia Helen Morris -
    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...
    Aldi to trial plastic-free toilet paper packaging

    Aldi to trial plastic-free toilet paper packaging

    Europe Helen Morris -
    Aldi has chosen the UK in which to trial removing plastic packaging from packets of toilet roll, in a move it said could save more than 900 tonnes of...
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