March 2007: Fabio Perini S.p.A. presents “state-of-the-art” converting technology, fruit of Research & Development activities, and offers innovative technical solutions to the converting industry – an industry always aiming to attain high technological standards.

“To those who arrive by sea it appears on the shore of the port of Venus and here - among the olive cloaked hills - it is said that even Minerva was led by so much sweetness to forget Athens - her homeland...”

Internationality was the key word that distinguished the second edition of Tissue World Asia, held in November 2006 at the Intex Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China.

Perini Journal recently visited with Kruger, a major Canadian Pulp and Paper company which, in addition to being a major player in tissue, is also one of the world’s largest publication papers suppliers.

Situated on the border between Europe and Asia, with ambitions of entering the European Union in the not too distant future, Turkey is an important emerging market. There, a new player in the tissue business, Hayat, has moved rapidly to build a significant market position.

Private label success in Western Europe forces tissue product manufacturers to look to Eastern Europe for growth.

Toilet Paper: A commodity to be flushed? Innovation as a path to category value

Here we look at some developments from machine suppliers that might have the biggest impact on the tissue industry.

Guy Goldstein is one of the best-known names when it comes to consultants in the tissue business. Perini Journal caught up with him recently to talk about the European tissue market, as well as other developments.

Founded in 1973 under the present leadership of Bruno Giannelli, Fomat, Fomat Aerothermic and Fomat Automation are today three leading brands in the paper industry for the production of systems and accessories for paper mills.

Condition Based Maintenance in the paper industry: the SCA Hygiene case study

Pulsar and Fondazione Lazzareschi create an unprecedented binomial: Technology and Passion. The Innovation in Tissue Award 2006 is born in Lucca.

To get some more insight into what is happening with the Kleenex brand, Perini Journal recently met with the Kleenex Brand Team at Kimberly-Clark in Neenah, Wisconsin. There we talked to Steve Erb, Associate Marketing Director; Jean Maurice Boyer, Brand Manager; and Christine Mau, Senior Packaging Graphics Manager.

Paper sculpture and objects to furnish everyday living spaces

The Japanese word used to refer to the art of packaging is “tsutsumi”, a term that literally means package, present, object, gift, and derives from verbs whose meaning is to envelop, to cover but also to hide, to keep secret.