Thursday, June 18, 2026
World News

Suparma targets Asia Pacific markets with TM investment

Helen Morris -
Indonesia’s Suparma has invested in a Valmet-supplied IntelliTissue 1600 machine that will be installed at its mill in Surabaya. Start-up is planned for 2026, and...
World News

Tissue World Ho Chi Minh City: conference theme and keynote speaker...

Tissue World Magazine -
Tissue World has announced the conference theme and keynote speaker for its latest exhibition, held at the exclusive 5* Equatorial Hotel in Ho Chi...
World News

Jani Sales targets premium tissue markets with PM3 investment

Helen Morris -
India’s Jani Sales has boosted its production capacity after investing in a paper machine. TM3 will have a production capacity of 80tpd and is expected...
World News

Cascades targets premium bathroom markets with Cascades Fluff Excellence launch

Helen Morris -
Cascades has responded to customer demand for softness, thickness, and strength, with the launch of its modernised bathroom tissue range - Cascades Fluff Excellence. The...
(L-r): AFRY's César Nuez, Director Zaragoza, Tom Karlson, Group Manager/Global Division Industry
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: If key performance indicators are not driving improvement they are...

Tissue World Magazine -
Most critical metrics that quantify best energy practice are just numbers for the sake of having numbers, says AFRY Management Consulting. Its report for...
Dr. Antonia Colibășanu, Senior Geopolitical Analyst with Geopolitical Futures, Co-Founder & Principal at Allonia Group and Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Programme at Foreign Policy Research Institute
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: Trump’s tariffs policy presents a “unique opportunity for all players...

Dr Antonia Colibășanu -
Leading geopolitical analyst Dr Antonia Colibășanu examines the deeper socio-economic and security challenges and opportunities now facing nations and their traditional trading networks.* The global...
Image: PURPLEPRINT Creative SL
Portugal

PORTUGAL COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal expands its growing reputation as a competitive...

Bruce Janda, Senior Consultant, ResourceWise. -
Innovative advances across the industry have seen 25% of tissue production going for export, three times higher than imports. Report by Bruce Janda, Senior...
World News

K-C UK & Ireland signs “industry-first” green hydrogen deal

Helen Morris -
Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland (K-C) has announced it is the first major consumer products company in the UK to make a significant commitment to...
World News

Intertrade Hellas advances QCS to optimise tissue production

Helen Morris -
Greek tissue manufacturer Intertrade Hellas has invested in its quality control system (QCS) after ABB supplied a technology package for its existing and new...
World News

K-C appoints John Carmichael as President, North America

Helen Morris -
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has appointed John Carmichael - previously President and Chief Executive of Nestlé Canada - as President, North America. Effective 15 September, Carmichael...
World News

SIPAT boosts capacity with automated manufacturing investment

Helen Morris -
Moroccan tissue manufacturer SIPAT has increased its production capacity after investing in an AMACO Group-supplied update of its tissue production line at Meknes. The project...
World News

Suzano cites pulp expansion and K-C joint venture in Q2 reported...

Helen Morris -
Brazilian pulp and paper manufacturer Suzano has reported an increased net revenue of R$13.3bn, up 16% year-on-year, as sales of 3.7m tons of pulp...
World News

VPPA partners with Tissue World for Ho Chi Minh City exhibition...

Tissue World Magazine -
Tissue World has officially partnered with the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA) - the most influential tissue, pulp and paper association in Vietnam...
Advertorial

Profitability and sustainability glued at the hip: lamination adhesive reduces high...

Advertorial -
The tissue and towel industry is currently facing a significant shift, driven by the demand for sustainability and stricter regulatory frameworks. Energy-intensive production methods and...
Per Brandberg, Consultant, Euromonitor International.
Country Report

Portugal: How a highly mature market plans to maintain growth

Per Brandberg -
Promotion, innovation investment, adding value, discounting, cost-cutting … industry strategies as the economy emerges from a slowdown. Report by Per Brandberg, Consultant, Euromonitor International.  Toilet...
“The market potential in the Baltics, Scandinavia and Western Europe is growing," Tomas Jozonis, Chief Executive of Grigeo Group
World News

Grigeo Group invests €106m to double tissue production

Helen Morris -
Grigeo Group has invested €106m to install a Toscotec-supplied tissue line and double its tissue production to 140,000tpy. The bulk of the investment - over...
World News

UCT introduces latest generation UNICO365 logsaw

Helen Morris -
United Converting Tissue (UCT) has launched the latest generation of its UNICO365 logsaw into the global tissue market. Now with an increased cutting speed of...
World News

Cascades invests over $5.3m in its Granby, Quebec plant

Helen Morris -
Cascades has partnered with Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. to undertake a $5.3m investment to increase the capacity of two of its production lines. A...
World News

K-C reports strong results driven by “innovation-led volume growth”

Helen Morris -
Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported the highest volume growth achieved in five years in its second quarter results, driven by resilient consumer demand and innovation-led...
Global

Shailesh Jejurikar elected P&G President and CEO; Jon Moeller to become...

Helen Morris -
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has appointed Shailesh Jejurikar, currently Chief Operating Officer, as Procter & Gamble’s President and Chief Executive. Effective 1 January...
World News

Kadant acquires Babbini and GPS Engineering to expand fibre processing capabilities

Helen Morris -
Kadant has announced it has completed the acquisition of Babbini and G.P.S. Engineering (GPS), two Italy-based companies specialising in industrial dewatering and engineered power...
Cascades invests $3.5m in Kingsey Falls. (L-r): Cascades’ Hugues Simon, President and Chief Executive, and Jérôme Porlier, Executive Vice-President, Tissue.
World News

Cascades invests over C$3.5m in Kingsey Falls tissue plant

Helen Morris -
Canadian tissue manufacturer Cascades has invested C$3,560,000 to upgrade an Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp.-supplied line at its Kingsey Falls tissue plant. The investment involved...
“Our stable performance despite challenging market conditions demonstrates the strength of Essity’s broad portfolio of essential solutions for better hygiene and health.” Ulrika Kolsrud, Essity’s President and Chief Executive
World News

Essity reports positive organic sales growth in Q2 results

Helen Morris -
Essity has reported organic growth and “sequentially higher margin in a weak economy” in its second quarter results. Net sales decreased 6.6% to SEK34,185m, while...
Saudi Arabia’s Juthor breaks ground on SAR345m tissue plant
World News

Juthor breaks ground at SAR345m tissue plant

Helen Morris -
Saudi Arabia’s Juthor Paper Manufacturing has announced the ground-breaking of its second high-capacity tissue production line – to be supplied by Andritz - in...
INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund acquires Pehart Group
World News

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund completes acquisition of Pehart Group

Helen Morris -
Baltics private equity fund INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund has completed the acquisition of Pehart Group, a leading producer of household and industrial paper...
Global Tissue Industry Study 2025 has launched
World News

Attention tissue manufacturers and converters! Global Tissue Industry Study 2025 has...

Helen Morris -
Finnish technology company Tietoevry has invited the global tissue industry to participate in its Global Tissue Trends Report 2025, launched in collaboration with Tissue...
Start-up of Fripa’s Andritz-supplied PrimeLine tissue line is planned for the fourth quarter of 2026
World News

Fripa boosts capacity with TM investment

Helen Morris -
German tissue producer Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLine TM S2200 tissue machine to be installed at its mill in...
Global

Cristiano Teixeira, CEO of Klabin, named Fastmarkets Forest Products Latin American...

Tissue World Magazine -
Fastmarkets Forest Products, the world’s leading provider of pricing data and analytics for the pulp, paper, and packaging industries, is proud to announce that...
ST Group acquires Cascades' South Carolina tissue mill
Uncategorized

ST Group acquires Cascades’ South Carolina tissue mill

Helen Morris -
North American AfH manufacturer ST Group has acquired Cascades’ recycled paper mill in Barnwell County. The acquisition was completed through ST Group’s newly formed subsidiary,...
Global

Metsä Tissue concludes work negotiations at Kreuzau

Helen Morris -
Metsä Tissue has concluded negotiations with the works council regarding its investment and capacity adjustment plan introduced in January 2025 at its Kreuzau mill...
Global

Papelera Reyes boosts hot embossing capacity with Warm-up Next investment

Helen Morris -
Peruvian tissue manufacturer Papelera Reyes has become the world’s first company to integrate Valmet Tissue Converting’s Warm-up Next process into its production line. The technology...
Toscotec acquires the brand and intellectual property of the company formerly known as Recard
Global

Toscotec acquires the Recard brand

Helen Morris -
Toscotec has acquired the brand and intellectual property of the company formerly known as Recard. This includes the acquisition of know-how, technical drawings, and any...
TISSUE WORLD DÜSSELDORF 2025
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: UPDATE ON THE SUCCESS OF TISSUE WORLD DÜSSELDORF 2025 –...

Tissue World Magazine -
As the contacts and contracts made and signed at Tissue World Düsseldorf are being rolled out across global industry networks, event organiser Informer Connect...
Frontissues

FRONTISSUES: As Vietnam tissue thrives Informa Connect sets up gateway to...

Helen Morris -
Vietnam is a case study in the emerging powerhouse of global tissue. Its geographical location alone, central in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations –...
Vietnam

VIETNAM COUNTRY REPORT: Vietnam’s strong tissue industry faces challenges to maintain...

Bruce Janda, Senior Consultant, ResourceWise. -
Could Vietnam become a regional tissue exporter? Advances in infrastructure and production technology key to realising potential. Report by Bruce Janda, Senior Consultant, ResourceWise. Vietnam...
Pictured above and below: Saigon Paper has signed a licensing agreement with the 101-year-old Disney, and the result has been a range of collectable, fun tissue products
Operations Report

OPERATIONS REPORT: Saigon Paper Corporation innovates to stay ahead as Vietnam’s...

Helen Morris -
The market leader’s links to Disney have added to its prestige. TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris spoke to Ken Kimura, Chief Operating Officer. “Bless you....
Natalia Bezrebra, Senior Analyst at Euromonitor International
Focus On

FOCUS ON: A glimpse into global trends and future prospects in...

Natalia Bezrebra -
Retail tissue – resilient performance amid ongoing turbulences In 2024, global economic and geopolitical realities, complicated by the lasting war of Russia and Ukraine and...
Image: CC Tissue World Magazine
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: Tariffs have stalled the rise of bamboo tissue in North...

Greg Grishchenko -
The “countless brands” across e-commerce and on the shelves of major US groceries and pharmacies have mostly vanished. Industry analyst Greg Grishchenko explains the...
Vladimir Grigoriev, Head of Application Excellence, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions, Americas, Kemira, and Jennifer Riser, Principal Scientist, Product Development, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions, Americas. Kemira
Technical Theme

CHEMICALS TECHNICAL THEME, KEMIRA: Enhancing recycled tissue and towel production with...

Vladimir Grigoriev, Jennifer Riser -
By Kemira’s Vladimir Grigoriev, Head of Application Excellence, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions, Americas, and Jennifer Riser, Principal Scientist, Product Development, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions,...
In June 2025, Suzano entered a $3.4bn agreement with Kimberly-Clark to form a joint venture, creating an international tissue and professional products company
The Barometer Issue

BAROMETER ISSUE: SPECIAL FEATURE, BRAZIL

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In 2024, TWM interviewed tissue mill executives in Latin America, India, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Africa, and Türkiye for Country Reports. One year on,...
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