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

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

Suzano and Fibria merge to form global pulp giant

Brazilian pulp producer Suzano Papel e Celulose has acquired Brazilian eucalyptus pulp producer Fibria in a deal worth BRL36 billion. The move has created a...

Essity to close La Riba site and Allo TM in Spain

Essity is to restructure its consumer tissue production in Spain after announcing plans to close its production facility in La Riba and close one...

K-C targets bath tissue market with $100m Alabama investment

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has boosted its capacity in North America’s bath tissue market after expanding production at its Mobile, Alabama site. The tissue giant announced a...

APP boosts capacity with Indonesian TM start-up

APP has successfully started up a Prodergy AHEAD-2.0L tissue machine at its Perawang mill, Indonesia. Supplied by Toscotec, the supplier said its 22 ft diameter...

Zellcheming-Expo 2018

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Converting Technical Theme 2018: Process optimisation – customer loyalty – intelligent...

Leading converters outline their priorities in business strategy towards producing a better roll more efficiently. A TWM report. TWM/1: What events in 2017 have had...

Sofidel announces $360m plant in Oklahoma

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has strengthened its presence in America after announcing plans to build a second greenfield tissue mill. Located in the south-central town...

VTP and TMC join forces in North America

Valley Tissue Packaging (VTP) and Tissue Machine Company (TMC) have entered into a joint partnership to offer an enhanced range of packaging services for...

Velvet Care acquired by private equity firm

Polish tissue manufacturer Velvet Care has been acquired by Abris Capital Partners. The private equity company has agreed to acquire a majority equity stake in...

Double E Company acquires Convertech

Double E Company has boosted its web handing capacity after acquiring Convertech. Headquartered in Wharton, NJ, Convertech joins Appleton Manufacturing, Epoch Industries, and Double E...

Södra announces price hikes in Europe

Södra Cell has increased the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp as “supply remains tight”. As of 1 April, the company’s NBSK...

Lee & Man boosts latest TM start-up

China’s Lee & Man has started up its fourth Voith-supplied XcelLine tissue machine. Based in Guangdong, the machine has a wire width of 5.6m and...

Our top priority is quality – one high-quality product does the...

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Tissue World – 25 years bringing the world’s tissue businesses together

It began in Nice in March 1993 … the first ever trade show exclusively dedicated to tissue. There were 700 attendees and 49 exhibitors. Now, attendance at...

Is distribution the main challenge for tissue e-commerce?

The tissue online business is rather limited for the consumer segment and follows the on-line business of groceries. Relatively taken e-commerce is much more...

Market pulp capacity review: investment cycle to peak in 2018

Global bleached chemical market pulp capacity reached 64Mt/y in 2017, comprising 35.3Mt/y of hardwood market pulp, 28.3Mt/y of softwood, and just 0.4Mt/y of sulphite...

Mexico consumer tissue: fundamentals and soft drivers – what does the...

Mexico – the second largest economy in Latin America – has grown slower than most other large Latin American countries for more than a decade and...

Mexico: Exports – and NAFTA renegotiations – are becoming vital

Mexico’s tissue business continues to evolve to take advantage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) since implementation in 1994. Mexico has free trade agreements with over 50...

Mexico needs more tissue – and one family owned company is...

With consumer growth figures up to 6%, there is currently not enough tissue to supply the population. Luis Alberto Reséndiz, general director of family...

‘Mexico has what it takes to be the South American tissue...

In a classic market of huge untapped potential, general manager Humberto Narro Flores says Absormex CMPC – with a history of double digit growth...

Strong investment is key for Papel San Francisco

The Mexican pioneer will target AfH to keep ahead of a tissue market growth trend up to 4.5% annually. By Helen Morris, Senior Editor,...

ANDRITZ Is Revealing the Future of Tissue in a Futuristic Way

Visit the ANDRITZ booth at Tissue World Miami 2018  and you will see the faint blue outline of something in a 2-meter-long clear pane...

Festo Expands Connectivity to Third-Party IO-Link Devices

Festo, a leading manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls for process and industrial automation, is showcasing the new Rockwell Encompass referenced...

Fragrance Producer Creaciones Iguazu Seeks Entry into Tissue Market

Hoping to gain tissue manufacturing customers from around the world, fragrance producer Creaciones Iguazu is exhibiting at Tissue World Miami for the first time. The...

Voith Paper Offers Tech Solutions for the Entire Tissue-Making Process

Voith Paper aims to increase efficiency and quality throughout the entire tissue production process with its latest products, services and technologies. “As a strong partner...

BBA Biotech Named Most Sustainable Exhibitor at Tissue World Miami

The Tissue World Sustainability Award has been conferred on BBA Biotech for having the most eco-friendly booth at Tissue World Miami. The show organizers polled...

STAX Showing North America’s Fastest Multiwrapper

Some came for a chance to win the drawing for an Apple watch or an iPad, but most of the standing-room-only crowd gathered around...

BTG Moving Toward Diagnostic Services and Digital Solutions

With a solid reputation as a company that makes reliable instruments and high-performance ceramic creping blades, BTG Duroblade is focusing on two new areas...

Global Trade Shifts Are Making Tissue Business More Challenging, Less Predictable

To paraphrase Charles Dickens: In today’s tissue business, it is the best of times and the worst of times. That was the consensus from today’s...

Tissue World Magazine Mill Award Winners Announced

Tissue World magazine announced the winners of two categories of its annual Tissue World magazine Mill Awards on the opening day of Tissue World...

Tissue World Miami 2018 OpensToday

North America’s largest tissue paper exhibition has opened its doors. More than 3,000 attendees and 200 exhibiting companies are gathering this week at the...

End of Line Palletizing Solutions

Flexible High Performance Palletizing, Customized Conveyor Technology and System Integration Langhammer GmbH is a leading supplier of transport and palletizing systems. The company specializes in...

Packaging solutions for away‐from‐home and household tissue products

Tissue converting companies across the globe know Edson for their high‐performance case and tray packing systems, including high‐speed horizontal case packing, product handling, and...

Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Highlights

Three Deep Dive Sessions on Trending Tissue Industry Topics will be examined during the Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference Deep Dive 1: Global Trade Shifts –...

Amazon Papyrus announces price hike

Amazon Papyrus Chemicals has increased its prices by 5-15% depending on the products. The hike is in effect immediately, or wherever contracts allow. The company said...

Hengan International boosts capacity with Changji start-up

Chinese producer of hygiene and sanitary products Hengan International has successfully started up its Modulo-Plus PM26 at its Changji mill in Xinjiang. Supplied by Toscotec,...

Essity restructures in Chile; closes one tissue machine and two converting...

Essity is restructuring its production facility in Santiago, Chile, to strengthen its presence in the country’s consumer tissue and professional hygiene segments. The tissue giant...

Carta Fabril starts-up 22ft Steel Yankee

Brazil’s Carta Fabril has started up its PrimeLineST W22 tissue machine, which supplier Andritz said has the world’s largest Steel Yankee dryer. It will produce...

The squeeze on tissue margins is getting tighter

From rocketing raw material prices to cost conscious consumers with faltering brand or retailer loyalty – to discounting grocers and ‘shrinkflation’ – the market faces tough...