Canada’s leading manufacturer of quality tissue has redirected its strategy during the last three years. Chief Executive Dino Bianco has driven a focus on consumer insight… “to up our game at the front-end” … linked to an efficient production base. 

The goal of Marutomi Seishi Co., a tissue product manufacturer with facilities across Japan, is to reach a 20% share of the Japanese tissue market in the near future. TWM Senior Editor Helen Morris spoke to its President, Mr. Takeo Sano.

At Domtar, we are proud to be a part of the communities where we work, live and play. In many of these communities, the pulp and paper mill has influenced the development of the town and is often the area’s largest employer. Our Johnsonburg Mill is a great example of how a mill can shape a town.

Last year, Paper Advance got to know ESKO Pacific, a North American based instrumentation supply company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of flow monitoring and process control equipment. This year, ESKO Pacific talked to us about how this year’s unexpected developments have impacted their focus, their customers, and what they’re doing to respond to rapidly changing industry needs.  

Finland-based Kytola Instruments has developed and manufactured flow metering, monitoring and control devices for customers around the globe since 1945, but the company began with the simple recognition of a market need.

We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also bio-chemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, bio-composites and bioenergy.

AES, Black Clawson, Dry-Con, Johnson, Lamort. Do these names sound familiar? It’s very likely they do, given these are the biggest names in the equipment manufacturing industry, and have been so for the last 100 years. But what you may not have known is that many of these players, and a number of others as well, now operate under Kadant Inc, and Kadant Canada.

There are several key factors to consider when choosing the right package for a product. This includes everything from deciding upon the most suitable raw materials to optimising the packaging design based on every step in the industrial value chain.

Due to its perfect climate for fiber growth, Chile has become a major pulp and paper making nation over recent decades, with some of the world’s largest producers now situated in the South American country.

Founded in 1968, Laurentide Controls has been helping the industry to thrive for over 50 years. We are the largest provider of automation and reliability solutions in Eastern Canada.

Despite the global COVID-19 crisis, CANMEC continues to be present and supporting you in the fulfillment of your projects.

Last month, Paper Advance had the great privilege of getting to know Esko Pacific, a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of flow monitoring and process control equipment, and to learn more about the company’s continuously expanding manufacturing and technical services.

Cleaner, stronger, purer: the must-haves for specialty pulp.

IST boiler was established in 1975 as a certified ASME manufacturing facility and was acquired by Canerector inc. in June 2018. With over 150 years of in-house industry experience, IST Boiler sets the industry standard for quality, service and supply.

A successful business is often one that takes good care of details. And when it comes to roll handling and wrapping, every detail counts. Automatic Handling takes care of every possible paper roll handling and wrapping detail by offering complete and tailored solutions to the pulp and paper industry.

Automatic Handling has been providing material handling technology to the paper industry for decades. The Erie, Michigan based company focuses its expertise on improving paper manufacturing operations.

Sustana Group has brought back an historic Canadian papermaking name while developing some groundbreaking technology.

In the last 15 years, Toscotec has specialized in the delivery of turnkey projects, providing more than 20 turnkey projects across the world. Based on this substantial experience, the Italian manufacturer has become the global leading supplier of turnkey tissue projects.

Finland-based Kytola Instruments has developed and manufactured flow metering, monitoring and control devices for customers around the globe since 1945, but the company began with the simple recognition of a market need.

A dream was realized in Circleville, Ohio, recently when Sofidel opened its first greenfield mill in North America.

Italian-based plant design and manufacturing company Toscotec may be based in historic Lucca, Tuscany, but the privately-owned leader in machinery manufacturing has its sights set on North American expansion.