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Issue Spotlight
Kimberly-Clark ranked No. 18 among the "100 Best Corporate Citizens," the company's fifth straight year in the top 20 on the list published in the current issue of "Corporate Responsibility Magazine."
Learn More... IT’S TISSUE, The Italian Technology Experience, to be Held June 22 – 30 in the Italian Tissue Valley
Event will be the first venue of this international event for industry operators and all of those who have an interest in the world of tissue.
Learn More... Antibacterial paper towel has received gold honors—the highest available—in the Edison Awards Consumer Packaged Goods: Cleaning Solutions category.
Learn More... Event will include a report on world’s largest steel yankee at Zellstoff Pöls AG in Austria, and a sp[ecial workshop tour of and Andritz manufacturing site.
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From The Experts
Achieving strength targets required for finished product specifications have traditionally required the use of expensive long fiber, increased refining that significantly drives up energy costs, or the use of standard dry strength chemicals.
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Market Roundup
Demand for wood pellets in Europe has gone up dramatically the past few years as power companies on the continent have switched from using fossil fuels to renewable energy alternatives.
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Tissue/Toweling Industry News
Having previously concentrated on energy issues, the new cluster will focus more on the different aspects of product properties.
Learn More... This year, Kimberly-Clark celebrates the 21st year of the Bright Futures program and is awarding college scholarships totaling $1.26 million to 63 children of K-C employees across 17 states and Canada.
Learn More... Japanese Tissue Producer has ordered a new Toscotec, Italy, steel yankee dryer to replace the existing 12 ft. cast iron yankee at its Fujine mill, located in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Learn More... Katrinefors Kraftvärme, a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue and the local municipal energy company VänerEnergi AB, will build a new biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Mariestad, Sweden, in conjunction with the Metsä Tissue mill.
Learn More... Susanna Ottila has been elected a member of Metsä Tissue's (Finland) board of directors at the company's annual general meeting of 2013
Learn More... The EU Commission has now approved divestments it imposed in conjunction with SCA's acquisition of Georgia-Pacific’s European tissue operations during the summer of 2012.
Learn More... The machines will be installed at the company's Yanzhou mill, Shandong province. The first is scheduled to start up in May 2014 and the second at the beginning of 2015.
Learn More... Wepa Lucca, Italy, a member of the Germany-based Wepa Group, has sold its Piano della Rocca tissue mill in Italy to Italian tissue company Roto-cart.
Learn More... During the next several years, the company will invest more than $260 million in Taiwan and China, with plans to increase its paper machine fleet to double its current production capacity, reaching a total of 420,000 metric tpy.
Learn More... New Technologies
Company has announced an extension of its Cascades Moka line with the launch of the first-ever, unbleached, 100% recycled, environmentally preferable facial tissue.
Learn More... Connecticut-based company has introduced a new, innovative way to safely and easily handle 6-in. winding shafts—removable lifting handles.
Learn More... Finland-based company's new generation of conveyors include new bumpers and, as a special highlight, zero-energy receivers.
Learn More... Philadelphia, Pa., USA,-based SCA's new product portfolio makes it easy for women to identify the best product for their needs based on their everyday activities.
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Ken Patrick Scott Springmier |
Anthony Land Larry N. Montague |
Eric Fletty Glenn Ostle |
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