Toscotec starts up TM rebuilds in North and South America

Toscotec has started up two tissue machine rebuilds at the production facilities of two major producers in North and South America.

WEPA Group, Essity and Metsä Tissue to headline Tissue World Düsseldorf...

Tissue World has announced that WEPA Group’s Chief Executive and Chairman Martin Krengel will be the keynote speaker at March’s Düsseldorf event.

KPLP reports “solid top-line growth” in Q3 results

Canada’s Kruger Product (KPLP) has reported “significantly improved profitability” in its Q3 results as the impact of announced price increases across all segments and productivity gains take effect.

Cascades to permanently shut down corrugator at Belleville

Cascades has announced the permanent shutdown of the corrugator at its Belleville facility, as the plant realigns its priorities to converting.

Toscotec launches “breakthrough” in Steel Yankee Dryer technology

Toscotec has introduced its TT Induction SYD, which it said is a “carbon-reduction breakthrough that redefines Yankee dryer technology.”

Metsä Tissue secures modernisation permit for Katrinefors plant

Metsä Tissue has secured an environmental permit from Sweden’s Land and Environment Court to expand and modernise its Katrinefors mill in Mariestad, Sweden.

Registration for Tissue World Düsseldorf is now live!

Tissue World is happy to announce that you can now secure your place at the world’s largest tissue exhibition and conference.

Saudi Paper Group boosts capacity with TM investment

Saudi Paper Group (SPG) has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L machine to be installed at its Dammam facility in Saudi Arabia.

Clearwater reports “excellent third quarter” as net sales jump 20%

Clearwater Paper Corporation has said its third quarter results “exceeded expectations”, with price realisation helping offset inflation.

Toscotec introduces 100% hydrogen fuelled burners

Toscotec has responded to customer demand with the launch of its patented TT Hydrogen Burner, its latest generation of 100% hydrogen fuelled...

Hengan Group boosts premium tissue capacity with investment

China’s Hengan Group has signed a contract with Baosuo Enterprise for the supply of a Baotuo BC1800 crescent former tissue machine to...

Papel San Francisco boosts standard tissue capacity with TM investment

Mexico’s Papel San Francisco has signed for its sixth Valmet-supplied tissue line, an Advantage DCT 100TS TM that will be installed at...

K-C reports organic sales growth across all segments in 3Q results

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has said it continues to target full-year 2022 organic sales growth of 5 – 7%, as its Consumer Tissue business...

Essity net sales “reached record levels” in 3Q22 results; announces further...

Essity has reported a net sales increase up 28.2% y-o-y to SEK112,339m in its third quarter results as it announces it will...

Suzano purchases K-C’s tissue assets in Brazil; K-C confirms continued importance...

Brazilian paper and pulp producer Suzano has announced the $175m acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s (K-C) tissue business in Brazil, increasing its presence in...

P&G announces its largest solar energy project

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has said it is working with renewable energy company ENGIE North America on its latest and largest solar energy Power Purchase Agreement.

Dunn Paper announces closure of Port Huron mill

America’s Dunn Paper has said it will cease production at its Port Huron plant amid ongoing cash flow and economic challenges.

Essity’s Donato Giorgio and AFRY’s Hampus Mörner announced as latest Tissue...

Tissue World has announced that Essity’s Global Supply Chain President Donato Giorgio will give a talk during Tissue World’s forthcoming Tissue World Talks: The road to Düsseldorf webinar.

MP hygiène boosts capacity by 38,000tpy with TM investment

France’s MP hygiène has invested in a second Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 tissue line at its plant in Annonay.

Bracell SP Celulose increases capacity with TMs investment

Brazil’s Bracell SP Celulose has boosted its high-quality tissue production capacity after investing in four Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 tissue machines to be installed at its mill in Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo.

Klabin’s southern softwood bleached market pulp, diversifying and differentiation in the...

By Marco Martins, MSc Science Forest and Chemical Engineering – Klabin’s Customer Technical Services Manager, Flaviana Milagres – Forest Engineer, Master and...

The tissue industry’s famous resilience is facing up to the challenge

Tissue company executives need no telling how energy costs not seen in decades are impacting their businesses. They will, however, be keen...

WEPA first to use Miscanthus in production of hygiene paper; introduces...

Unbleached Miscanthus cellulose fibres combined with recycled office and hand towel paper, and unbleached fibres from recycled cardboard. Dr. Stefan Gräter, Head...

Focus On: Australia and New Zealand: In transition – recovering from...

The pandemic fundamentally changed consumers’ tissue use habits and manufacturers’ tissue production strategies. TWM spoke to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) supply...

Operations Report: Aktül Kagıt investments to boost production capacity to 210,000tpy

A 70,000tpy TM is planned for start-up in Q4 2022, and once up and running the business will look to export its...

Operations Report: State-of-the-art-machinery gives Europap Tezol Kağit “a big opportunity”

In three years annual capacity rose from 95,000tpy to a projected 130,000tpy with an AHEAD 2.2S tissue line start up in 2023,...

Operations Report: “We want to continue to serve the sector by...

Essel Cellulose and Paper Industry has made substantial strides forwards since it was founded in 2005, when it commissioned its first tissue...

The challenge – a wedding dress made from just four rolls...

New bride Tabitha Perry O'Sullivan, an Investor Relations and Communications Manager living in London, recently celebrated her hen do by tasking her...

ExitIssues: How China’s Operation National Sword changed the global recycling market

Bill Moore, Founder, Moore & Associates During September’s Tissue & Paper Bangkok exhibition and conference, Moore & Associates...

Even in a stressed economy Turkey’s tissue is poised to survive...

Among its many strategic pluses: tissue exports more than five times imports; a disciplined approach to expansion means fewer machines and more...

As economic challenges increase, Turkish tissue looks for growth in private...

Isam Arshad, Senior Analyst, Home & Technology, Euromonitor International Retail tissue in Turkey: A challenging environment

MarketIssues: Companies drawing up their action plans to see out the...

Simon Creasey, Freelance journalist Every inch of businesses reviewed, huge investment in automation, unnecessary processes removed, sustainability plans...

Solenis to acquire KLK Kolb Group’s paper process chemicals business

Solenis is to expand its product offering after announcing it will acquire the paper process chemicals business of KLK Kolb Group.

Cartiera Confalone starts-up AHEAD 2.2 turnkey line

Italy’s Cartiera Confalone has said it achieved “top performances” on its Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2 tissue machine after successfully starting-up the line in September.

Cascades announces temporary TM shutdown in Oregon

Cascades has temporarily shut down one of its two 50,000tpy paper machines at its St. Helens, Oregon, tissue facility.

Lucart receives €101.4m loan to enhance investments in the circular economy

Italian tissue manufacturer Lucart has obtained a loan of €101.4m to invest in the growth and support of the circular economy.

Metsä Tissue’s Mänttä TM goes into continuous production

Metsä Tissue has said its renewed tissue paper machine at its Mänttä mill in Finland has moved from trial phase to continuous production, boosting the machine’s production capacity by 15%.

Tissue World Talks: The road to Düsseldorf

Tissue World has launched a series of webinars in the run up to Tissue World Düsseldorf, the world’s largest exhibition and conference for the global tissue industry.

SPONSORED CONTENT: Toscotec launches breakthrough in Steel Yankee Dryers for sustainable...

Toscotec, the global market leader of Steel Yankee Dryers, introduces TT Induction SYD, a carbon-reduction breakthrough that redefines Yankee dryer technology entirely.

Webinar Series: Tissue World Talks – The Road to Düsseldorf

Hear tissue industry leaders discuss cutting-edge topics at our webinars on 2nd and 3rd of November