Friday, April 26, 2024
World News

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.
World News

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.
World News

Suzano announces February pulp price hikes

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

Sofidel CDP climate change and forest rating; unveils production start-up in...

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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.
World News

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.
World News

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.
World News

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

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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.
World News

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

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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.
World News

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

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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.
World News

Putney Paper Mill to close

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

Cartiera Confalone invests in energy saving technological upgrade

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

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

Tissue World Miami 2024 Opens Next Week: Unlock Your Tissue Industry...

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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...
Luca Billi, Sales Manager, A.Celli Paper / Paul Richards, Senior Technology Manager Tissue, Andritz / Benny Peng, Vice president, Baosuo Paper Machinery Manufacture Co. / Shinji Goda, Director, General Manager of Design Department, Kawanoe Zoki / Francesco Simoncini, R&D Technical Manager, Toscotec / Jenny Lahti-Samuelsson, Vice President, Tissue Mills Sales, Valmet
Technical Theme

The global trend demanding higher quality tissue products is rising

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Leading companies outline their strategies for virtuous and cost controlled energy, hybrid technologies, the importance of quality AI, and the “profound impact” the EU’s...
Image: Latin America tissue market. PURPLEPRINT Creative
Country Report

LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORT: Economic headwinds impact tissue consumption growth

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Changing fibre prices, exchange rates, and environmental regulations present some participants advantages, new challenges, as well as opportunities. Report by Bruce Janda, Senior Consultant,...
Jorge Araya, Santiago-based Consultant Tissue & Hygiene, Euromonitor International.
Country Report

LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORT: Consumers want sustainability – but the cost-of-living...

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Unveiling the intricate drivers of consumer choices in Latin America's fast-moving consumer goods sector, with a spotlight on tissue products and evolving market dynamics.
Consumer Markets Analyst Simon Creasey
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: Inflation appears to be reducing in most developed nations –...

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As pricing shows signs of normalising in the coming months, Consumer Markets Analyst Simon Creasey looks at how manufacturers handled the dilemma of absorbing...
Tissue World Magazine Jan Feb 2024
Consumer Speak

CONSUMERSPEAK: It’s in the bag – from the most colourful shop...

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Alexandra Lewis lives in South London and works in marketing and communications at professional services firm Aon. A recent road trip across Portugal with...
AFRY Management Consulting’s Hampus Mörner, Manager, Christoph Euringer, Principal, and Tino Mäkelä, Analyst.
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: Profitable growth in the consumer tissue value chain – where...

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Tissue producers are in a solid position, but the example of retailers expanding their private label offering shows genuine interest to incorporate margins currently...
Roberto Caballero, VP Supply Chain for LatAm, Essity.
Operations Report

ESSITY OPERATIONS REPORT: Supply chain integration the key as diverse Latin...

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Following the start-up of a TAD tissue machine at the company’s Sahagún facility in Mexico in 2020, Essity continues to target premium products in...
Image: PURPLEPRINT Creative
Project Survey

PROJECTS SURVEY 2024: Special Feature

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TWM’s annual Projects Survey charts all new capacity being added, ordered or in final planning stages during 2023-2024, as well as noting any projects...
Leonardo Grimaldi, Head of Global Pulp Sales, Marketing and Logistics; Suzano
Operations Report

SUZANO OPERATIONS REPORT: The Latin American pulp giant emerging as a...

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Just seven years after moving into the tissue manufacturing market, Suzano’s Head of Global Pulp Sales, Marketing and Logistics Leonardo Grimaldi says the company...
Dr. Antonia Colibășanu, Senior Geopolitical Analyst with Geopolitical Futures, Co-Founder & Principal at Allonia Group and Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Programme at Foreign Policy Research Institute
Geopolitics

GEOPOLITICS REPORT: 2024 is a year of election campaigning – it...

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Even if more stability prevails, the bill will come due on the post-pandemic recovery, the social costs of warfare, and society’s green transition and...
North Carolina State University’s Keren A. Vivas, Ramon E. Vera, Naycari Forfora, Ronalds Gonzalez, and Georgetown University’s Sudipta Dasmohapatra.
Special Features

SPECIAL REPORT: Unveiling the future – the hygiene tissue industry in...

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To encourage consumers to choose sustainable products at a premium price, tissue companies must prioritise improving product performance and providing well-defined sustainability metrics and...
Frontissues

FRONTISSUES: Trajectories of national political and economic choices and trends could...

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Generations Z and Alpha are going to dominate consumer choices One megatrend features strongly in TWM’s Latin America reports. Generation Z consumers, colloquially known as...
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
Latest Headlines

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...
World News

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...
The new Futura management team: (left to right standing) Dellagnelo, Graunar, Granucci, Pelaia, Tonarelli, (seated left to right) Viani, Betti.
World News

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...
World News

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...
World News

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...
World News

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

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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...
World News

Sofidel boosts USA capacity with acquisition

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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...
Tissue World Miami

Tissue World Miami 2024 to Unveil Future-Forward Innovations in the Tissue...

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Miami, Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2024 — As Tissue World Miami 2024 draws near, anticipation builds for an event that promises to reshape...
Fabio Perini
Tissue World Miami

Fabio Perini – tissue industry pioneer – to give keynote address...

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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 News

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...
World News

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...
World News

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...
World News

Sun Paper Group boosts capacity with TM investment

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China’s Sun Paper Group has renewed its contract for the supply of three Baotuo paper machines to be installed at its Nanning Park production...
World News

Jumbo Centre boosts capacity by 30,000tpy with TM start-up

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South Africa’s Jumbo Centre has started-up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 1.8 tissue line at its site in Johannesburg. The machine has a sheet trim width of...
Georgia-Pacific said the investment is a “clear indication” of its focus on growing its premium tissue business
World News

GP announces $150m Consumer Tissue investment

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Georgia-Pacific (GP) has announced a $150m investment in its retail consumer tissue business at its mill in Halsey, Oregon. Investments to the plant will increase...
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