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    Infinity holds first ever Eurasia showcase

    World News Helen Morris -
    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.

    An Hung Company boosts production capacity

    World News Helen Morris -
    Vietnam’s An Hung Company has signed for a turnkey project for the supply of tissue equipment from Baosuo Enterprise.

    Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products boosts high-quality tissue capacity

    World News Helen Morris -
    Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT M1600 tissue production line.

    Kruger Products reports “strong quarter” of double-digit revenue growth; warns of inflation pressures impacting...

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kruger Products (KPLP) has reported revenue up 17.1% year-on-year to $397.5m in Q2 2022, but warned that the speed of inflation is lowering profitability for the business.

    GP breaks ground on $500m Green Bay expansion

    World News Helen Morris -
    Georgia-Pacific (GP) has officially broken ground on its $500m expansion project in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Investments include building a new paper machine using TAD technology and...

    Papelera Reyes Peru boosts packaging capacity with investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Latin America’s Papelera Reyes Peru has expanded its packaging production capabilities in response to increased export opportunity by investing in a raft of IMA TMC-supplied machinery.
    Lucart Hygiene's Malvern, UK-based plant

    Lucart Hygiene announces AfH funding boost

    World News Helen Morris -
    UK-based Lucart Hygiene has received a multi-million-pound funding package from Santander UK to further boost AfH production at its Malvern-based plant. The funding supports the refinancing...

    Cascades notes “positive contribution” from tissue paper sector in Q2 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Cascades has said its Q2 tissue papers results “highlight the momentum being generated” by ongoing profitability initiatives in the sector, as it reports increased group sales.
    Resolute Forest Products’ Calhoun tissue mill in Tennessee

    Resolute reports $9m tissue operating loss in Q2 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Resolute Forest Products Inc. has said its tissue division incurred an operating loss of $9m in its second quarter results, in line with the first quarter result.

    Clearwater reports “improvements in tissue” in Q2 results

    World News Helen Morris -
    Clearwater Paper Corporation has said it delivered “a strong performance” in its Q2 results due to the continued strength in paperboard and improvements in tissue, which reported increased consumer...

    Sainsbury’s innovates own-brand toilet rolls reducing plastic by 30%

    World News Helen Morris -
    Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has launched double-length toilet rolls into the UK market, a move which it said reduces plastic packaging by 30%* - equating to 84 tonnes of plastic saved.

    Baosuo confirms sale to Vietnamese company

    World News Helen Morris -
    A Hanoi, Vietnam-based tissue manufacturer has officially signed a contract with Baosuo Enterprise for the supply of a turnkey tissue equipment project.

    Vajda-Papír boosts capacity with turnkey start-up

    World News Helen Morris -
    Hungary’s Vajda-Papír has started up its Toscotec-supplied double-width AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine at its Dunaföldvár facility.

    “Our growth strategy is working”: K-C reports strong organic sales

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kimberly-Clark Corporation has reported a year-on-year net sales increase of 7% to $5.1bn in its second quarter 2022 results.

    Essity net sales increase 27.8% in half-year report; plans further price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Essity has reported “record growth and higher sequential profit” in its half-year results.

    Essity launches its first straw toilet paper product into German market

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

    BTG targets real time product quality with latest launch

    World News Helen Morris -
    BTG has targeted the global tissue manufacturing market with the launch of its ReelTime analytical software.

    Metsä Tissue announces temporary production stops

    World News Helen Morris -
    Metsä Tissue has announced that its mills in Western and Eastern Europe will have day-long temporary production stops due to extremely high energy prices.

    Zeus acquires JJ O’Toole as part of latest investment strategy

    World News Helen Morris -
    Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has boosted its product offering after acquiring Ireland’s oldest packaging company JJ O’Toole.

    Suzano boosts capacity with 60,000tpy Espírito Santo plant

    World News Helen Morris -
    Hardwood pulp producer Suzano has announced plans to build a R$600m tissue paper and conversion plant in Brazil.

    Paper Excellence to acquire Resolute in $2.7bn all-cash deal

    World News Helen Morris -
    Canada’s Paper Excellence Group is to expand its North American footprint after entering into a definite agreement to acquire Resolute Forest Products through its US unit Domtar.

    Range of pulp price increases announced by world’s producers

    World News Helen Morris -
    Suzano and Klabin have confirmed they are announcing a range of global pulp price hikes in July.

    “He leaves behind a universe of affection”: Sofidel Group Co-founder Emi Stefani passes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Emi Stefani, the Co-founder of the Sofidel Group in 1966, has passed away suddenly at his home in Porcari, Lucca, on 28 June. An industrialist with...

    Greentech Global to promote plastic and PFAS-free PROTĒAN products with Amazon Papyrus Chemicals

    World News Helen Morris -
    HS Manufacturing Group (HSMG) and parent company Greentech Global have announced a partnership with specialty chemicals company Amazon Papyrus Chemicals to promote its PROTĒAN plastic-and PFAS-free barrier products across the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region.

    Ssangyong boosts packaging capacity with Infinity line

    World News Helen Morris -
    South Korea’s Ssangyong has adapted to changing trends in tissue packaging by investing in an Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp.-supplied packaging line for its Jochiwon plant

    Wacker raises product prices sourced from its European sites 

    World News Helen Morris -
    The Wacker Group has announced price hikes of up to 10% for its dispersions, resins and dispersible powders sourced from its production sites in Europe.

    Toscotec targets premium quality structured tissue with INGENIA launch

    World News Helen Morris -
    Toscotec has launched INGENIA, the tissue machinery supplier’s latest concept machine that produces premium quality structured tissue paper

    Saudi Paper Group increases premium tissue capacity with investment

    World News Helen Morris -
    Saudi Paper Group (SPG) has signed an agreement of understanding for the supply of a Toscotec-supplied tissue line to be installed at its plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

    Liaoning Yusen boosts high-quality tissue capacity

    World News Helen Morris -
    China’s Liaoning Yusen Sanitary Products Co. has invested in two Valmet-supplied IntelliTissue 1600 tissue machines to be supplied at its mill in Tai’an, Liaoning province.

    Helicopter crash tragedy for tissue industry colleagues

    World News Helen Morris -
    Six tissue industry colleagues have been killed in a helicopter crash in Italy, along with the Italian pilot.

    Kruger confirms Kamloops pulp mill purchase

    World News Helen Morris -
    Kruger affiliate Kruger Specialty Papers Holding has completed the acquisition of Domtar’s pulp mill in Kamloops, British Columbia.

    BTG boosts Industry 4.0 efforts with virtually connected sensors launch

    World News Helen Morris -
    BTG has announced that all its sensors are now supplied with the bCONNECTTM module, allowing them to be virtually connected and attaining all the benefits of Industry 4.0.

    Double E Company acquires Daven Manufacturing

    World News Helen Morris -
    Double E Company has increased its critical converting components portfolio after acquiring Daven Manufacturing.

    Zeus boosts packaging capabilities with €25m UK acquisition

    World News Helen Morris -
    Irish-owned global packaging solutions company Zeus has completed the acquisition of two UK-based packaging companies - Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart - in a move worth more than €25m.

    IM Converting announces advanced IM-Hug line launch

    World News Helen Morris -
    IM Converting has introduced its upgraded IM-Hug and IM-Fold lines into the global tissue market. The interfolding lines for towels, toilet paper and facial tissues were...

    BTG launches Yankee refreshment blade

    World News Helen Morris -
    BTG has introduced its PROcleanTM Yankee Dryer refreshment blade into the tissue market. The company said the blade is made of advanced composite material and is designed to quickly...

    Körber presents MTC ITF Change folding head

    World News Helen Morris -
    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...
    Lee & Man Group upgrades its Jiangxi-based TM_

    Lee & Man Group to upgrade Jiangxi plant

    World News Helen Morris -
    Jiangxi Lee & Man Sanitary Paper Manufacturing has announced plans to upgrade its high-speed crescent paper machine to increase its production of high-quality products. Supplied by...
    Sun Paper’s new mill in Beihai, China

    Sun Paper boosts production capacity

    World News Helen Morris -
    China’s Sun Paper has increased its production capacity after starting up key pulping process equipment at its new pulp mill Guangxi Sun Paper in Beihai. Supplied...

    Zeus acquires Canadian distributor Agri-Flex

    World News Helen Morris -
    Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has acquired Canadian agricultural supply business Agri-Flex.
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