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    Kartogroup boosts capacity with Yankee hood rebuild

    World News Helen Morris -
    Spain’s Kartogroup has started up its Andritz-supplied PrimeDry Hood HT and air system, supplied for the rebuild of a tissue machine at its España’s mill in Burriana. The equipment installed on the...

    Cartiera del Vignaletto invests in cogeneration upgrade

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cartiera del Vignaletto has invested in a Toscotec-supplied cogeneration upgrade at its plant in Zevio, Northern Italy. The project includes the complete upgrade of the cogeneration plant and air systems of the...

    Sofidel launches its toilet paper maxi rolls to key European locations

    World News Helen Morris -
    Sofidel Group has responded to customer demand by introducing its Regina Rotoloni toilet paper maxi rolls in Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Romania. The company said the product launch aims to...

    Andritz completes acquisition of NAF business

    World News Helen Morris -
    Andritz has strengthened its process control and automation systems offering for pulp and paper mills after completing the acquisition of NAF business. The company said it has equipped its production plant and...

    Hugues Simon to succeed Mario Plourde as Cascades President and CEO

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has appointed Resolute Forest Products’ Hugues Simon as its President and Chief Executive, succeeding Mario Plourde who is taking planned retirement. Simon is currently the President of the Wood Products business...

    Metsä Group completes sale of Russian subsidiaries to VLP Group

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Group has completed the sale of its Russian subsidiaries Metsä Svir, Metsä Forest St. Petersburg, Metsä Forest Podporozhye and Metsä Board Rus to VLP Group. In 2022, Metsä Group stopped its...

    Lila Kağıt holds ground-breaking ceremony for TL3bn tissue facility

    World News Helen Morris -
    Türkiye’s Lila Kağıt has held a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on its TL3bn tissue facility in Erzurum. According to the company, the site will be the first tissue...

    CMPC starts process for 2.5m tpy pulp mill in Brazil

    World News Helen Morris -
    Chile’s Empresas CMPC has announced plans for a pulp mill project in Brazil that will involve a $4bn industrial unit, $420m road infrastructure work, and $150m for the development of a...

    Essity invests in tissue R&D centre in France

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity is investing in a global tissue centre for research and development in Alsace, France, that it said will “re-shape” the paper-making process. Dedicated to tissue hygiene products, the company said the...

    Africaine Paper Mills to increase presence in MENA with investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Algerian tissue manufacturer Africaine Paper Mills (APM) is to boost its production capacity across the MENA tissue market after investing in a Toscotec-supplied rewinder line to be installed at its Rouiba...

    Cascades reports favourable sales mix in Tissue segment’s Q1 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has said its Tissue Papers division “executed well” in its latest results, with increased average selling prices for the division despite a context of elevated raw material prices and ongoing...

    Suzano denies reports of acquisition of International Paper

    World News Helen Morris -
    Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano has confirmed that there is no formal document or decision regarding media reports of its potential acquisition of International Paper (IP). A report by Reuters has...

    Tissue World Istanbul returns as premier tissue industry event for Türkiye and surrounding regions

    World News Tissue World Magazine -
    Tissue World has confirmed that its conference and tradeshow in Istanbul - at the heart of the dynamic Türkiye, Middle East, Eastern Europe, North African and globally expanding tissue market -...

    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...
    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...

    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...

    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...

    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,...

    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...

    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...

    Navigator Paper UK makes offer to acquire Accrol Group

    World News Helen Morris -
    Navigator Paper UK has launched a public all-cash firm offer for the acquisition of UK-based tissue paper converter Accrol Group Holdings. Accrol converts and supplies toilet tissues, kitchen rolls, facial tissues, and...

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

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has unveiled the next phase of its growth strategy that it said will “catapult” the company into its next chapter. The next phase of growth will include changes to...

    Northwood Tissue boosts capacity with PrimeDry Hood investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    UK-based Northwood Tissue has increased its production capacity after investing in an Andritz-supplied gas-heated PrimeDry Hood HT and air system for a tissue machine rebuild at its mill in Chesterfield. Andritz’s scope...

    Hengan launches TAD products into the Chinese tissue market

    World News Helen Morris -
    China’s Hengan International Group has officially launched premium quality structured TAD tissue products into the local market, following the start-up of its Toscotec-supplied TADVISION tissue machine. Installed at the company’s Xiaogan mill,...

    Grigeo acquires GZP’s Niedomice tissue mill

    World News Helen Morris -
    Grigeo has acquired a tissue paper mill from Polish tissue paper and paperboard producer Głuchołaskie Zakłady Papiernicze (GZP). Grigeo Hygiene – which is controlled by the Baltic States-based paper and wood industry group...

    Suzano announces April price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Suzano has announced a range of price increases for orders of eucalyptus pulp in April. In Asia, orders will increase by US$30 per ton. In Europe, they will increase by US$80 per ton,...

    Metsä launches consultation for planned UK tissue paper mill

    World News Helen Morris -
    Finland’s Metsä Group has begun a three-week public consultation regarding its plans to build a multi-million-pound landmark tissue plant in Goole, UK. The 240,000tpy tissue paper project in East Yorkshire was announced...
    Tissue World Miami 2024: 1,862 visitors from 86 countries attended North America’s largest tissue exhibition and conference, which was held in January on Miami Beach

    Tissue World Miami 2024: The global tissue industry steps out in style

    World News Helen Morris -
    Tissue World Miami 2024: 1,862 visitors from 86 countries attended North America’s largest tissue exhibition and conference, which was held in January on Miami Beach
    “We had a great year, driven by a significant improvement in our tissue margins and strong operational execution,” Arsen Kitch, President and Chief Executive, Clearwater Paper Corporation

    Clearwater reports net income up $61.7m in 2023; boosts paperboard presence with Augusta acquisition

    World News Helen Morris -
    Clearwater Paper Corporation has said it will “explore strategic options for its tissue business”, as it rates the divisions performance improvement “outstanding” in its 2023 results.
    Crown Paper’s Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200 TM will boost the company’s production of high-quality tissue products

    Crown Paper boosts capacity by 70,000tpy with TM investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Crown Paper’s Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200 TM will boost the company’s production of high-quality tissue products
    “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 -
    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.
    The ground-breaking ceremony at the company’s Sun Paper Source factory: the four new lines will be homed in a total area of 9.5 hectares

    PT Sun Paper Source increases capacity with four TMs

    World News Helen Morris -
    Indonesia’s PT Sun Paper Source (PT SPS) has invested in four paper machines to be installed at its plant in Ngoro, Mojokerto, boosting its production capacity to 300,000tpy in total with sister company PT. Sopanusa.
    Walter Schalka to step down as Suzano President and be succeeded by Rumo’s João Alberto Abreu.

    Walter Schalka steps down from Suzano Presidency

    World News Helen Morris -
    Walter Schalka is to step down from his role as the President of Suzano and be succeeded by João Alberto Abreu, who is leaving the Presidency of Latin America's largest logistics operator Rumo.
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