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    Tissue World Magazine, Departments: Consumer Speak, Exitissues, Foex, Frontissues, Marketissues, and Operations Report

    Tissue World Magazine

    How to triple sales in three years, by South Florida Tissue Paper Co.

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    It’s listed in Inc. Magazines’ top 5,000 fastest growing US companies, has tripled sales from 2014 to 2017, notched up a growth rate of 179%, and expanded the operation across all 50...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Even the great Bobby Fischer would find tissue’s US chess game a challenge

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
    Our cover image depicts the US tissue battlefield. The reds strategically occupying the hill represent all we know of the status quo. For many decades the industry in the USA meant few giants monopolising the market in...

    The Whole World Toilet Paper Museum

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    From the Kremlin to the McMurdo Station in The Antarctic and with celebrity signatures including Madonna and Woody Allen, Boston, Massachusetts couple Rich and Flo Newman have amassed a tissue treasure trove. We...
    Tissue World Magazine

    What does China’s Belt & Road master plan mean for tissue?

    January / February 2018 Helen Morris -
    China is a major financier to the world. Just one of many investment vehicles is its initiative to transform transport systems and smooth trade across Asia, Europe and Africa – estimated at $900bn...

    On the offensive for a place in the Big League

    January / February 2018 Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine Having touched-down in the Green Bay home of the famous NFL stars the Packers, Italian giant Sofidel plans to shoot the gap with a spread...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Shrinkflation – reducing product size becomes an issue for tissue

    Marketissues Helen Morris -
    Toxic combination of cost inflation, a stagnant economy, the fluctuating pound … and Brexit has forced the UK tissue sector, like many other producers, to look for savings elsewhere. Report by freelance journalist...

    Building a tissue empire from the Adelaide Mill… England

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Angela Dawson is a writer and poet who has featured on community radio and at various venues around Melbourne, Australia, since 2000. Originally from Manchester, England, this year saw the...

    “We are aiming to be the number one player in Nigeria as well as...

    November / December 2017 Helen Morris -
    TWM interviews Bola Ataiyero-Adefila, the chief operating officer of Nigeria’s second largest converter, Banrut Rolls Nigeria. TWM/1: What products do you currently produce? Bola Adefila: “We produce all tissue paper products; toilet tissues, napkins, both...

    Hayat Kimya’s $100m Nigerian plant expands its dominance in Africa

    November / December 2017 Helen Morris -
    In June, Turkish tissue manufacturer Hayat Kimya expanded its geographical presence with the inauguration of its $100m Nigerian diaper and tissue plant in Agbara, Nigeria. Hayat first entered into the Nigeria market in 2015...
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    With 10-15% growth y-o-y, Star Tissue is making the headlines at home and abroad

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    Named as one of Europe’s most dynamic SMEs, this Blackburn, UK-based tissue converter talks opportunities in a post-Brexit Britain. UK-based, family-owned tissue converter Star Tissue is on a roll. Established in 2003, it was...
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    Getting the best out of our ever more sophisticated technology

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
    HMI, the Human Machine Interface, might stand as a symbol of TWM’s Technical Theme on packaging, wrapping and logistics in this edition… as for the tissue industry across the board. Four top companies report on...

    Surge in tourists hiding the effects of Japan’s declining population

    Operations Report Helen Morris -
    Tissue facing a challenge and an opportunity says JP Corelex Holdings president Mr. Hiroshi Kurosaki. Production balanced against demand is the key. Report by TWM senior editor Helen Morris. The first thing TWM notices...

    Universal Paper is gearing up for a move into Japan’s growing premium tissue market

    Operations Report Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor The APP Group company’s success has been in the economy segment with 9.4% of Japan’s T&T sector last year. Now its key strategy is to follow younger consumers who...
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    TWM Interview: Manuel Dizon, CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit, Asia Pulp &...

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    Manuel Dizon joined Asia Pulp & Paper as CEO – International, Global Tissue Business Unit in January 2017. He has more than 20 years of general management, sales, and marketing experience with companies...
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    All is not well for North American tissue producers

    Marketissues Helen Morris -
    As brand loyalty is slowly eroding in the US, Europe’s leading discounters are set for major expansions. Report for TWM by RBC Capital’s markets analyst Paul Quinn. Change is afoot. Branded tissue products will...

    Tissue … the perfect canvas for capturing life’s perfect moments

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Claire Bowen is a Perth, Australia-based blogger, dramatist and self-described “leftie feminist greenie” who studies the impact of popular culture on the historical record. I’ll...
    Tissue World Magazine

    The shifting growth of Asia’s most developed country; premium and lower mainstream products key

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
      Quality, in Asia’s most developed country, is key in the Japanese tissue market … that much is a constant. Much else, however, has moved on in the four years since TWM’s last Country Report from there,...
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    As Brexit looms UK domestic tissue suppliers see their chance

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    Poppies is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of high quality bespoke printed napkins. TWM asked partner and technical director Armindo Marques how he plans to meet the challenges and uncertainties of the...

    When it comes to the perfect wedding speech… a Best Man should never be...

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Unaccustomed as he is to public speaking, Adam, who is based in Bristol, England, finds inspiration conveniently comes to hand when he sits and thinks about his speech.
    Tissue World Magazine

    MPI Paper Mills – striving to be the industry’s premier supply chain solution

    Departments Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine Output is set to rise by 25% with a PM4 upgrade, even before adopting a new sales model could mean overhauling or replacing PM5 as...
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    Cascades… the new major player determined to keep the personal touch

    Departments Helen Morris -
    By Helen Morris, Senior Editor, Tissue World Magazine With a $64m start-up on American’s west coast just part of a major makeover, the Canadian company is now a big player with a small...
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    Resolute ramps up capacity to position itself as key player in tissue

    July / August 2017 Helen Morris -
    President and chief executive Richard Garneau provides an update on Resolute Forest Products’ ongoing transformation strategy and entry into the growing tissue market. A TWM report. In June 2015, Resolute announced its entry...
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    Canada – strengthening its away game

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
    Canada, of course, has a big neighbour. The biggest, in economic terms, which while returning a fluctuating performance is never, currently, less that the biggest economic giant. In tissue terms, Canada is small scale … it’s a...
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    Unprecedented number of tissue machines installed since 2010

    Exitissues David Vallieres -
    With tissue consumption growing at a rapid pace in emerging markets, particularly in China, an unprecedented number of new tissue paper machines have been installed. Numera’s analysis shows that 327 new tissue paper machines...
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    Chinese tissue market in a good growth phase but oversupply continues

    Latest Headlines Esko Uutela -
    According to a recent talk by Zhang Yulan, of the China National Household Paper Association (CNHPIA), in 2016 the Chinese tissue business maintained growth, and the expansion of the tissue industry continued at a good pace –...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Pulp and Paper United do the nation proud

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
    Let’s describe general economic performance in recent years as a football match … why not, this is Brazil after all: it has been an end-to-end thriller. TWM must first apologise to those across the...
    Tissue World Magazine

    How to achieve growth in a national crisis

    Brazil Helen Morris -
    These are turbulent times in Brazil – but tissue is toughing it out. Helen Morris, Tissue World magazine senior editor, visits Carta Fabril’s Rio de Janeiro headquarters as the company begins the start-up...

    Family tissue: for babies’ noses… and Construction Club

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Creativity is at the heart of Brazilian Melissa Hoemke’s family. After living in London for 12 years she wants to do right by the children and the environment, and...
    Tissue World Magazine

    ‘We diversified, it was the only way to survive. And it worked.’

    Brazil Helen Morris -
    If ever a company was poised for an economic uplift it’s IPEL at its impressive new site in Indaial city. Managing director Juliano Silva talks growth, investment, flexibility, justice… and football...

    Tissue World Milan: Global tissue ‘is reaching new peaks year after year’

    May / June 2017 Helen Morris -
    Worldwide consumption stands at 36.3 million tonnes with estimated unmet potential at over 15 million tonnes in retail alone. As an increasingly complex and diverse marketplace presents great challenges and  opportunities, Tissue World Milan...
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    ‘We are facing a sophistication of demand’

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    Only in Italy could there be a fibre di latte, one of many pioneering products of fibre experts Lucart at its Diecimo site. In a price war when competition is fierce, balanced expansion...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Searching for distinction in a complex market

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    When competition is fierce and price discounting dominates, niche, flexibility and targeted response to rapidly changing consumer demands become crucial. TWM visited family owned Industria Cartaria Fenili By Helen Morris, Senior editor, Tissue...
    Tissue World Magazine

    Tissue EU Ecolabel: its current success is the best proof that the scheme works...

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    The tissue industry was stunned in November 2016 to hear that the EU College of Commissioners was considering not renewing three Ecolabels, including one of the most successful – the Ecolabel for tissue. This Ecolabel is a...

    My three-point guide to tissue etiquette

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Cheapest: too rough even for the toughest of men. Middle rank: comfortable, quality, full-bodied. Luxury: generally pointless, but essential for a girlfriend’s nose. I use toilet...
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    How will the tissue connection between Europe and North America continue?

    Latest Headlines Helen Morris -
    For several decades, North America and Europe shared some of the same tissue suppliers. However, during the last decade a lot has changed. Previously, North American companies were expanding into Europe, and now exactly the...
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    The Home of Tissue: driving forward innovation to create the products of the future

    Frontissues Helen Morris -
    It’s pressure which produces diamonds, and the fiercely competitive nature of the Italian market is producing some sparkling results. They have been called “smart factories,” but tissue factories have always been smart ... these are...
    Tissue World Magazine, World News

    2016 North American tissue statistics point to a balanced market

    Exitissues Helen Morris -
    Shipments and operating rates are currently strong but we worry about the supply side So the demand side of the North American tissue market appears strong, but we continue to worry about the lineup of...

    From the Himalayas to city life – a modern-day nomad’s world of tissue

    Consumer Speak Helen Morris -
    Gary J. Carroll is an adventurer and professional photographer. Born in Birmingham, England, he travels the world as a street/urban photographer exploring different cultures, infrastructure and day-to-day living.
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    PIX Pulp indices 27.9.2016

    Foex Helen Morris -
    By FOEX Indexes’ Lars Halén and Timo Teräs               NBSK pulp Europe: The softwood pulp market remains relatively stable. Price pressures have, however, recently been rather downwards than upwards, in spite of the so far quite...
    Tissue World Magazine

    A tough modern makeover for the table top star ‘close to nowhere’ in Västra...

    January / February 2017 Helen Morris -
    By Tissue World magazine editor Helen Morris After closures and a sharp market re-focus, global coloured tissue leader Duni’s SEK110m investment has brought its 5% mature market growth target into sight. Helen Morris...
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