Tissue

LUCCA, Italy, April 2, 2020 (Press Release) -The recently established partnership between Gambini S.p.A. and Kawanoe Zoki Co., Ltd., the Japanese industry leader in tissue-converting machinery, has already led to great results: for the first time a Japanese tissue producer has chosen Gambini’s TouchMax technology for its embossing needs.

Fuji Satowa was founded in 1922 and is now located in Fuji city, Shizuoka prefecture, at the center of Japanese paper industry. They mainly produce toilet paper, using recycled pulp such as preand post-consumer waste material.

“The key to success in matured bathroom tissue market in Japan is how you can differentiate your products. I see TouchMax.Twin as a powerful measure for the future, for its ability to realize both highly differentiated products and flexible manufacturing. Many machine-makers offer standardized machines; Gambini, by working together with Kawanoe Zoki, is ready to meet our needs for installation into an existing line and adaptation to Japanese standards. I highly appreciate Gambini’s attitude”, says Yoshimasa Satowa, President of Fuji Satowa.

This TouchMax – which marks also the 72nd time a customer of Gambini’s chooses this cuttingedge turret-style family of embossers – has been installed into an existing converting line of Kawanoe Zoki’s, showing how flexible these products are.

TouchMax is a patented technology embosser providing extraordinary flexibility during product changeover, thus multiplying the marketing opportunities related to different embossing patterns. Nowadays it is considered as the new industry benchmark, mainly for its setting-free capabilities: it makes the converting process as efficient and simple as possible, quasi-zeroing the waste (we use to say that even the first log is good to sell) and making it a greener choice for converters. It is indeed the most flexible embosser on the market, guaranteeing a consistent high quality of the finished product and a very high level of safety, as the rolls’ configuration can be carried out with no intervening operator. Its extreme flexibility enables the independent configuration of embossing on both top and bottom webs, so as to get to different final products for different: technical types of embossing, diameters (even with the same amount of paper) and exterior appearances; thus satisfying the demands for differentiation requested by customers and consumers; not to mention the ever increasing needs of optimization and continuity of production.

Together Gambini and Kawanoe Zoki strive for further efforts to strengthen their joint service on the Japanese market, as the result of both the companies’ expertise and search for an increasingly efficient local presence.

Gambini and Kawanoe Zoki delivers its first TouchMax technology at Fuji Satowa's facility in Fuji city, Japan

Posted in: Tissue 04/02/2020 - 11:21

LUCCA, Italy, April 2, 2020 (Press Release) -The recently established partnership between Gambini S.p.A. and Kawanoe Zoki Co., Ltd., the Japanese industry leader in tissue-converting machinery, has already led to great results: for the first time a Japanese tissue producer has chosen Gambini’s TouchMax technology for its embossing needs.

Fuji Satowa was founded in 1922 and is now located in Fuji city, Shizuoka prefecture, at the center of Japanese paper industry. They mainly produce toilet paper, using recycled pulp such as preand post-consumer waste material.

“The key to success in matured bathroom tissue market in Japan is how you can differentiate your products. I see TouchMax.Twin as a powerful measure for the future, for its ability to realize both highly differentiated products and flexible manufacturing. Many machine-makers offer standardized machines; Gambini, by working together with Kawanoe Zoki, is ready to meet our needs for installation into an existing line and adaptation to Japanese standards. I highly appreciate Gambini’s attitude”, says Yoshimasa Satowa, President of Fuji Satowa.

This TouchMax – which marks also the 72nd time a customer of Gambini’s chooses this cuttingedge turret-style family of embossers – has been installed into an existing converting line of Kawanoe Zoki’s, showing how flexible these products are.

TouchMax is a patented technology embosser providing extraordinary flexibility during product changeover, thus multiplying the marketing opportunities related to different embossing patterns. Nowadays it is considered as the new industry benchmark, mainly for its setting-free capabilities: it makes the converting process as efficient and simple as possible, quasi-zeroing the waste (we use to say that even the first log is good to sell) and making it a greener choice for converters. It is indeed the most flexible embosser on the market, guaranteeing a consistent high quality of the finished product and a very high level of safety, as the rolls’ configuration can be carried out with no intervening operator. Its extreme flexibility enables the independent configuration of embossing on both top and bottom webs, so as to get to different final products for different: technical types of embossing, diameters (even with the same amount of paper) and exterior appearances; thus satisfying the demands for differentiation requested by customers and consumers; not to mention the ever increasing needs of optimization and continuity of production.

Together Gambini and Kawanoe Zoki strive for further efforts to strengthen their joint service on the Japanese market, as the result of both the companies’ expertise and search for an increasingly efficient local presence.

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STOCKHOLM, April 1, 2020 (Press Release) -Hygiene and health company Essity is strengthening its offering in incontinence products through the acquisition of the Dutch company Novioscan. The company develops a wearable ultrasound technology that monitors the bladder and enables continence control. The purchase price is approximately SEK 70m (EUR 6.5m) on a debt-free basis.

The SENS-U innovation is a wearable ultrasound sensor that measures the level in the bladder. It sends a discrete notification that allows the user to empty their bladder in time. A version of SENS-U for children is already available in the market and an adult version is under development.

“The SENS-U technology is an innovative solution that will strengthen Essity’s offering in incontinence care and give consumers an opportunity to live a healthier and more active life,” says Ulrika Kolsrud, President Health and Medical Solutions of Essity.

Novioscan was founded in 2014 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and has ten employees, all of whom will remain in the company.

Essity is the leading global player in incontinence products with the TENA brand. Incontinence affects 4-8% of the world’s adult population. Essity works to break barriers and the stigma associated with incontinence to improve well-being and help people live life to the fullest.

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2019 amounted to approximately SEK 129bn (EUR 12.2bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society.

Essity acquires Dutch smart ultrasound technology company Novioscan for incontinence care

Posted in: Tissue 04/01/2020 - 03:40

STOCKHOLM, April 1, 2020 (Press Release) -Hygiene and health company Essity is strengthening its offering in incontinence products through the acquisition of the Dutch company Novioscan. The company develops a wearable ultrasound technology that monitors the bladder and enables continence control. The purchase price is approximately SEK 70m (EUR 6.5m) on a debt-free basis.

The SENS-U innovation is a wearable ultrasound sensor that measures the level in the bladder. It sends a discrete notification that allows the user to empty their bladder in time. A version of SENS-U for children is already available in the market and an adult version is under development.

“The SENS-U technology is an innovative solution that will strengthen Essity’s offering in incontinence care and give consumers an opportunity to live a healthier and more active life,” says Ulrika Kolsrud, President Health and Medical Solutions of Essity.

Novioscan was founded in 2014 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and has ten employees, all of whom will remain in the company.

Essity is the leading global player in incontinence products with the TENA brand. Incontinence affects 4-8% of the world’s adult population. Essity works to break barriers and the stigma associated with incontinence to improve well-being and help people live life to the fullest.

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2019 amounted to approximately SEK 129bn (EUR 12.2bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society.

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ESPOO, Finland, March 31, 2020 (Press Release) -Valmet introduces a renewed Valmet IQ Quality Management System for pulp, tissue, paper, board, and converting industries. The renewed system lets papermakers optimize quality through the entire value chain from fiber to finished product, enabling improved process performance and increased savings through the process.

The quality management system takes a step towards an autonomous mill

The renewed Valmet IQ Quality Management System utilizes Valmet’s latest innovations and expertise on pulp and paper quality management. It integrates the quality management of the entire production process and is a step towards an autonomous mill. The new capabilities of Valmet IQ increase the degree of automation and reduce the human role in the process.

“Valmet IQ extends from traditional quality controls to the retention and refining online optimization with wet end analyzers. The new moisture management solution optimizes the drying process from the wire-former section through the press and dryer section to the end of the reel. It will stabilize the process and improve the performance even further,” says Marko Toskala, Director, Quality Management Systems from Valmet.

Valmet IQ consists of all the devices and applications needed to monitor and optimize both process performance and end-product quality: scanners, measurements, profilers, machine vision, and quality control applications.

The new quality scanner family is redesigned for even more demanding production environments. All Valmet IQ scanners now consist of stainless-steel exterior, enhanced diagnostics, and a new flexible sensor platform. New IQ Dryness and IQ Multipoint measurements reveal the true dryness development from the headbox to the reel. The IQ family is completed by the most advanced machine vision system on the market, enabling faster detection of even smaller quality defects. The renewed Valmet IQ is compatible with the previous generations. All Valmet IQ products are developed and manufactured in Finland.

The new Valmet IQ is also compatible with the recently introduced Valmet DNA User Interface, the new web-based user interface of the Valmet DNA automation system. The new structured user interface guides the operators to focus on the situation critical information and make the right decisions instantly – helping to optimize quality faster.

Automatic optimization saves raw materials, chemicals and energy

Valmet IQ connects seamlessly with Valmet’s industrial internet (VII) solutions. With the cloud-based solution, the quality data moves from paper mills to converting, automating the optimization of the entire value chain. Similarly, paper producers can utilize feedback directly from the converting process while optimizing production performance and costs.

“Our customers have moved from reactive to data-driven quality management and witnessed significantly more stable production quality and decreased amount of broke. The automatic optimization of the entire value-chain has increased the production performance while simultaneously saving raw materials, chemicals, and energy”, Toskala continues.

About Valmet’s Quality Management Systems

Valmet has been at the forefront of developing digital solutions for its customers since the 1960s. In 1979, Valmet became the second company in the world to launch a distributed control system (DCS) for process automation, and the company’s first Quality Control System (QCS) was introduced in the 1990s. Today, the advanced Valmet IQ Quality Management System ensures optimal quality for over 2,000 pulp, tissue, board, and paper production mills around the world.

VALMET

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2019 were approximately EUR 3.5 billion. Our more than 13,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

Valmet introduces renewed Valmet IQ Quality Management System for pulp, tissue, paper, board and converting industries

Posted in: Tissue 03/31/2020 - 04:41

ESPOO, Finland, March 31, 2020 (Press Release) -Valmet introduces a renewed Valmet IQ Quality Management System for pulp, tissue, paper, board, and converting industries. The renewed system lets papermakers optimize quality through the entire value chain from fiber to finished product, enabling improved process performance and increased savings through the process.

The quality management system takes a step towards an autonomous mill

The renewed Valmet IQ Quality Management System utilizes Valmet’s latest innovations and expertise on pulp and paper quality management. It integrates the quality management of the entire production process and is a step towards an autonomous mill. The new capabilities of Valmet IQ increase the degree of automation and reduce the human role in the process.

“Valmet IQ extends from traditional quality controls to the retention and refining online optimization with wet end analyzers. The new moisture management solution optimizes the drying process from the wire-former section through the press and dryer section to the end of the reel. It will stabilize the process and improve the performance even further,” says Marko Toskala, Director, Quality Management Systems from Valmet.

Valmet IQ consists of all the devices and applications needed to monitor and optimize both process performance and end-product quality: scanners, measurements, profilers, machine vision, and quality control applications.

The new quality scanner family is redesigned for even more demanding production environments. All Valmet IQ scanners now consist of stainless-steel exterior, enhanced diagnostics, and a new flexible sensor platform. New IQ Dryness and IQ Multipoint measurements reveal the true dryness development from the headbox to the reel. The IQ family is completed by the most advanced machine vision system on the market, enabling faster detection of even smaller quality defects. The renewed Valmet IQ is compatible with the previous generations. All Valmet IQ products are developed and manufactured in Finland.

The new Valmet IQ is also compatible with the recently introduced Valmet DNA User Interface, the new web-based user interface of the Valmet DNA automation system. The new structured user interface guides the operators to focus on the situation critical information and make the right decisions instantly – helping to optimize quality faster.

Automatic optimization saves raw materials, chemicals and energy

Valmet IQ connects seamlessly with Valmet’s industrial internet (VII) solutions. With the cloud-based solution, the quality data moves from paper mills to converting, automating the optimization of the entire value chain. Similarly, paper producers can utilize feedback directly from the converting process while optimizing production performance and costs.

“Our customers have moved from reactive to data-driven quality management and witnessed significantly more stable production quality and decreased amount of broke. The automatic optimization of the entire value-chain has increased the production performance while simultaneously saving raw materials, chemicals, and energy”, Toskala continues.

About Valmet’s Quality Management Systems

Valmet has been at the forefront of developing digital solutions for its customers since the 1960s. In 1979, Valmet became the second company in the world to launch a distributed control system (DCS) for process automation, and the company’s first Quality Control System (QCS) was introduced in the 1990s. Today, the advanced Valmet IQ Quality Management System ensures optimal quality for over 2,000 pulp, tissue, board, and paper production mills around the world.

VALMET

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. We aim to become the global champion in serving our customers.

Valmet's strong technology offering includes pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, as well as power plants for bioenergy production. Our advanced services and automation solutions improve the reliability and performance of our customers' processes and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials and energy.

Valmet's net sales in 2019 were approximately EUR 3.5 billion. Our more than 13,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day. Valmet's head office is in Espoo, Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

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JELENIA GORA, Poland, March 27, 2020 (Press Release) -To ensure continuous development of technology, which is a distinguishing feature of PMP products, in October 2019, PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) launched a new engineering office in Łódź, Poland. A new entity is dedicated mainly to support tissue business. Sebastian Grabowski has been nominated as Director of Design and Application Office.

Łódź is a big city, located in central Poland. It is a large, rapidly growing industrial and technological hub, also named as engineering and scientific center of papermaking, as Politechnika Łódzka (University of Technology in Łódź) educates students in papermaking and polygraphy.

The employment target of the new office is 40 engineers – experienced experts as well as young professionals, also from outside of the paper industry. Such a blend ensures a fresh point of view and creates a proper synergy effect so that it will be possible to develop innovative solutions, which will guarantee the competitive advantage both for PMP and customers.

Most activities of the new branch will be focused on technology development in tissue sector of PMP. Moreover, there is a project & application team responsible for technical management and projects leadership, starting from sales support to full execution of process in a broad sense.

“An opening of the new office in Łódź is a significant step in PMP development process that has been going for years. It will strengthen a leadership position of PMP as well as contribute to a perception of PMP as the preferred leading supplier of solutions for the Paper Industry” –Sebastian Grabowski said, Director of the Design and Application Office.

PMP launches new engineering office in Łódź, Poland

Posted in: Tissue 03/27/2020 - 04:11

JELENIA GORA, Poland, March 27, 2020 (Press Release) -To ensure continuous development of technology, which is a distinguishing feature of PMP products, in October 2019, PMP (Paper Machinery Producer) launched a new engineering office in Łódź, Poland. A new entity is dedicated mainly to support tissue business. Sebastian Grabowski has been nominated as Director of Design and Application Office.

Łódź is a big city, located in central Poland. It is a large, rapidly growing industrial and technological hub, also named as engineering and scientific center of papermaking, as Politechnika Łódzka (University of Technology in Łódź) educates students in papermaking and polygraphy.

The employment target of the new office is 40 engineers – experienced experts as well as young professionals, also from outside of the paper industry. Such a blend ensures a fresh point of view and creates a proper synergy effect so that it will be possible to develop innovative solutions, which will guarantee the competitive advantage both for PMP and customers.

Most activities of the new branch will be focused on technology development in tissue sector of PMP. Moreover, there is a project & application team responsible for technical management and projects leadership, starting from sales support to full execution of process in a broad sense.

“An opening of the new office in Łódź is a significant step in PMP development process that has been going for years. It will strengthen a leadership position of PMP as well as contribute to a perception of PMP as the preferred leading supplier of solutions for the Paper Industry” –Sebastian Grabowski said, Director of the Design and Application Office.

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SWINDON, UK, March 10, 2020 (Press Release) -No need to panic buy or stockpile – the market continues to operate normally.

UK tissue market. Consumers can be reassured that the present coronavirus outbreak has had no immediate impact on the UK tissue industry, tissue manufacturing, wholesale stock levels, the industry supply chain or supply to retailers.

Toilet tissue. Coronavirus has no impact (or likely impact) on the actual demand for toilet tissue and it follows there is no need to panic buy or stockpile. Manufacturing and distribution continue to operate normally, and retail stocks are being replenished.

Hand tissues. Again, the coronavirus outbreak has had no impact on manufacturing or supply chains, with product still being distributed to retailers as normal. Manufacturers have increased production to cope with strong demand triggered by additional hand drying and increased hand tissue use stemming from heightened concerns over the airborne spread of disease. Additional product is now reaching retailers.

Hand washing. Public Health advice strongly recommends frequent and through washing of hands. After washing, it is important that hands are thoroughly dried as any remaining virus spreads more easily on damp hands. Additionally, thoroughly drying with paper towels physically abrades any remaining virus from hands, with safe disposal of used paper towels through recognised disposal systems.

Catch it, Bin it, Kill it! With airborne spread of virus being one of the distribution vectors, the importance of using hand tissues to catch coughs and sneezes to help with infection control has again been highlighted.

Using paper towels reduces the risk of airborne viruses that may be caused by other hand drying systems. Certainly in health care critical locations (such as hospitals, care homes and the food supply industry) disposable paper towels should always be the preferred method of hand-drying to minimise the risk of cross-contamination – a finding reinforced by a number of scientific studies.*

The UK tissue industry. The UK used around 1.25m tonnes of hygiene paper in 2019; more than half in the form of toilet tissue and the remainder as hand, facial, industrial and sanitary tissues. Around half of this tissue was made in the UK (seventeen tissue mills) with the balance being imported. Because of the light weight and bulk of shelf-ready product, most international trade is in the form of multi-tonne parent reels, ready for conversion into shelf-ready rolls and packs closer to the end market. This conversion can happen either at paper mills or separate facilities.

Raw Materials. Tissue is made from sustainable wood fibres, either recycled or virgin. Recycled fibres are largely sourced from within the UK, or from European countries. Paper tissue is normally a blend of fibres, mostly conifer and plantation grown eucalyptus sourced from Europe, north or south America.

Imports from China. Some press reports have incorrectly suggested huge volumes of tissue are imported from China – this is not true. As part of a global market, there are some exports to the UK, comprising around 2% of the market. All product is transported by ship taking at least four weeks to arrive.

About CPI

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is the leading trade association representing the UK’s Paper-based Industries, comprising paper and board manufacturers and converters, corrugated packaging producers, makers of soft tissue papers, and collectors of paper for recycling.

CPI represents an industry with an aggregate annual turnover of £12.1 billion, 62,000 employees and which supports a further 100,000 jobs in the wider economy.

About PITA

The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) is an independent, member-based organisation, which operates for the general benefit of its members – both individual and corporate – dedicated to promoting and improving the technical and scientific knowledge of those working in the Fibrous Forest Products Industries – such as pulp, paper, wood panel, moulded pulp and other similar industries.

CPI, PITA issue joint statement in response to concerns over UK tissue supply

Posted in: Tissue 03/12/2020 - 08:10

SWINDON, UK, March 10, 2020 (Press Release) -No need to panic buy or stockpile – the market continues to operate normally.

UK tissue market. Consumers can be reassured that the present coronavirus outbreak has had no immediate impact on the UK tissue industry, tissue manufacturing, wholesale stock levels, the industry supply chain or supply to retailers.

Toilet tissue. Coronavirus has no impact (or likely impact) on the actual demand for toilet tissue and it follows there is no need to panic buy or stockpile. Manufacturing and distribution continue to operate normally, and retail stocks are being replenished.

Hand tissues. Again, the coronavirus outbreak has had no impact on manufacturing or supply chains, with product still being distributed to retailers as normal. Manufacturers have increased production to cope with strong demand triggered by additional hand drying and increased hand tissue use stemming from heightened concerns over the airborne spread of disease. Additional product is now reaching retailers.

Hand washing. Public Health advice strongly recommends frequent and through washing of hands. After washing, it is important that hands are thoroughly dried as any remaining virus spreads more easily on damp hands. Additionally, thoroughly drying with paper towels physically abrades any remaining virus from hands, with safe disposal of used paper towels through recognised disposal systems.

Catch it, Bin it, Kill it! With airborne spread of virus being one of the distribution vectors, the importance of using hand tissues to catch coughs and sneezes to help with infection control has again been highlighted.

Using paper towels reduces the risk of airborne viruses that may be caused by other hand drying systems. Certainly in health care critical locations (such as hospitals, care homes and the food supply industry) disposable paper towels should always be the preferred method of hand-drying to minimise the risk of cross-contamination – a finding reinforced by a number of scientific studies.*

The UK tissue industry. The UK used around 1.25m tonnes of hygiene paper in 2019; more than half in the form of toilet tissue and the remainder as hand, facial, industrial and sanitary tissues. Around half of this tissue was made in the UK (seventeen tissue mills) with the balance being imported. Because of the light weight and bulk of shelf-ready product, most international trade is in the form of multi-tonne parent reels, ready for conversion into shelf-ready rolls and packs closer to the end market. This conversion can happen either at paper mills or separate facilities.

Raw Materials. Tissue is made from sustainable wood fibres, either recycled or virgin. Recycled fibres are largely sourced from within the UK, or from European countries. Paper tissue is normally a blend of fibres, mostly conifer and plantation grown eucalyptus sourced from Europe, north or south America.

Imports from China. Some press reports have incorrectly suggested huge volumes of tissue are imported from China – this is not true. As part of a global market, there are some exports to the UK, comprising around 2% of the market. All product is transported by ship taking at least four weeks to arrive.

About CPI

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is the leading trade association representing the UK’s Paper-based Industries, comprising paper and board manufacturers and converters, corrugated packaging producers, makers of soft tissue papers, and collectors of paper for recycling.

CPI represents an industry with an aggregate annual turnover of £12.1 billion, 62,000 employees and which supports a further 100,000 jobs in the wider economy.

About PITA

The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) is an independent, member-based organisation, which operates for the general benefit of its members – both individual and corporate – dedicated to promoting and improving the technical and scientific knowledge of those working in the Fibrous Forest Products Industries – such as pulp, paper, wood panel, moulded pulp and other similar industries.

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LUCCA, ITALY, March 5, 2020 (Press Release) -From July 2019 to February 2020, Toscotec successfully completed two customized rebuilds at Lucart Diecimo tissue mill. The two rebuilding solutions included the replacement of PM5 and PM6’s existing Yankees with Toscotec’s second-generation Steel Yankee Dryers, complete steam and condensate systems, as well as the installation of a TT SuctionPressRoll.

This is yet again another major achievement in the strong and long-lasting cooperation between Lucart and Toscotec. Over the last ten years, Toscotec supplied to Lucart Group one complete tissue line, two slitter rewinders TT WIND, and various tailor-made rebuilding solutions on six different tissue machines in Italy and France.

The Lucart Group are pioneers in sustainability and they continuously uphold the highest standards of energy efficiency and specific energy consumption in their production processes to promote fair and sustainable development in our shared environment. Lucart has tapped Toscotec for its efficient drying solutions, in particular TT SYD and its energy recovery-oriented system design. The extraordinary energy saving advantages that TT SYD delivers, on a potentially infinite number of cycles over the course of its life, save a significant amount of energy and operating costs. Toscotec’s energy recovery equipment, chiefly heat exchangers, are a key part of TT SYD’s steam and condensate system in that they contribute to achieving the highest possible level of thermal energy efficiency.

“Based on the high quality of the work done on PM5 and PM6, Toscotec confirmed its leadership in the construction and installation of steel Yankee dryers. We are very satisfied with the achieved performances, as well as the time schedule and project management of these rebuilds. The work team and the constructive collaboration have been an important key to the success of the projects.” said Eng. Franco Pasquini, Lucart’s Chief Technology Officer.

Valerio Volpi, Toscotec’s Project Manager of Lucart’s PM5 and PM6 rebuilds, says: “Our highly qualified Italian technicians worked with Lucart’s experts as one team. We were right on schedule according to the agreed timetable and the two TT SYDs performed well from the first hours of operation. This is a shared achievement for the Lucart-Toscotec team.”

About Lucart

Lucart, a leading company in Europe in the production of tissue products for daily use (toilet, kitchen, napkins, tablecloths, handkerchiefs etc.), airlaid products, and MG paper was founded in 1953 by the Pasquini Family.

The company's production activities are distributed over 3 Business Units (Business to Business, Away from Home and Consumer) operating in the development and sales of products with brands such as Tenderly, Tutto, Grazie Natural and Smile (Consumer area), Lucart Professional, Tenderly Professional, Fato and Velo (Away from Home area). Lucart’s production capacity is 395,000 tonnes/year of paper on 12 continuous machines. Its consolidated turnover will amount to more than €500 million, with more than 1,500 employees in 9 production plants (five in Italy, one in France, one in Hungary and two in Spain) and a Logistics Centre in Italy. Since 2018, Lucart has been part of the CE100 network, the precompetitive innovation program designed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to give organizations the opportunity to develop new opportunities and achieve their circular economy goals as quickly as possible.

Toscotec completes two customized rebuilds at Lucart Diecimo tissue mill

Posted in: Tissue 03/05/2020 - 02:46

LUCCA, ITALY, March 5, 2020 (Press Release) -From July 2019 to February 2020, Toscotec successfully completed two customized rebuilds at Lucart Diecimo tissue mill. The two rebuilding solutions included the replacement of PM5 and PM6’s existing Yankees with Toscotec’s second-generation Steel Yankee Dryers, complete steam and condensate systems, as well as the installation of a TT SuctionPressRoll.

This is yet again another major achievement in the strong and long-lasting cooperation between Lucart and Toscotec. Over the last ten years, Toscotec supplied to Lucart Group one complete tissue line, two slitter rewinders TT WIND, and various tailor-made rebuilding solutions on six different tissue machines in Italy and France.

The Lucart Group are pioneers in sustainability and they continuously uphold the highest standards of energy efficiency and specific energy consumption in their production processes to promote fair and sustainable development in our shared environment. Lucart has tapped Toscotec for its efficient drying solutions, in particular TT SYD and its energy recovery-oriented system design. The extraordinary energy saving advantages that TT SYD delivers, on a potentially infinite number of cycles over the course of its life, save a significant amount of energy and operating costs. Toscotec’s energy recovery equipment, chiefly heat exchangers, are a key part of TT SYD’s steam and condensate system in that they contribute to achieving the highest possible level of thermal energy efficiency.

“Based on the high quality of the work done on PM5 and PM6, Toscotec confirmed its leadership in the construction and installation of steel Yankee dryers. We are very satisfied with the achieved performances, as well as the time schedule and project management of these rebuilds. The work team and the constructive collaboration have been an important key to the success of the projects.” said Eng. Franco Pasquini, Lucart’s Chief Technology Officer.

Valerio Volpi, Toscotec’s Project Manager of Lucart’s PM5 and PM6 rebuilds, says: “Our highly qualified Italian technicians worked with Lucart’s experts as one team. We were right on schedule according to the agreed timetable and the two TT SYDs performed well from the first hours of operation. This is a shared achievement for the Lucart-Toscotec team.”

About Lucart

Lucart, a leading company in Europe in the production of tissue products for daily use (toilet, kitchen, napkins, tablecloths, handkerchiefs etc.), airlaid products, and MG paper was founded in 1953 by the Pasquini Family.

The company's production activities are distributed over 3 Business Units (Business to Business, Away from Home and Consumer) operating in the development and sales of products with brands such as Tenderly, Tutto, Grazie Natural and Smile (Consumer area), Lucart Professional, Tenderly Professional, Fato and Velo (Away from Home area). Lucart’s production capacity is 395,000 tonnes/year of paper on 12 continuous machines. Its consolidated turnover will amount to more than €500 million, with more than 1,500 employees in 9 production plants (five in Italy, one in France, one in Hungary and two in Spain) and a Logistics Centre in Italy. Since 2018, Lucart has been part of the CE100 network, the precompetitive innovation program designed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to give organizations the opportunity to develop new opportunities and achieve their circular economy goals as quickly as possible.

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LUCCA, ITALY, March 4, 2020 (Press Release) -Pete Augustine, President, Fabio Perini North America says “We’re celebrating because we reached a remarkable milestone of 100 Constellation lines sold worldwide since launched in 2015 – a testament to the forward-thinking future of tissue converting!”

And we couldn’t imagine a better place than Tissue World Miami to show a full Constellation line in action via video streaming directly from our stand. Claudio Munoz, Director of Marketing Americas, explains: “For the first time, we’ll be doing a live video streaming demonstration of this highly advanced converting line in partnership with our customer Cardinal Tissue in North Carolina. In addition to the Constellation S6 Rewinder, there are several cutting-edge technologies incorporated in this line aimed at optimizing OEE, quality and operator safety, including the Catalyst Embosser, 179AX Log Saw, and Carbon-T Wrapper. Cardinal Tissue has the first commercial line in the world running with the SAM (Self Adjusting Machines) technology — an impressive sight you don’t want to miss”.

The live demonstrations will take place at the Fabio Perini Stand B-90 on Wednesday, March 11, at 3:30pm; Thursday, March 12, at 11:30am and 3:30pm and Friday, March 13, at 11:30am.

Sustainability Takes Center Stage

Fabio Perini also understands the future is now with regard to sustainability. The SAM technology reflects our commitment to helping customers create more sustainable products by reducing waste and downtime, while simultaneously improving overall quality and OEE. We’ve also given careful consideration to technical solutions that aid in replacing plastic packaging with paper-based materials and eliminating glue from the converting process, among others.

Pete Augustine will detail Fabio Perini’s holistic approach to sustainability in his Tissue World Miami presentation (Day 2, 2:00-2:20p), Sustainability, Strategies, Digitalization, and Solutions for the Tissue Industry. In addition, he’ll provide insights about the series of solutions offered to help customers prioritize the environment, including:

  • Aquabond: A sustainable water lamination technology, Aquabond replaces adhesive with water during ply bonding, without requiring new machinery or compromising the machine's mechanical features and quality of the final product.
  • Bio-pack: The technical improvement program developed to ensure all tissue packaging equipment — any size or format — can wrap packs with 100% eco-friendly material or paper reels combined with bioplastics, with no quality issues or line disruption.
  • Solid and Solid+: The coreless solutions to produce full rolls that can keep the product’s structural characteristics, increasing by 16% the amount of tissue per roll with the same diameter, and attaining a 10% reduction of packaging required for the same amount of product transported.
  • SAM System: A data-led SAM approach used to control the rewinding and embossing process using data from an online roll and caliper inspection system. SAM allows for waste reduction, staffing optimization and quality control.

Fabio Perini is bringing the future of tissue converting to Tissue World Miami. Mark your calendars for these exciting events. We look forward to seeing you at Fabio Perini Stand B-90.

Fabio Perini to showcase future of tissue converting lines at Tissue World Miami in Miami, FL from March 10-13

Posted in: Tissue 03/04/2020 - 04:05

LUCCA, ITALY, March 4, 2020 (Press Release) -Pete Augustine, President, Fabio Perini North America says “We’re celebrating because we reached a remarkable milestone of 100 Constellation lines sold worldwide since launched in 2015 – a testament to the forward-thinking future of tissue converting!”

And we couldn’t imagine a better place than Tissue World Miami to show a full Constellation line in action via video streaming directly from our stand. Claudio Munoz, Director of Marketing Americas, explains: “For the first time, we’ll be doing a live video streaming demonstration of this highly advanced converting line in partnership with our customer Cardinal Tissue in North Carolina. In addition to the Constellation S6 Rewinder, there are several cutting-edge technologies incorporated in this line aimed at optimizing OEE, quality and operator safety, including the Catalyst Embosser, 179AX Log Saw, and Carbon-T Wrapper. Cardinal Tissue has the first commercial line in the world running with the SAM (Self Adjusting Machines) technology — an impressive sight you don’t want to miss”.

The live demonstrations will take place at the Fabio Perini Stand B-90 on Wednesday, March 11, at 3:30pm; Thursday, March 12, at 11:30am and 3:30pm and Friday, March 13, at 11:30am.

Sustainability Takes Center Stage

Fabio Perini also understands the future is now with regard to sustainability. The SAM technology reflects our commitment to helping customers create more sustainable products by reducing waste and downtime, while simultaneously improving overall quality and OEE. We’ve also given careful consideration to technical solutions that aid in replacing plastic packaging with paper-based materials and eliminating glue from the converting process, among others.

Pete Augustine will detail Fabio Perini’s holistic approach to sustainability in his Tissue World Miami presentation (Day 2, 2:00-2:20p), Sustainability, Strategies, Digitalization, and Solutions for the Tissue Industry. In addition, he’ll provide insights about the series of solutions offered to help customers prioritize the environment, including:

  • Aquabond: A sustainable water lamination technology, Aquabond replaces adhesive with water during ply bonding, without requiring new machinery or compromising the machine's mechanical features and quality of the final product.
  • Bio-pack: The technical improvement program developed to ensure all tissue packaging equipment — any size or format — can wrap packs with 100% eco-friendly material or paper reels combined with bioplastics, with no quality issues or line disruption.
  • Solid and Solid+: The coreless solutions to produce full rolls that can keep the product’s structural characteristics, increasing by 16% the amount of tissue per roll with the same diameter, and attaining a 10% reduction of packaging required for the same amount of product transported.
  • SAM System: A data-led SAM approach used to control the rewinding and embossing process using data from an online roll and caliper inspection system. SAM allows for waste reduction, staffing optimization and quality control.

Fabio Perini is bringing the future of tissue converting to Tissue World Miami. Mark your calendars for these exciting events. We look forward to seeing you at Fabio Perini Stand B-90.

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CAMAS, WA, Feb. 28, 2020 (Local News) -A little more than two years after Georgia-Pacific (GP) announced a major restructuring that eliminated close to 300 positions, closed the “Roaring 20” office paper line and shuttered pulp operations at the Camas paper mill, the company says it is reinvesting in the local manufacturing plant.

GP officials told its 150 Camas employees last week that the company is investing $15 million in capital improvements to make the remaining paper towel line more competitive and the plant itself more environmentally sustainable.

“The approval of these key projects is great news and I want to thank our 150 team members for their hard work and dedication this past year,” Shawn Wood, vice president and manager of the Camas mill, stated in a news release.

Camas Post Record - Georgia-Pacific reinvesting in Camas paper mill

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Georgia-Pacific reinvesting $15 million in Camas, WA, tissue mill two years after office paper shut

Posted in: Tissue 02/28/2020 - 14:38

CAMAS, WA, Feb. 28, 2020 (Local News) -A little more than two years after Georgia-Pacific (GP) announced a major restructuring that eliminated close to 300 positions, closed the “Roaring 20” office paper line and shuttered pulp operations at the Camas paper mill, the company says it is reinvesting in the local manufacturing plant.

GP officials told its 150 Camas employees last week that the company is investing $15 million in capital improvements to make the remaining paper towel line more competitive and the plant itself more environmentally sustainable.

“The approval of these key projects is great news and I want to thank our 150 team members for their hard work and dedication this past year,” Shawn Wood, vice president and manager of the Camas mill, stated in a news release.

Camas Post Record - Georgia-Pacific reinvesting in Camas paper mill

Fastmarkets RISI is not responsible for the reliability or availability of content on external websites.

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