Environmental concern and market competition driving upgrades at small tissue mills...

(News from RISI) Although the Chinese tissue sector is in a state of oversupply and major mills are grabbing more market share, small players...

NorthEdge purchases Accrol for £66m

Private equity company NorthEdge Capital has purchased Blackburn-based tissue converter Accrol Papers in a £66million deal. Accrol is one of Europe’s largest independent converter of...

Cheng Loong to invest NT$1.28bn in tissue paper expansion

(News from RISI) Cheng Loong has earmarked NT$1.28bn to build a tissue paper machine at its Chu Pei mill in Hsinchu county, Taiwan. Output on...

SCA and Vinda to integrate hygiene business in China

SCA has strengthened its cooperation with Vinda International by transferring its hygiene business in China (mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) to Vinda. As part...

Sofidel’s new integrated tissue mill in France begins to take shape

(News from RISI) Delipapier, Sofidel's French subsidiary, has broken ground on its €120m new integrated tissue mill project at its Ingrandes site. The first phase...

Södra picks GL&V for fibreline upgrade at Mörrum

Södra Cell has appointed GL&V to supply a major upgrade of the softwood pulp line at its Mörrum mill. GL&V will be responsible for screening...

K-C starts up PM at Bajío mill in Mexico

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (KCM) has fired up late in June its new 60,000tpy tissue paper machine PM5. It is understood that the machine started production...

China’s Zhuji Paper considers installing new tissue PMs with a combined...

(News from RISI) Shaoguan Nanxiong Zhuji Paper is mulling over building two tissue PMs with a combined capacity of around 30,000tpy at a mill...

SpA obtains preliminary license to build tissue plant in Los Ríos...

(News from RISI) The Chilean company Productora y Comercializadora de Papeles (SpA) has obtained a preliminary environmental license for a new tissue paper plant...

Chilean FPC to start up new 70,000tpy tissue PM in 1Q15

(News from RISI) Chilean packaging producer Forestal y Papelera Concepción (FPC) has scheduled for the first quarter of 2015 the startup of its new...

China’s Shandong Dongshun starts up three tissue PMs, six more coming

(News from RISI) Shandong Dongshun Group has started up three new tissue PMs in China, adding a combined capacity of 48,000tpy. All three units, provided...

Italy: tailoring resources to adapt to tough market conditions

Fit for the future” is the phrase WEPA Lucca’s managing director Bernhard Gross uses when TWM meets him at the company’s Lucca-based site. The...

Italy – the European Union’s T&T production leader

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International Italy has been experiencing persistent economic problems with sluggish growth, high unemployment and regional disparities in prosperity. The...

WEPA Lucca is now “fit for the future”

After two years of substantial restructuring, the WEPA Group has never lost its faith and drive in the Italian tissue market. Italian managing director...

The best loos* yet!

Sharmaine Collins works in project management at London’s Tate, an institution that houses the UK’s national collection of British and international...

PIX Pulp indices 13.5.2014

By Lars Halén and Timo Teräs NBSK pulp Europe In Asia, the prices of softwood pulp are also now in a clear decline. In Europe, the...

Carbon benchmarking for tissue manufacturing

By Subhash Deodhar Globally, tissue and towel production emits more carbon per tonne of paper than any other paper grade. For a product so close...

Are environmental issues a global concern in the tissue Industry?

By Pirkko Petäjä In the German markets catering for certain environmental attributes is a ticket to play, while in many emerging markets their importance is...

The power of Private Brands

By Kit Vale Private Brand sales are increasing globally, with a rise of 24% between 2007 and 2012. In fact, the global Private Brand business...

Economic woes lead to a polarised Italian tissue market

By Ian Bell Italy’s economy stands out in Europe for all the wrong reasons. An on-going recession, high public debt and corruption mean that over...

2014 July / August – Americas News

MEXICO Mexico’s KCM to start up new 60,000tpy tissue PM in June Kimberly-Clark de Mexico (KCM) has scheduled the start up of its new 60,000tpy tissue...

2014 July / August – Europe News

ITALY Fire hits Cartiera Lucchese’s Porcari mill in Italy Italy’s Cartiera Lucchese Porcari tissue and packaging paper mill was hit by a fire on May...

2014 July / August – Asia News

MALAYSIA Malaysia’s Fudak starts up Amica line Fudak has successfully started up its new Amica line at its Malaysian facilities in Johor Bahru. The line will...

2014 July / August – Global News

Gomá-Camps severs ties with AMS Gomá-Camps, expands into Africa (News from RISI) The Spanish tissue specialist Gomá-Camps is no longer part of AMS Gomá-Camps in...

WORLD NEWS: Global, Europe, America, Asia and Africa

GLOBAL NEWS Gomá-Camps severs ties with AMS Gomá-Camps, expands into Africa K-C announces 1Q 2014 results Kemira closes acquisition of BASF’s global AKD emulsion business AMERICAS NEWS MEXICO: Mexico’s...

Sofidel: the European heavyweight flexes its muscles

Sofidel chief Luigi Lazzareschi reflects on how changing times in Europe offer the Italian pioneer even more opportunities for balanced expansion across the globe.  Luigi...

The Barometer Issue – a climate report on tissue growth

In 2013, TWM visited a number of mills from around the world - from Spain to Indonesia, Poland to Germany - for the magazine’s...

Attract and keep the next generation of talent

By Brian Work At Tissue World Americas 2014, American Paper Converting’s Brian Work discussed why tissue is a dynamic sector that can attract smart young...

May / June 2014

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: Bold investment in luxury products pays off as staying at home is the new going out Marketissues: Kazakhstan – emerging tissue market leader in Central Asia Exitissues: Bellwether...

Tokushu Tokai pushes back schedule for startup of two tissue PMs...

(News from RISI) Japan's Tokushu Tokai Paper has rescheduled the timeline for two new tissue paper machines at its mill in Shimada city, Shizuoka...

Yunnan Yunjing testing 30,000tpy tissue PM in China

(News from RISI) Yunnan Yunjing Forestry & Paper has kicked off mechanical tests on a new 30,000tpy tissue PM at a mill in Puer...

Sepac starts up new 35,000tpy tissue paper machine in Brazil

(News from RISI) Brazilian tissue paper producer Sepac has started up its newest 35,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) late in May. The PM5 was acquired...

Brazilian Ipel postpones tissue PM 4 startup to August

(News from RISI) Brazilian tissue producer Indaial Papel Embalagens (Ipel) has rescheduled the startup of its new 26,400tpy paper machine PM4 until August, RISI...

First Quality Tissue boosts capacity

America’s First Quality Tissue has ordered a complete Advantage ThruAir (TAD) tissue line for its Anderson, South Carolina-based site. The line is planned to be...

Hayat Kimya expands further into the Middle East

Turkish tissue producer Hayat Kimya has ordered its fifth Advantage DCT 200 tissue line from Valmet. The line will add 70,000 tonnes of high quality...

February / March 2013

DEPARTMENTS: Frontissues: With tough times at home Portugal gets innovative abroad Marketissues: Recent trends in tissue consumption and manufacturing within the newly independent states of the former Yugoslavia Exitissues: ADT’s...

April/May 2012

DEPARTMENTS FRONT : A more bullish west US aspires to quality and economy in product and sales MARKET : Global tissue market continuing  strong...

Sichuan Yibin to start 350,000tpy cartonboard PM; tissue units under consideration

(News from RISI) - China's Sichuan Yibin Paper is erecting a new 350,000tpy cartonboard PM at a greenfield mill in Yibin city, Sichuan province. It...

Hebei Yihoucheng starts up 25,000tpy tissue PM in China

(News from RISI) - Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity has started up a 25,000tpy tissue PM at its mill in Baoding city, Hebei province. The unit, supplied...

Chongqing Well Mind starts up 30,000tpy tissue PM in China

(News from RISI) - Chongqing Well Mind Paper has started up a 30,000tpy tissue PM at its mill in Chongqing municipality. Supplied by A Celli,...