News in brief: Sofidel taps Valmet for modernisation of TM 1 and 3

As part of its expansion project for the Mariestad mill in Sweden, Metsä Tissue has ordered a new tissue production line from Valmet. The scope of supply also includes an extensive package of stock preparation, automation and service solutions, reports Valmet, which did not disclose the value of the order. In an...

Market research company GfK attests strong growth to the German market for sanitary products in its consumer climate index for December 2022. GfK reports that sales generated by sanitary paper products in December 2022 grew by 23 per cent year-on-year. They spiked several times during the year to push annual sales...

Papelera Internacional, which is part of Latin America‘s Grandbay group, has started up its new tissue machine at the Rio Hondo Zacapa mill in Guatemala. The new TM was delivered by Toscotec who put the capacity at 60,000 tpy. It has a width of 5.5 m and runs at speeds of up to 2,200 m/min. As recently reported,...