Thursday, June 18, 2026
World News

Cascades appoints Jérôme Porlier as Executive Vice-President, Tissue

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Cascades has appointed Jérôme Porlier to the position of Executive Vice-President, Tissue. Until last November, Porlier was President and Chief Operating Officer of Cascades Specialty...
World News

Grigeo Group starts-up TT SteamBooster steam generation system

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Lithuania’s Grigeo Group has started-up a Toscotec-supplied energy saving upgrade at its Grigeo tissue mill in, Grigiskes. The TT SteamBooster was implemented into the hood...
World News

Pehart Group acquired by INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund

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Romania’s Pehart Group has been acquired by Baltics-based private equity fund INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund. The transaction with current owners Abris Capital Partners is...
World News

Duni Group to acquire UK-based Poppies Europe

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Sweden’s Duni Group has further strengthened its position in Europe after announcing the acquisition of the UK’s leading paper tableware company Poppies Europe. The company...
Above: Founders Sumit (far right), Meena Khanna (middle), and colleagues; the company is enthusiastic about the future and is planning to increase its installed capacity by three-fold.
Operations Report

OPERATIONS REPORT: As tissue paper mills mushroom and India’s growth continues,...

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In 1992, Sumit & Meena Khanna set out to create innovative, high-quality tissue products from a small garage. Now, their FSC-certified face tissues, napkins,...
Ashwin J. Laddha, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Orient Paper Industries
Operations Report

OPERATIONS REPORT: OPIL’s root and branch review advanced its value chain...

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Ashwin J. Laddha, Managing Director and Chief Executive of the pioneering , explains the dramatic changes taking place in tissue consumption. Report by TWM...
Production boost: the company started up a Baosuo-supplied TM at its Sarigam mill (pictured) in October 2024
Operations Report

OPERATIONS REPORT: Jani Sales’ recent PM2 start-up and further growth ambitions...

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Director Abiali Jani explains the advancing production strategies and changing consumer choices behind India’s buoyant market. Report by TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris. “Our local...
Tissue World Istanbul 2024
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: TISSUE WORLD ISTANBUL 2024

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Peers from across Türkiye, Asia, Italy, Germany, and the UK, attend region-leading exhibition and conference – return of event announced for 2026.   Tissue World Istanbul...
Frontissues

FRONTISSUES: Indian society is changing dramatically, say tissue bosses – but...

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A tissue market growing very quickly, 13.3% at present, with 18 to 20% expected in the coming years. Previously, tissue was seen as a...
Image: Mumbai CC
India

INDIA COUNTRY REPORT: Tissue consumption is rising slowly … but a...

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Impressive long-term capacity growth of 11.8% is stalling, but a modest rise in the birth rate of only 0.72% shows that usage is still...
Pallavi Arora, Research Analyst, Euromonitor International
India

INDIA COUNTRY REPORT: Dual focus on hygiene and sustainability positions India’s...

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A highly fragmented and disorganised market means limited consumer knowledge of tissue benefits … and a drive for the cheapest options. Now, brands are...
Mark Goddard, Director, Risk, Business Intelligence, Government Relations at SecureValue
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: ‘360 degrees of diplomacy and trade’ – Türkiye reforming its...

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2025 will see dramatic changes in the international order. At Tissue World Istanbul 2024, Mark Goddard, Director, Risk, Business Intelligence, Government Relations at SecureValue,...
World News

MPH1865 announces company milestone after acquiring LPK

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French tissue manufacturer MPH1865 has strengthened its presence in the local professional hygiene industry after acquiring Laboratoires Prodene Klint (LPK) for €1.072m. The move has...
World News

ICT France to start up TM in early 2025

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ICT France is finalising the start-up of a tissue machine at its plant in Pannes, south of Paris, after starting-up a Yankee dryer at...
World News

Gayatrishakti Tissue enters the tissue market with TM start-up

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India’s Gayatrishakti Tissue has officially entered the tissue market after starting up its Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue machine at its facility in Vapi, Gujarat state. The...
World News

“His wit, generosity, and fearless spirit will be deeply missed but...

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Esko Uutela - global tissue expert, beloved father, and cherished friend – has passed away. Esko passed away last week after a brief illness. He...
World News

Juthor Paper boosts capacity with TM investment

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Saudi Arabia’s Juthor Paper Manufacturing Co. is to boost its production capacity after investing in an Andritz-supplied high-speed double-width tissue machine. Part of Middle East...
World News

GP announces $90m investment to grow consumer tissue business

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Georgia-Pacific (GP) is investing $90m at its Crossett, Arkansas, mill to continue growing its retail consumer tissue business. The investment at the Crossett mill will...
World News

Lucart appoints Francesco Pasquini as CEO; Massimo Pasquini confirmed as Chairman

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Italian tissue manufacturer Lucart has appointed Francesco Pasquini as Chief Executive and confirmed Massimo Pasquini as Chairman. Francesco Pasquini joined Lucart in 2005 and he...
World News

Andritz targets energy reduction with PrimeDry HotAir Box launch

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Andritz has launched its latest innovation to reduce energy consumption in tissue drying - the PrimeDry HotAir Box. The supplier said the system enables tissue...
World News

Eren Holding’s £1bn Shotton mill tissue factory approved

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Türkiye’s Eren Holding has achieved planning permission for three tissue machines to be installed at its 210-acre Shotton mill in North Wales. Once up and...
World News

Irving Tissue announces TAD expansion project

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Irving Tissue has announced a $600m expansion project to install a third TAD tissue machine as well as additional converting lines and a fully...
World News

Peers from across Türkiye, Asia, Italy, Germany, and the UK attend...

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Tissue World Istanbul 2024 has successfully welcomed almost 700 tissue colleagues to its exclusive exhibition and conference held last week, as event organiser Informa...
World News

GP announces changes in leadership; Hudson Pope to become Senior VP...

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Georgia-Pacific (GP) has announced a change in its leadership, as Jeff Koeppel retires from his role as Senior Vice President of Operations in the...
World News

MSPEA completes sale of MSS Holdings to APP

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Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has closed the sale of MSS Holdings (MSS) - a portfolio company of a private equity fund that...
World News

WAFA Group boosts capacity with TM investment

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Algerian tissue producer WAFA Group is to boost its production capacity after investing in a Toscotec-supplied AHEAD tissue line for its plant in Ain...
World News

GCP boosts capacity with Yankee Dryer investment

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Grupo Corporativo Papelera (GCP) has invested in an A.Celli-supplied iDEAL FORGED Yankee Dryer to be installed at its Huehuetoca site in Mexico. TM5 will produce...
World News

MEPCO to boost capacity by 60,000tpy with TM investment

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The Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) is to increase its production capacity after investing $92m in an Andritz-supplied tissue machine to be installed at...
World News

Sofidel finalises acquisition of CLW Tissue; boosts production capacity by 25%

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Italy’s Sofidel Group has finalised the $1.06bn acquisition of Clearwater Paper Corporation’s tissue division (CLW Tissue), a move it said makes it the fourth...
World News

Aldar Tissue boosts capacity with Dublin plant opening

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Ireland’s Aldar Tissue has increased its production capacity after opening its €15m manufacturing facility in Rathcoole, Dublin. The 100,000sq ft facility features fully automated, high-speed...
World News

Suzano reports “strong” Q3 results driven by increased sales volumes

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Brazil’s Suzano has reported operating cash generation reaching R$4.4bn - up 132% on the same period last year – in its Q3 results. Adjusted EBITDA...
World News

Buckman announces 5-12% price increases

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Buckman has announced a series of price hikes across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The company announced a 5% - 9%...
World News

Jani Sales boosts capacity with PM2 start-up

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India’s Jani Sales has expanded its tissue production capacity at its Sarigam mill to 57,000tpy after starting up a Baosuo-supplied tissue machine. Based in Valsad,...
World News

Essity reports “record-high cash flow” in Q3 results

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Essity has reported profitable growth and higher market shares in its Q3 results. Net sales decreased 2.2% to SEK36,274m, while EBITA for the quarter increased...
World News

K-C reports “strong in-market execution” in Q3 results

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Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has said its latest net sales result of $5.0bn on 1% organic sales growth reflect “strong execution” across the business as it...
World News

The countdown is on! Tissue World Istanbul opens its doors in...

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Tissue World is ready to welcome the tissue community, over 60 global exhibitors, and conference speakers including Orhan Öğücü, Tugba Erdogan, and panellist Esko...
Mika Paljakka, Senior Vice President UK/Ireland, Metsä Tissue
Exitissues

EXITISSUES: Metsä Tissue’s new UK mill will increase self-sufficiency in tissue...

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Continuous supply of high-quality fresh fibre pulp will be shipped into east coast port of Hull, says Mika Paljakka, Senior Vice President UK/Ireland, as...
From the left: Cristian Giuliani, Vice President Global Hygiene Engineering, BW Converting / Sergio Tonarelli, Chief Sales Officer, Futura / Nicola Romagnani, Marketing & Product Manager, Gambini / Vladimir Tchernichov, Area Sales Manager, Maflex / Marco Calcagni, Sales & Marketing Director, Omet / Simone Barsanti, Strategy and M&A Director, Valmet, Tissue Converting business unit
Converting

CONVERTING TECHNICAL THEME: Growth is steady and the demand is there...

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Six leading converting machinery companies weigh their progress and options for their near – and long-term development. A TWM report. TWM/1: What events in 2024...
General Manager Alp Öğücü
Operations Report

OPERATIONS REPORT LILA KAĞIT: Tissue giant Lila Kağıt pioneers expansion in...

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General Manager Alp Öğücü explains the key choices now facing the industry as its dynamic expansion is poised to move into its next phase....
AFRY Management Consulting’s Hampus Mörner, Manager, Christoph Euringer, Principal, and Tino Mäkelä, Analyst.
Marketissues

MARKETISSUES: How tissue survived and thrived in a decade of volatility

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After unprecedented turbulence in world economics, the industry – focussed on Europe - has shown “broad margin improvement.” AFRY Management Consulting’s Hampus Mörner, Manager, Christoph...
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