Is the tissue consumption leader about to enter a new market...

Even a two decades long upgrade in machinery – net gain of six installed since 2007 – has seen CAGR drop from 1-2% to...

Producers sharpen portfolio and marketing narratives as consumers adopt new ...

The uneven post-pandemic recovery continues and essential products dominate, as emerging trends reinforce the urgency needed to reassess supply chain efficiency. Euromonitor International’s Head...

The tissue facts on the ground… seeing the forest, ...

Industry analyst Greg Grishchenko – comparing the reality to sometime public perception – reveals just how responsible the industry has been with its forestry...

UPM’s $3.47bn investment is largest in its history

‘Step change’ project includes new pulp mill in Paso de los Toros, a new terminal at Montevideo’s deep sea port, community developments in housing,...

Resolute completes sale of Thunder Bay mill

Resolute Forest Products has completed the previously disclosed sale of the Thunder Bay (Ontario) pulp and paper mill to an affiliate of Atlas Holdings.  The...

Paper Excellence announces renewed business unit structure; Resolute’s Lalonde to leave...

The Paper Excellence Group (Paper Excellence) has announced its updated organisational structure for its business units following the recent acquisitions of Resolute Forest Products...

Cascades reports improved Q2 results driven by tissue segment

Cascades has reported “solid” results for the second quarter of 2023, driven by its tissue segment which it said delivered its strongest performance since...

MEPCO enters tissue market with TM start-up

MEPCO Group has officially entered the global tissue market after starting-up a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD 2.2L tissue line at its Juthor Paper Manufacturing facility in...

Suzano reports strong Q2 profit; Cerrado Project to start-up in June...

Brazilian pulp and tissue manufacturer Suzano has posted a second quarter net profit of R$5.078bn – up from R$182m reported in Q2 2022 –...

Canfor Pulp’s Northwood mill resumes operations

Canfor Pulp Products has confirmed operations at its Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George, Canada, have resumed following labour disputes at the...

Mirae Paper boosts capacity with TM start-up

South Korea’s Mirae Paper has boosted its production capacity after starting up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD Steel Yankee Dryer.  

Pehart Group invests in TM rebuild

Romanian tissue producer Pehart Group is to boost its production capacity after signing up A.Celli to rebuild a tissue machine at its...

K-C raises 2023 outlook following Q2 results  

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (K-C) has said its Revenue Growth Management programme and productivity have driven “continued margin recovery” in its second quarter results. 

Essity reports 20.2% net sales increase; announces closure of two New...

Essity has reported continued high sales growth and higher margins in its half-year report, as it fully exits the Russian market and...

Solenis completes acquisition of Diversey for $4.6bn

Solenis has extended its ‘one-stop shop’ offering after acquiring Diversey Holdings in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of $4.6bn. 

Velvet Care cuts CO2 emissions whilst quadrupling capacity in a decade

Polish consumer tissue manufacturer Velvet Care has said it reduced its CO2 emissions and water usage per tonne of output by half...

Liansheng Pulp & Paper boosts capacity with TM start-up

China’s Liansheng Pulp & Paper (Zhangzhou) has started-up two Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM tissue machines at its plant in Fujian Province. 

Northwood Consuma Tissue to boost converting production by 55,000tpy

The UK’s Northwood Group has expanded its converting capability following the launch of its Northwood Consuma Tissue (NCT) division in December 2022...

Essity UK secures funding for hydrogen power plant trial

Essity UK has secured £2.2m from the UK government to trial the use of hydrogen power instead of natural gas at its...

Valmet to acquire Körber’s Business Area Tissue for €380m

Valmet is to enter the converting and packaging technologies business after announcing plans to acquire Körber Group’s Business Area Tissue. 

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Tork brand offers range of carbon neutral certified dispensers 

Essity has said its Tork brand is the first in Europe to reduce and compensate carbon emissions for the entire life cycle*...

ABB targets pulp and paper markets with latest ASM innovation

ABB has launched its latest Automation Software Maintenance (ASM) lifecycle management programme to cover the software related to Paper Machine Drives (PMC800)...

Zeus Group acquires Italy’s Cima Paper

Irish global packaging company Zeus Group has boosted its presence in Europe after acquiring Italian paper company Cima Paper. 

Sainsbury’s cuts own-brand toilet paper prices

British supermarket Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of its own-brand toilet paper, a result of the cost-of-living crisis and the falling cost...

2,222m/min – FHH announces world speed record

Fine Hygienic Holding’s (FHH) Al Nakheel mill has announced that its Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200 tissue machine has reached speeds of 2,222m/min...

CHEMICALS TECHNICAL THEME: The Safe Edge – the online colour compliance...

As the European Union’s list of ‘high concern’ chemicals increases, Simon Boyd, Business Development Manager Colorants at Switzerland-headquartered Archroma - a global...

CHEMICALS TECHNICAL THEME: GPAM – Is it the next generation alternative...

Downsides of PAE resins include process inefficiencies, difficulties with wet strength broke repulpability, and increased regulatory scrutiny due to harmful chloro-organic byproducts....

MARKETISSUES: Special Report – Tissue World Düsseldorf 2023

Tissue World returned in Europe for the first time in four years with an impressive event that hosted thousands of tissue colleagues...

FRONTISSUES: The South Korean market is changing rapidly… more single person...

TWM was welcomed in South Korea in 2012 to report on its successes… brilliant electronics, exported at the right price, an internet...

South Korea’s tissue business may relinquish more production volumes to its...

In the export-driven powerhouse, the tissue sector is a rare exception – a net importer. But with unemployment and inflation impacting less...

SOUTH KOREA COUNTRY REPORT: Bulk buying up by as much as...

South Korean retail tissue registered resilient volume year-on-year rise of 4% in 2022. Longer term growth likely through product launches targeting unmet...

EXITISSUES: Market leadership in sustainable hygiene, and 20% of the AfH...

TWM interviewed Managing Director Khalid Saifullah when Star Tissue UK was named in the London Stock Exchange Group’s top 1,000 companies to...

BAROMETER ISSUE: SPECIAL FEATURE

In 2022, TWM interviewed tissue mill executives in Italy, France, Türkiye, Thailand, Mexico, and Poland and Romania for the magazine’s Country Reports....

OPERATIONS REPORT: The MSS Group – demographic trends drive major changes...

Single-person households, a drop in marriages, the online warehouse and next-day-delivery malls are driving a new era of small-volume production. TWM interviews...

8 Reasons to Exhibit at Tissue World Miami (in 2024)

Tissue World Miami is North America’s largest tissue industry event and is made up of a three-day trade show and conference.

Suzano and Sofidel join forces in Amazon rainforest pilot project

Suzano and Sofidel have joined forces in a landmark pilot programme that aims to advance ecological conservation and restoration whilst supporting socio-economic...

Metsä Tissue joins sustainable paper research network Modellfabrik Papier

Metsä Tissue is to become a shareholder of Germany’s Modellfabrik Papier, a research project that works to develop sustainable paper technologies and...

WEPA integrates fibre processing at Kriebstein plant  

WEPA Group has acquired the stock preparation division of insolvent German papermaker Kübler & Niethammer Papierfabrik Kriebstein (K&N).  All...

Reduction of plastics and water-use highlighted in latest K-C sustainability report 

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has addressed the social and environmental challenges it faces in the next decade - including the reduction of its environmental...