In the early years of the sixteenth century, the two greatest artists present in Florence at the time were commissioned to produce two prestigious works for the Sala del Gran Consiglio (Hall of the Great Council) in Palazzo Vecchio: wall paintings depicting two great battle scenes. Neither of the works was ever brought to completion.

It’s been a while since we spoke about Instagram and in the meantime there have been lots of novelties and improvements. But let’s start with a few numbers (November 2015): every day, about 80 million photos are published on the platform and are marked by about 3.5 billion ‘likes’ per day.

Every year, the World Business Forum is one of the most-awaited events in the world of business. It is a source of inspiration, learning and transformation for leaders wishing to build better companies.

LEE & MAN PAPER has embarked on a very ambitious program to prove that bamboo is a great fiber for making tissue paper products. The company is adding two new tissue machines per year and by the end of next year will have at least eight. At the same time it is building what it hopes might become the world’s major bamboo based tissue brand, called Hanky.

When we say “you never stop learning” we refer not only to our natural curiosity for all things new, but also to our need to update our professional preparation in order to interact more easily with others and process new experiences.

Pulsar was born in 1989 in Castelmaggiore (in the province of Bologna), in the heart of Italy’s packaging hub. In the course of its almost thirty years of activity, Pulsar has specialized in the design and manufacture of transport systems and product handling solutions.

In the course of time, our rapport with water and hygiene has evolved with the maturation in human relationships. Starting in the 16th century, artists have documented this journey, yielding an interesting reading of the evolution of our mores.

As is notoriously known, the main risk deriving from the flammability of the raw materials and of the finished product in the tissue field is fire. Based on occurrence, the risk of dust explosions is certainly less relevant.

The inventor of a new technology called air-dried-tissue (adt) gives his thoughts on its advantages, its configurations and its super-fast future

Cristina Balbiano d’Aramengo Her passion for the world of graphics, photography, printing, art prints, design (... and dark chocolate) is the spur for her works and helps her to interpret traditional or experimental paper techniques, keeping alive an antique art that the artist renews with intellect and creativity.

The life of man is deeply tied to water. Our survival instinct should suggest that water - and with it, all the natural resources that we have found on this Earth - is precious, limited. We are allowed to use them but they do not belong to us and we are held to preserve them for those who will come after us.

Iran is home to one of the world’s oldest continuous major civilizations, with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4,000 BC.

Ordered risk management for a manufacturing company in light of ISO 9001:2015 We have treated this multi-faceted topic so dear to us before. In today’s industrial world, especially in mature countries, the “lethal” risks for companies multiply and become a foundational element for the assessment of good corporate governance.

Dunn Paper came out of nowhere last year, at least with respect to the tissue industry, when it bought five mills from Clearwater Paper, of which four make specially tissue products. This took the Company’s turnover from US$75 million to about US$330 million. We recently sat down with Dunn’s CEO Brent Earnshaw, who has very deep experience in the specialty paper business, as well as a doctorate degree in paper technology.

As part of a strategy to diversify in the pulp and paper industry, gPS (Grupo PortucelSoporcel) recently bought the young, successful tissue producer AMS Paper. In addition, gPS simultaneously announced it would add a large machine at its Cacia eucalyptus pulp mill to start tissue production there.

What’s next in innovation? The Amsterdam Innovation Award is now open for entries. All exhibitors are invited to enter their most innovative designs to be judged by an independent, international jury. The Award winners will be announced on the first day of ISSA/INTERCLEAN Amsterdam, Tuesday 10 May. Exhibitors wishing to submit products for the Award should complete the online application by 24 January.

Product differentiation with textured tissue grades and the potential for low energy consumption were the driving factors in the decision to install a new NTT machine at Abu Dhabi National Paper Mill.

With ongoing political and economic woes, Russia has become an increasingly challenging marketplace for consumer goods manufacturers. Heavily reliant on the power of the country’s middle class in the past, manufacturers and marketers are now looking at a different reality. As Henry Meyer and Anna Andrianova aptly put it, “Putin’s Miracle Dissolves as Russian Middle Class Faces Crunch” (Bloomberg, 23 April 2015).

The discoveries, the studies and the life of the illustrious archeologist who brought to light the greatest works of Egyptian civilization.

We’ve been aiming high. For 50 years