Quality product initiatives, greater technology efficiency, energy and labour costs –...

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine TWM asked industry experts around the world to explain how they see emerging technologies, cultural trends, financial markets, political initiatives...

India: From shanty towns to shopping malls

By Helen Morris, Editor, Tissue World Magazine. When, not if, tissue consumption takes off among a population of 1.25bn. Top industry managers are preparing for that...

PIX Pulp indices 27.9.2016

By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs                 NBSK pulp Europe The PPPC-statistics were fairly weak over July, but the August performance was again strong in softwood,...

Market trends inspire advanced delivery for diverse customer needs

By Giulio Bignami, Microline chairman, for TWM Microline’s Giulio Bignami talks about the company’s latest technology developments plus a new line installation at Dubai-based Metropolic Paper Industries. A...

Raptor SL integrates features from top-of-the-range packers

                  Chris Bladek, marketing specialist, Edson Packaging Machinery, discusses the latest case packaging design innovations in the Raptor SL case packer. A TWM report. The tissue packaging industry is...

İpek Kağıt invests in regional power

By Sertaç Nişli, general manager, İpek Kağıt                   A long-time pioneer and leader of Turkey’s tissue paper sector, İpek Kağıt has opened two new plants in Turkey and...

India – the world’s greatest untapped market

              India - the world’s greatest untapped market In no other country is so great a potential so apparently locked out of reach. India has untapped retail tissue...

India’s T&T – a market profoundly influenced by cultural preferences

By Bill Burns, Senior Consultant, Fisher International The second most populous nation in the world, India is ranked fifth in a worldwide listing of countries producing paper...

Consumer tissue in India: Value in focus but significant long-term opportunities...

                India remains one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. Real GDP is expected to increase by 7.3% in 2016, while unemployment in the country is expected to come down...

Tissue World Istanbul A Success; Attracts 1,602 attendees from 65 countries

First dedicated event covering huge region attracted 1,602 attendees from 65 countries Tissue World Istanbul 2016 concluded successfully after attracting 1,602 unique attendees – of which 1,231 were...

China’s Shandong Tranlin condemns report revealing legal problems and pledge of...

(News from RISI) - Shandong Tranlin condemned a media report on its involvement in multiple lawsuits and its pledge of the entirety of its...

Japan’s Daio loses appeal in NPI tissue patent infringement case

(News from RISI) - The latest ruling in a legal battle that has been in the Japanese courts since 2012 between Nippon Paper Industries...

Timeline for BOR Biotechnology tissue mill project in Czech Republic pushed...

(News from RISI) - The plans of Czech firm BOR Biotechnology to build a new tissue mill in the town of Kozomín, north of...

Twinsaver Group to become “largest tissue manufacturer” in Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa’s Twinsaver Group has boosted its capacity after it invested R500m in a new Toscotec AHEAD-2.0S tissue production line. Based at its Kliprivier site...

Daio Paper firms up plans to start tissue production at Kawanoe...

(News from RISI) - Japan’s Daio Paper has announced that its board of directors have green-lit a plan to restart operations at its inactive...

K-C invests €15m in tissue converting line at Villey-Saint-Etienne plant

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark has invested approximately €15m in a hand towel tissue converting line at its Villey-Saint-Etienne facility in France. After installation at...

K-C reports a “more challenging economic and competitive environment” in 3Q...

Kimberly-Clark has reported a net sales decrease y-o-y of 3% in its 3Q 2016 results, as chairman and chief executive Thomas J. Falk describes...

SCA announces capital structure and dividend policy for hygiene business; doesn’t...

SCA has decided on capital structure and dividend policy targets for its hygiene business. The capital structure target for SCA’s hygiene business is to have...

Russia’s Arkhangelsk pitches for state aid for domestic tissue investments

(News from RISI) - The Russian pulp and paper giant Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill (APPM), which is implementing a large tissue mill investment...

Taison Group paving the way for tissue expansions in Jiangxi, China

(News from RISI) - China’s Taison Group is planning to build a huge greenfield tissue and hygiene product mill in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. The proposed...

Abu Dhabi’s Ittihad to invest in new UWF PM; mulls new...

(News from RISI) - Abu Dhabi’s Ittihad International Investments will start construction of a 325,000tpy uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper machine at its Ittihad Paper...

SCA targets environment with Okay® Compressé launch

SCA’s consumer tissue brand Okay® has launched a compressed household towel “Okay® Compressé”. The company said the product performs as well as regular household paper...

Lee & Man starts two 60,000tpy TMs in Chongqing

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has fired up two 60,000tpy tissue machines at its Chongqing mill in southwestern China, boosting...

Henan Yinge’s principle shareholder listed for sale in China

(News from RISI) - China’s Henan Yinge Industrial Investment has revealed that its principle shareholder has been put up for sale for RMB 3.08...

Carta Fabril to install “world’s largest Steel Yankee” for tissue

Carta Fabril is to boost its capacity after it signed for a PrimeLineST W22 tissue machine with Steel Yankee and steam-heated hood. The line is...

PCMC Italy boosts production capacity after inaugurating facilities

PCMC Italy has officially opened its three new buildings in Fornaci di Barga, Italy. The premise covers 14,000sqm and will facilitate four converting lines for...

ICT to double capacity at Spanish mill with new tissue PMP

(News from RISI) - Italy's Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti (ICT) will double the production capacity of its paper mill in El Burgo de Ebro, Spain,...

Von Drehle starts-up USA’s first NTT line

Von Drehle Corporation has successfully started up its First Advantage NTT tissue production line at its Natchez-based mill. It is the first tissue maker in...

ST Tissue invests in “widest Steel Yankee” ever manufactured

ST Tissue has invested in “the widest Steel Yankee ever to be manufactured”, according to supplier Toscotec. The Franklin, Virginia-based mill will convert its F-5...

Södra’s Värö pulp mill amongst world’s largest following start-up

Södra has started up its state-of-the-art pulp line in Värö, Sweden, boosting the site’s current 425,000tpy capacity to 700,00tpy. The expansion is part of a...

Sofidel America to boost capacity with NTT purchases

Italian tissue giant Sofidel is to start-up two Valmet-supplied Advantage NTT 200 machines at its site in Circleville, Ohio. Each line will have a width...

Tissue World Istanbul attracts 1,602 attendees

Tissue World Istanbul 2016 has been concluded successfully after attracting 1,602 unique attendees – of which 1,231 were unique visitors - from across 65...

Ipek Kağıt highlights recent investments

Ipek Kağıt has used Tissue World Istanbul to highlight its recent investments. The company has over 45 years of tissue making experience using advanced technology...

Hayat Kimya highlights regional and global reach

Hayat Kimya is showcasing the regional and global reach of its cutting-edge technologies and high quality products at Tissue World Istanbul 2016. The Turkish tissue...

New design features and product launches

Tissue World Istanbul 2016 has been the platform to highlight new product and machinery updates launched over the past few months. They include: Automatic napkin line...

Solenis to highlight innovative creping technology solutions

Solenis has presented the latest of its capabilities in Yankee coating and release, fines management and wet and dry strength at Tissue World Istanbul. The...

Tissue World Istanbul 2016 opens its doors!

The first fully-fledged tradeshow for the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS tissue industry is now up and running....

September / October 2016

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: Iran ‘at a turning point’ and ready for business home and away Marketissues: Ukraine: How does an industry survive corruption, revolution and military conflict? Exitissues: A tissue...

Meeting the growing demand for tissue

Please visit www.sodra.com/en/Pulp/ for more information about Södra Värö tissue pulps. It is no secret that the proportion of hardwood in tissue paper has risen. The less...

Experience the Power of collaboration with Solenis

Solenis is the global market leader in both process and functional chemistry offerings to the tissue and towel industry. Whether the challenge is to...