We built ahead of specific orders … and were able to...

Mauro Luna, Global Sales Director, Körber Tissue The year 2020 was a good year for Körber, despite the...

TWM reveals the resilience and commitment of our industry

If you are looking for a rallying call during this bleak pandemic you should look no further than the words of Kim...

Industry leaders want to invest and make business, but they’re cautious...

Carlo Berti, Sales Director, Gambini  I guess what we can foresee for the upcoming 2021 is something we...

Latin Americans were forced to reconsider primary needs and priorities

David Mackinson, Research Manager, Euromonitor, Latin America One of the most immediate effects of the pandemic was the...

Tissue World Japan, 2020: The economy shows an upturn in Asia’s...

Decades of low growth, population decline, and now a leading trend towards automated paper-free toilets … yet Japan through continuing long-term renewal...

2021 will be a year of discovery – especially in private...

Marco Calcagni, Sales Director, Omet The world of tissue has also certainly been affected by the situation, in...

$4m investment at Alabama mill takes Resolute Forest Products to second...

Case study: The modernisation of Coosa Pines, Alabama Pulp Mill - by David Marshall, Project Manager, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Resolute Forest...

Truly multi-functional – mopping up and smoothing out the spills and...

Mum-of-two Louise Stemp is the Account Director of Contrast Creative, a full service creative and branding agency based in Manchester, UK. But the...

Cascades announces closure of Laval plant

Cascades will close its Laval plant in Québec, which specialises in the manufacture of napkins for the AfH market.   The site has an annual converting capacity of 1.4m cases,...

Manikraft boosts high-quality production

Brazil’s Manikraft has increased its production of high-quality tissue after starting-up a Hergen-supplied PM rebuild.   The family-run business is aiming to improve the quality of its products and enable the production...

Accrol boosts UK presence with LTC acquisition

UK-based independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has completed the acquisition of Leicester Tissue Company (LTC).   It is the first acquisition made by the...

Toscotec to supply three tissue rebuild projects

Toscotec is to deliver three tissue machine rebuilds located at different mills to a confidential global producer.  The company will rebuild the...

Kartogroup boosts capacity

Kartogroup España has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeDry Steel Yankee and air and energy systems for its Burriana mill in Spain.   Start-up is scheduled for...

Clearwater reports elevated tissue demand in 3Q results

Clearwater Paper Corporation has said it delivered a “strong performance” in its third quarter results due to the elevated demand for tissue products following the outbreak of...

Kemira announces price hike for AKD wax in Asia Pacific

Kemira has increased the price of selected AKD (alkyl ketene dimer) wax-based sizing products in the APAC region by 10-18%.  The price adjustment has been implemented immediately, or as...

Resolute appoints Remi G. Lalonde as President and CEO

Resolute Forest Products has appointed Remi G. Lalonde as president and chief executive as Yves Laflamme steps down from the role.  

Gorham tissue companies file for bankruptcy

Gorham Paper and Tissue (Gorham) and White Mountain Tissue (WMT) have filed for bankruptcy.   The news comes after the...

Optima Group acquires Senning

Optima Group has boosted its tissue packaging offering and strengthened its turnkey solutions ability by acquiring Senning.   Bremen, Germany-based Senning specialises in...

Filar starts high-quality tissue production

Poland’s Filar has started producing tissue for high-quality tissue paper production.   Supplied by Hergen, the EVO 12 machine has a HCF 1225 Crescent Former, a Suction Press with a diameter of...

Cascades reports “mixed” outlook for tissue segment in 3Q results

Cascades has reported a generally positive outlook in its third quarter results, but said that its tissue segment results were “mixed” following a drop in demand for AfH products due to Covid-19.

Dezhou Shenggang Paper invests 800m yuan in capacity boost

Dezhou Shenggang Paper has increased its household paper production capacity after signing for two Baosuo Enterprise Group-supplied Baotuo BC1300-3600 Crescent Former TMs.  Based in Qingyun County, Shandong...

Northwood Consumer announces £7m investment

The UK’s Northwood Consumer has announced a £7m investment project to increase its “rapidly expanding” retail and cash and carry production capacity by over 300%.  

Cartones Y Papeles Del Risaralda increases capacity

Colombia’s Cartones Y Papeles Del Risaralda has invested in a Toscotec-supplied second-generation TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer.   It will replace a cast iron Yankee on PM1 at the company’s Risaralda...

Guangxi Sun Paper boosts capacity

China’s Guangxi Sun Paper has invested in two Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W 2000 tissue machines to be installed at its new mill in Beihai City, Guangxi Province.  

Essity 3Q results negatively impacted by Covid

Essity has said its third quarter sales were negatively impacted by Covid-19 and the related lockdowns but added that demand for Consumer Tissue has been positively impacted.  

K-C announces solid organic sales growth in 3Q results

Global tissue giant Kimberly-Clark has said it is “significantly increasing” its growth investments for future success, after it announces solid third quarter results.   Net sales of...

Futura boosts packaging offering with Plusline acquisition

Futura has boosted its presence in the global packaging market after finalising the acquisition of tissue packaging technology manufacturer Plusline.    The converting machinery...

Körber Group companies announce rebrand; confirms it can’t exclude further growth

Fabio Perini, Casmatic and MTC have officially rebranded under the Körber Group name in a move the company said will offer a distinctive and complete range...

Essity diversifies with launch of face mask range

Essity has diversified its product offering by launching a range of face masks in its retail and Professional Hygiene businesses.  

GP announces $25m Wauna investment

Georgia-Pacific (GP) has boosted its bath tissue capacity after investing $25m in a converting line at its Wauna, Oregon-based mill.  The plant produces the company’s Angel Soft bath tissue line, and start-up for the...

Toscotec signs for rebuilds in Western Europe and Africa

Tissue machinery supplier Toscotec has announced two major rebuild projects in Western Europe and Africa. The confidential projects are...

Valmet targets Asia Pacific region with PMP acquisition

Valmet is to strengthen its position as the world’s largest tissue machinery supplier with the purchase of Poland’s PMP Group for €64m. 

“We saw a very substantial sales increase in a very short...

Alpay Yalçın, Export Sales and Operations Manager, Europap Tezol Kağit, says Turkey was more successful than many countries in combating the disease....

‘Global tissue consumption set to rise by 10-15% post-pandemic’

Will a new ‘Era of Hygiene’ emerge once Covid-19 is under control? Turkey’s Lila Group Chairman Orhan Öğücü believes it will, after...

Turkey’s tissue leader sets its sights on becoming Russia’s largest producer

Already dominating in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Hayat Kimya continues its impressive growth programme, and targeted pandemic response in...

Tissue proves its resilience as the pulp market responds to Covid

With predicted declines in GDP growth in leading economies up to -10%, lower and relatively stable pulp prices have proved to be...

“The combination of high speed and low basis weight is the...

Between 2014 and 2019, Canfor Pulp’s Innovation Center (CPI) and paper machinery supplier Voith agreed to a cooperation where Canfor Pulp would...

Hygiene is key as increased demand to be sustained – emerging...

China and the ASEAN region were the first to suffer the worldwide pandemic. Leading tissue players are now emerging stronger and more...

Is the global tissue market at the beginning of a new...

Across TWM pages in this edition you will read a familiar business outlook expressed with confidence.

‘Changed consumer habits will bring Turkey’s per capita usage closer to...

At 6.3kg in Turkey - 26kg in the US – the figure has risen during the pandemic and will remain higher permanently,...