Eurovast restarts former Eurotec tissue mill in Italy, plans more investments

(News from RISI) - Production is up and running again at the former Eurotec Fabbriche di Vallico tissue mill near Lucca in Italy. Eurovast, which...

China’s Hwagain Paper starts five tissue machines in Jiangxi province

(News from RISI) - Hwagain Paper kicked off trial runs on five new tissue PMs with a combined capacity of 18,000tpy in the first...

Sofidel targets tissue supply chain with sustainability award

Sofidel has launched the ‘Sofidel Suppliers Sustainability Award’, an annual award that aims to motivate its national and international suppliers to promote high sustainable...

Turinsky’s fire-hit tissue PM down until at least end December

(News from RISI) - Russia’s Turinsky Pulp and Paper Mill will not be able to restart its blaze-damaged tissue machine PM1 before the end...

Bashundhara Paper Mills boosts capacity

Bashundhara Paper Mills has signed up Andritz to supply a turnkey tissue production line at its site in Bangladesh. The PrimeLineCOMPACT VI tissue machine has...

WEPA starts up largest TT SYD ever installed in Europe

WEPA has successfully started up a Toscotec-supplied TT SYD-18FT at its Cassino mill in Italy. According to the supplier, the 5,600mm wide PM3 is...

Competition authority slaps fines of Euro 128.8 million on heavy inco...

(News from RISI) – The Spanish National Market and Competition Commission, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has imposed fines of Euro 128.8...

Super soft and super premium quality gaining momentum

By Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry TRENDS REVIEW: Euromonitor International’s head of tissue and hygiene industry Svetlana Uduslivaia talks to TWM about trends across...

Private label and brands: Which has the edge now?

By Ron Shirk, industry specialist  Locally and globally, markets are experiencing “retail climate change.”  Relationships are shifting, including the relationship between private label and brands. Presently,...

Iran ‘at a turning point’ and ready for business home and...

              Iran’s tissue professionals are ready for business more than ever. That’s the overwhelming impression I came away with having spent time in and around...

PIX Pulp indices 26.7.2016

By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs               NBSK Pulp Europe Utipulp statistics show BSKP consumption down by 1.4% from May but up by 2.3% when...

Ukraine: How does an industry survive corruption, revolution and military conflict?

By industry analyst Greg Grishchenko   When Greg Grishchenko first reported on the Ukrainian tissue market the country was full of hope for prosperity after the...

Lee & Man Paper boosts capacity with rewinders buy – delivery...

  Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has ordered four tissue rewinders to be supplied by A.Celli Paper. The model AC882 rewinders will have a paper width...

Drenik boosts capacity with rebuild

Tissue manufacturer Drenik is to increase the production capacity of its Belgrade-based facilities after it placed an order with supplier Recard to rebuild PM1. The...

Wherever I am in the world I’m never without face wipes!

Only now after putting pen to paper – or keystroke to screen – has Australian Aimee Andersen, 33, living in London, realised she is...

Chemical technology breakthrough targets significant Yankee Dryer performance improvement

Thomas L. Wright, technical director, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, explains how the NAVIGATOR coating programme is designed to operate in today’s demanding environment of high temperatures...

Iran: Relaxation of sanctions will increase tissue demand

By Euromonitor Research Analyst, Ahmed Bakr With the recent relaxation of sanctions, the Iranian economy is expected to experience a more stable situation in 2016....

Utilising KemView™ sheet analyser to optimise softness and control the creping...

By Kemira’s Clay Campbell, Lucyna Pawlowska, Xiaosong Huang There are different roads one can take to achieve tissue softness. The key is to be able...

A tissue industry “overwhelmed” with new paper convertors entering the local...

Tissue consumption growth remains at 15% in the United Arab Emirates despite an economy hit by a fall in oil prices. Sajid Hussain, general...

Iran – regional leader following recent investment

The Middle East region (Egypt and Turkey not included) is a minor contributor to worldwide pulp and paper production. As figure 1 indicates, Asia...

Vinda gets two news 30,000tpy tissue PMs in Guangdong

(News from RISI) - Vinda International Holdings started up two new 30,000tpy tissue PMs last month at its Sanjiang mill in Jiangmen city, Guangdong...

Yusen Paper starts 13,000tpy tissue PM in Baoding; five more to...

(News from RISI) - Yusen Paper has fired up a new 13,000tpy tissue PM in its sole mill in Baoding city, Hebei province, China. Supplied...

Solenis boosts product offering with Nopco acquisition

Solenis is to acquire the shares in Nopco Holding and related subsidiaries (Nopco), a producer and supplier of advanced chemical solutions for the pulp...

Resolute’s Calhoun tissue operation on track for 1Q 2017 start-up

Resolute Forest Products has completed the commissioning of its first tissue converting line at its tissue facility currently under construction in Calhoun, Tennessee. The remaining...

SCA targets French tissue mills with restructuring measures

SCA has announced a series of restructuring measures at its production plants in Hondouville and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. It includes the closure of the oldest tissue...

Hengan starts-up 19th tissue machine

Hengan has boosted its one million tpy tissue production capacity by a further 60,000tpy after it started up an Advantage DCT 200HS tissue machine...

SCA to integrate its business in the Middle East, India and...

SCA has said it will integrate its business in the Middle East, India and Africa into consumer goods. The company will integrate its Business Unit...

Little Rapids Corporation boosts capacity

Little Rapids Corporation has signed a contract with Voith Paper Brazil to purchase a new tissue paper machine. The new machine will replace the existing...

Hengan fires up 60,000tpy tissue PM in Anhui, China

(News from RISI) - China's Hengan International has kicked off trial runs on a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Wuhu city,...

SCA to split group into two listed hygiene and forest products...

SCA has said it will split the group into two listed companies in 2017, hygiene and forest products. Following a split, there will be two...

Zhuji Paper fires up 25,000tpy tissue PM in Guangdong, China

(News from RISI) - China’s Shaoguan Nanxiong Zhuji Paper has started trial runs on a new 25,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Nanxiong...

CMPC’s market pulp sales in 2Q16 boom 56% year-over-year; net revenues...

(News from RISI) - Chilean pulp and paper producer CMPC released its second quarter results showing consolidated sales of $1.1 billion, 0.5% higher than...

Lee & Man to get two more 60,000tpy TMs in Dongguan,...

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing is continuing its ambitious tissue expansion programme, planning to add a pair of 60,000tpy tissue...

Cheng Loong tissue line breaks world record

Supplier Voith has said its tissue line at Taiwan’s Cheng Loong Corporation has broken world records “substantially ahead of the industry in several indexes”. TM16...

Multipack targets tissue with sale of Pharma-Cosmetic branch

Packaging equipment company Multipack has realigned its business focus to the international tissue market by selling off its pharmaceutical and cosmetic branch. The Italian company...

Celupaper increases capacity with start-up

Argentina’s Celupaper has boosted its capacity with the start up of its Toscotec-supplied PM3. The new line is installed at Papelera Nicaragua mill, Argentina, and...

Shandong Tranlin to install new tissue unit in Gaotang, China

(News from RISI) Shandong Tranlin is going to install a new tissue PM at its flagship mill in Gaotang, Shandong province, China. The PM, scheduled...

Vinda International integrates SCA Asia tissue business, reports 19% increase in...

(News from RISI) - Vinda International Holdings has reported a 19% increase in revenue in the six-month period ending in June 2016, to HK$5.7bn,...

Countdown to Tissue World Istanbul

The countdown to the first fully-fledged Tissue World Istanbul – the unique addition to the global Tissue World portfolio – has begun! Taking place in...

Kruger invests $55m on new PM at Crabtree plant

Canadian tissue manufacturer Kruger Products has invested $55m to add a paper machine at its Crabtree Plant in Canada. PM8 will produce tissue products primarily...