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FrontIssues
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A big learning curve in survival as the essential tourist tissue trade slumped
MarketIssues
Covid-19: A catalyst for digitalisation. The impact of the pandemic on market outlooks, company performance and digitalisation. Ralf Möbus, Senior Executive at StepChange Consulting, reports for TWM.
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Regional Report: Southeast Asia
Still evolving on multi-fronts, the region in China’s shadow is poised for post-pandemic market growth. By Fisher International.
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Regional Report: Southeast Asia 14
A heady combination of drivers to power further rapid volume and value for growth. Inside the broad assessment of the region’s 11 nations, the contrast between the two tissue powerhouses of Indonesia and Vietnam is the headline story... a tale of two countries, two economies and two Covid-19 responses. By Euromonitor International.
Regional Report: Southeast Asia 18
The Asian century: The rise of China will pull the Asian regions with it. Dr. Phillip Lawrence, University of Sydney, Government and International Relations, reports for TWM.
Operations Report: RiverPRO 20
A much-needed tourism boom is anticipated to bring back income – and higher tissue consumption. TWM interviewed Dr. Sumrit Yipyintum, managing director of Thailand’s RiverPRO, who believes resulting changes in consumer habits and urbanisation will drive an increase in the longer term.
Operations Report: Sopanusa Tissue & Sun Paper Source 23
“When the Covid-19 crisis broke we were already geared up to meet the new challenges”. TWM spoke to Chief Executive Ventje Hermanto to hear how Covid-19 accelerated the habit of hygiene across the region - and value-for-money tissue products.
ConsumerSpeak 26
“As a Senior Millennial I’m constantly working on reducing my carbon footprint”. Derin Oyekan is co-founder and CMO of REEL, the US-based exclusively bamboo product tissue company. He explains how his personal preferences inspired his business strategy.
Retail: Special Feature 27
The broad contrast between tissue sectors during the pandemic is well established, with AfH decline into Q1 2021 touching 20% for leading producers, with smaller players registering 30-40%. Here, AFRY Management Consulting looks in detail at the five key end-use markets to assess how, where and when the predicted recovery will occur.
Edson: Opportunity for suppliers to assume dual roles of project management and integrator for full end-of-line packing applications.
Elettric80: The key design criteria to raise logistics reliability levels to between 90-95%.
Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp.: Revolutionary modular and flexible system targets the limitations of large footprint fixed machines common in the North American market at the time.
PCMC: Sections of most tissue and towel packaging systems in the industry can be supplied by four or five different manufacturers.
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Towards – reaching – the zero-waste horizon. TWM spoke to Christian Carlsson, site manager at Essity’s Lilla Edet plant in Sweden, and Pau Vila, Transformation Manager at Spain’s L.C. Paper.
Southeast Asia: Regional Report
"We believe Covid might drive tissue and towel use in the longer term," Dr. Sumrit Yipyintum, Managing director of Thailand’s RiverPRO, speaks to TWM.
