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January / February 2016

What to expect next: January/February 2016

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Editorial content for the January/February 2016 issue includes: Country Report: Vietnam Reports from Fisher International and Euromonitor International. Plus Operations Reports: TWM visits Corelex Vietnam, Saigon...

Latest Headlines

Lee & Man starts up new 60,000tpy tissue PM in China

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

(News from RISI) - Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing has started up a new 60,000tpy tissue PM at its mill in the southwestern municipality...

January / February 2016

Suzano installs two 60,000tpy tissue PMs

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

(News from RISI) – Brazil’s Suzano has announced a Real425 million investment in two tissue paper machines, each with capacity to produce 60,000tpy. One PM...

Latest Headlines

Chile’s CMPC posts EBITDA of $337M in 3Q15, up 34% y-o-y

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

(News from RISI) - Chilean pulp and paper producer CMPC released its financial results for the third quarter of the year showing EBITDA 34%...

Asia

Vinda boosts capacity with PM start-ups

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Vinda Sichuan and Vinda Shandong Paper have started-up two Toscotec-supplied AHEAD-1.5m tissue machines. The two machines have come on-stream according to schedule at Vinda’s tissue mills...

January / February 2016

Sofidel continues drive in America with GBC purchase

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Italian tissue giant Sofidel has further strengthened its position in the American tissue market after announcing the acquisition of Green Bay Converting (GBC). With its...

January / February 2016

Resolute in “step-change acquisition” of Atlas Paper

Helen Morris - November 18, 2015

Resolute Forest Products has expanded its At-Home and AfH tissue product offering after it acquired Florida-based Atlas Paper Holdings. Atlas Paper manufactures branded and private...

November / December 2015

Preferred Packaging: Geos and Star Evo Packaging machines

Helen Morris - November 17, 2015

TWM’s Packaging Technical Theme takes an in-brief look at DM Pack – Preferred Packaging’s most recent innovations to launch into the market place. A...

Northern America

2015 November/December Americas News

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

AMERICA Resolute Forest Products boosts production Resolute Forest Products has increased its product offering after it invested in Valmet’s Advantage NTT 200HS tissue machine. The new tissue...

Asia

2015 November/December Asia News

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

CHINA Clearwater reports net sales drop follow speciality mills sale Clearwater Paper Corporation has posted net sale results of $444.6m for the second quarter of 2015,...

Europe

2015 November/December Europe News

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

PORTUGAL Renova in European first with NTT buy Portugal’s Renova has become the first European tissue producer to invest in Valmet’s Advantage NTT tissue technology. The production...

Global

2015 November/October Global News

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

A.Celli Paper announces management changes A.Celli Paper has appointed Mario Fazzi as its new managing director. Giuseppe Antonini has been nominated president of A.Celli Paper; Mauro...

November / December 2015

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

November / December 2015DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues: Huge potential yes, but plan for the long term in sub-Saharan Africa Marketissues: Is the slowdown in China a threat for...

Consumer Speak

Whether at home or abroad, when buying tissue products I look...

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

Charlotte Lynn is a teacher from Canada working in the UK I love travelling and have been to...

Exitissues

Free from its long dark history how high can resource rich...

Phillip Lawrence - November 5, 2015

By Phillip Lawrence, Academic Once ranked 141st in terms of GDP, democratic Indonesia’s leadership is aiming to become the world’s sixth largest economy in the...

Global

Solenis announces price hike for process chemicals

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

Solenis has increased the price of selected process chemicals and containers by 2-4% worldwide. Effective immediately, higher increases can be expected in countries where there...

Asia

Yuen Foong Yu Taiwan starts up PM

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

Yuen Foong Yu (YFY) Taiwan has started up its first AHEAD-1.5m tissue machine at its plant in Chingshui. Supplied by Toscotec, the machine has started...

January / February 2016

Resolute to boost tissue capacity with Futura install

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

North America’s Resolute Forest Products has invested in the new Futura Andromeda Concept converting technology. It will be installed at the company’s plant in Calhoun,...

Asia

SCA strengthens presence in Asia

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

SCA has strengthens the cooperation with Chinese hygiene company Vinda by integrating its business in South East Asia, Taiwan and South Korea into the...

Europe

Wepa starts up tissue line in France

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

The Wepa Group has started up a Toscotec-supplied tissue line in Lille, France. The 2.8m-wide machine came on-stream after the commissioning period and is now...

January / February 2016

CMPC and SCA allegedly colluded to control Chilean tissue market

Helen Morris - November 5, 2015

Chilean forestry company CMPC and a subsidiary of SCA are guilty of price-fixing in Chile, according to Chilean prosecutor Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE). On 28...

Frontissues

Huge potential yes, but plan for the long term in sub-Saharan...

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

The extraordinary history and traditions of the peoples of the continent of Africa have produced many proverbs … I especially like this one: Beware...

Marketissues

Is the slowdown in China a threat for the South East...

Pirkko Petäjä - November 4, 2015

By Pirkko Petäjä, Principal, Pöyry Management Consulting The South East Asian region is among the fastest growing tissue markets worldwide, but tissue production in the region grows...

Country Report

South Africa – locally focused and underdeveloped T&T market

Bill Burns - November 4, 2015

By Fisher International's Bill Burns Globally, Africa (Sub-Sahara and North Africa combined) is not a significant producer of Pulp and Paper (P&P) products. The region...

Svetlana Uduslivaia, Euromonitor International’s head of tissue & hygiene industry

Country Report

South Africa: budget constraints hinder demand for consumer tissue

Svetlana Uduslivaia - November 4, 2015

By Euromonitor International's Svetlana Uduslivaia The fifth member of the BRICS, South Africa is seen as a major developing consumer market and is a focus...

November / December 2015

Niche innovation is key at Universal

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

Inhibiting exchange rates, rising energy costs, changing consumer habits, struggling economy … no wonder Universal Paper & Plastics has become creatively self-sufficient. TWM talks...

November / December 2015

Sub-Sahara Africa: An expanding main market opportunity … long term

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

At Kimberley-Clark’s Enstra mill in South Africa they can’t make enough tissue to meet the demand. TWM spoke to the man who aims to...

November / December 2015

Novus Holdings backs debut in tissue with €25m boost to capacity

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

With the global print and paper market showing signs of global decline, one major player has moved into tissue with an investment project at...

November / December 2015

Sugar cane and able

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

The primary fibre source which supplies Sappi at its Stanger site on South Africa’s east coast is much in evidence. TWM visited the pulp...

Foex

PIX Pulp indices 22.9.2015

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs NBSK pulp Europe In spite of the narrowing price gap to hardwood and the ensuing support on softwood...

November / December 2015

Special Feature: Annual Review 2015

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

As 2015 draws to a close, TWM asks leading figures across tissue’s global supply chain for their retrospectives on 2015… and predictions for 2016 Sumit...

November / December 2015

EVT: Eye vision technology

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

EVT’s innovative EyeVision software can be used in the packaging production of all general tissue products. Chief executive Michael Beising talks to TWM about...

November / December 2015

Blox: the compact versatile cross-sector option

Helen Morris - November 4, 2015

OCME has revolutionised the end-of-line concept with a compact and integrated solution that focuses all phases of packaging in a single block: Blox. Fabio...

Asia

Papcel to deliver tissue paper line to Saudi Arabia

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

The Papcel Group has signed a contract to deliver a new paper machine to a confidential company in Saudi Arabia. It will produce papers for...

Europe

Sofidel boosts Nordic presence

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

Sofidel’s Swedish subsidiary Swedish Tissue has boosted its capacity after it started up a new converting plant in Kisa. The new converting plant is now...

Europe

Portucel targets tissue market with €120m investment

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

The Portucel Soporcel group is to significantly boost its tissue capacity after announcing plans to install a new tissue machine at its Cacia pulp...

January / February 2016

SCA set to acquire Wausau Paper

Helen Morris - October 21, 2015

SCA is to boost its presence in the north American Away-from-Home (AfH) tissue market with the acquisition of Wausau Paper for US$513m. The move enhances...

November / December 2015

What to expect next: November/December 2015

Helen Morris - October 7, 2015

Editorial content for the November/December 2015 issue includes: COUNTRY REPORT - SOUTH AFRICA Operation Report articles on the following tissue mills: Sappi's Stanger mill Kimberly-Clark's Enstra mill Universal Paper...

Latest Headlines

Hangzhou Nbond Nonwoven starts up flushable wipes line

Helen Morris - October 7, 2015

China’s Hangzhou Nbond Nonwoven has started up a new flushable wipes production line. Supplied by Voith and Truetzschler, the new production line is the first...

Latest Headlines

OMET reports record sales

Helen Morris - October 7, 2015

OMET has reported record sales in Italy in the first half of 2015 and said it is on track to continue its run of...

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