FPC Tissue signs two-year service agreement with Valmet

Chile’s FPC Tissue mill has signed a two-year automation service agreement with Valmet. The agreement aims to ensure optimal performance of process control and product...

Kruger Products targets “fast-growing US business” for latest TAD investment; reports...

Kruger Products is to boost its ultra-premium tissue capacity and expand its presence across North America after investing in a state-of-the-art TAD tissue plant. Announced...

Metsä Group starts-up €370m investment in Mariestad

Metsä Tissue has started full-scale production at its expanded and modernised tissue paper mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The €370m investment doubles the mill’s annual tissue...

Metsä Group concludes statutory negotiations amid “very challenging” market

Metsä Group has completed statutory negotiations as part of its €300m cost savings and profit improvement programme. The move will result in the termination of...

The countdown is on! Tissue World Ho Chi Minh City opens...

Tissue World is ready to welcome the tissue community to its Ho Chi Minh City exhibition and conference, held at the Equatorial Hotel between...

Suzano reports net profit of R$2bn in Q3 results

Brazilian pulp and tissue giant Suzano has reported increased operational efficiency with sales of 3.6m tonnes of pulp and paper combined - up 20%...

Cascades Q3 results exceed forecast; tissue business reports similarly strong quarter,...

Cascades has reported improved third quarter sales driven by stronger volume, good operational execution, benefits from ongoing profitability initiatives, and favourable raw material and...

Faderco increases converting capacity with investment

Algerian tissue manufacturer Faderco is to boost its premium tissue production capacity after investing in two Gambini-supplied tissue converting lines. A consumer Flex...

Valmet launches next-generation wet end analyser

Valmet has launched its latest innovation into the global tissue market – the Valmet Wet End Analyser. The company said the next-generation wet end analyser...

FRONTISSUES: Mexico’s tissue industry surge is bringing its own problems …...

TM9 came online in July last year. TM10 is due Q1 2026 at Papel San Francisco’s Mexicali mill. With capacity reaching 270,000 metric tons...

DISTRIBUTION SPECIAL NŪMOVE: Meeting the challenge of SKU proliferation with flexible...

By Luc Vanden-Abeele, Director of Marketing at NūMove Robotics & Vision. A TWM report.  SKU explosion and the automation imperative In today’s tissue industry the proliferation...

DISTRIBUTION SPECIAL E80 GROUP: How can mills extend the life of...

Edward Gallivan, Key Account Manager at E80 Group, says design is not just the beginning of a project – it is the foundation of...

PAPEL SAN FRANCISCO OPERATIONS REPORT: PSF started up its first tissue...

Dario Palma y Meza Espinoza, Chief Operating Officer, Papel San Francisco and Juan José Helú, Sales & Marketing Director, spoke to Tissue World Magazine...

CONVERTIPAP OPERATIONS REPORT: 25 years of hitting ambitious targets for growth

In 2018 Luis Alberto Reséndiz, General Director of Convertipap, said Mexico needed more tissue. Now TM8 is planned and the company’s competitive edge is...

MARKETISSUES: Driving towards the fully decarbonised tissue mills of the future

Net zero tissue manufacture is possible, and already being realised by a few mills, at least some of the time. AFRY Management Consulting’s Kate...

Sector by sector: growth trends examined as retail value sales rise...

Jorge Araya, Consultant Tissue & Hygiene, Euromonitor International, finds that adding value is a key opportunity for Mexican manufacturers. Key data findings Retail value sales...

MEXICO: Set for significant home and export tissue growth … but...

With uncertainty following a major tissue deal, and trade agreements under review, ResourceWise’s Senior Consultant Bruce Janda analyses Mexico’s rise in the North and...

CONSUMERSPEAK: It’s the tortoise not the hare … our slow route...

You have to treat it just right, otherwise it snaps, says Camilla Hadcock, co-founder in 2000 with husband Charles of Designbit, trading as Roach...

Navigator reports 14% increase in tissue sales

The Navigator has reported growth and strong performance in its tissue business interim results, as sales for the division increased 14% year-on-year to 177,000tpy. The...

Essity announces higher margins in Q3 results; launches restructuring programme

Essity has announced “favourable” third quarter results as it launches a cost savings programme across the business to create better conditions for profitable growth. Net...

Lucart to acquire Cartindustria Eurocarta

Italy’s Lucart is to strengthen its presence across Europe after signing an agreement to acquire control of Cartindustria Eurocarta, one of Europe’s leading independent...

Sofidel announces 75,000tpy TAD investment in America

Sofidel has invested in a Valmet TAD paper machine with an annual production capacity of 75,000 metric tons, along with related converting lines for...

CONVERTING TECHNICAL THEME: The business landscape is evolving rapidly: how leading...

Tariffs, exchange rates, mergers, more stringent ESG, real-time energy metering, AI, sourcing skilled operators, changing consumer demands, localisation, logistical disruptions … new dynamics are...

EXITISSUES: How evolving consumer cost and lifestyle priorities are changing worldwide...

A third of global consumers are concerned about finances. Personal and environmental health is increasingly viewed as a vital asset. Natalia Bezrebra, Senior Analyst...

Microline launches AL 80 Maxi into tissue market

Italy’s Microline has officially introduced its latest innovation into the global T&T markets - the AL 80 Maxi. Offering “greater flexibility and capacity” and including...

Fourstones boosts virgin and recycled capacity with PM6 commissioning

UK-based Fourstones Paper Mill is to increase its production capacity to over 60,000tpy after investing in a paper machine at its Sapphire Paper Mill in Fife, Scotland.

Grigeo Group enters the German market with Huchtemeier Papier acquisition

Lithuania’s Grigeo Group has entered the German market after acquiring Huchtemeier Papier. Subsidiary company Grigeo Hygiene has acquired 100% of the shares in the Dortmund-based...

Metsä Group to initiate statutory negotiations to improve profitability and operational...

Metsä Group has initiated statutory negotiations concerning all of its business areas and group operations, including planned measures that could lead to a permanent...

Metsä Tissue enhances production with QCS investment at Mariestad

Metsä Tissue has invested in a Valmet-supplied Quality Control System (QCS) to enhance performance at its Mariestad mill in Sweden. The scope of supply to...

VPPA – Saigon Paper – Andritz – Valmet – Maflex –...

Tissue World has officially announced its conference line-up with SMS talks from colleagues at Saigon Paper, AFRY, Euromonitor International, and technical talks from Valmet,...

Papeterie le Bourray France boosts capacity with rebuild

France’s Papeterie le Bourray has invested in a Toscotec-supplied complete rebuild of PM3’s drying section to be installed at its site in...

Century Pulp and Paper boosts production with recovery boiler investment

India’s Century Pulp and Paper has invested in an Andritz-supplied recovery boiler to its mill in Lalkuan, Uttarakhand. It will replace one of the existing...

Essity’s Donato Giorgio to leave the business after 16 years

Essity has announced that Donato Giorgio, President Global Supply Chain and member of the Executive Management Team, will leave Essity. Giorgio joined Essity (then SCA)...

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Suzano targets consumer market with Aracruz start-up

Brazilian pulp and tissue manufacturer Suzano has boosted its presence in the consumer goods market after starting tissue production at its Aracruz, Espírito Santo-based...

Sofidel strengthens US operations with Circleville start-up; global production capacity rises...

Sofidel America has increased its presence across the American marketplace after starting up its third paper machine at its Circleville, Ohio-based plant. Achieved on 4...

Grigeo Group increases capacity with PM7 investment

Lithuania’s Grigeo Group is to boost its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue machine to be started-up at its site...

Source-to-shelf innovation and strong net-zero strategies behind Renova’s success

The green pioneer and award winner is present in 70 countries across five continents. TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris spoke to Francisco Barreiro, Director...

‘The fibre transition in tissue is more than a technical adjustment...

Report for TWM by Suzano’s Pablo Cadaval Santos, Research and Development Director, and Heloisa Ramires, Research and Development Executive Manager. As global tissue demand continues...

Portugal: still room for growth in a highly mature market of...

Premiumisation is key for Portugal’s tissue producers. Distinctive products, marketing, pricing and delivery are all incentives for consumers. Emerging from the 2009 recession and...