Strong export performance maintains Turkey’s tissue business growth

Even with the country’s currency challenges, rising unemployment and pandemic insecurity, its regional position remains robust and poised to survive and thrive.

From the war years’ ‘Make Do and Mend’ … to spend,...

Jo Horner grew up in north west England with her parents and five siblings. She enjoyed a varied career in education, working...

ProMach acquires Panther Industries; boosts packaging capabilities

Packaging machinery solutions provider ProMach has acquired Panther Industries, a manufacturer of automated labelling equipment.   The company said the move expands...

EuroVast boosts capacity to 150,000tpy with TM start-up

Italian tissue manufacturer EuroVast has successfully fired up a MODULO-PLUS tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at its Cartiera della Basilica paper mill in Villa Basilica, Lucca.  

Star Tissue purchases fourth production line in £5m investment

Star Tissue UK has boosted its production capacity by 30% after completing a two-year investment project at its Blackburn, UK-based site.   A new 70,000...

MAXI boosts capacity to 68,000tpy with TM investment

Greece’s MAXI has increased its production capacity after investing in a Recard-supplied complete new tissue production plant.  The line will be installed at the company’s Katerini factory and start-up is scheduled...

Sofidel boosts USA capacity to 320,000tpy with Inola opening

Italian tissue giant Sofidel Group has opened its integrated greenfield plant in Oklahoma, increasing its AfH and consumer production capacity across the USA by 120,000tpy. 

FOCUS ON: Optimising deink plant quality and yield

Office sources of high quality fibre have been hit by increased work-from-home across the world. Here Mark Christopher, global market development manager...

Millennials, males, and Covid-19: driving the changes in private label tissue...

US women - who drive up to 80% of all consumer purchasing decisions - are traditionally more loyal to national tissue brands....

The multiple reasons why consumers increasingly choose private label over national...

Private label tissue and discounting stores are on an apparently unstoppable rise in the US and around the world. Research conducted by...

While there have been no queues for tissue in India under...

Century Pulp and Paper, headquartered in New Delhi, is India’s tissue leader. When TWM visited in 2016, the company felt the key...

WEPA Group boosts UK capacity by 65,000tpy

The WEPA Group has invested in a new paper machine at its Bridgend plant, adding an additional 65,000tpy.   It is expected that the machine will...

Elettric80 launches next generation of parent roll handling

Elettric80 (E80) has targeted sustainability and operating efficiency with the launch of its next generation of Laser Guided Vehicle (LGV), the new Unicorn.  

WEPA boosts productivity in Mainz

WEPA has completed a hood rebuild on PM1 at its Mainz plant in Germany   Supplied by Toscotec, the scope of supply...

Guangdong Hengan boosts capacity with four TMs

China’s Guangdong Hengan has increased its production capacity after investing in four Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT M 1600 TMs.  Based in Yunfu, the new...

Tissue World Düsseldorf 2021: back-in-business!

Tissue World’s first back-in-business global reach event is scheduled to take place at the  Messe Düsseldorf from 16-18 March, 2021.  The world's largest dedicated tissue...

PMP to deliver TM to French customer

PMP has delivered an Intelli-Reel tissue machine to a paper mill in France.   The paper machine supplier was unable to comment on...

Södra announces price hikes

Södra Cell is increasing the price of its NBSK pulp in Europe by $40/tonne to $880.   The increase will be...

A.Celli Paper acquires PMT Italia

Italian paper machine supplier A.Celli Paper has diversified its product offering after acquiring PMT Italia.   PMT Italia was established in 2000 in Pinerolo, Italy, and produces machinery for the tissue and paper...

Tissue World launches Digital Days debates to bring the global industry...

Tissue World has launched an online platform to keep the global tissue industry in as close contact as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic.    

APP boosts rewinder capacity in China

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has invested in three tissue E-WIND T-200S rewinders that will be installed at its Gold Hongye Paper production plant in Nantong, China.  

Guangdong Shaoneng Group boosts production capacity

Guangdong Shaoneng Group Co. has increased its production capacity after investing in 16 lines for its Leiyang Cailun tissue plant.   The lines were supplied...

WEPA boosts AfH converting capacity in Poland

Germany’s WEPA has invested in a Gambini-supplied converting line that will be installed at its Piechowice plant.   The line is designed to produce AfH tissue...

Dezhou Shenggang Paper increases converting capacity

Dezhou Shenggang Paper has signed for six Baosuo Enterprise Group-supplied tissue paper converting line with an annual output of 100,000 tonnes of high-end household paper. 

Resolute reports “unprecedented challenges” in Q2 results

Resolute Forest Products has reported a “challenging business environment” in its preliminary Q2 2020 results, with sales of $612m - a decrease of $143m from the year-ago period.  

Vinda Personal Care boosts production capabilities

Vinda Personal Care (Guangdong) Co. has invested in an Andritz-supplied stock preparation system for the four tissue machines at its mill in Yangjiang, China.  Start-up is scheduled for the...

Lee & Man Group boosts capacity by 310,000tpy

China’s Lee & Man Group has boosted its production capacity by 310,000tpy after completing a series of machinery investments supplied by Baosuo Enterprise Group. 

Infinity responds to “tremendous growth” with expansion

Tissue packaging equipment manufacturer Infinity Machine & Engineering Corporation has responded to the world-wide increase in customer demand by expanding its Green...

Clearwater 2Q results: “Strong performance due to continued elevated demand”

Clearwater Paper has said demand for tissue products is expected to remain “at elevated levels”, as it reports its second quarter results.   In the...

WEPA boosts AfH capacity in Poland by 40,000tpy

WEPA Piechowice has invested in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2S tissue line on a full turnkey basis.   The project is planned for start-up in the third quarter of 2021 and it...

Cascades reports strong results; tissue sees 12.5% increase

Cascades has said its second quarter results reflects the resiliency of its business model, as it emphasises its focus to continue to provide customers with “essential, sustainable quality packaging and tissue”.  

WE ARE AT THE START OF A NEW ERA WHEN INNOVATION...

Across TWM’s online pages you will see the same thought expressed in a variety of ways. This pandemic – tragic in its still...

GLOBAL REACH TWM WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS TISSUE’S DYNAMIC NEW FUTURE

Industry leaders discuss the phenomenal response to demand, drivers to innovation, remote working, increased online security risks, health and economic security, and...

PUBLIC’S GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF PAPER TOWELS LEADS GROWTH POTENTIAL

Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry With disposable income in Serbia set to...

SERBIA’S ‘SURVIVAL–MODE’ TISSUE BUSINESS HAS RELATIVELY NEW AND FAST MACHINERY AND...

Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International Republic’s long-term recovery from years of political instability and the 2008 crash...

SERBIA: SEARCH FOR NEW MARKETS AS DEMAND FALLS BELOW PRE-COVID-19 LEVEL

Pako Group Company is a family business founded in Belgrade, Serbia in 1995. Under its UNO brand, it specialises in the production...

CONSUMERS ARE GETTING SMARTER – AND QUALITY PREVAILS

In an awakening market with more and more company start-ups, Serbia’s tissue industry is “in a constant state of growth.” Here, Lazar Stevanović,...

NECESSITY – IN THE SHAPE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC –...

Covid-19 turned the way we work upside down. But Oday Abbosh, founder and chief executive of Better All Round and chairman of...

I’M A ONE-STOP BULK-BUY SHOPPER WHO GOES FOR QUALITY… IT’S CHEAPER...

Ibrahim Kareem is an SEO executive for an employment law consultant company in Manchester, UK. He also manages a blog (marketingknowhow.co.uk), where he...

SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY SPECTRUM FOR AFH TISSUE

The hard hit Away-from-Home market is set to rebound, and is expected to be stronger than ever. Richard Cho, global marketing director...