The dramatic rise in energy costs, emissions trading as well as pressure to increase profitability, have pushed energy efficiency to the forefront for tissue makers....
Tissues grows by 11% in value terms to reach sales of Rs 694 million in 2007. Modern retailing helps boost the visibility and sales of tissues. Boxed facial tissues registers the fastest growth, at 12% in 2007. Average unit prices are kept in check due to growing competition....
Specialty Papers Limited started 47 years back has emerged as one of the largest manufacturer in the field of specialty grade papers. Having multi location manufacturing facility and strategically to be found along the bank of river, in the western part of India....
Going against the trend of global pessimism, the giant Tissue World 2009 show which was held during 24-26 March in Nice, France was a big success. Tissue makers and converters, as well as suppliers and exhibitors, all indicated that business is generally holding up quite well, in sharp contrast to many other industries and sectors....
Wintex a brand known for quality tissue paper since 1982 is coming up with a new and up to minute production plant in MIDC industrial area of Taloja in the district Raigad. The new facility in the name of Wintex Paper Products Pvt Ltd will have an installed capacity of converting 220 tons per month. The plant with 4 times...
The Metso supplied PM 4 tissue machine at Fabrica De Papel San Francisco S.A. de C.V., in Mexicali, Mexico set a new 24-hour world speed record for tissue production running at an average of 2,160 m/min on March 18, 2009....
BTG announces the launch of its Total tissue Capability package, a new tightly integrated product and service offering combining hardware, specialist expertise and consumables designed to help tissue makers quickly resolve persistent problems and optimize their process. In a highly competitive market, tissue manufacturers are under intense pressure to boost productivity while also cutting costs. At the same time, many...
Orient Paper & Industries has started trial runs on a new tissue machine at its Amlai facility in Madhya Pradesh. The commercial production on the 59 tonne/day unit is expected to begin soon....
ANDRITZ successfully started up a PrimeLine tissue machine - the new PM 7 - for Hengan Holding Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of high-quality tissue products in China. With this start-up, ANDRITZ now has nine tissue machines in operation in China....
The electric hand dryers found in thousands of public toilets can dramatically increase the number of bacteria on people's hands after washing them and contaminate the washrooms where they are installed. Scientists at the University of Westminster discovered the shocking findings during a study in which they compared the numbers of bacteria on subjects' hands before and after they had...