High quality NBSK for premium tissue

By Paul Bicho, Ph.D., manager, optimisation and innovation, Canfor Pulp Innovation The makers of premium bathroom and facial tissue strive to maximise softness and bulk while...

Pulp: signs that prices are finally levelling

Pulp price is the single most important driver of tissue profitability. Currently at a record high, analysts point towards a temporarily more static market, and...

“ Give me quality over price any day … I think...

Julie Chen and Chris Forbes are the founders of The Cheeky Panda, the multi-award winning UK based and global supplying sustainable bamboo tissue manufacturer. Here,...

Thriving against a price war, an overcrowded market… and Trump

With two paper machine start-ups planned for next year pushing total output to 140,000tpy, Hebei Jinboshi Group will prioritise product quality and variety, expand sales...

Hengan Group shuns the price war to concentrate on quality, brand...

Consumer demand – with ‘consumption of household paper set to increase by 6-8%’ – is shifting to medium and high-end tissue, and...

China: Health awareness and product upgrades drive consumer tissue market

Driven by consumers’ rising hygiene and health consciousness as well as upgrades to tissue quality and variety, the retail tissue market recorded healthy growth in...

China steps up industry revamp to target massive untapped potential

As the global tissue leader re-structures its entire economy by turning inward, natural gas, faster machinery, TAD pilot scale experiments, integrated plants and expanded e-commerce...

TISSUE WORLD ISTANBUL 2018

An impressive 66 exhibiting companies and a total of 1,767 participants have attended the second Tissue World Istanbul exhibition and conference. Held in Istanbul between...

“I believe an investment like Circleville will really change the way...

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has officially opened its $400m, 280-acre plant in Circleville, Ohio… one of the most technologically and environmentally-advanced paper plants in the...

‘We are at a dynamic moment in the tissue industry’

This edition of TWM captures the distinct sense of momentum and energy, and change, at this point in tissue’s long history. These pages will give readers a...

‘The right fibres – treated correctly – gets the optimal fibre...

In the last few years UPM has expanded its pulp production intensively. Due to its recent investments UPM Pulp has established a strong position on...

Metsä Tissue SVP Juha Tilli leaves company

Metsä Tissue has announced that Juha Tilli, its former senior vice president, AfH, has decided to leave the company. Tilli has held the role since...

Bashundhara Paper Mills boosts capacity

Bashundhara Paper Mills has started-up its Andritz-supplied turnkey PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue production line at its site in Bangladesh. It has a design speed of 2,100m/min...

APP Indonesia boosts capacity with four TM start-ups

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has started production on the remaining four of its eight Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0L PRODERGY tissue machines. Based at its OKI mill,...

Buckman announces price hike

Buckman has announced a global price increase for its paper division. The company said the increases are “being driven by rising raw materials, constraints from...

Suzano Pulp and Paper merges with Fibria

Suzano Pulp and Paper has gained approval from the European Commission to merge with Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria. The combination of the two companies...

Analyze Yankee natural coating in real time

Helping our tissue customers succeed takes more than mere commitment. It takes a level of focus that only Buckman can bring. We make it...

More transparency, efficiency and safety thanks to Virtual Reality Solutions by...

New paper machine can be brought to life as early as the planning phase Better learning outcomes thanks to customized, interactive training programs...

Lucart targets premium market with latest investment

Italy’s Lucart has started up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine and a TT WIND-H slitter rewinder at its Porcari mill in Lucca. The machine has...

Orchids Paper announces amended agreement with creditors

Orchids Paper has reached an agreement with its creditors, amending its credit agreement. The news comes in light of the company’s ongoing efforts with interested...

Cascades boosts converting capacity with $58m Wagram investment

Cascades will invest in its Wagram, North Carolina site, and install five new state-of-the-art converting lines and modernise its four existing lines. Commissioning of the...

Vinda Personal Care boosts capacity with twin start-up

Vinda Personal Care (China) has started up two Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-2.0M tissue machines in Xiaogan city, Hubei. Both lines feature a second-generation large diameter TT SYD,...

ICT targets high quality tissue production with investment

Spain’s ICT Iberica has started up the company’s fifth Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT tissue line. The Advantage DCT 200HS machine includes an extensive automation package and...

Berli Jucker Cellox targets high-quality T&T with investment

Thailand’s Berli Jucker Cellox has invested in a PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine. Supplied by Andritz, the line includes a shoe press with stock preparation and...

Cascades Packaging boosts production at Kingsey Falls

Cascades Packaging has increased its production capacity after starting-up its PM1 at its Kingsey Falls mill, Canada-based site, following a major rebuild. Supplied by Toscotec,...

Clearwater reports positive tissue business improvements in 3Q results

Clearwater Paper Corporation has reported net sales of $426.5m for the third quarter of 2018, which was flat with net sales for the third...

Cascades reports solid 3Q results; tissue division hit by raw material...

Cascades has reported solid third quarter results but said its tissue division was hit by “rising raw material and logistics costs”. For the three-month period...

Bids for K-C’s European tissue unit ongoing

Kimberly-Clark’s European tissue unit will potentially be sold to private equity groups including Goldman Sachs, reports have claimed. The unit has been put up for...

Marutomi Group invests in two

Japan’s Marutomi Group has invested in two MODULO-PLUS ES tissue lines. Supplied by Toscotec, the machines will be installed at Marutomi Paper’s mill and at...

Shaniv Paper Industries increases capacity

Israel’s Shaniv Paper Industries has boosted its production capacity after investing in the rebuild of its TM1. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the rebuild was successfully...

C.A.S. Paper Mill boosts capacity

Thailand’s C.A.S. Paper Mill has increased its production capacity after investing in an AHEAD-1.5S tissue line. Supplied by Toscotec, delivery is scheduled for 2019 and...

K-C appoints new CEO

 Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has appointed Michael D. Hsu as chief executive as of 1 January 2019. Hsu has served as K-C’s president and chief operating officer...

Essity results hit by raw material and energy price hikes

Essity has said higher raw material and energy costs have had a negative impact of SEK3,268m on earnings in its third quarter results. Net sales...

Yibin Paper Industry increases capacity

China’s Yibin Paper Industry has increased its production capacity after investing in two 18ft IDEAL Steel Yankees. Supplied by A.Celli Paper, the two lines are...

PAE WET STRENGTH AGENTS TARGETING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS

Wet strength agents (WSA) are important functional additives in papermaking. Since neutral manufacturing became a standard in industry, Polyamidoamineepichlorohydrine (PAE) resins have been the...

Global Webcast Auction – GEORGIA PACIFIC AUGUSTA TISSUE MILL

Global Webcast Auction GEORGIA PACIFIC AUGUSTA TISSUE MILL Auction Dates:  Starts: Friday, November 16, 2018 - 11:00am (EST) Preview: Nov. 12 through Nov. 15, From 9am To 4pm...

The Navigator Company announces price hike

The Navigator Company will increase the price of its tissue papers in Europe by 8 to 12%. The hike will be effective as of 1...

Fapajal increases capacity with rewinder investment

Portuguese tissue producer Fapajal has boosted its production capacity after investing in a E-WIND T80S rewinder. Supplied by A.Celli, the rewinder is modular and fully...

Buckman announces North American price hikes

Buckman will increase the cost of its freight pricing for the pulp and paper industry in North America. Effective 1 November, the increases are: • Buckman-arranged...

Sofidel America boosts capacity in Oklahoma

Sofidel America has invested in two AHEAD-2.0L tissue lines at its new integrated mill in Inola, Oklahoma. Supplied by Toscotec, start-up is scheduled for the...