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

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...

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

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...

“Pioneering rebuild”: Essity and Toscotec harness geothermal energy

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...

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

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...

Eren Holding invests in furnace upgrade at Shotton Mill

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...

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

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...

K-C and Suzano announce $3.4bn joint venture

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...

WEPA boosts capacity with PM and converting investment at Bridgend

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...

Tamil Nadu diversifies into tissue with TM investment

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...

Lila Group orders first tissue machine for Erzurum

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...

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

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...

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

Cascades has reported lower first quarter volumes across its business following uncertainty regarding tariffs and higher seasonal energy costs, adding that stronger second quarter...

Essity appoints Ulrika Kolsrud as President and Chief Executive

Ulrika Kolsrud – currently President of Essity’s business unit Health & Medical – has been announced as the company’s President and Chief Executive. Kolsrud will...

Fripa boosts capacity with production upgrade

Germany’s Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich (Fripa) has started-up a Toscotec-supplied TT NextPress shoe press supplied at its Miltenberg mill. The company confirmed the shoe press...

GPM boosts production capacity with TM rebuild

Gulf Paper Manufacturing (GPM) has started-up a Toscotec-supplied forming section upgrade on its PM2 tissue line based at its Mina Abdullah facility in Kuwait. The...

Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin America Conference returns to São Paulo for...

São Paulo, Brazil – Global experts and varied industry stakeholders will meet at the Forest Products Latin America Conference 2025, for two days of...

Solenis to apply temporary surcharge in the US in response to...

Solenis will temporarily apply a minimum 5% surcharge on all products and services sold in the United States, effective 1 May 2025. The company said...

César Iglesias boost production capacity with TM investment

César Iglesias is to boost its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 1.8 tissue line to be installed at its facility in...

“Before being a great entrepreneur, my father was a great man”:...

Piero Celli - Italian entrepreneur and co-founder of A.Celli - has peacefully passed away at his home in Porcari, Lucca, on 24 April 2025...

Essity reports “solid performance” in Q1 results

Essity has reported a net sales increase of 0.4% to SEK34,976m in its first quarter results, and reiterated its commitment to “innovation, strong brands,...

K-C announces Q1 results; bids continue for potential sale of its...

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has reported first quarter 2025 results driven by “resilient consumer demand, the introduction of pioneering innovative products, and leveraging sustained productivity...

Wacker announces price hikes

The Wacker Group has announced a range of price hikes for its dispersions and dispersible polymer powder sourced from its production sites in Europe...

Toscotec announces “world’s first fully electric TM” at Fortissue

Portuguese tissue manufacturer Fortissue and machinery supplier Toscotec have celebrated the start-up of the “world’s first fully electric tissue machine” at Fortissue’s Viana do...

Andritz signs agreement to acquire A.Celli Paper

Andritz has diversified its product offering after signing an agreement to acquire the Italian company A.Celli Paper. The company said the move will strengthen its...

Exclusive: Sofidel enters Stalking Horse bid to acquire assets of Royal...

Sofidel has entered into a Stalking Horse Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) to acquire certain assets of American At-Home and AfH business Royal Interco (Royal...

ITA Holding (A.Celli Group) acquires Sipack

Italia Technology Alliance (ITA Holding) has diversified its product offering after acquiring Lucca-based corrugated cardboard box machinery manufacturer Sipack. Sipack manufactures complete production lines for...

K-C announces Koblenz plant on track to 100% renewable energy use

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has announced its Koblenz, Germany-based tissue manufacturing plant is its first that’s on track to move to 100% renewable energy by 2029. The...

Cartaseta to increase capacity with combustion system upgrade

Switzerland’s Cartaseta is to boost its production capacity after investing in an Andritz-supplied combustion system upgrade for a tissue machine at its mill in...

FRONTISSUES: We are midway through a tumultuous decade. What do the...

Adaptability, strategic foresight, and agility key in rapidly changing landscape Eight out of 10 Americans now wash their hands more diligently than before Covid. Good...

Defying the pandemic rollercoaster: Tissue demand back to long-term trend after...

As inflation has eased, producers have maintained relatively elevated margin returns. Report by Mathieu Wener, Senior Economist, Numera Analytics. Tissue demand in mature markets –...

PM TECHNICAL THEME: Target Zero – The global tissue industry’s drive...

Green electricity, process integration, advancing machinery, supply chain coordination, multidisciplinary teams, charting diverse cultural and regulatory environments, and “learning the ropes” with AI. TWM...

CONSUMERSPEAK: Bringing Picasso’s Seated Harlequin to life in ethereal tissue

“Strong yet delicate, this medium creates fabulous textured grounds for layering and painting into. Watercolour paint will sink into the grooves and form dark...

MARKETISSUES: Navigating uncertainty in the 2020s: the past, present, and future...

With world trade predicted to continue to face many challenges throughout the decade, adaptability is the key to meeting the changing demands of tissue...

Projects Survey 2025

TWM’s annual Projects Survey charts all new capacity being added, ordered or in final planning stages during 2024-2025, as well as noting any projects...

EXITISSUES: Tissue enters the age of wellness and beauty enhancement

For decades an adjacent niche category, skin health promoted by natural ingredients and vitamins is an increasing demand for consumers. Euromonitor International’s Liying Qian,...

ITALY COUNTRY REPORT: New packaging, new formulations, new sustainability features …...

Italy’s all sector volume growth tops pre-pandemic levels, and per capita volume consumption is the highest in Western Europe. Report by Sarah Wood, Senior...

ITALY COUNTRY REPORT: Europe’s top exporter – its tissue, machines and...

Slow growth, population decline, viability risk with relatively narrow and slow machinery suggest a risk to status … but long-term. Report by Bruce Janda,...

Metsä Group advances fresh fibre strategy for tissue business; plans to...

Metsä Group has announced plans to further invest in the production of fresh fibre-based tissue papers and modernise the water circulation systems of two...

“World first”: Essity unveils 100% geothermal steam operation, reduces CO2 emissions...

Essity has unveiled the world’s first tissue machine operating wholly on geothermal steam at its production facility in Kawerau, New Zealand. The compay added that...

Europe’s tissue industry titans unite for Tissue World’s strongest-ever speaker line-up

Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025 will host the most powerful speaker line-up in its history, featuring an elite league of European-headquartered tissue industry heavyweights including...