2014 September / October – Global News

Tissue World portfolio: helping connect the dots. As you will have noticed, Tissue World is changing. In the last year alone we have introduced the...

2014 September / October – Americas News

CHILE 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...

2014 September / October – Europe News

FRANCE 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...

2014 September / October – Asia News

TAIWAN 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...

Hengan Group starts up PM17

Hygiene and sanitary products producer Hengan Group has successfully started up its Andritz-supplied PrimeLineTM W8 tissue machine. The machine is the tenth tissue machine supplied...

Södra begins Värö expansion

Södra has started the expansion of its Värö pulp mill, an initiative in which the pulp producer has invested more than four billion Swedish...

Hebei Yihoucheng Commodity boosts capacity

Hebei Yihoucheng has ordered an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT II tissue machine with Steel Yankee. Start-up is scheduled for the end of 2015 and follows the start...

Soundview Paper Company’s president and CEO steps down

Soundview Paper Company president and CEO George Wurtz has stepped down and been succeeded by pulp and paper industry executive Karl Meyers. Wurtz retired from...

K-C announces details for completion of Health Care spin-off

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has announced the record date, distribution date and distribution ratio for the previously announced tax-free spin-off of its health care business. The spin-off...

Metsä Tissue starts up new converting line, CHP plant at Katrinefors...

(News from RISI) Metsä Tissue is ramping up two new investment projects at its 81,000tpy Katrinefors tissue mill in Mariestad in central Sweden -...

July / August 2014

DEPARTMENT NEWS: Frontissues:  Italy: tailoring resources to adapt to tough market conditions Marketissues: Attract and keep the next generation of talent Exitissues: The power of Private Brands   WORLD NEWS: Global news Americas...

Two out of four new Yuen Foong Yu’s PMP lines running

Yuen Foong Yu has said two of its four new PMP Group-supplied Intelli-Tissue® 1600 Advanced lines are now up and running. The tissue producer announced...

Timing is everything in private label evolution

By Nielsen SVP's Todd Hale The private label sector in the US experienced a sizeable growth spike during the recent recession and that upward trend...

Utilising novel temporary wet strength for the AfH towel market....

By Kemira Chemicals’ Clay Campbell, Chen Lu, Junhua Chen, Harold Goldsberry, Adrian Stuart Polyamidamine epiclorohydrin (PAE) resins are widely used to provide permanent wet strength...

Improved DAF control delivers water savings and minimises TCO. A TW...

By Nalco’s Michael Murcia, Mita Chattoraj, JC Ye, Steve Hoefs Dissolved air flotation (DAF) units are used throughout the paper industry for solids / liquid...

Defining the physical characteristics that cause tissue softness

By Buckman’s John Stitt and Holly Richardson Softness: we know it when we feel it. We try to model it with complex equations.   Now...

Taking a closer look at innovation and sustainability

By Solenis’ Todd Sarraf and Ronald Staib In every region of the world, the tissue market is experiencing exciting expansion. Consequently, although the specific...

Private Label vs Brands: latest trends and developments

By Mintel's Jamie Rosenberg Worldwide, the private label and brands markets are rapidly evolving. In our Special Feature, TWM spoke to Mintel and Nielsen to...

PIX Pulp indices 29.7.2014

NBSK pulp Europe June market pulp statistics from the North American-based market intelligence provider Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC) came out quite strong. This...

Two out of four new Yuen Foong Yu’s PMP lines running

Yuen Foong Yu has said two of its four new PMP Group-supplied Intelli-Tissue® 1600 Advanced lines are now up and running. The tissue producer announced...

Guangdong Shaoneng invests in Steel Yankee

China’s Guangdong Shaoneng has invested in an Andritz-supplied PrimeLineCOMPACT II tissue machine with Steel Yankee. It will be installed at its Shao Guan, Guangdong province...

Syktyvkar Tissue Group starts up new tissue PM in western Russia

(News from RISI) Syktyvkar Tissue Group (STG) has started up a new 114tpd tissue machine at its brownfield Semibratovo plant in the Yaroslavl region...

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 Roses Southeast Papers. Headquartered in Sanford, Florida, Atlas Southeast...

WEPA to build two new tissue machines in France and Germany

(News from RISI) The German tissue giant WEPA is poised for growth as it plans to spend more than Euro 50 million on two...

Tissue World Istanbul launch opens its doors

The inaugural Tissue World Istanbul has today opened its doors to the tissue industry located in Turkey, eastern Europe, Russia, CIS, Middle East, Central...

Coastal China – positive growth through new and upgraded facilities

By Bill Burns, senior consultant, Fisher International It is common knowledge that the economy of China has been growing at an accelerated pace for nearly...

East China: tissue at a crossroads

By Ian Bell, Euromonitor International's global head of tissue and hygiene research The vastness of the Chinese consumer market is sometimes difficult to appreciate but...

New tissue player Sun Paper targets top five position in...

By Helen Morris, Tissue World Magazine Senior Editor China’s largest privately owned paper maker, squeezed in its traditional market, is moving powerfully into tissue production....

Moving into tissue with a 2bn RMB investment means Hebei Yihoucheng...

By Helen Morris, Tissue World Magazine editor General manager Tian Yuwei epitomises China’s economic drive with advanced technology in place and planned, a top class...

APP balancing overcapacity while positioning for huge potential growth

By Helen Morris, Tissue World Magazine editor China is grappling with an overheated market, too many PMs, ageing plants, a dangerous price war, sustainability, shifting...

Overheating investment activity threatening market balance in the North American...

After the Great Recession of 2009 and the recovery in 2010, North America’s tissue supply and demand have been well balanced, and from time...

Balancing sustainable growth with demand: east China’s tissue industry responds

Sun Paper’s general manager Kevin Liu’s English is near-perfect, so when he says “the tissue industry in China is just starting,” the full impact...

Talking Tissue in Tokyo

Nana and one of her favourite tissue products, a scented two-ply toilet tissue I live and work in...

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Futura appoints Piero Ceccon

Futura has appointed Piero Ceccon as head of sales and Procare and vice president of international operations. Ceccon is based at the Lucca headquarters of...

China’s Hwagain Group closes 55,000tpy mill in Guangxi due to environmental...

(News from RISI) China's Hwagain Group has shut down a 55,000tpy mill in Nanning city, Guangxi autonomous region. The mill, which had a combined capacity...

Parteks boosts capacity

Turkey’s Parteks has successfully started up a Toscotec-supplied tissue line installed at its mill in Kayseri. Founded in 1996, 300-staffed Parteks Paper is a fully...

Celulosa Argentina receives equipment for new 30,000tpy tissue PM

(News from RISI) Celulosa Argentina has received the parts of its new 30,000tpy tissue paper machine (PM) purchased in August last year from the...

Kimberly Clark de México starts up DCT line

Kimberly Clark de México has successfully started up a Valmet Advantage DCT tissue line at its Bajío mill, Mexico. The Advantage DCT 200TS tissue line...

Nobrecel plans to produce first tissue paper roll this week

(News from RISI) Brazilian pulp and paper producer Nobrecel expects to produce the first roll of tissue paper sometime this week at the Pindamonhangaba...