Twinsaver Group, a manufacturer of tissue products in South Africa this past Tuesday (Nov. 8, 2016) announced that it will proceed with a R500 million investment in the country's local manufacturing sector by investing in a new, state-of-the-art tissue production line at its Kliprivier operations site in Gauteng, South Africa. The line, supplied by Toscotec, Italy, will start up in the last quarter of 2017.

 

Twinsaver Group is mainly focused on a sustainable business, and the company is a branded organization with innovation and consumers’ needs at the center of its growth strategies. It has selected a new Toscotec AHEAD tissue line to improve production and keep its leadership in the market.

 

 

 

The company ground-breaking ceremony recently took place at then Kliprivier manufacturing site, with key country authorities in attendance.

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The turn-key delivery of the new TM 5 will include a stock preparation system for virgin pulp, an AHEAD-2.0S tissue machine, tissue machine and plant auxiliaries, and electrification,and control systems. Full engineering, erection, erection supervision, training, startup, and commissioning complete Toscotec scope of supply. 

The tissue machine will have a width of 2.75 meters and will be designed for 2,000 m/min. The new line will produce, among the other grades, high-quality super-soft toilet tissue. The greenfield project will be focused on energy savings and low emission concepts.

Twinsaver Group is the No. 1 South African manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of branded tissue products. The product range includes toilet tissue, facial tissues, roller towels, house and leisure, and Away from Home products. Twinsaver Group’s head office is in Bryanston, South Africa, with manufacturing and converting facilities in Kliprivier, Pretoria, Durban, and Cape Town.