Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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    “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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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.
    Start-up team: Peru’s Papelera Reyes boosts its production capacity after starting up an Eil / Replus Tissue-supplied Crescent Former TM.

    Papelera Reyes increases capacity with TM start-up

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    Peru’s Papelera Reyes has boosted its production capacity after starting up an Eil / Replus Tissue-supplied Crescent Former tissue machine.
    Papeteries du Cotentin Sienne’s mill in Normandy, France; the company has invested in a TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer and a steam and condensate plant.

    PAPECO boosts capacity with Yankee and steam plant replacement

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    French tissue manufacturer Papeteries du Cotentin (PAPECO) has purchased a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer and a complete high-performance steam and condensate plant for its Orval sur Sienne mill in Normandy.
    Ovidiu Hoza, National & Export Sales Manager of Pehart Group and manager of the AfH division: the company has now officially entered the AfH market

    Pehart Group enters the AfH market with launch of Sovio brand

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    Romania’s Pehart Group has diversified its product offering after entering the AfH market with the launch of its Sovio brand of products.  
    Tissue sales boost: Navigator Company’s acquisition of Gomà-Camps Group’s Spanish and French consumer tissue business in February 2023 increases tissue sales by 49%

    Navigator reports “considerably stronger” tissue segment performance in FY results

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    Portugal’s Navigator Company has reported a “strong industrial performance” in its 2023 full year results, as its recently expanded tissue division reports sales up 49%.
    Metsä Group’s Mariestad site in Sweden: three new converting lines supplied by Valmet Tissue Converting and C.G Bretting Manufacturing Co. will start up in 2025

    Metsä Group boosts capacity in Scandinavia with converting investment

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    Metsä Group has invested in three new state-of-the-art converting lines supplied by Valmet Tissue Converting and C.G Bretting Manufacturing Co.
    Toscotec’s latest generation of Distributed Control System, TT Brain DCS.

    Toscotec launches latest generation of TT Brain DCS

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    Toscotec has responded to customer demand and introduced its latest generation of Distributed Control System TT Brain DCS.
    Double E Group launches Appleton side load slabber.

    Double E Group debuts Appleton side load slabber; Kyle Willis appointed CEO and President

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    Double E Group has introduced the Appleton side load slabber into the global tissue converting market.
    Richard Tremblay appointed President, Pulp & Tissue at the Paper Excellence Group

    Paper Excellence Group appoints Richard Tremblay as President, Pulp & Tissue

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    The Paper Excellence Group has appointed Richard Tremblay to President of its pulp and tissue business unit.
    Suzano will start-up a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200 TM with OptiFlo headbox and Yankee cylinder as well as tissue converting equipment

    Suzano to start-up Valmet-supplied TM and converting equipment in Espírito Santo

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    Brazil’s Suzano has confirmed it will start up a Valmet-supplied complete tissue paper making line, tissue converting equipment and a biomass boiler at its Aracruz mill.
    Thomas Hinnerskov appointed President and Chief Executive of Valmet.

    Valmet has appointed Thomas Hinnerskov President and Chief Executive of Valmet, succeeding Pasi Laine.

    World News Helen Morris -
    Hinnerskov will take up the position during the second half of the year, or by the end of September 2024 at the latest. Laine will continue as the President and Chief Executive until then.
    Tesco teams up with WEPA to introduce three new products to its own-brand line including a 100% recycled brown tea towel and 100% recycled brown luxury soft luxury toilet tissue.

    Tesco introduces range of tissue products made using recycled cardboard

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    British supermarket chain Tesco has partnered with tissue manufacturer WEPA to introduce a range of premium toilet roll and kitchen towel products made from recycled corrugated cardboard* and recycled pulp.

    Navigator Company boosts international presence with rewinder investment

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    Portugal’s Navigator Company has invested in a Toscotec-supplied OPTIMA 1800 slitter rewinder to be installed at its Cacia plant in Aveiro, Portugal.

    UnionPel increases production capacity with PM upgrade

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    Argentinian packaging paper and tissue producer UnionPel has boosted its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied upgrade of PM1 at its Pacheco mill.

    Suzano announces February pulp price hikes

    World News Helen Morris -
    Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Suzano has confirmed pulp price hikes across its various markets, effective from February.

    Sofidel CDP climate change and forest rating; unveils production start-up in Duluth, USA

    World News Helen Morris -
    The Sofidel Group has again been positioned in the leadership band of the Climate Change 2023 and Forests 2023 ratings by international non-profit organisation CDP.

    Yuen Foong Yu boosts production capacity with TM start-up

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    Yuen Foong Yu Consumer Products Co. has started up an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue production line at its mill in Chingshui.

    Hengan Group boosts high-quality tissue capacity with TMs start-up

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    China’s Guangdong Hengan Paper Co. has successfully started up two Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 tissue machines at its mill in Yunfu, Guangdong.

    P&G reports “strong results” in second quarter as net sales increase 3%

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    Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported net sales up 3% year-on-year to $21.4bn for the Q2 fiscal year 2024, as organic sales increase 4% driven by higher pricing.

    Essity reports “highest profit ever” as net sales increase 12.1%; CDP’s A List for...

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    Essity has recorded its “highest profit ever and strong platform for growth” as net sales increase to SEK147bn in its year-end results.

    K-C reports “topline momentum” in results; FY Consumer Tissue operating profit up 21%

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported better-than-anticipated organic sales growth and stronger cost, margin, and earnings recovery in its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 results.

    Putney Paper Mill to close

    World News Helen Morris -
    Putney Paper Mill is to close its site in Putney, Vermont, ending more than 200 years of production.

    Cartiera Confalone invests in energy saving technological upgrade

    World News Helen Morris -
    Italy’s Cartiera Confalone has started up a Toscotec-supplied high-efficiency TT SteamBooster steam generation system at its mill in Montoro.

    Sofidel commits to net zero by 2050

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    Sofidel has committed to achieving net zero – reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent removal of residual emissions to as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain – by 2050.  

    Tissue World Miami 2024 Opens Next Week: Unlock Your Tissue Industry Potential in Miami

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    Miami, Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2024 — Next week, Tissue World Miami 2024, the global hub for the tissue manufacturing industry, will open its doors at the Miami Beach Convention...
    Khalid Saifullah, former Managing Director and shareholder of Star Tissue UK and future Managing Director of WEPA Professional UK (left), and Andreas Krengel, Chief Executive Business Unit Professional of the WEPA Group

    WEPA increases UK presence with Star Tissue UK acquisition

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    Germany’s WEPA Professional has boosted its presence in the British tissue market after acquiring Blackburn, Lancashire-based hygiene paper provider Star Tissue UK. The newly acquired entity will operate under the name ‘WEPA...

    BTG Group to acquire FITNIR Analyzers Inc

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    BTG Group has announced plans to acquire FITNIR Analyzers Inc, a Canadian business that specialises in pulp liquor property measurement (on-line and bench top units).  The company said the acquisition “will represent...
    The new Futura management team: (left to right standing) Dellagnelo, Graunar, Granucci, Pelaia, Tonarelli, (seated left to right) Viani, Betti.

    Futura promotes Guido Dellagnelo to CEO

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    Futura has reorganised its management team and appointed Guido Dellagnelo to the role of Chief Executive.  Fabio Perini, Founder and President of Futura, said: “When I accepted the presidency of Futura, I...

    Infinity targets increased automation with launch of R10SW palletiser

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    Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. has further expanded its roster of automated machinery to cover the end of the production line by launching its latest palletiser, the R10SW.   Introduced into the global...

    GP confirms $2bn spend on capital improvements in 2023

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    Georgia-Pacific (GP) has reinvested $2bn back into its business and operations in 2023 - including launching and completing new facilities and enhancing existing operations – and confirming its focus on growing...

    APRIL makes offer for 100% stake in Vinda; Essity retains Consumer Tissue Private Label...

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    Essity has confirmed that Isola Castle - a company indirectly wholly owned by Asia Pacific Resources International (APRIL) - has made a pre-conditional offer to acquire 100% of the shares in...

    Sofidel boosts USA capacity with acquisition

    World News Helen Morris -
    Italian tissue giant Sofidel has boosted its presence in America by 65,000tpy after acquiring Duluth, Minnesota-based paper mill ST Paper. The company said the move means it can “immediately meet the ongoing...
    Fabio Perini

    Fabio Perini – tissue industry pioneer – to give keynote address at Tissue World...

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    Tissue World has announced that Italian entrepreneur and tissue technology visionary Fabio Perini will deliver a keynote address and Q&A at the upcoming Tissue World Miami conference.    The keynote speech - My...

    ACE launches business division ACE Tissue Technologies

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    Italy’s ACE has diversified its product offering after opening a new company - ACE Tissue Technologies (ACE TT).   Located in Pescia, Lucca, the new business division is dedicated to the manufacture of...

    Europap Tezol Kağit boosts high quality tissue capacity with TM start-up

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    Europap Tezol Kağit has started-up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 tissue machine at its integrated production facility in Mersin, Turkey.   The line features a sheet trim width of 2.9m, has an operating speed...

    Velvet Care acquired by Partners Group

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    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...
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