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    Europe’s tissue industry titans unite for Tissue World’s strongest-ever speaker line-up

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    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025 will host the most powerful speaker line-up in its history, featuring an elite league of European-headquartered tissue industry heavyweights including executives from Essity, Sofidel, WEPA, Metsä Tissue,...

    First Quality announces location for ultra-premium T&T operations

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    First Quality Tissue has confirmed that a new plant in Defiance, Ohio, will home its two new TAD tissue machines. The first of two state-of-the-art Thru-Air-Dried paper machines with associated converting facilities...

    Metsä Group submits final planning application for Goole, UK; latest technologies aim for fossil-free...

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    Finland’s Metsä Group has submitted the final planning application for its proposed new Metsä Tissue mill in Goole, UK. If approved, the mill would be capable of producing 240,000 tonnes of fresh...

    Kruger Products rebrands AfH division; some consumer brands soon to be available in Canada...

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    North America’s Kruger Products has introduced the rebranded Kruger PRO, which it said aims to align the company’s AfH division with the company’s overall vision. As part of the rebrand, Kruger PRO...

    Metsä Group announces Sari Pajari-Sederholm as Metsä Tissue CEO

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    Metsä Group has appointed Sari Pajari-Sederholm, previously Executive Vice President, Strategy, as Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive. Esa Kaikkonen, previously Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive, has been appointed Metsä Group’s Executive Vice President, Strategy. The...

    Suzano announces price hikes

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    Brazil’s Suzano has announced a range of price increase as of March 2025. The company will increase its hardwood pulp prices by +$20/ton in Asia, +$60/ton in Europe - bringing European prices...

    First Quality expands product portfolio after purchasing Henkel’s retailer brands

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    First Quality has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Henkel’s retailer brands business in North America. The company said the acquisition enhances its existing store brand product portfolio by adding detergents, fabric...

    Suzano reports record Q4 and FY sales; reaches nominal capacity in “record time” on...

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    Suzano has set a “sales record” in 2024 as it reaches nominal capacity and one million tons of production in “record time” on the world’s largest single-line eucalyptus pulp mill –...

    Rexcell completes drying section rebuild in Skåpafors

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    Sweden’s Rexcell Tissue & Airlaid has started up its PM1 after a complete rebuild of the drying section supplied by Toscotec at its Skåpafors mill in Sweden. The machinery supplier said Rexcell...

    PT SPS begins production on TMs; expands project to five units

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    Indonesia’s PT Sun Paper Source (PT SPS) has successfully started up two new tissue machines - PM18 and PM19 - at its Ngoro mill. PM18 commenced production on 24 January followed by...

    Essity – Metsä Tissue – Sofidel – FHH – Ukraine’s KCPM – LC Paper...

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    Tissue World Düsseldorf has officially announced its conference line-up with talks and panel discussions from colleagues at Sofidel, Metsä Tissue, Essity, Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH), and LC Paper, as well as...

    K-C reports solid results in first year of “transformation”

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    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) has reported a “breakthrough year” in its Q4 and FY 2024 results, as its “innovation-led” business model enables reinvestment in its brands and new capabilities. Net sales for the fourth...

    Two confidential projects will be started-up by Toscotec in Europe and the USA

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    Toscotec to supply two Yankee hood upgrades in Europe and USA. Toscotec has said it will supply two Yankee hood upgrades to a confidential tissue manufacturer in Europe and in the United...

    Suzano announces price increases

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    Suzano has announced a series of price hikes for the price of its hardwood pulp. As of February 2025, the company will raise its hardwood pulp prices by +$20/ton in Asia, +$60/ton...

    Essity’s President and CEO Magnus Groth to step down; strong growth reported in Q4...

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    Essity has announced its President and Chief Executive Magnus Groth will leave the company in 2025, as it reports its “highest level ever” profits in its FY 2024. After 14 years with...

    Edilio Stefani, Presidente Gruppo, Sofidel, has passed away

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    The Sofidel Group has announced that its Chairman Edilio Stefani suddenly passed away at his home on 30 January 2025. The company said: “This is a tremendous loss for everyone at the...

    Amaco Group introduces the AM307 inter-folder to global tissue market

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    Lebanese-headquartered Amaco Group has launched its latest machinery innovation, the AM307, a fully automatic inter-folder tissue paper line equipped with an automatic log transfer. The line includes the company’s first sheet semi-fold...

    Metsä Group to close TM at Kreuzau as part of review

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    Metsä Group has announced a series of investment plans to advance the long-term competitiveness of its tissue paper business in Kreuzau, Germany, including the closure of one tissue machine. The company said...

    Irving to boost ultra-premium production after investing in third TAD machine

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    Irving Consumer Products is to increase its ultra-premium tissue production in North America by 75,000tpy after investing in a third TAD tissue machine to be installed at its mill in Macon,...

    Hengan starts-up second TAD line; China’s first two TAD machines now operational

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    China’s Hengan International Group has boosted its TAD production capacity after starting up its second Toscotec-supplied TADVISION tissue machine at its headquarters in Fujian. This is the second of two TAD machines...

    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025: Registration now open! Sofidel’s Luigi Lazzareschi announced as keynote speaker

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    Registration for Tissue World’s flagship event - held again in Düsseldorf - has officially opened, with Valmet, Solenis, Buckman, Gambini, and PCMC joining over 120 confirmed exhibitors. Building on the success of...

    Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025 Registration Now Open: Future-Proofing the Tissue Industry for Sustainable Growth

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    Düsseldorf, Germany – The global tissue industry’s premier event is making its highly anticipated return! Registration is now open for Tissue World Düsseldorf 2025, set to take place from 8–10 April...

    Metsä Tissue appoints Joonas Kukkonen as SVP

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    Metsä Tissue has appointed Joonas Kukkonen as Senior Vice President, Finland and the Baltics, and member of the company’s management team. He reports to Metsä Tissue’s Chief Executive Esa Kaikkonen.

    Metsä Tissue announces “industry benchmark” Tissue MES

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    Finland’s Metsä Tissue has partnered with IT software company Tietoevry to launch a modernised Tissue MES system as part of its Future Tissue Mill programme. The system is based on TIPS Industry...

    Buckman unveils $10m chemical R&D plant in Memphis

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    Buckman has unveiled a state-of-the art chemical R&D pilot plant facility on the campus of its global headquarters in Memphis, USA. Named in honour of Robert H. Buckman, who has served as...

    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 Products Group (SPG). He joined Cascades in 2012...

    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 and steam systems of the company’s PM6,...

    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 expected to be completed in the first...

    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 said the move strengthens its presence in...

    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 expanded MPH1865’s production capacity and product portfolio,...

    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 the site in October. The company said the...

    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 TM has a sheet trim width of...

    “His wit, generosity, and fearless spirit will be deeply missed but never forgotten”: Esko...

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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 leaves behind his sons Kaarlo and Konsta...

    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 Paper Co. (MEPCO) Group of Kingdom of...

    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 add 50 new jobs and will increase...

    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 currently holds and will continue to hold...

    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 producers to “reduce energy consumption and CO2...

    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 running, the move will boost the company’s...

    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 automated warehouse at its plant in Macon,...

    Peers from across Türkiye, Asia, Italy, Germany, and the UK attend region-leading exhibition and...

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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 Connect announces the event’s return to the...
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