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    K-C UK & Ireland signs “industry-first” green hydrogen deal

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    Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland (K-C) has announced it is the first major consumer products company in the UK to make a significant commitment to green hydrogen. Along with its energy partners Carlton...

    Intertrade Hellas advances QCS to optimise tissue production

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    Greek tissue manufacturer Intertrade Hellas has invested in its quality control system (QCS) after ABB supplied a technology package for its existing and new tissue machines. ABB will deliver its Network Platform...

    K-C appoints John Carmichael as President, North America

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    Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has appointed John Carmichael - previously President and Chief Executive of Nestlé Canada - as President, North America. Effective 15 September, Carmichael succeeds interim President Kurt Laufer, who will...

    SIPAT boosts capacity with automated manufacturing investment

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    Moroccan tissue manufacturer SIPAT has increased its production capacity after investing in an AMACO Group-supplied update of its tissue production line at Meknes. The project involved enabling fully automated, hands-free operations, and...

    Suzano cites pulp expansion and K-C joint venture in Q2 reported sales boost

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    Brazilian pulp and paper manufacturer Suzano has reported an increased net revenue of R$13.3bn, up 16% year-on-year, as sales of 3.7m tons of pulp and paper increased by 28%. The company said...

    VPPA partners with Tissue World for Ho Chi Minh City exhibition and conference launch;...

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    Tissue World has officially partnered with the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA) - the most influential tissue, pulp and paper association in Vietnam - to introduce its latest global exhibition...
    “The market potential in the Baltics, Scandinavia and Western Europe is growing," Tomas Jozonis, Chief Executive of Grigeo Group

    Grigeo Group invests €106m to double tissue production

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    Grigeo Group has invested €106m to install a Toscotec-supplied tissue line and double its tissue production to 140,000tpy. The bulk of the investment - over €97m - will be used to modernise...

    UCT introduces latest generation UNICO365 logsaw

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    United Converting Tissue (UCT) has launched the latest generation of its UNICO365 logsaw into the global tissue market. Now with an increased cutting speed of 140 strokes per minute, the company said...

    Cascades invests over $5.3m in its Granby, Quebec plant

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    Cascades has partnered with Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. to undertake a $5.3m investment to increase the capacity of two of its production lines. A new packer and higher-performance case packer have...

    K-C reports strong results driven by “innovation-led volume growth”

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported the highest volume growth achieved in five years in its second quarter results, driven by resilient consumer demand and innovation-led volume growth. Net sales for the quarter were...

    Shailesh Jejurikar elected P&G President and CEO; Jon Moeller to become Executive Chairman

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    The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has appointed Shailesh Jejurikar, currently Chief Operating Officer, as Procter & Gamble’s President and Chief Executive. Effective 1 January 2026, he will succeed Jon Moeller, who...

    Kadant acquires Babbini and GPS Engineering to expand fibre processing capabilities

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    Kadant has announced it has completed the acquisition of Babbini and G.P.S. Engineering (GPS), two Italy-based companies specialising in industrial dewatering and engineered power transmission solutions. Babbini is a recognised leader in...
    Cascades invests $3.5m in Kingsey Falls. (L-r): Cascades’ Hugues Simon, President and Chief Executive, and Jérôme Porlier, Executive Vice-President, Tissue.

    Cascades invests over C$3.5m in Kingsey Falls tissue plant

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    Canadian tissue manufacturer Cascades has invested C$3,560,000 to upgrade an Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp.-supplied line at its Kingsey Falls tissue plant. The investment involved replacing a packager and bagger with higher-performance...
    “Our stable performance despite challenging market conditions demonstrates the strength of Essity’s broad portfolio of essential solutions for better hygiene and health.” Ulrika Kolsrud, Essity’s President and Chief Executive

    Essity reports positive organic sales growth in Q2 results

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    Essity has reported organic growth and “sequentially higher margin in a weak economy” in its second quarter results. Net sales decreased 6.6% to SEK34,185m, while organic sales growth amounted to 1.9%. Profit for...
    Saudi Arabia’s Juthor breaks ground on SAR345m tissue plant

    Juthor breaks ground at SAR345m tissue plant

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    Saudi Arabia’s Juthor Paper Manufacturing has announced the ground-breaking of its second high-capacity tissue production line – to be supplied by Andritz - in King Abdullah Economic City, near Jeddah. The ceremony...
    INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund acquires Pehart Group

    INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund completes acquisition of Pehart Group

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    Baltics private equity fund INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund has completed the acquisition of Pehart Group, a leading producer of household and industrial paper products in Romania. The consortium of International Finance...
    Global Tissue Industry Study 2025 has launched

    Attention tissue manufacturers and converters! Global Tissue Industry Study 2025 has launched

    World News Helen Morris -
    Finnish technology company Tietoevry has invited the global tissue industry to participate in its Global Tissue Trends Report 2025, launched in collaboration with Tissue World. The aim of the study is to...
    Start-up of Fripa’s Andritz-supplied PrimeLine tissue line is planned for the fourth quarter of 2026

    Fripa boosts capacity with TM investment

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    German tissue producer Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLine TM S2200 tissue machine to be installed at its mill in Miltenberg. The machine will have a capacity of...

    Cristiano Teixeira, CEO of Klabin, named Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin American CEO of the...

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    Fastmarkets Forest Products, the world’s leading provider of pricing data and analytics for the pulp, paper, and packaging industries, is proud to announce that Cristiano Teixeira, CEO of Klabin, has been...
    ST Group acquires Cascades' South Carolina tissue mill

    ST Group acquires Cascades’ South Carolina tissue mill

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    North American AfH manufacturer ST Group has acquired Cascades’ recycled paper mill in Barnwell County. The acquisition was completed through ST Group’s newly formed subsidiary, Barnwell Tissue Solutions. The Barnwell mill includes a...

    Metsä Tissue concludes work negotiations at Kreuzau

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    Metsä Tissue has concluded negotiations with the works council regarding its investment and capacity adjustment plan introduced in January 2025 at its Kreuzau mill in Germany. As a result of the negotiations,...

    Papelera Reyes boosts hot embossing capacity with Warm-up Next investment

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    Peruvian tissue manufacturer Papelera Reyes has become the world’s first company to integrate Valmet Tissue Converting’s Warm-up Next process into its production line. The technology has been installed at the company’s Papel...
    Toscotec acquires the brand and intellectual property of the company formerly known as Recard

    Toscotec acquires the Recard brand

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    Toscotec has acquired the brand and intellectual property of the company formerly known as Recard. This includes the acquisition of know-how, technical drawings, and any other intangible assets. The company said the move...

    GrandBay Papeles Nacionales boosts capacity with TM investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Colombia’s GrandBay Papeles Nacionales has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 tissue line to be installed at its plant in Pereira. Start-up of the machine is planned for the second semester 2025,...

    BTG launches SZP-16 into the global tissue market

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    BTG has launched its latest innovation for accurately measuring the chemical additive demand of fibres in the paper production - the SZP-16. It is a new addition to BTG’s lab instruments portfolio,...

    Solenis and NCH Corporation to join forces

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    Solenis and NCH Corporation (NCH) have entered into a definitive agreement to merge the NCH business with Solenis. Solenis will acquire 100% of NCH stock, a move it said will create “a...

    Sofidel finalises acquisition of Royal Paper

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    Sofidel has finalised the acquisition of Royal Interco’s (Royal Paper) assets, boosting its At-Home and AfH presence across North America. The company had entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) based on...

    P&G to lay off 7,000 staff; exit some product categories and brands

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    Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to reduce up to 7,000 non-manufacturing roles - approximately 15% of its current non-manufacturing workforce - over the next two years. Speaking at the 2025 Deutsche Bank...

    Longjing Paper starts-up first Andritz-supplied PrimeLineHyTAD tissue machine

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    China’s Chongqing Longjing Paper Co. has started-up the first Andritz-supplied PrimeLineHyTAD tissue machine. This start-up marks a milestone for premium tissue production in China, and also Andritz’s breakthrough with this technology in...

    “Pioneering rebuild”: Essity and Toscotec harness geothermal energy

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    Essity and Toscotec have started up the world’s first tissue machine running solely on geothermal steam at Essity’s Kawerau site in New Zealand. With the project, Toscotec said it “continues to demonstrate...

    K-C to invest $130m to boost North American consumer products

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is to expand production at its Mobile, Alabama-based facility after investing over $130m in a consumer hygiene production line. The line is expected to position the facility for future investment,...

    Eren Holding invests in furnace upgrade at Shotton Mill

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    Türkiye’s Eren Holding is to boost production capacity at its Shotton Mill in Wales, UK, after investing in a Valmet-supplied furnace upgrade. Most of the the mill’s bubbling fluidised bed (BFB) boiler...

    Changes in Metsä Tissue’s management team; Johan Holvik appointed SVP

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    Metsä Tissue has announced a series of management changes. Johan Holvik has been appointed Metsä Tissue's Senior Vice President, Scandinavia, member of Metsä Tissue’s management team and Managing Director of Metsä Tissue. Holvik...

    K-C and Suzano announce $3.4bn joint venture

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has entered a $3.4bn agreement with Brazil’s Suzano to form a joint venture, creating an international tissue and professional products company. It will focus on the manufacture, marketing and distribution...

    WEPA boosts capacity with PM and converting investment at Bridgend

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    Germany’s WEPA Group has announced plans to invest in a 70,000tpy paper machine and two converting lines at its site in Bridgend, UK. The project at the Llangynwyd, Wales-based site - which...

    Tamil Nadu diversifies into tissue with TM investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    India’s Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers (TNPL) has officially entered the tissue market after investing in an Andritz-supplied tissue machine to be installed at its Unit II facility in Mondipatti Village,...

    Lila Group orders first tissue machine for Erzurum

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    Turkish tissue manufacturer Lila Group has invested in a Valmet-supplied 70,000tpy Advantage DCT 200 tissue machine to be installed at its new TL3bn facility in Erzurum. TM5 is the company’s fifth Valmet-supplied...

    K-C to invest $2bn to expand US growth; Russ Torres promoted to President and...

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is to invest over $2bn in the next five years in its North America business, a move it said is its largest domestic expansion in more than 30 years. Expected...

    Cascades reports “lower volumes” in Q1 results; stronger Q2 results expected

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has reported lower first quarter volumes across its business following uncertainty regarding tariffs and higher seasonal energy costs, adding that stronger second quarter results including an improved tissue performance driven...

    Essity appoints Ulrika Kolsrud as President and Chief Executive

    World News Helen Morris -
    Ulrika Kolsrud – currently President of Essity’s business unit Health & Medical – has been announced as the company’s President and Chief Executive. Kolsrud will assume the position on 1 June 2025,...
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