Over the Wire - Tissue Edition

According to the Otago Daily Times, once tagged for probable closure, Dunedin's Cottonsoft factory is about to hire five more workers due to an ''aggressive'' increase in demand. Every day, 200,000 toilet rolls are made at the Timaru St factory for distribution around the South Island. The factory produces toilet paper and kitchen towels under brand names Cottonsoft, Tuffy, Paseo, and Kiwisoft.

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From The Experts

Program Expands for the Upcoming Tissue2017 Conference

Conference program will cover topics of value for all management levels

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Research Forum and Poster Session at Tissue 2017

Share your tissue research at Tissue 2017

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Yankee Dryer and Safety Reliability Committee Will Meet in Minneapolis

Registration for this as well as the fall meeting is now open

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Market Roundup

USA Tissue Tracker: Operating Rates Remain Constrained in January

Converted product shipments and parent roll production both rose year over year

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Suzano Decides to Sell Converted Tissue Products

The company’s investment in tissue will increase to $176.1 million

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Södra Raises Its Price for NBSK Pulp in Europe

Market tightening was cited as the reason

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Euromoney Institutional Investor to Acquire RISI for $125 Million

Final approval of the sale should take about a month

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KPLP 4Q 2016 Results: Revenue Up 13% from Year Ago

For the full year, revenue rose by 7.8% to more than $1.2 billion

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Ontex Completes Acquisition of Personal Hygiene Business of Hypermarcas

The new acquisition extends Ontex’s growth platform in Brazil

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Tissue/Toweling Industry News

Sofidel UK Lancaster: A New Startup Spells Success

A new Celli rewinder was installed in just eight months

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Valmet-Supplied 70,000-tonne/yr TM 6 Successfully Starts up at Hayat Kimya's Mill in Egypt

It is the latest in a series of successful collaborations between the two companies

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Italian Tissue Mill Cartiera San Lorenzo Hit by Fire, Production Halted

Italy’s Cartiera San Lorenzo was hit by a fire recently and was forced to stop production. The local fire brigade said the fire originated in the plant’s production machinery. According to a source at the firm, the paper mill will restart production in roughly two months. Local newspaper Il Tirreno reported that the damage from the fire is estimated at some Euro 1.5 million ($1.6 million). Cartiera San Lorenzo has a capacity of 20,000 tonnes/yr of tissue paper and is owned by Celtex International.

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TM 5 Successfully Starts up at Universal Paper Manufacturers'

PMP supplied the machine for the Ga-Rankuwa mill in South Africa

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Italy's Lucart Earns Maximum Legality Rating Score

This Italian program was developed to promote and introduce principles of ethical conduct within business

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Hengan Poised to Start 60,000-Tonne/yr TM in Chongqing

Another tissue machine will follow soon after

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A.Celli Paper to Supply a New E-WIND T200 Tissue Rewinder for Sofidel

The unit will be installed at Sofidel’s new mill in Circleville, OH