Södra Cell announces price hike for NBSK in Europe

Södra Cell has increased the price of its northern bleached softwood kraft pulp in Europe to $960/tonne. The price hike came into effect on 1...

Grand Bay Paper and Care Products Group boosts Latin American presence

The Grand Bay Paper and Care Products Group has invested in a new tissue paper mill. Supplied by Recard, the plant will produce toilet rolls,...

Crown Paper Mill boosts capacity by 65,000tpy

Abu Dhabi’s Crown Paper Mill (CPM) has increased its presence in the Middle East after it invested in an Advantage DCT 200HS line tissue. Supplied...

Essity targeted by Greenpeace campaign

Essity is the focus of a Greenpeace campaign that claims it is driving the destruction of critical parts of Europe’s Great Northern Forest in...

Star Tissue named as one of Europe’s most dynamic SMEs

UK-based Star Tissue has been chosen as one of the ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Europe’, an annual report created by the London Stock Exchange...

Cascades PRO claims 20% sales from new products by 2020

Cascades PRO has announced its commitment to new product launches and innovation after it said that 20% of its sales will come from innovation...

Kruger boosts AfH capacity with PM start-up

Kruger Products has started-up PM8 at its Crabtree Plant, a $55m investment that will increase the Canadian tissue manufacturer’s AfH capacity by 30,000 metric...

PCMC targets packaging sector with Graphbury Machines purchase

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has boosted its presence in the packaging sector with the acquisition of flexible packaging machinery manufacturer Graphbury Machines. PCMC president...

K-C announces first major commitment to renewable energy

Kimberly-Clark has substantially increased its environmental efforts after announcing its aims to power its north American mills with renewable wind energy. As part of the...

Surge in tourists hiding the effects of Japan’s declining population

Tissue facing a challenge and an opportunity says JP Corelex Holdings president Mr. Hiroshi Kurosaki. Production balanced against demand is the key. Report by TWM senior...

Can tissue demand in the AfH space compensate for limited retail...

As one of the most developed economies in the world with a declining population, Japan shows limited volume growth opportunities for FMCG products in general. Tissue products are no...

Universal Paper is gearing up for a move into Japan’s growing...

By Helen Morris, Senior Editor The APP Group company’s success has been in the economy segment with 9.4% of Japan’s T&T sector last year. Now its...

High efficiency wet strength resin technology breakthrough

  Mark Zempel, Georgia-Pacific Paper Chemicals business manager, describes the path to a wet strength resin with step-change performance claims. A TWM report. For many years, wet...

Japan – emerging from stagnant growth period

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International Japan, the most developed country in Asia, is the quintessential definition of an economic miracle emerging from the defeat and economic...

Tissue and towel sustainability: how next-generation chemicals can enhance sustainable development

By Richard Cho, global marketing director, Solenis. A TWM report. Sustainability is often defined as a requirement of the current generation to manage resources effectively so that future generations...

Delivery economy – centre store online?

The retail sector is going through a transition. Everything can be purchased by a click of a mouse, or a swipe on an app, and get delivered to...

TWM Interview: Manuel Dizon, CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit,...

Manuel Dizon joined Asia Pulp & Paper as CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit in January 2017. He has more than 20 years of...

All is not well for North American tissue producers

As brand loyalty is slowly eroding in the US, Europe’s leading discounters are set for major expansions. Report for TWM by RBC Capital’s markets analyst...

Tissue … the perfect canvas for capturing life’s perfect moments

Claire Bowen is a Perth, Australia-based blogger, dramatist and self-described “leftie feminist greenie” who studies the impact of popular culture on...

Accrol Group appoints new CEO

UK independent tissue converter Accrol Group Holdings has appointed Gareth Jenkins as chief executive. He will take over the role from Steve Crossley with effect...

Guizhou Chitianhua starts-up 20-foot Steel Yankee

China’s Guizhou Chitianhua Paper Industry has started up one of the world’s largest Steel Yankees at its Chishui, Guizhou Province-based site. Supplier Andritz said the PrimeLineST...

Call for Papers Now Open: Tissue World Americas 2018 – Technical...

The Call for Papers is now open for Tissue World Miami 2018 Conference – the largest gathering dedicated exclusively to the tissue industry in...

Ashland announces price hike

Ashland has said it will increases its prices on all resins and gelcoats in North America. The increase will come into effect as of 18...

Gambini targets performance and flexibility with TouchMax.Twin launch

Gambini has responded to customer demand with the launch of its TouchMax.Twin embosser. The product is the latest member of the TouchMax Family of embossing...

Andritz responds to increased global tissue demand with pilot centre investment

Andritz has announced the start-up of its new PrimeLineTIAC tissue innovation and applications centre in Austria. It was officially opened on 1 September and the...

Meeting the WSR challenge head on

Wet strength resins are the most expensive chemical application in tissue production. Hence the urgent need for economically effective solutions to reduce consumption. Kemira’s Vladimir Grigoriev...

The shifting growth of Asia’s most developed country; premium and lower...

  Quality, in Asia’s most developed country, is key in the Japanese tissue market … that much is a constant. Much else, however, has moved on in the four...

Kemira reports its half year results; profitability below prior-year level

Kemira has reported solid revenue growth but profitability below prior-year level in it half year results. In its second quarter results, revenue increased 5% to...

Resolute appoints Patrice Minguez as president of Tissue Group

Resolute has appointed the former founder and former president of Cellynne Holdings, Patrice Minguez, as president of its Tissue Group. The new role will see...

Voith launches OTR Precise system

Voith has targeted the tissue market with the launch of its OTR Precise system. The supplier said the system accurately measures and analyses Yankee cylinders...

Irving targets USA expansion with $400m TAD investment

Irving Consumer Products has invested in a 75,000 tonne state-of-the-art tissue plant to be constructed in Macon, Georgia. The machine is expected to start-up in...

Asian Paper and Tissue World successfully organized their first seminar in...

In conjunction with the merger of Asian Paper and Tissue World Bangkok trade shows, and with the support of The Thai Pulp and Paper...

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Fabio Perini expands Industry 4.0 presence; announces laboratories in US, Brazil...

Fabio Perini is to boost its Industry 4.0 data-driven offering with the opening of three additional “PIVOT” laboratories. PIVOT is the supplier’s global database that...

Resolute reports net loss in preliminary 2Q results

Resolute Forest Products has reported a net loss of $74m for the quarter ended 30 June 2017, compared with a net loss of $42m...

Clearwater Paper reports decline in earnings

Clearwater Paper has reported net earnings of $8.04m in its second quarter compared with $20.9m for the same time last year. Net earnings for the...

K-C references “challenging environment” in 2Q results

Kimberly-Clark has reported net sales of $4.6bn for the three months ended 30 June, down 1% compared to the same time a year earlier. Operating...

The Navigator Company continues expansion into tissue with XcelLine investment

Portugal’s The Navigator Company is to boost its tissue capacity by 70,000tpy after investing in an XcelLine TM. Supplied by Voith, the line is designed...

PT Aspex Kumbong boosts capacity with TM investment

Indonesia’s PT Aspex Kumbong has signed for a complete tissue machine to be installed at its Jakarta, West Java-based site. The line will be supplied...

Solenis completes acquisition of Nopco Colombiana

Solenis has boosted its product offering after completing the acquisition of Nopco Colombiana. Headquartered in Medellin, Colombia, Nopco Colombiana produces and supplies specialised chemical solutions...