China’s C&S Paper to relocate 10,000tpy tissue PM to Zhejiang province...

(News from RISI) - China's C&S paper has decided to move a 10,000tpy PM located at a mill in Zhongshan city, Guangdong province to...

Daio to hike tissue paper prices in Japan

(News from RISI) - Japan's Daio Paper has announced a price hike for its tissue range, effective on deliveries from 21 January. The firm has...

Petri Helsky appointed CEO of Metsä Tissue

Metsä Tissue has appointed Petri Helsky as CEO of Metsä Tissue Corporation. Helsky will start his new position as well as becoming a member of Metsä...

Syassky mill to install new tissue PM in western Russia

(News from RISI) Russia's Syassky pulp and paper mill has signed up Toscotec to supply a new tissue line at its mill in Syasstroy,...

Clearwater Paper sells specialty mills to Dunn Paper

Clearwater Paper Corporation has sold its specialty products business and mills to Dunn Paper and said it will reinvest the net proceeds of the...

Yunnan Yunjing resumes pulp and tissue production after earthquake

(News from RISI) - Yunnan Yunjing Forestry and Pulp Mill has resumed production at its pulp and tissue paper mill in Jinggu county in...

APP completes 20MW solar project in Indonesia

Asia Pulp & Paper has completed a 20MW rooftop solar project at its site Gold HongYe tissue mill in Suzhou, China. The panels cover around...

Tokushu Tokai tests new tissue machine in Japan

(News from RISI) - Tokushu Tokai Paper has kicked off trial runs on a new tissue paper machine at its Shimada mill in Shimada...

Cascades PM ramp-up continues at St. Helens; machine rolls being sold

(News from RISI) - Cascades started up a converted uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper machine for making tissue paper in late October, a company official...

Santher raises third quarter revenues by 11% to $130m

(News from RISI) - Brazilian tissue producer Santher's third quarter revenues hit Real 337 million ($130 million), an 11% increase over the same quarter...

Tissue World Asia attracts 2,899 participants from key markets

Asia’s largest international show for the tissue industry attracted 2,899 of the region’s key movers and shakers during the three-day event. Held in Shanghai during...

November / December 2014 – Asia News

RUSSIA Syktyvkar Tissue Group starts up new tissue PM Syktyvkar Tissue Group (STG) has started up a new 114tpd tissue machine at its brownfield Semibratovo plant...

November / December 2014 – World News

GLOBAL NEWS Cascades Tissue president and CEO steps down Södra hikes up prices Futura appoints Piero Ceccon   EUROPE GERMANY: WEPA to build two new tissue machines TURKEY: Parteks boosts capacity TURKEY: Ipek Kagit...

November / December 2014 – Europe News

GERMANY WEPA to build two new tissue machines German tissue giant WEPA is poised for growth as it plans to spend more than Euro 50 million...

2014 November / December – Global News

Cascades Tissue president and CEO steps down Cascades Tissue has announced that its president and chief executive Suzanne Blanchet is to step down after more...

2014 November / December – Americas News

USA Roses Southeast Papers acquired by Peak Rock Capital affiliate Atlas Southeast Papers, an affiliate of private equity firm Peak Rock Capital, has acquired tissue manufacturer...

November / December 2014

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  The sweet smell of success for tissue in Russia Marketissues: Social media – a powerful tool for all sectors of the tissue industry Exitissues: Capacity additions...

Home and away … Anika compares West and East

By Anika Michielsen Born in Belgium, Anika Michielsen has just returned from a year in South Korea where...

Pulp Invest targets No.1 position in Tatarstan as Russian tissue surges

In the emerging Republic of Tatarstan, Pulp Invest is on the brink of a major start up. With the towering presence of the Kazan...

Dynamic economic growth – massive consumer markets – unique geographical position

By Helen Morris With Russian tissue consumption expected to rise fivefold in three years, Hayat Kimya - the largest tissue manufacturer in Eastern Europe and...

Rising incomes spur growth in Russian tissue

By Euromonitor International’s Ian Bell With a tissue market worth US$1 billion, Russia dominates the Eastern European retail tissue landscape, accounting for 31% of sales...

Russia – underdeveloped market with improving growth trend

By Fisher International’s Bill Burns Russia’s economy has been experiencing sustained expansion since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Fuelled by commodity exports (most notably...

The sweet smell of success for tissue in Russia

It was the glaringly obvious thing for us to do to follow our inaugural TW Istanbul conference with a country report on Russia. The two...

Social media – a powerful tool for all sectors of...

By The Grocer’s Associate editor (features) Simon Creasey To tweet or not to tweet – that’s the question every company has to address at some...

PIX Pulp indices 30.9.2014

By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs   NBSK pulp Europe he August pulp data from PPPC came out better than expected for the hardwood pulp...

Capacity additions plus aggressive promotions spell interesting times in North American...

By RBC Capital’s markets analyst Paul Quinn We believe that North American tissue margins could remain below historical levels for the next several years, particularly...

Will a large project pay off? Decentralised concept with ten...

By OPTIMA nonwovens’ Oliver Rebstock   In plants with multiple packaging lines, there are two alternatives for palletising hygienic paper products: a single large central palletiser...

Annual Review

Industry experts tell TWM about how emerging technological, cultural, political and commercial changes could shape global tissue in the years ahead   Once consumers try private...

B&B – MAF bagger technology

By B&B - MAF’s technical sales manager Norbert Grothaus The independent packaging machinery manufacturer talks to TWM about its latest innovation for end-of-line packaging products The end-of-line...

Tissue packaging evolution in North America

By Pöyry Management Consulting’s director Soile Kilpi Tissue papers are considered a consumer staple and are sold throughout major retail channels. This category has been...

K-C investing in bigger capacity at Australian tissue mill

(News from RISI) - Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has announced its intention to invest in operations at its Millicent mill in South Australia, expanding its capacity. It...

TISSUE WORLD ISTANBUL

The launch edition of Tissue World Istanbul has set the standard for the tissue industry’s expansion into one of the world’s great regions for...

Lamix diversifies product offering

Lamix has diversified its product offering after it started up a PCMC-supplied Amica Matrix industrial line at its Witnica site. The line converts industrial laminated...

KP Tissue considering locations, pre-engineering for possible TAD

(News from RISI) - KP Tissue is in "serious" consideration of adding another through-air-dried (TAD) tissue paper machine, company chief executive Mario Gosselin told...

Sofidel boosts energy efficiencies with Advantage ReTurne start up

Sofidel has started up a Valmet-supplied Advantage ReTurne energy recovery system at its Delicarta Valdottavo in Italy. It is the first installation of Valmet’s new...

Lee & Man acquires firm to run tissue business

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has announced the acquisition of a company called Guang Kai for HK $404 million ($52.1 million)...

Wausau and von Drehle on the move in AfH with efficiencies...

(News from RISI) - Two US AfH tissue paper producers this week identified or began work on efforts that aim to net them lower...

Strikes break out at APP’s Gold East and at Henan Yinge...

News from RISI - Employees of Gold East Paper and Henan Yinge Industrial Investment in China have recently carried out significant strikes. On 15 October,...

LC Paper ramps up PM2 rebuild

Spanish tissue producer LC Paper has started up its PM2 rebuild at its Besalu-based site after a major dry-end rebuild with Toscotec and sister...

Lee & Man Manufacturing boosts tissue capacity

China’s Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has invested in a Valmet-supplied Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line. It will have a width of 5.6m and a...