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Helen Morris Senior editor, Tissue World magazine
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020 is set to see three times the volume of new capacity entering the US tissue market. The easing of the pulp price crisis has meant new energy levels in already strong business, as our contributors to Focus Report demonstrate. Yet the challenges remain. Excess capacity is always a concern, and fears over extreme over-capacity in China have only relatively recently waned. M&A activity has decreased, asset renewals have become a preferred model; versatile mega-plants with advanced energy strategies are replacing multi- small sites, automation technology has advanced to such an extent that finding the trained talent to operate it is a problem;
walk through the doors at the Miami Beach Convention Center fully informed. At the start of a new decade, peers, competitors and industry insiders will analyse the world’s leading tissue market. Themes will include: • Record high pulp prices from 2018 turned into decline in 2019; how is the sector recovering? • Is consolidation coming to the US tissue industry? • Will investments in new capacity continue to be favoured over M&A? • As mid-market movers continue to bring private label focused capacity online, what does the growing trend mean for the
the age of the workforce and an image problem in terms of attracting young and bright talent with new ideas is a developing concern. As is project cost inflation. The recovered paper market needs a fundamental re-shaping – it’s an opportunity – after the Chinese chose to abandon much of its foreign waste policy. Packaging, distribution, direct customer retailing, increasing pressure over sustainability among millennials in particular, the rise of private label, and an increase in popularity of that most French icon … the bidet. There’s never a dull moment. Focus Report is published to offer top level business intelligence to coincide with Tissue World’s leading trade show held in Miami in March 2020. The aim is to have you
market? • Could the growth of tissue consumption per capita in the United States finally peak and start to decrease? • Will American tissue mills continue to change hands and consolidate? • What new challenges and opportunities will environmental regulations bring?
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FOCUS ON THE CHANGING DYNAMICS FOR THE GLOBAL TISSUE LEADER
Some trends are certain in the decade ahead. Relatively old US tissue machinery is not getting younger. And Americans, who have the highest expectation of all tissue consumers for range of choice and quality, are not going to accept any less. As our Fisher International analysis suggests … US tissue is still leading the race, but is having to pedal harder to keep out in front.
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