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The tissue segment has become one of the most important of the paper industry in developed countries. It produces one of the most highly valued and appreciated, though not necessarily talked about, paper products. Current developmental projects in the industry are focused largely on improving product quality and performance. Finding lower-cost ways of producing high-performance products and reducing overall costs is key. This brand new study reviews recent supplier developments in the manufacture of tissue products as well as advances led by tissue manufacturers. Find out about:
- Challenges and opportunities for the industry based on emerging technologies
- Mega trends likely to have a major impact in the market
- An overview of technology developments at the top-four tissue manufacturers
Essential reading for:
- Papermakers
- Tissue converters
- Pulp suppliers
- Paper machinery and equipment suppliers
- Consultants and analysts
- Chemical suppliers
Introduction
- Objective and methodology
- Selection of supplier technology and illustrations
Overview of the tissue industry
- Tissue products
- Product quality drivers for bath tissue products
- Product quality drivers for kitchen towel products
- Major tissue machinery suppliers
- Major tissue producers
- Tissue markets
- TAD technology
- TAD technology in the US
- TAD technology in western Europe
- TAD technology in the rest of the world
- Advanced tissue technologies and capacity worldwide
- Tissue capacity additions
- Drivers for developments in tissue technology
- External drivers
- Internal drivers
Developments in tissue raw materials and consumables
- Pulps and recycled fibre
- Chemicals
- Clothing
- General
Developments in paper machinery and sub processes
- Compact stock systems
- Utilisation of recycled fibre
- Advanced refiner technology
- Head boxes
- Dewatering of webs prior to thermal drying
- Extended nip press technology advances
- New design TAD rolls
- Large diameter yankee dryers
- Welded steel yankee dryers
- Advanced creping processes
- Control of CD profiles
- Ultra-high-performance hoods
- Dry end sheet conveyance
- Full-width reel turn-ups
- Advanced reel configuration
- Automation and robotics
- Dust and fire control
- Reduced energy consumption
Wet lay tissue manufacturing technologies
- Conventional technologies
- Recrepe technologies
- Thru air drying technologies
- Pseudo TAD technologies
Tissue technology at major tissue manufacturers
- Tissue technologies employed by tissue manufacturers
- Overview of technology developments at big-four tissue manufacturers
- Georgia Pacific
- Kimberley-Clark
- Procter & Gamble
- SCA
- Tissue technology at midsize small tissue manufacturers
- Advanced technologies at mid-size and small machinery vendors
- Projected future developments of technologies
- Non-technology related developments
Appendix
- Acronyms
- Machine configurations
- Machinery vendors
- Selected patents