Noted tissue consultant Frank Sorrells, P.E., has recently prepared a slide show “Air Science and Conventional Tissue Machine Drying’. For a copy contact Frank at: fdsorrells@hotmail.com

The Chief News reports that Georgia-Pacific (GP) has announced a $25 million investment at the Wauna Mill in the Clatskanie area for a new Angel Soft® bath tissue converting line. Wauna Mill produces millions of cases of Angel Soft® bath tissue each year that are shipped to customers throughout the western United States. The Wauna Mill’s vision is to safely and responsibly provide the best value products to customers, and the new converting line will help achieve that goal, according to Wauna Mill spokesperson Kristi Ward.

China’s Qingyun Shenggang Paper has recently tapped domestic supplier Baotuo Machinery Engineering to provide two new 20,000-mtpy tissue machines for its sole mill in Dezhou city, Shandong province. Each machine will have a trim width of 3.55 m and a design speed of 1,300 m/min. The duo are scheduled to be commissioned by the end of next year. The Dezhou mill currently runs two 20,000-mtpy tissue machines, which were fired up in December and January respectively.

In India, Century Textiles has announced a delay in the startup of its new TM until next month at least. Last year the firm announced the tissue capacity at its sole mill in Nainatal, Uttarakband, would be doubled with a new 36,000-mtpy Valmet tissue machine. The unit was due to start in October, but Century has announced it is now hopeful for a November startup instead. Century has explained its paper sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of demand and in human terms, with dozens of staff infections reported.