GrandBay Group placed an order with Toscotec for one AHEAD 2.2L complete tissue line to be installed at its subsidiary Papelera Internacional in Rio Hondo Zacapa, Guatemala. The start-up is scheduled for late 2022.
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Valmet receives a repeat order for a tissue production line from Eczacibasi Consumer Products in Turkey. The tissue machine will have a width of 5.6 m and a design speed of 2,200 m/min. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
Essity invests approximately Euro 11 million (approximately SEK 110 million) in its Hondouville mill in France, allowing to extract 98% of paper fibers contained in food and beverage cartons.
Valmet will supply the tissue line delivery, including an extensive automation package, to tissue producer Hayat Kimya. The new line will add 70,000 tons of tissue to their current production of facial, toilet and towel tissues.
Essity announced that Sahil Tesfu will join Essity’s Executive Management Team in the newly created position Senior Vice President Group Function Strategy & Business Development.
The Black Sea Trade and Development bank (BSTDB) has provided a 7-year Euro 75 million loan to the Turkish Hayat Kimya Group for the construction of a new factory in Kaluga, Russia, producing cleansing tissue and towel paper. The total project cost is Euro 134.5 million.
Clearwater Paper Corporation announced the indefinite closure of its Neenah, Wisconsin facility, which includes three tissue machines and ten converting lines, removing a total paper production capacity of approximately 54,000 tons. Clearwater Paper intends to indefinitely close Neenah and exit the away from home busin...
Valmet supplies a Valmet IntelliTissue 1600 tissue making line to Chinese tissue producer C&S. The new line will be installed at the company’s mill in Tangshan, China. The start-up is scheduled for the 1Q 2022.
Valmet will supply two Valmet Advantage DCT tissue lines, including automation system and three tissue rewinders, to Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Joint Stock Co., Ltd. in China. The two new tissue machines TM5 and TM6 will have a width of 5.6 m and a design speed of 2,000 m/min. The start-ups are planned for the first half ...
Russ Torres, president of Kimberly-Clark Professional (KCP), has been named Group President of Kimberly-Clark North America. In his new role, Torres will lead Kimberly-Clark's North American consumer business, maker of many of the industry's most iconic brands. Torres will succeed Kim Underhill who is departing after 3...