Marutomi Paper boosts production capabilities

Japan’s Marutomi Paper has successfully started up a new Steel Yankee dryer. Due to surging fuel and electricity costs Japanese tissue makers are constantly looking...

Santher improves financial results in 2013

(News from RISI) Brazilian major tissue paper producer Santher recorded a Real 17.7 million ($7.8 million) loss in 2013, according to the company's latest financial...

Brazilian Carta Fabril prepares to start up new tissue PM in...

(News from RISI) Brazilian tissue producer Carta Fabril is close to initiating production on a new tissue paper machine (PM) at its Anápolis mill,...

Sun Paper Source boosts capacity with start-up

Indonesia’s Sun Paper Source has successfully put into operation its new VTM 1. Based at the company’s plant in Sukoanyar, the machine reached an...

K-C announces 1Q 2014 results

Kimberly-Clark has reported “solid first quarter” results but said first quarter sales for its consumer tissue segment decreased 2%. For the first quarter of 2014,...

Kemira announces renewed focus on tissue, packaging and board industries

Kemira has announced an increased focus on the tissue, packaging and board industries. In a statement, it said it “strives to support growth of the...

SCA, Nokian Renkaat and energy companies consider joint energy plant in...

(News from RISI) SCA, the tire manufacturer Nokian Renkaat and the energy companies Leppäkosken Sähkö and Tampereen Sähkölaitos are evaluating whether to build a...

Ipek Kagit Tissue Paper boosts capacity

Turkey’s Ipek Kagit Tissue Paper has invested in a new Advantage tissue production line. The Valmet Advantage DCT 200TS line will be installed at the...

China’s Hengan International delays new tissue PMs due to oversupply pressures

(News from RISI) Hengan International is delaying new tissue PMs due to current oversupply pressure. The Chinese tissue giant ordered eight 60,000 tpy PMs in...

WEPA sells Fabbriche di Vallico tissue mill in Lucca to Italy’s...

(News from RISI) The German tissue giant WEPA has parted with its Fabbriche di Vallico tissue mill near Lucca in Italy. The firm said it...

40% increase in participants in the latest record breaking Tissue World...

Tissue World Americas 2014 has been another record breaking show after it attracted 1,931 participants, a 40% increase compared to the 2012 edition. The statistics are...

WORLD NEWS: Global, Europe, America and Asia

GLOBAL NEWS RCI TECHNOLOGY AND CONSOS LAUNCH SOFTENER SC-Q LIQ VOITH LAUNCHES TISSUEFLEX XD GARD CHEMICALS TARGETS TISSUE SECTOR WITH PRODUCT LAUNCH SVECOM LAUNCHES PNEUMOMECHANICAL CHUCK MOD. 714...

2014 March / April – Asia News

CHINA YUEN FOONG YU CORPORATION REACHES SPEED RECORD Yuen Foong Yu Corporation has significantly boosted its capacity on two PMP Intelli-Tissue® 1500 machines after it reached...

2014 March / April – Europe News

ITALY Guinness World Record: the world’s largest collection of tissue packs goes to... Italy’s Silvio Fioravanti has been awarded a Guinness World Record for his collection...

2014 March / April – Americas News

BRAZIL LEAL TO START UP 5,400TPY TISSUE SPECIALTY PM AT IBEMA PLANT IN BRAZIL Brazilian paper producer Leal Indústria e Comércio de Papéis is installing a...

2014 March / April – Global News

RCI TECHNOLOGY AND CONSOS LAUNCH SOFTENER SC-Q LIQ RCI Technology and partner company Consos have announced the availability of their newest offering, Softener SC-Q Liq. The...

Metsä Tissue announces price increase

Metsä Tissue has said it will increase the prices of its tissue paper products by 8%. The increase will take place during the second quarter...

Voith and Canfor Pulp announce developments

Voith Tissue & Pulp Innovation Centre and Canfor Pulp have announced the latest developments of their on-going technical collaboration. The technical cooperation was first established...

SCA Nicolás de los Garza reduces energy consumption

SCA has invested in a NipcoFlex T shoe press that will be installed at its Nicolás de los Garza plant in Mexico. The new shoe...

Hanke Tissue starts to ramp up new tissue machine in Poland...

Hanke Tissue, a subsidiary of the German MBB Industries group, is about to double its tissue capacity. The firm is set to launch production on...

CMPC Tissue boosts capacity

CMPC Tissue has announced it will install an Advantage tissue production line at the mill of its subsidiary Absormex CMPC Tissue de CV in...

Tissue World new launches – setting the stage for the bigger...

2013 was a year to remember: in the season that marked the 20th anniversary of Tissue World, the show moved from Nice to Barcelona,...

Friday 21 March Conference talk snapshot: Canfor Pulp, Suzano Pulp and...

1. Paul Watson, Director of Research & Innovation, Canfor Pulp Ltd., Canada Co-author: Wladimir Janssen, Tissue Specialist, Canfor Pulp, Canada High quality NBSK, the present...

Kiss-u Tissue launches 2-go cap

Kiss-u Tissue has announced the launch of its new, reseal-able cap at Tissue World Miami. It said it developed the product on the back...

Buckman showcases latest innovations

Buckman has showcased its latest round of innovative and patented chemistries and sustainable practices. The company offers tissue industry customers worldwide a combination of new...

Svecom launches pneumomechanical CHUCK MOD. 714 MZA

Svecom has showcased its newly launched pneumomechanical CHUCK MOD. 714 MZA at Tissue World Miami. The company said it is a revolutionary product to be...

Voith highlights ATMOS technology

Voith has showcased its ATMOS technology for ultra premium tissue at Tissue World Americas 2014. The company said that as a pioneer in the sustainable...

Sofidel showcases latest sustainability developments

Sofidel, the world’s second largest manufacturer of tissue paper in Europe, has showcased its latest sustainable developments and innovations at Tissue World Miami. The tissue...

OMET to showcase automatic napkin production

OMET is to showcase its extensive range of tissue converting equipment. This year the company has exceeded 700 installations of tissue converting machines worldwide. At Tissue...

Thurs 20 March: conference talk snapshot

Morning session 1. Julian Velazques-Vidal, business development manager, Ikea Trading, USA & France The IKEA Group Sustainability Direction for 2020: PEOPLE & PLANET POSITIVE IKEA...

Fabio Perini showcases latest innovations

Fabio Perini has showcased its latest innovations and advanced technology at Tissue World Americas 2014. The company is showing its latest converting and tissue packaging...

EDT showcases Enzymatic Fibre Modification developments

Enzymatic Deinking Technologies (EDT) is showcasing its latest Enzymatic Fibre Modification developments. The modification “ultimately leads to a reduction in the tissue industry’s carbon footprint,”...

Pulsar Italy showcases new subsidiary Pulsar America

Pulsar Italy’s newly launched American subsidiary Pulsar America has showcased its latest developments at Tissue World Miami. The division provides conveying and distribution systems and...

Valmet showcases latest tissue making concepts

Valmet has showcased its three tissue making concepts covering the whole product range from conventional to textured and structured tissue. Some 65 Advantage DCT tissue...

19 March: conference talks snapshot: RISI, Poyry, Mintel

1. Esko Uutela, tissue principal consultant, RISI, Germany New Tissue Supply in the Americas and Impact on Supply/Demand Balance The North American tissue business is...

UNGRICHT exhibits latest design development

UNGRICHT showcases new possibilities of design development at Tissue World Miami. The company has been producing embossing and Anilox rollers for many years, but it...

METTLER TOLEDO exhibits two product inspection systems

In-line product inspection systems manufacturer METTLER TOLEDO has exhibited two product inspection systems at Tissue World Miami. The company exhibited two of its precise high-speed...

Toscotec showcases better drying performance developments

Toscotec is to showcase its TT Drying Optimisation for Energy Saving (TT DOES). The company said in times of rising energy costs and pressure on...

Tissue World Americas 2014: first show day and launch of TRIF

Tissue World Americas 2014 has opened its show doors and kicked off its second day of conference sessions with the launch of the Tissue...

Mexico: “The opportunity to grow is huge”

When TW visited Mexico for this issue’s Country Report it was easy to see why it has made it into the MINTs (Mexico, Indonesia,...