Turkey

Eczacibasi boosts global capacity with investment Eczacibasi Consumer Products has invested in a Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line...

Canada

Kruger Products invests $25m in AI at Sherbrooke plant Kruger Products has announced a $25m artificial intelligence (AI) project...

Bangladesh

Meghna Pulp & Paper Mills boosts capacity Meghna Pulp & Paper Mills has invested in a Recard-supplied tissue and...

Russia

Syassky expands into Fold sector Syassky Pulp & Paper Mill has diversified its product offering into the interfolded products...

Global

STAX responds to customer demand with DIVERSA launch STAX Technologies has launched its latest machinery innovation DIVERSA, a high-speed...

Ukraine

JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory doubles capacity with €4m Hermes line  Ukraine-based JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory has diversified into virgin...

South Korea

Mirae Paper boosts high-quality capacity with Steel Yankee Mirae Paper has invested in a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee...

UK

Northwood responds to increased AfH and consumer demand with investment UK-based Northwood Hygiene Products has boosted its AfH product...

Italy

Lucart boosts packaging and converting capacity with Körber investments Lucart has invested in eight Körber-supplied Casmatic CMB270 packaging lines...

Guatemala

GrandBay Group boosts capacity GrandBay Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue line to be installed at...

America

ST Paper invests in an Andritz-supplied TM at Duluth ST Paper has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000...

Has the pandemic changed customer behaviour permanently in tissue?

As we start to emerge from Covid-19, many aspects of people’s lives are being transformed. McKinsey & Company’s Oskar Lingqvist, Gregory Vainberg,...

How the ‘Next Normal’ tissue landscape begins to take shape

We need look no further for a classic example of a mature tissue market than Germany. A tissue pioneer, these days year-on-year...

A market transformed by 12% spike in total retail tissue sales

Fear of the unknown, lockdown, panic buying and a determined new hygiene regimen sharply redirected this classic mature European tissue market as...

Meghna Pulp & Paper Mills boosts capacity

Bangladesh’s Meghna Pulp & Paper Mills has invested in a Recard-supplied tissue and MG paper production plant.

BTG launches VigilancePRO software upgrade

BTG has released a software upgrade and an enhanced service agreement for its VigilancePRO tissue digital solution.

ST Paper invests in an Andritz-supplied TM at Duluth

America’s ST Paper has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 high-speed tissue machine at its plant in Duluth, Minnesota.

Cascades Q2 results impacted by lower consumer retail demand

Cascades has reported second quarter results “below expectations” after a sequential shortfall was driven by a drop in demand in its tissue segment.

P&G’s sales grow 7% to $76bn; Jon R. Moeller appointed President...

Procter & Gamble has delivered “another year of strong results” with balanced top and bottom-line growth reported, as its Family Care sector reports a double digit decrease in organic sales.

Lucart boosts packaging and converting capacity with Körber investments

Lucart has invested in eight Körber-supplied Casmatic CMB270 packaging lines and a Perini MyLine converting line.   The packaging lines will increase production of the Italian company’s primary and secondary...

GrandBay Group boosts capacity in Guatemala

GrandBay Group has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue line to be installed at its subsidiary Papelera Internacional’s plant in Rio Hondo Zacapa, Guatemala.   Start-up of PM7 is scheduled for...

Essity reports strong sales growth in Q2; net sales decline 9.1%...

Essity has said “more favourable market conditions” resulted in strong sales growth in its second quarter results.  Organic net...

Eczacibasi boosts global capacity with investment

Turkey’s Eczacibasi Consumer Products has invested in a Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line to be supplied at its Manisa plant.   The scope...

GP confirms plans for northeast Wisconsin hub

Georgia-Pacific (GP) has confirmed it plans to open a warehouse and distribution centre in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area.   

K-C reports Q2 net profit drop of 41%; Consumer Tissue sales...

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has said “pandemic-driven volatility” resulted in a 41% drop in its Q2 net profit, down from $681m a year earlier to $404m.  

Berli Jucker boosts capacity with rewinder start-up

Thailand’s Berli Jucker Cellox Co. has started-up an A.Celli-supplied E-WIND T100 rewinder at its Prachinburi plant.

Syassky expands into Fold sector with investment

Russia’s Syassky Pulp & Paper Mill has diversified its product offering into the interfolded products market after investing in a Korber-supplied MTC ITF automatic towel interfolding line.

Northwood responds to increased AfH and consumer demand with investment

UK-based Northwood Hygiene Products has boosted its AfH product offering with a multi-million-pound investment in a Gambini-supplied converting line and an additional 14,500m2 DC warehouse.

Solenis acquired for $5.25bn by Platinum Equity

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has sold its speciality chemicals business Solenis to USA-based private equity company Platinum Equity.

Mirae Paper boosts high-quality capacity with Steel Yankee

South Korea’s Mirae Paper has invested in a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer to be delivered to its Jeonju paper mill.

Tissue World Düsseldorf rescheduled for Spring 2023; all eyes on Tissue...

Event organiser Informa Markets has announced that its September 2021 Tissue World Düsseldorf trade show and conference will now take place in the Spring of 2023.

Essity announces €4m investment in Nokia site following PM 7 closure

Essity has announced a €4m investment at its Finnish-based Nokia plant following the closure of PM 7. The company...

JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory doubles capacity with investment

Ukraine-based JCS Kochavinska Paper Factory has diversified into virgin tissue paper production after investing €4m in a Maflex-supplied Hermes line.

Saudi Paper Group boosts premium capacity

Saudi Paper Group (SPG) has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2S tissue line at its Dammam paper mill in Saudi Arabia.

STAX responds to customer demand with DIVERSA launch

STAX Technologies has launched its latest machinery innovation DIVERSA, a high-speed bundler and completely distinctive case packer in one machine.

Kruger Products invests $25m in AI at Sherbrooke plant

Canada’s Kruger Products has announced a $25m artificial intelligence (AI) project will be installed at its Sherbrooke tissue plant.

WHEN THE COVID-19 CRISIS BROKE WE WERE ALREADY GEARED UP TO...

Sopanusa Tissue & Packaging Saranasukes and Sun Paper Source’s state-of-readiness was due to a dynamic business strategy which today sees it trading in...

Covid-19: A catalyst for digitalisation

The impact of Covid-19 on market outlooks, company performance and digitalisation. Ralf Möbus, Senior Executive at StepChange Consulting, reports for TWM.

The return of a much-needed tourism boom is anticipated to bring...

The anticipated rise in tissue use of three years ago has been hit by three waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. TWM interviewed...

Towards – and reaching – the zero-waste horizon. A TWM report

The tissue industry has long been on a journey towards clean manufacturing. In many cases research, innovation and diversification towards that aim...