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Kleenex pulling out of Canada, Kimberly-Clark says
Kleenex pulling out of Canada, Kimberly-Clark says

The loss of Kleenex, whose name is used interchangeably with its product, may leave Canadians wondering what to call it. Kleenex has been a staple in Canadian households since its development in the 1920s.

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First Quality Tissue announces expansion project, new tissue machine, 200 new jobs
First Quality Tissue announces expansion project, new tissue machine, 200 new jobs

First Quality opened its doors in Anderson in 2010 and now has over 800 employees working at a facility with more than 2.9 million square feet.

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U.S. Paper and Wood Products Industry Sets Record-High Levels of Tissue Production During COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. Paper and Wood Products Industry Sets Record-High Levels of Tissue Production During COVID-19 Pandemic

Nearly 700,000 tons of tissue produced by U.S. mills in March, more than any other month since 2007.

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Plenty of toilet paper to go around, Canada's biggest producer says
Plenty of toilet paper to go around, Canada's biggest producer says

It has been one of the enduring images of the COVID-19 pandemic: empty toilet paper shelves in stores around the world as fearful citizens stockpile staples for long home stays. But the head of Canada's largest producer of toilet tissue says that despite a jump in demand, there's no shortage of product in Canada.

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IT Tech Packaging, Inc. Launches Its Second Tissue Paper Production Line
IT Tech Packaging, Inc. Launches Its Second Tissue Paper Production Line

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced the commercial launch of a new tissue paper production line (the "PM9 Production Line"), following the success of its trial production, the receipt of its disposed wastewater discharge permits and construction completion acceptance from Chinese environmental authorities.

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Southeastern Grocers and Kruger Products
Southeastern Grocers and Kruger Products "Soft Tissue for a Big Issue" Campaign Gets to the Bottom of Community Need

Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of BI-LO, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, in partnership with Kruger Products is proud to announce the donation of more than $70,000 in soft tissue that will help clean up the need for tissue products in food banks across the Southeast.

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Kruger Products Becomes First Company to Be Certified ISO 50001 by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec
Kruger Products Becomes First Company to Be Certified ISO 50001 by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec

Kruger announced that its Kruger Products' Gatineau Plant was recently certified ISO 50001 for Energy Management.

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CMPC Purchases Brazilian Tissue, Diaper Maker
CMPC Purchases Brazilian Tissue, Diaper Maker

Chile's CMPC tissue paper subsidiary Softys announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to buy Paraná, Brazil-based Sepac for a little over $300 million. The deal will create the largest company in this segment in Brazil.

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Kruger Products begins construction of its tissue plant in Sherbrooke
Kruger Products begins construction of its tissue plant in Sherbrooke

KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. has dedicated the construction site of their future Sherbrooke tissue plant that will be equipped with Canada's most advanced and best-performing TAD technology.

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More Than a Third of Americans are on a Roll at Wasting Toilet Paper in Public Restrooms
More Than a Third of Americans are on a Roll at Wasting Toilet Paper in Public Restrooms

More than one third of Americans are literally flushing profits down the toilet for businesses.

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"Issue With Tissue" Sustainability Scorecard Flunks Charmin and Other Toilet Paper Brands

A new report takes the largest tissue companies to task for destroying North American forests and exacerbating the world's climate crisis.

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Metsä Tissue is developing a new concept for future tissue paper mill
Metsä Tissue is developing a new concept for future tissue paper mill

As part of the operational review, Metsä Tissue will be developing a concept for the future tissue paper mill in cooperation with equipment and automation system suppliers.

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Papertech enters agreement with Billerud Korsnäs, Gävle mill in Sweden
Papertech enters agreement with Billerud Korsnäs, Gävle mill in Sweden

Papertech Inc. has entered into an agreement with Billerud Korsnäs, Gävle mill to supply an additional 28WebVision® WMS high-definition GigE® digital cameras to PM5 to complete a 36-camera all-digital system.

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IT Tech Packaging, Inc. launches new tissue paper production line
IT Tech Packaging, Inc. launches new tissue paper production line

IT Tech Packaging, Inc. announced the commercial launch of tissue paper production, following the completion of construction and equipment installation, the receipt of proper approvals, including wastewater discharge permit, from local authorities, and the success of trial production of its first tissue paper production line (the "PM8 ").

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Asia Pulp and Paper starts up tissue machines at its OKI mill in Indonesia
Asia Pulp and Paper starts up tissue machines at its OKI mill in Indonesia

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has begun using four AHEAD-2.0L PRODERGY tissue machines at its OKI mill, in South Sumatra, Indonesia, as part of a series of AHEAD-2.0L PRODERGY tissue machines.

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Asaleo Care to sell tissue business to Solaris Paper
Asaleo Care to sell tissue business to Solaris Paper

Asaleo Care has announced the sale of its Australian Consumer Tissue business to Solaris Paper.

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Kimberly-Clark to call off European tissue sale
Kimberly-Clark to call off European tissue sale

Sale attracted some private equity interest but offers were well below $1.2bn target.

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Kleenex rebrands
Kleenex rebrands "mansize" tissues after complaints of sexism

Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark says it will re-brand its "Mansize" tissues after consumers complained the name was sexist.

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Toscotec supplying two tissue lines to Marutomi Group in Japan
Toscotec supplying two tissue lines to Marutomi Group in Japan

Toscotec has been awarded a landmark contract by the Marutomi Group to supply two MODULO-PLUS ES tissue lines.

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Sofidel America's mill in Inola, Oklahoma getting two tissue machines from Toscotec
Sofidel America's mill in Inola, Oklahoma getting two tissue machines from Toscotec

Toscotec will provide a complete plant with two AHEAD-2.0L tissue machines on a full turnkey basis to Sofidel America's integrated plant (paper mill and converting) in Inola, Oklahoma, the second greenfield investment of the Group in the United States.

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Sofidel officially opens 1.4 million square foot tissue facility in Circleville, Ohio
Sofidel officially opens 1.4 million square foot tissue facility in Circleville, Ohio

Sofidel officially opened a 280-acre tissue facility on Wednesday, its first integrated paper operation built from the ground up in the United States.

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Kruger Products to Invest $575 Million to Build a New Tissue Plant
Kruger Products to Invest $575 Million to Build a New Tissue Plant

KP Tissue Inc. and Kruger Products L.P. announced its plan for a capital investment of $575 million in the Brompton area of Sherbrooke, Québec, to build a new, state-of-the-art tissue plant featuring Canada's largest and most modern through-air-dry (TAD) machine.

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CNG's Lindenmeyr Munroe Division Acquires Texas-Based Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company, Moving Into Southwestern U.S.
CNG's Lindenmeyr Munroe Division Acquires Texas-Based Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company, Moving Into Southwestern U.S.

Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, plywood and metals industries, announced that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired the business of Texas-based Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company, expanding its reach into the Southwestern United States.

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Valmet will supply a new Tissue production line to Papelera San Andrés de Giles in Argentina
Valmet will supply a new Tissue production line to Papelera San Andrés de Giles in Argentina

Valmet will supply an Advantage DCT100HS tissue production line, including an extensive automation package, to Papelera San Andrés de Giles in Argentina.

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Valmet to supply an Advantage tissue production line to CMPC Tissue in Argentina
Valmet to supply an Advantage tissue production line to CMPC Tissue in Argentina

Valmet has been chosen as the supplier of a complete tissue production line by CMPC Tissue S.A. The tissue line will be installed at CMPC's Zarate mill in Argentina.

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Clearwater Paper gets smaller in Lewiston, Idaho
Clearwater Paper gets smaller in Lewiston, Idaho

Clearwater Paper has trimmed more than 100 positions at its Lewiston tissue operations as its net earnings slip.

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Irving Tissue installs Valmet IQ Fiber Measurement Sensor at facility in Saint John, Canada
Irving Tissue installs Valmet IQ Fiber Measurement Sensor at facility in Saint John, Canada

Irving Tissue installs Valmet IQ Fiber Measurement Sensor on tissue machine #1 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Toilet paper business in Japan is on a roll, thanks to surge in foreign tourists before 2020 Olympics
Toilet paper business in Japan is on a roll, thanks to surge in foreign tourists before 2020 Olympics

Japanese paper manufacturers were expecting a shrinking market due to the declining population but are expanding output instead due to an unexpected boost - a surge in foreign tourists pushing up demand, inevitably, for toilet paper.

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Kruger Products' Sustainability Efforts Recognized in 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizen List
Kruger Products' Sustainability Efforts Recognized in 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizen List

Kruger Products L.P., Canada's leading manufacturer of Cashmere and Purex bathroom tissue, SpongeTowel Paper Towels and Scotties facial tissue, has been named one of Corporate Knights' 2018 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada.

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Georgia-Pacific, Valmet enter agreement on eTAD(TM) tissue making technology
Georgia-Pacific, Valmet enter agreement on eTAD(TM) tissue making technology

Valmet and Georgia-Pacific have entered into a licensing agreement covering the eTAD(TM) tissue making technology. Under the license agreement, Valmet will market, manufacture and install Advantage eTAD machines for tissue customers outside North America.

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Orchids Paper Products Announces New Chief Financial Officer
Orchids Paper Products Announces New Chief Financial Officer

Orchids Paper Products Company, a national supplier of high-quality consumer tissue products, announced the appointment of Mindy Bartel as Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.

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Valmet rebuilds machine at Alas Doradas, El Salvador
Valmet rebuilds machine at Alas Doradas, El Salvador

Valmet has successfully delivered and started up a rebuild of Alas Doradas' PM4 tissue machine, close to San Salvador, El Salvador.

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Lee & Man starts up a new tissue machine at its Guangdong mill in China
Lee & Man starts up a new tissue machine at its Guangdong mill in China

The new Voith XcelLine tissue machine TM 12 was successfully started up at Guangdong Lee & Man, taking only 28 minutes from "stock on wire" to "paper on reel."

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Clearwater Paper plans to downsize at Lewiston, Idaho facility
Clearwater Paper plans to downsize at Lewiston, Idaho facility

Company says it will get rid of as many as 100 union jobs from its Lewiston tissue division, likely starting in May...

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Voith and Suzano Papel e Celulose Strengthen Successful Technological Partnership with the Start-Up of Two Tissue Machines
Voith and Suzano Papel e Celulose Strengthen Successful Technological Partnership with the Start-Up of Two Tissue Machines

As part of its strategy to expand into the tissue segment, Suzano Papel e Celulose, the world's second-largest eucalyptus pulp producer, commissioned Voith Paper, a global technology leader in innovation for the paper industry, to supply complete production lines for the manufacture of sanitary (tissue) paper.

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KP Tissue Announces Retirement of CEO Mario Gosselin and Appointment of Dino Bianco
KP Tissue Announces Retirement of CEO Mario Gosselin and Appointment of Dino Bianco

KP Tissue Inc. announced that Mr. Mario Gosselin has decided to retire from his position as Chief Executive Officer of KP Tissue and Kruger Products L.P. as of March 8, 2018, and that Mr. Dino Bianco will succeed him.

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A.Celli to supply five tissue machines for Yibin Paper Industry in China
A.Celli to supply five tissue machines for Yibin Paper Industry in China

A.Celli Paper received an order confirmation from Yibin Paper Industry Co., Ltd (part of the YIBO Group) for the supply of five high-speed tissue machines, each of which boasts a production capacity of 25,000 tons per year, 74 tons per day at 100% efficiency.

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Kyiv CPM inks contract with United Converting
Kyiv CPM inks contract with United Converting

Kyiv CPM has signed a contract with Italian company United Converting for delivery of the following new converting lines: line S70 for jumbo rolls, AFH packing line for line S70, including the robot pallettazer and line VISTA 150 for V-towels. The equipment will be installed in the new workshop.

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Ontex invests Euro 40 million in new production facility in Radomsko, Poland
Ontex invests Euro 40 million in new production facility in Radomsko, Poland

Ontex Group NV will further expand its personal hygiene business through a new production plant to be built in Radomsko, Poland.

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Irving Consumer Products breaks ground on new tissue production plant in Macon, Georgia
Irving Consumer Products breaks ground on new tissue production plant in Macon, Georgia

Irving Consumer Products broke ground on the construction of their new $400 million state-of-the-art tissue plant in Macon, Georgia.

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Irving plans tissue facility in Georgia, 200 jobs
Irving plans tissue facility in Georgia, 200 jobs

Construction is expected to start this summer, a news release from Gov. Nathan Deal's office said, with completion expected in 2019.

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Metsä Tissue to rebuild greaseproof paper machine at Düren mill
Metsä Tissue to rebuild greaseproof paper machine at Düren mill

Metsä Tissue will rebuild paper machine 5 at its Düren mill in Germany. The total investment is approximately EUR 15 million and the rebuild starts immediately.

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Resolute Appoints Patrice Minguez as President of Tissue Group
Resolute Appoints Patrice Minguez as President of Tissue Group

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the appointment of Patrice Minguez as president of the company's tissue group.

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Catalyst says it has major buyer lined up for tissue paper, taxpayer help would support 62 jobs in Rumford, Maine
Catalyst says it has major buyer lined up for tissue paper, taxpayer help would support 62 jobs in Rumford, Maine

Catalyst Paper Corp. wants Maine taxpayers to sweeten a $56-million investment in a tissue-making machine at its Rumford mill, as part of a company overhaul plan of untold cost that it calls Project Falcon.

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Suzano announces investments in tissue production
Suzano announces investments in tissue production

Suzano Papel e Celulose says it plans to acquire equipment for converting tissue paper, also known as sanitary paper, into finished products.

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Cascades Inaugurates New State-of-the-Art Tissue Converting Plant on the West Coast
Cascades Inaugurates New State-of-the-Art Tissue Converting Plant on the West Coast

Cascades Inc. has officially inaugurated its new state-of-the-art, 284,000-square-foot tissue converting facility in Scappoose, Oregon.

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2 new Vinda Paper tissue machines at its Longyou mill in China
2 new Vinda Paper tissue machines at its Longyou mill in China

Vinda Paper Zhejiang says it has fired up two Toscotec supplied tissue machines, TM 3 and 4, at its Longyou mill in Zhejiang province, China.

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Catalyst eyes taxpayer-backed loan for tissue machine
Catalyst eyes taxpayer-backed loan for tissue machine

Canadian papermaker Catalyst Paper wants Maine taxpayers to back a loan of up to $25 million to help it purchase a machine to make tissue paper at its mill in Rumford, Maine.

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New Lee & Man tissue machine cranks up in Jiangxi, China
New Lee & Man tissue machine cranks up in Jiangxi, China

Voith has successfully started up new XcelLine TM 10 tissue machine at Lee & Man's Jiangxi site in China.

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New tissue production line for ICT Iberica in Spain
New tissue production line for ICT Iberica in Spain

Valmet will supply a complete tissue production line with an extensive automation package to ICT Iberica in Spain.

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ST Tissue looks to grow at revitalized Isle of Wight, Virginia paper mill
ST Tissue looks to grow at revitalized Isle of Wight, Virginia paper mill

Sahil Tak made a living for six years doing industry research for an investment banking firm on Wall Street.

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SCA to close tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona
SCA to close tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona

To further improve efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness for the Professional Hygiene business in North America, SCA has decided to close the tissue production plant in Flagstaff, Arizona, in the US.

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Valmet celebrates 1,000 customer pilot trials at its Tissue Technology Center in Karlstad, Sweden
Valmet celebrates 1,000 customer pilot trials at its Tissue Technology Center in Karlstad, Sweden

On Thursday May 4 Valmet Tissue Technology Center celebrated its thousandth external customer pilot trial in Karlstad, Sweden.

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Valmet to rebuild Alas Dorada's tissue machine in Alas Doradas, El Salvador
Valmet to rebuild Alas Dorada's tissue machine in Alas Doradas, El Salvador

Valmet has been selected for the rebuild of Alas Dorada's PM4 in El Salvador.

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Georgia-Pacific Investing $400 million To Grow Consumer Products Business
Georgia-Pacific Investing $400 million To Grow Consumer Products Business

Georgia-Pacific announced significant investments, which total more than $400 million, for its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business.

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Kimberly-Clark Invests in Energy Efficiency at its Mobile, Alabama Mill
Kimberly-Clark Invests in Energy Efficiency at its Mobile, Alabama Mill

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has approved an investment of $75 million for construction of a new on-site combined heat-power plant at its tissue mill in Mobile, Alabama.

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Cascades Pro launches new family of interfold napkin dispensers
Cascades Pro launches new family of interfold napkin dispensers

Cascades PRO™, a leader in the manufacturing of towel and tissue products, is proud to announce the introduction of three new Cascades PRO Tandem™ Interfold Dispensers including a stand/wall unit, a smaller capacity tabletop unit, and a large capacity countertop unit.

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Valmet to supply process automation and quality control systems to Jiangxi Taison Paper's four tissue machines in China
Valmet to supply process automation and quality control systems to Jiangxi Taison Paper's four tissue machines in China

Valmet will supply Valmet DNA automation systems and Valmet IQ quality control systems to Jiangxi Taison Paper's four new tissue machines, TM7, TM8, TM9 and TM10, at its greenfield mill in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, China.

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Resolute announces start-up of new tissue machine at Calhoun, Tenn.
Resolute announces start-up of new tissue machine at Calhoun, Tenn.

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced the successful start-up of its new tissue machine in Calhoun, Tennessee.

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Atlas Tissue Launches New Green Heritage Tissue Line
Atlas Tissue Launches New Green Heritage Tissue Line

Atlas Tissue has introduced the Green Heritage line of recycled tissue products to the at-home market.

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Cascades announces new products
Cascades announces new products

Cascades has announced the launch of a brand-new consumer line of tissue paper.

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Sofidel may close down tissue mill
Sofidel may close down tissue mill

The Intertissue mill, which employs more than 100 workers in Horwich, could be closed down by parent company Sofidel, which says it is "streamlining" its UK operations.

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A.Celli Paper to supply a new tissue rewinder for Sofidel America
A.Celli Paper to supply a new tissue rewinder for Sofidel America

A.Celli Paper has concluded an order for a latest-generation rewinder model E-WIND® with the Italian group Sofidel for their facility in Circleville, Ohio.

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Revenge hacker gets 34 months in prison, must repay Georgia-Pacific more than $1 million
Revenge hacker gets 34 months in prison, must repay Georgia-Pacific more than $1 million

A forklift overheated and caught fire at the Georgia-Pacific paper mill early Friday morning.

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P&G's Charmin Essentials Soft named 2017 Product of the Year winner
P&G's Charmin Essentials Soft named 2017 Product of the Year winner

Charmin Essentials Soft, a new product from Charmin, has been named a 2017 Product of the Year winner in the Bath Tissue category.

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Clearwater Paper announces second tissue machine and converting facility in Shelby, North Carolina
Clearwater Paper announces second tissue machine and converting facility in Shelby, North Carolina

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced plans to build a new tissue machine and related converting equipment for producing premium and ultra-premium grades of private label tissue products at a site adjacent to the company's existing facility in Shelby, North Carolina.

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Report: CMPC will pay $130 million over collusion scheme
Report: CMPC will pay $130 million over collusion scheme

Chilean forestry and paper group CMPC will pay around $130 million to consumers as compensation for a collusion scheme to control a related market, according to media reports.

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Lee & Man Paper startes up 4 tissue lines at Chongqing mill in China
Lee & Man Paper startes up 4 tissue lines at Chongqing mill in China

Four Valmet-supplied tissue lines have been successfully started up at Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing's Chongqing mill in China within three months.

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SCA strengthens its tissue business in the UK
SCA strengthens its tissue business in the UK

To meet the growing demand for high-quality tissue and strengthen the product offering in the UK, SCA is investing in a through-air drying (TAD) machine at its tissue plant in Skelmersdale. SCA has also decided to close an older tissue machine in Stubbins and signed an agreement to divest its tissue plant in Chesterfield to Sidcot Group Limited.

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First Quality Tissue to expand its operations in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
First Quality Tissue to expand its operations in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

First Quality Tissue, LLC a manufacturer of ultra-premium towel and tissue products, will expand its operations in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, a move that will create 184 new jobs.

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Precision Paper Converters announces $5.8 million expansion of its facility in Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Precision Paper Converters announces $5.8 million expansion of its facility in Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Precision Paper Converters (PPC) has announced the $5.8 million expansion of its facility in Kaukauna, Wisconsin and installation of a state-of-the-art facial tissue interfolder and cartoner.

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Clearwater Paper to lay off 85 in Neenah, Wisconsin
Clearwater Paper to lay off 85 in Neenah, Wisconsin

Clearwater Paper Corporation announced Tuesday it will permanently shut down two of the company's highest cost tissue machines Dec. 31 at its Neenah facility, eliminating 85 of its 400 employees.

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Sofidel kicks off
Sofidel kicks off "Alcohol Free Truck" project

Sofidel announced that effective immediately, drivers of vehicles entering Sofidel sites can have their alcohol level tested. The company said that the initiative, which will run in compliance with privacy regulations, has been set up to prevent road accidents and guarantee the safety of transported goods.

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Cascades Tissue Group Announces Professional Division's Rebrand
Cascades Tissue Group Announces Professional Division's Rebrand

Cascades has introduced its new brand identity within its Tissue Group division, Cascades Pro™, the culmination of a major brand transformation for the former Away-From-Home division.

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Sofidel launches Away-from-Home Paper Brand, Papernet, to the U.S.
Sofidel launches Away-from-Home Paper Brand, Papernet, to the U.S.

Sofidel has launched its away-from-home paper brand, Papernet, to the U.S. market.

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ST Tissue announces $35 million expansion
ST Tissue announces $35 million expansion

ST Tissue LLC, a manufacturer of napkins, toilet paper and paper towels operating out of the International Paper campus near Franklin, will invest $35 million to expand its operations into Isle of Wight County, according to an announcement by Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday morning. The expansion is expected to create 50 new jobs, each with an average salary of $53,000 annually.

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SCA mill evacuated after fire breaks out in tissue paper production area
SCA mill evacuated after fire breaks out in tissue paper production area

All employees at the mill were safely evacuated and there was no structural damage caused to the building.

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CMPC signs contract with Voith to supply new tissue machine
CMPC signs contract with Voith to supply new tissue machine

CMPC has signed a contract with Voith Paper for the supply of a complete VTM 4 double-width tissue machine, which will be installed in the new production facility of its subsidiary Protisa in Cañete, Peru.

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Lincoln, Maine mill executives took millions rather than restart mill, creditors claim
Lincoln, Maine mill executives took millions rather than restart mill, creditors claim

Unsecured creditors are suing executives at the former Lincoln Paper and Tissue Co. LLC, alleging that the company officials fraudulently pocketed millions of dollars rather than repair a damaged boiler that was key to the mill's profitability.

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SCA continues to improve efficiency of tissue production in Europe
SCA continues to improve efficiency of tissue production in Europe

To further improve efficiency and strengthen the competitiveness of its tissue operations, SCA has decided to implement restructuring measures at its production plants in Hondouville and Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France.

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Kruger launching $52M expansion at Trenton, Ont. facility; will create 119 jobs
Kruger launching $52M expansion at Trenton, Ont. facility; will create 119 jobs

Canadian tissue paper manufacturer Kruger Products Inc. is looking to boost its production and exports by investing $52 million in its Trenton, Ont. operations.

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Baileyville pulp mill completes $150M expansion into tissue market
Baileyville pulp mill completes $150M expansion into tissue market

Rolls of tissue were passed around the dozens of people gathered outside the local pulp mill Wednesday afternoon, but not because anybody was upset. The atmosphere was festive as the crowd celebrated the formal opening of the St. Croix Tissue mill adjacent to Woodland Pulp.

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Week of 8 April 13: Are we overly sensitive about confidentiality?
Week of 8 April 13: Are we overly sensitive about confidentiality?

Are we incurring costs but gaining little in our quest to be confidential?

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Week of 1 April 13: History repeats itself
Week of 1 April 13: History repeats itself

Look around, are you working in a facility that meets the standards you would expect in a doctor’s office? 

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Week of 25 March 13: Going and Coming—implications for the pulp and paper industry
Week of 25 March 13: Going and Coming—implications for the pulp and paper industry

The world of tomorrow is not the world of today or yesterday.  If you are going to stay on top of your game, you will embrace it and be a leader, no matter your paper grade...

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The Broken Record Climate Change Debate
The Broken Record Climate Change Debate
The political system in the United States seems to mirror the stridency of electronic punditry, making it difficult to break the stalemate on greenhouse gas emission policy.
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Week of 18 March 13: Decline of Western Civilization?
Week of 18 March 13: Decline of Western Civilization?

Probably not, but an interesting thesis I have for you this week.  As we reported on Pulp & Paper Radio International this past Monday morning, there were two announcements of tissue and towel converting plants shutting down this past week.  One was a Clearwater facility in Thomaston, Georgia.  The other is Kimberly-Clark’s Delyn Plant in Wales which converts paper towels. It is somewhat rare, anywhere in the world, and especially in the western world, for tissue and towel facilities to completely shut.  However, here we have two examples...

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