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Annual Review

SPECIAL FEATURE: ANNUAL REVIEW 2023

Tissue World Magazine -
As 2023 draws to a close, TWM asks figures from across tissue’s global supply chain for their retrospectives on the year ... and predictions...
Consumer Speak

CONSUMERSPEAK: “And those tissue boxes!”

Tissue World Magazine -
Creative designer Katie Stern was working in fabrics when she discovered Swedish dishcloths – 70% wood cellulose, 30% cotton, and 100% compostable. Based in Wisconsin,...
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Frontissues

FRONTISSUES: Circularity and proximity – waste not want not

Helen Morris -
Tissue giant Essity is recycling 60% of all collected food and beverage cartons in France to its mill in Hondouville, Normandy. They come from...
Wanda Ciesielczuk, Vice President, Production & Technical Director.
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: The pace of expansion at market leader Velvet Care is...

Helen Morris -
Capacity increases in converting and tissue machine output are being boosted by further investment as the company plans to “create a market” and then...
Environment

ENVIRONMENT TECHNICAL THEME: Turning 60% of all France’s recycled food and...

Helen Morris -
Essity’s drive towards a “truly circular society” has opened up another stream of raw material resource linking circularity and proximity. Donato Giorgio, President, Global...
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: From its low tissue consumption base, the Indian market is...

Somnath Ray -
As India is roaring forward being one of the countries with steady economic and market growth, P&B has also been reaping benefits. Report by...
Brazil

COUNTRY REPORT: Global pulp leader Brazil shows strong growth in finished...

Bruce Janda Fisher International -
Trend driven by eucalyptus fibre resources, efficient plantations and mills with much room for further expansion, seven new machines under construction, and substantial increases...
Brazil

COUNTRY REPORT: Brazil’s longer term tissue recovery ‘promising,’ but uncertainty remains...

Paula Ferolla -
Lower birth rate and shift away from tradition families towards single or two-people households without children will affect future market. By Paula Ferolla, São...
World News

PCMC and Unitek Paper & Chemicals form strategic alliance

Helen Morris -
PCMC has entered into a strategic alliance with Istanbul-based Unitek Paper & Chemicals in order to further its collaboration with Türkiye-based pulp and paper...
World News

Suzano signs up Andritz for maintenance on new Ribas do Rio...

Helen Morris -
Brazilian pulp and tissue producer Suzano has invested in a five-year contract with Andritz that will cover maintenance modules for its new mill currently...
World News

Rexcell boosts capacity with TM investment

Helen Morris -
Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid has invested in a Toscotec-supplied complete drying section rebuild for PM1 at its Skåpafors mill in Sweden.   Planned for the second...
World News

Essity in discussion with potential buyers for stake in Vinda

Helen Morris -
Essity has confirmed discussions are ongoing with a number of third parties for a potential sale regarding its shares in Asian hygiene company Vinda...
Arsen Kitch, Clearwater Paper President and Chief Executive
World News

Clearwater Paper suspends Idaho operations

Helen Morris -
Clearwater Paper Corporation has temporarily suspended certain manufacturing operations at its Lewiston, Idaho facility after an incident impacting the regional natural gas system. The company...
World News

“Visionary, generous, and charismatic”: Cascades Cofounder Bernard Lemaire passes

Helen Morris -
Cascades has announced the death of Bernard Lemaire, 87, a Cofounder of the company. Born in Drummondville, Québec in 1936, un 1960 Lemaire joined the...
World News

Valmet completes acquisition of Körber’s Business Area Tissue

Helen Morris -
Valmet has officially entered the global tissue converting business after completing the previously announced acquisition of Körber’s Business Area Tissue. According to the company, the...
World News

Kochavinska Paper Factory boosts capacity with TM start-up

Helen Morris -
Ukraine’s Kochavinska Paper Factory has started-up its A.Celli-supplied turnkey iDEAL tissue line at its site in the Lviv region. TM3 was started up on 28...
World News

Cascades reports solid results; Tissue Papers segment reports more favourable sales...

Helen Morris -
Cascades has reported solid Q3 results fuelled by “a robust” 39% increase in its Tissue Papers segment. Sales of $1,198m compared to $1,168m in Q2...
World News

Kruger Products reports boosted Consumer Q3 results

Helen Morris -
Kruger Products has reported volume and margin recovery in its Q3 results, highlighting “robust” Consumer tissue sale volumes. Revenue for the quarter increased 10.9% year-on-year...
Tissue World Miami

Cascades, Kruger Products, CMPC Pulp, and ResourceWise to headline Tissue World...

Helen Morris -
Tissue World has announced its Miami 2024 conference agenda - Elevating Expertise for Tomorrow’s Tissue World – as it welcomes a range of industry-leading...
Tissue World Miami

Elevating Expertise for Tomorrow’s Tissue World: Tissue World Miami 2024 Agenda...

Tissue World Magazine -
Miami, Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2024 — Tissue World, the global hub for the tissue manufacturing industry, is excited to announce Jean-David Tardif,...
World News

Sofidel opens automated warehouse in Poland

Helen Morris -
Sofidel has opened an automated warehouse at its plant in Ciechanów, Poland, boosting its production efficiencies.   The new 11,000 m2 warehouse can handle 32,000 pallets...
World News

Sofidel France invests in biomethane for Roanne

Helen Morris -
Sofidel has signed a 10-year contract with ENGIE for the supply of renewable gas biomethane at its production plant in Roanne, France.   The contract is...
World News

Panda Paper Mills (1997) boosts AfH capacity with rebuild

Helen Morris -
Panda Paper Mills (1997), a subsidiary of Israeli manufacturer Sano Enterprises, has invested in a Toscotec-supplied complete drying section rebuild of PM1 at the...
World News

Suzano announces R$1.66bn expansion projects; reports net loss in latest results

Helen Morris -
Brazilian pulp and tissue producer Suzano has announced investment plans worth R$1.66bn to boost its installed production capacity and enhance its operational efficiency, as...
World News

K-C restores Q3 gross margin to pre-pandemic levels

Helen Morris -
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has reported “another strong quarter” in its latest results, reporting organic growth across all segments and continued margin progress.  Net sales for...
World News

Essity reports robust Q3 results; review of Vinda ownership proceeding to...

Helen Morris -
Essity has reported a strong quarter with high profitable growth in its latest results.  Net sales increased year-on-year by 16.1% to SEK130,372m, whilst sales growth,...
Barry-Wehmiller Launches BW Converting Solutions Hygiene Division
World News

Engraving Solutions introduces Warm-Up Ready and FLER

Helen Morris -
Körber Business Area Tissue’s Engraving Solutions has launched two embossing innovations - Warm-Up Ready and FLER – which it said targets enhancing products in...
Barry-Wehmiller Launches BW Converting Solutions Hygiene Division
World News

Barry-Wehmiller announces Hygiene Division

Helen Morris -
Barry-Wehmiller has launched its BW Converting Solutions (BWCS) Hygiene Division, which unites its brands PCMC, W+D, STAX and Northern Engraving into a consolidated division.   The...
World News

Lucart boost Spanish capacity with complete hood system rebuild

Helen Morris -
Lucart is to increase its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied complete rebuild of PM14’s Yankee hoods and air system at its Aranguren...
World News

Accrol reports margin recovery “quicker than expected” in its FY23 results

Helen Morris -
UK independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has announced “strong growth” in revenue and profit in its latest results, driven by increasing market share...
Zain Paper Industry Expands Facial Tissue Production in Qatar
World News

Zain Paper Industry increases facial tissue production with Doha project

Helen Morris -
Zain Paper Industry is to boost its high-quality facial tissue production capacity after signing up Overmade to produce a tissue production facility in Doha,...
World News

Softys boosts capacity in Mexico with TM investment

Helen Morris -
CMPC subsidiary Softys has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 turnkey tissue line to be installed at its facility in Altamira, Mexico.   Scheduled for start-up...
Tissue Industry's Evolution with AI and Energy Efficiency Trends
Technical Theme

CONVERTING TECHNICAL THEME: “These times are definitely exciting” – with key...

Tissue World Magazine -
TWM/1: How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) changing your business, and what opportunities and challenges are there for the tissue industry generally in adapting and...
Ensuring safe, efficient, and sustainable material handling through automation is now a necessity.
Distribution Special

DISTRIBUTION SPECIAL: How much do you value safety, sustainability and efficiency?

William Nelson -
William Nelson, President, E80 Group North America, states a case for full scale material handling automation as an answer to today’s challenges. Would you ever...
Consumer Speak

CONSUMERSPEAK: Just what the doctor ordered

Tissue World Magazine -
“Dr. K” – as he is known professionally – is a Swedish doctor who lives in the UK. Here, he talks about his fondness...
Tissue Industry, Middle East: Challenges and Growth Prospects
Middle East

MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL REPORT: A dynamic tissue market despite political and...

Bruce Janda Fisher International -
In one of the world’s fastest-growing regions, the industry is strategically poised for expansion with populations and disposable incomes increasing. Bruce Janda, Senior Consultant...
Decarbonizing Tissue Mills: Sizing Renewable Energy Systems
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: Optimal tissue – maximising financial return on renewable energy projects

Eduardo De Almeida -
As carbon intensity of grid electricity can range from 29g to 635g of CO2 per kWh, paper manufacturers are moving towards local renewable generation....
Hayat's Sustainable Innovations in Tissue Manufacturing
Operations Report

HAYAT OPERATIONS REPORT: Middle East region’s largest tissue manufacturer targets “immense...

Helen Morris -
As one of the leading global companies in the FMCG sector, in 2023 Turkish-headquartered Hayat announced investment plans worth $55m which will see it...
Navigating the Cost-Benefit Trade-Off in Green Energy Adoption
Frontissues

FRONTISSUES: As Companies Rely More On Nature To Provide Greener Energy,...

Helen Morris -
Decarbonisation will need intense monitoring if mills are to get the best results. MarketIssues is an extensive analysis by AFRY’s Eduardo De Almeida of...
Essity's Sustainable Growth and Carbon Reduction Efforts
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: Global tissue giant gears up for a new era in...

Tissue World Magazine -
Fundamental restructuring has been a feature of 2023 across various regional operations for Essity. Here, TWM talks to Matthew Urmanski, North American Vice President...
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