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Pulp Paper & Logistics


Moving to a higher level of tissue making


O


rchids Paper, a US- based manufacturer of branded and private-label tissue


products, set a target to be a national supplier of paper towel, bath tissue and napkins and qualify for tissue products in the


September/October 2018


To qualify for the ultra-premium bath tissue and paper towel market, Orchids Paper equipped its greenfield plant on the east coast of the US with an Advantage QRT tissue line – technology that is new to the market. Katarina Åhsberg reports


near ultra-premium segment. A significant part of its strategy


was a new mill built on a greenfield site at Barnwell in South Carolina, equipped with a


new Advantage QRT line supplied by Valmet with capacity to produce 35,000 tons of premium tissue a year. Having a tissue line that enables sustainable and


cost-efficient production of bath and towel tissue helped Orchids to land a contract with a major customer.


The planning of a new facility


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