First Quality Tissue, Great Neck, N.Y., USA, has ordered from Valmet (Finland) a complete Advantage ThruAir (TAD) tissue line to be installed at its Anderson, S.C., mill. The new production line is planned to start up in the second half of 2015 and will add 70,000 tons of ultra premium quality tissue to the company's annual production. The value of the order was not disclosed.
 

First Quality Tissue is a member company of the privately held First Quality group of companies. It is a producer of nondiscretionary consumer products. The company offers a very diversified and full product offering of private label and branded products. It currently operates four tissue machines in Lock Haven, Pa., and Anderson. 

Valmet has supplied some 50 ThruAir technology tissue machines worldwide. The Thru-Air technology is particularly suited for production of high quality tissue papers from virgin or recycled pulp.