Co-sponsored by the paper-making associations (or societies) of Guangdong, Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shanxi, Yunnan, Hunan, etc.The 21st Guangzhou International Paper Industry Exhibition and Household Paper Exhibition, 2026，It will be held from May 13th to 15th at the Poly World Trade Expo in Pazhou, Guangzhou.
The wait is over. MIAC 2025 officially opened its doors today, October 8, at the Lucca Fiere in Italy, welcoming paper industry professionals from around the world to its 29th edition. Over the next three days, this benchmark event will serve as the industry's most important meeting point for innovation, networking, and business development.
TAPPI is now accepting speaker abstracts for its flagship event, TAPPICon® 2026, April 26–29, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. Industry professionals are invited to share their expertise, research, case studies, and innovations by submitting abstracts no later than October 20, 2025.
Valmet will deliver a Quality Control System (QCS) to Metsä Tissue’s Mariestad mill in Sweden. The intelligent system will support the performance and ensure quality of the mill’s tissue machine PM 35.
Toscotec will supply a complete rebuild of PM3’s drying section to Papeterie le Bourray mill in Saint-Mars-la-Brière, France. This marks a repeat order for Toscotec, following the successful PM4 rebuild in 2020 where a new headbox helped the mill achieve its target.
ANDRITZ has been selected to supply a new recovery boiler for Century Pulp and Paper’s mill in Lalkuan, Uttarakhand, India. It will replace one of the existing recovery boilers, increasing the mill’s green energy production. Start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
ABB’s Corporate Research Centers in Germany and Sweden have been awarded the prestigious ITEA Award of Excellence 2025 in the Innovation category at a ceremony in Portugal on 16th of September 2025. The award recognizes the international EU-funded research project EXPLAIN, in which ABB collaborated with partners from three countries to develop pioneering methods aimed at making artificial intelligence (AI) transparent, reliable, and understandable for end users in process industries.
Valmet has once again been recognized as one of Finland’s most attractive employers among engineering professionals. In Universum’s 2025 employer attractiveness survey, Valmet was ranked fourth in the engineering professionals category.
Tissue World Ho Chi Minh City is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA), the most influential pulp and paper association in Vietnam, ahead of our launch event, taking place 25-26 November 2025 at the Equatorial Hotel.
Maflex recently launched the creative project ReMatter-ReMaflex through its official LinkedIn company page. The initiative was born with a simple yet meaningful goal: to give new life to old corporate brochures. A tangible gesture of reuse that becomes storytelling—of matter transforming without losing its value, instead gaining a new one through dialogue with art.
This milestone, combined with our existing installations, reinforces Papertech’s position as the majority supplier of machine vision systems in the country’s tissue industry. Equipped with our advanced TotalVision system, the new project will deliver superior quality, efficiency, and waste reduction.
We are truly delighted to welcome Nico Haid as our new Head of Production.
Paptic Ltd has been awarded the ScanStar 2025 for its innovative fibre-based hygiene packaging solution, a renewable, recyclable, and high-performing alternative to plastic in sanitary and incontinence product packaging.
SchäferRolls, an internationally active, medium-sized family business headquartered in Renningen, Germany, announces the appointment of Tomasz Korpalski – MIT (Modern Industrial Technologies) as its new sales representative for the Polish market.
Valmet will deliver an IntelliTissue 1600 tissue machine to PT Suparma Tbk’s mill in Surabaya, Indonesia. The new installation will enable production of high-quality tissue products for the Asia Pacific market and the start-up is planned for 2026.
ABB has been awarded a new contract by Intertrade Hellas S.A. to supply its quality control system (QCS) to existing and new tissue machines at the company’s Inofyta facility. The project includes ABB’s Network Platform (NP) 1200-based QCS platform with integrated sensors and controls, designed to improve product consistency, process efficiency and data visibility across production lines.
Georgia-Pacific announced last week that Christian Fischer, president and CEO, is retiring from the company at the end of October and will work to transition his responsibilities beginning in August. Christian joined Georgia-Pacific in 1989 and has held numerous leadership roles. He was named president and CEO in 2017.
Cascades, a leader in environmentally responsible packaging and hygiene product manufacturing, announces recent investments of over $5.3 million at its Granby, Quebec tissue plant to increase the capacity of two strategic production lines and enhance product quality.
The recent imposition of a 50% tariff by the USA on Brazilian pulp and paper imports, coupled with the ongoing Section 301 investigation, has fundamentally altered the competitive landscape of the Latin American forest products industry. For producers and buyers in the region, this presents a complex scenario of both significant risks and new opportunities.
The China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute (CNPPRI) presents CIDPEX Middle East at Paper Arabia 2025 from September 2-4 in Dubai. This premier event will spotlight the tissue and hygiene products industry, featuring tissue paper, diapers, sanitary napkins, wipes, machinery, and healthcare products.
In the tissue sector, having reliable, efficient, high-performing and sustainable production lines is essential to remain competitive over the long term. In this context, relying on an OEM capable of providing structured support throughout the entire lifecycle of the plant is a strategic advantage. Valmet’s Lifecycle Services fully address this need, supporting customers from the start-up phase through to the implementation of advanced solutions. This comprehensive approach ensures long-term asset performance by fostering continuous technological evolution, maximising operational efficiency and delivering consistently high-quality output.
Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Friedrich KG, a leading German tissue producer, has awarded international technology group ANDRITZ the contract to deliver a complete PrimeLine tissue machine to the company’s mill in Miltenberg, Germany.
UCT has received a new repeat order for two additional Nexus lines in one of the world’s most dynamic and competitive markets — North America!
Latin America's tissue leaders meet in August
