Over the Wire - Tissue Edition

Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., USA, together with the launch of its new Quilted Northern Soft & Strong toilet tissue, has also launched a new campaign asking consumers to have a straight conversation about their bathroom experience and what it means to have a "confident clean."

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Torraspapel, Barcelona, Spain, has launched a campaign, "The Truth about Paper," that explores the life cycle of paper

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This report by Pöyry Management Consulting is the third in an on-going series that draws on expertise from Pöyry’s global offices to update readers on the opportunities and challenges facing tissue producers today

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Total U.S. industry consumption of recovered paper was 2.63 million tons, 8% higher than September of last year

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As expected, market pulp prices fell $20 - $30/metric ton in October

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The U.S. dollar has weakened significantly in recent months

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Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell in the second quarter for the first time since early 2009

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Ahlstrom, Finland, and Longkou Yulong Paper, China, have agreed to establish a new manufacturing facility in the Zhuyouguan Industrial Park in Longkou, northeastern China, for the production of medical papers

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Clearwater Paper Corp., Spokane, Wash., USA, has announced the completion of the 30-day waiting period for antitrust review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 in connection with the company’s acquisition of Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc

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Clearwater Paper Corp., Spokane, Wash., USA, this past week announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of Cellu Tissue Holdings’s outstanding 11½% Senior Secured Notes due 2014

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Kimberly-Clark Corp., Dallas, Texas, USA, has named Sue Dodsworth VP, global diversity officer, reporting to Liz Gottung, SVP and chief human resources officer

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Fraser Papers Inc., Toronto, Ont., Canada, announced this week that its subsidiary Fraser N.H. LLC has reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to MM Consulting and Contracting Co

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Fujian HengLi Paper Co., Nanan City, Fujian Province, China, will install a complete new tissue production line, to be supplied by Metso, Finland

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Ganzhou Hwagain Paper Products, China, has ordered from Andritz, Graz, Austria, two PrimeLine high-speed tissue machines

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PT Graha Cemerlang Paper Utama (Grace Paper), a member of Kompas Gramedia, Indonesia, will install a new Intelli-Tissue 2100 machine at its mill in Cikampek, Indonesia

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Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., USA, announced that its mills in Port Hudson, La., and Crossett, Ark., will be the sites for more than $500 million investments in advanced, proprietary tissue-papermaking technology

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Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., USA, is awarding $175,000 in grants to small town and rural community fire departments across the U.S

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The Hengan Group, a manufacturer of tissue products in China, has ordered from Andritz, Graz, Austria, four PrimeLine high-speed tissue machines, each with a width of 5.6 m and a capacity of approximately 60,000 metric tpy

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Making it easier for consumers to take a "green step" at home, Kimberly-Clark, Dallas, Texas, USA, this past week introduced the first toilet paper in the U.S. without the cardboard tube for use at home

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Kimberly-Clark Professional, Roswell, Ga., USA, has made a multimillion dollar investment to boost the recycled fiber capabilities of its Loudon, Tenn., facility

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Metsä Tissue Corp., Finland, this week announced plans to invest nearly EUR 30 million in its newly acquired capacity at the Düren mill in Germany

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Metsä Tissue Corp., Finland, part of the Metsäliitto Group, announced that it plans to invest about EUR 7 million to significantly increase its Away-from-Home tissue production capacity

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SCA, Philadelphia, Pa., USA, has promoted Scott Milburn from Senior Strategic Account Manager to Director of National Accounts, Commercial and Industrial, for its Tork brand of products

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The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, has announced a long-term environmental sustainability vision that includes powering its plants with 100% renewable energy, using 100% renewable or recycled materials for all products and packaging, having zero consumer and manufacturing waste go to landfills, and maximizing resource conservation

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SCA, Sweden, reports that it will merge its operations in the field of renewable energy into one new business unit

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SCA has been named the number one Swedish company and third in the Nordic region for carbon dioxide reporting in the annual global Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) survey

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Xiamen Xinyang Paper Co. is installing a new tissue production line at its mill in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China

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Henan Luohe YinGe Paper, China, is installing two new Voith Paper, Germany, tissue lines that are expected to be in use next year

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The TAPPI Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee held its fall meeting in Appleton, Wis., USA, November 3 - 4

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