Solar Turbines demonstrates efficient energy cost management in the age of...

The Pulp and Paper industry is one of the most energy-intensive industries worldwide. At Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok 2018, Solar Turbines will...

Fibers and Paper Industry 4.0 examined on the second day of...

After the very well received Senior Management Symposium on 6 June, Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok conference continues on 7 June with the...

BBA Biotech to demonstrate its patented Biologic Active Tissue Paper at...

BBA Biotech, an Italian biotechnology company is conducting a product demonstration of BATP Biologic Active Tissue Paper at Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok. The...

Ace Pressureweld makes inroads into the Thailand market

Ace Pressureweld Int’l (Pte) Ltd., a leading supplier of paper machine clothing is now making inroads into the Thailand market. Incorporated in 1973 with headquarters...

The First Non-Woven Pavilion at Asian Paper & Tissue World

Asian Paper and Tissue World 2018 will, for the first time, feature an entire pavilion dedicated to non-woven products. Exhibitors in this domain hail...

President of TPPIA opening Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok Conference...

The president of The Thai Pulp & Paper Industries Association (TPPIA), Mr. Wichan Jitpukdee will deliver the opening address at Asian Paper & Tissue...

Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok 2018 Opens its Doors

Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok, the premier platform to meet leading industry players in the sector of pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and related...

Södra announces price hike

Södra Cell is increasing the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp in Europe by $30/tonne to $1,230. The hike will take place...

GP and Valmet partner on eTAD Technology

Georgia-Pacific (GP) and Valmet have entered into a licensing agreement covering the tissue manufacturer’s eTAD(TM) technology. Under the license agreement, Valmet will market, manufacture and...

Xiamen Sin Yang Paper boosts capacity

Xiamen Sin Yang Paper has invested in a tissue machine restart-up package from Valmet. Delivery will include project management, maintenance, spare parts and start-up of...

The Navigator Company announces price hikes

The Navigator Company will increase its tissue prices by 5 - 8 % in all products and markets across Europe as of 1 July. It...

Velvet Care acquired by Abris Capital Partners

Poland’s largest manufacturer of tissue hygiene consumer products has been successfully acquired by private equity company Abris Capital Partners. The transaction has been approved by...

WEPA Group targets European private label market with N&W acquisition

The WEPA Group has signed a contract to acquire all shares in UK-based Northwood & WEPA (N&W). Since 2013, WEPA and Northwood previously both had...

Cascades reports improved 1Q results; tissue segment impacted by prices and...

Cascades has said its first quarter performance improved year-over-year and sequentially, but added its tissue segment results were impacted by lower than average selling...

GP closes Augusta site; 55 staff redundancies

Georgia‐Pacific (GP) is to permanently close its Augusta Select Tissue mill following increased competition in the tissue business. The move will impact 55 members of...

UK consumer tissue industry after Brexit: taken to the cleaners?

As the United Kingdom is heavily dependent on imports of raw materials for its tissue industry, the country has been exposed to threatening market fluctuations in 2017. Steady rise...

Import dominated, Thailand faces strong regional competition

The Kingdom of Thailand has the second largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. The World Bank classifies Thailand as an upper-middle-income economy. The CIA World Factbook ranked...

Thailand’s first tissue mill poised to reap rewards of a new...

Half the population of 68 million doesn’t use tissue. But a boom in tourism, urbanisation and an ageing society is changing that, explains Dr....

Berli Jucker Cellox has invested in the best technology to target...

Rising numbers… in population, tourism, retail stores, personal income and a strong economic performance gives the Bangkok-based manufacturer confidence for the future. A TWM report. TWM/1 What...

The retailer’s power: a major buyer’s view on market developments

While larger sizes or club packs are growing across all segments due to e-commerce, the American market is also seeing a steady increase in private...

Today’s retail realities – what does it take to compete?

Shoppers’ expectations today are sky high. With a revolution in retail well underway, the industry needs to inspire and uplift … to redefine the consumer experience....

For this creative cook the kitchen roll smooths away any spillage...

Charlie is a Bristol, UK-based food blogger and content editor who also runs a pop up pudding (dessert) club. When she isn’t...

Packaging, Wrapping & Logistics: Technical Theme

The global packaging machinery market is estimated to be worth €35.6bn in 2020. Here, our Technical Theme brings you a selection of some of...

“ Digitisation is key; Our goal has been to focus on...

By Matteo Giardini, Global sales director packaging, Fabio Perini Casmatic is the Fabio Perini brand dedicated to packaging solutions that create perfect line integration. Key criteria from customers...

Revolutionary breakthrough in tissue packaging?

Mladen Starcevic, the founder and general manager of Stax Technologies, explains why he believes the company’s ULTIMA product is breaking new ground. A TWM...

What’s in store: 2018 and beyond

“Attention is the scarce commodity. The way that we captured it was by doing something new and innovative that has real value for the customer.” Jeff...

Bataan 2020 boosts capacity in the Philippines

Philippines-based tissue manufacturer Bataan 2020 has started up two Toscotec-supplied TT SYD-3600MM tissue lines. The Steel Yankee dryers have been started up at the company’s...

Buckman hikes up North America freight prices

Buckman is to increase the price of products sold and delivered to customers in North America by $0.02 to 0.04/pound. The increase will take place...

Essity reports net sales increase in Q1 results

Hygiene products group Essity has announced a net sales increase of 10.9% to SEK28,020m in its first quarter results, helped by increased volumes and...

K-C announces executive leadership changes and 1Q net sales increase

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has appointed the president of K-C Professional - Kim Underhill - group president K-C North America. In her new role, Underhill will lead...

Kimberly-Clark – Thailand’s prospects are strengthening

As urbanisation increases, so does demand for more varied and sophisticated tissue products. The tissue giant tells TWM why it has growing confidence in its Thai...

Tissue use poised for a big stride forward in Thailand

With lower tissue consumption per capita than its neighbouring countries in 2017, Thailand still has much room for growth to fulfil its potential. Demand for retail and AfH tissue is...

Over 200 exhibitors, 1,687 total participants, 69 countries… Tissue World celebrated...

The wonderfully modernised Miami Beach Convention Center was the fitting setting for Tissue World’s double celebration – our 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary as the global industry’s...

Thailand is ready to take the foot off the brake

We could do no better in assessing tissue prospects in Thailand than quote directly from Kimberly-Clark in this edition of TWM’s Country Report. “We are...

Strategies for Sustainable Growth and Development will be discussed at Asian...

More than 20 industry experts will examine the future trajectory of the pulp, paper and related industries under the theme: Shaping Success: Strategies for...

Sepac boosts capacity with TM start-up

Latin American tissue producer Sepac has started up an XcelLine tissue machine in Brazil. Supplied by Voith, TM6 is based at the company’s Mallet plant...

Twinsaver Group targets premium quality market with investment

South Africa’s Twinsaver Group has started up an AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine at its Kliprivier operations in Gauteng. PM5 is a turnkey project supplied by Toscotec...

Paperdi boosts capacity with start-up

Italian tissue producer Paperdi has started up a Toscotec TT SYD-16FT at its Cartiera di Pietramelara mill. The second-generation TT SYD-16FT replaced a cast iron...

Asian Paper and Tissue World – the First Pan-Asian Industry Event...

BANGKOK, Thailand: From June 6-8, 2018 the Asian Paper & Tissue World Bangkok 2018, the first pan-Asian event of its kind will bring together...

Latest paper and tissue industry trends to be examined at the...

The industry today is being rapidly transformed, faster than anyone would have expected  even just a couple years ago and it continues to accelerate. New...