TURKEY Lila Group doubles production capacity with TRY450m investment

Turkish hygienic tissue paper manufacturer Lila Group is to increase its production capacity by 50% after investing in an integrated tissue plant....

OLD AND SLOW PRODUCTION – BUT POISED TO REAP BENEFIT OF...

WITH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION RANKED AMONG THE HIGHEST WORLD LEVELS, ANY SCANDINAVIA GROWTH WILL BE A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AND...

CONSUMER TISSUE IN SCANDINAVIA: MEETING CHALLENGES TO GROWTH AND BRAND DIFFERENTIATION...

Per Brandberg, Research analyst, Euromonitor International Market saturation is a common factor in retail tissue markets in Scandinavia. Looking...

“WE BECAME CIRCULAR BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE THOUGHT TO DO SO.”

Even within green leader Essity, the Lilla Edet mill north of Gothenburg is a pioneer in driving growth while still prioritising sustainability ......

KLIPPANS BRUK STARTS TO SELL INTO THE USA AND ASIA...

Operating since 1573, Klippans Bruk has just invested in a new Recard-supplied PM which will quadruple production and means “the globe is...

‘I DON’T WANT TO FEEL GUILTY WHEN I’M USING A PRODUCT...

Aaron Doades is founder and chief executive of Peach – a digital-first, sustainable luxury bath tissue brand based in New York City. Here,...

Project Survey 2019/20

TWM’s annual Projects Survey charts all new capacity being added, ordered or in final planning stages during 2019-2020, as well as noting...

GROWTH IN DEMAND IN DEVELOPING MARKETS SET TO OUTWEIGH GROWTH IN...

Good news, bad news: US consumer tissue – a matter of perspective Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head...

Metsä Tissue divests napkin business to “focus on tissue”

Metsä Tissue is to divest its napkin business to keeeper Group, part of the Mutares Group.  The transaction includes the real estate, machinery and...

OMET launches ASV Storm Line

OMET has targeted the interfolded towel and facial tissue sector with its latest launch, the ASV Storm Line. The line...

K-C names Aaron Powell as president of its Asia-Pacific consumer business

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) Corporation has appointed Aaron Powell, president of K-C Professional, as president of its Asia-Pacific consumer business. K-C appoints Aaron Powell as...

Marcal Paper – “back in business”; finalises merger with Nittany Paper

Marcal Paper has said it will return to regular papermaking operations in New Jersey, America, in January, less than one year after...

Essity reports 8.8% net sales increase

Essity has said price increases, improved product mix and higher volumes have resulted in growth and profitability in its year-end report.   Between 1 January – 31 December 2019,...

ENVIRONMENT FIRST: “WE ARE IN AN AWAKENING IN TERMS OF...

TWM first met Joan Vila – chief executive, L.C. Paper – at the company’s Besalú, Girona-based site in 2013. As 2019 draws to...

SPAIN’S TISSUE BUSINESS WEATHERS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES BUT FACES HEADWINDS FROM DECLINING...

Bruce Janda, Senior consultant, Fisher International Spain's tissue business has been shaped by the economic challenges the country...

SPAIN: IS THE GREEN REVOLUTION READY TO TAKE OFF?

Visiting mills for our Country Report brings home a real appreciation that Spain’s tissue industry is on the brink of a new...

Suzano boosts presence in Brazil

Suzano is to invest R$933.4m in three projects in Espírito Santo state, including a R$130m tissue paper converting unit.

Valmet and Fabio Perini team up in Industrial Internet ecosystem partnership

Valmet and Fabio Perini have established an Industrial Internet ecosystem partnership to provide digital solutions for tissue production and converting.   The...

Alas Doradas boosts high-quality tissue production

El Salvador’s Alas Doradas has invested in a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT100HS tissue production line, adding 35,000tpy to the site’s production.  The order includes...

Metsä Tissue invests €10m in Raubach mill

Metsä Tissue is to boost its professional tissue papers production after announcing plans to invest €10m in a production line at its Raubach mill, Germany.   The new MF4 production...

Toscotec acquired by Voith Group

Toscotec has signed an agreement for 90% of its shares to be acquired by Voith Group.   Alessandro Mennucci, chief executive of Toscotec, will retain a...

200 exhibiting companies, 70 countries … the countdown to TW Miami...

Tissue World is preparing to welcome the tissue industry’s key personnel to its world-leading exhibition and conference on Miami beach, as Kimberly-Clark (K-C) North America’s Group President Kim Underhill is confirmed as keynote speaker. 

SUN PAPER

PT. Sun Paper Source, as part of SPS Corporate, is a leading tissue paper producer in Indonesia, located in East Java. It produces over 150,000...

BUCKMAN

http://www.buckman.com Helping our tissue customers succeed takes more than mere commitment. It takes a level of focus that only...

LUCART GROUP: THE ITALIAN PLAYER AIMING TO BRING SUSTAINABILITY TO...

Spanish subsidiary Lucart Tissue & Soap is starting to see a more seriously approach to the issue of sustainability in the Spanish market...

WEPA boosts capacity with rebuilds; Leuna mill investment latest

German tissue manufacturer WEPA has invested in a total of seven Toscotec-supplied custom-made hood and air system rebuilds on a turnkey basis.

Voith to be carbon neutral worldwide from 2022

Voith has announced that from 2022 onwards, none of its locations globally will leave a carbon footprint. With a...

Gambini delivers TouchMax.Air to Byness Company

Gambini has announced the installation of the new embosser-laminator TouchMax.Air at Italian-based company Byness, after it wanted to improve and differentiate its...

APP invests in four new tissue lines

Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has invested in four PMP Intelli-Tissue EcoEc Premium machines for its Oki mill in Indonesia.

Hubei Zhencheng announces tissue expansion; 10 TMs ordered in first phase

China’s Hubei Zhencheng Paper has revealed plans to increase its tissue capacity at its existing mill in Qingji industrial park, Hubei province.

Irving boosts ultra-premium capacity with TAD investment

Irving Consumer Products has invested in a Valmet-supplied Advantage ThruAir tissue production line. The machine is planned to start-up...

GLOBAL AVERAGE PER CAPITA TISSUE CONSUMPTION STANDS AT ABOVE 5KG –...

Esko Uutela, Principal, tissue, Fastmarket RISI While the US – currently 25kg per person – is likely to...

JAPAN – Marutomi boosts capacity with first of two start-ups; second...

Marutomi has started-up a MODULO-PLUS ES tissue machine supplied by Toscotec at its paper mill in Fuji city, Shizuoka.

MEXICO – Blue Tissue boosts capacity with TM start-up

Blue Tissue has increased its production capacity after starting up an iDEAL Master Tissue Machine. Supplied by A.Celli, the...

Navigator aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035

The Navigator Company has announced a €158m investment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 by giving all of its industrial complexes a...

PCMC boosts packaging offering with STAX acquisition: move marks “new era”

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has increased its offering in the tissue packaging sector after acquiring Serbian-based STAX Technologies. The move...

Futura announces partnership with Plusline which will “develop game- changer” concepts

Futura has announced a technical partnership with Plusline, a Bologna-based company offering packaging systems. Piero Ceccon, chief executive of Futura,...

Fabio Perini completes AfH packaging division with DM Pack partnership

Fabio Perini has boosted its AfH packaging business after announcing a partnership with DM Pack. DM Pack is an...

Fabio Perini targets AfH market with Proxima S6 launch

Fabio Perini has launched the Proxima S6, a rewinder the company said is designed “to guarantee excellent performances and quality for every...

Voith to acquire BTG for €319m; expands competitive position as full-line...

Voith has strengthened its position as a full-line supplier after signing an agreement with Spectris to acquire BTG. The...