The developing e-commerce platform brought on by the rise in demand for high-speed internet services is one of the key factors fueling the expansion of the global tissue paper market. Customers can make purchases from the convenience of their homes. The growing awareness of consumer hygiene is driving growth in the global tissue paper market. Tissue paper benefits include the avoidance of bacterial infections when used for hand drying, which lowers the risk of contagious illnesses like the cold and flu and boosts demand for tissue paper.
The global Tissue Paper Market is anticipated to expand in volume between 2023 and 2030 at a 6.80% CAGR.
Top Companies in the Tissue Paper Industry:
1. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and headquartered in Texas, U.S. It operates in more than 175 countries. The ICONTM dispenser line, which includes a first-of-its-kind dispenser that offers interchangeable and configurable faceplate options to upgrade business washrooms with increased sophistication and enhanced functionality, was introduced by Kimberly-Clark ProfessionalTM in February 2022.
2. Essity AB
Essity AB is a global hygiene and health company. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It operates in approximately 150 countries. Essity, a hygiene and health company, announced a breakthrough in sustainable tissue production in September 2021 and has started producing using pulp from wheat straw. The Mannheim, Germany, facility is the first of its kind in Europe and the first to produce tissues on a large scale anywhere in the world. Essity is the first tissue manufacturer to employ these agricultural byproducts on a large-scale basis. Worldwide, only around half of all straw is actually used. Essity processes the straw that was collected locally for this manufacturing. The technique also uses less water and energy when straw is used as the raw material rather than wood-based virgin or recovered fibers.
3. Georgia-Pacific LLC
Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company. It was founded in 1927 and headquartered in Georgia, United States. It operates at more than 180 locations in North America, South America and Europe.
4. Asia Pulp and Paper Group
Asia Pulp and Paper Group is an Indonesian pulp and paper company. It was founded in 1972 and headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia. It operates in more than 150 countries across six continents.
5. Procter & Gamble Co.
Procter & Gamble Co. is an American multinational consumer goods corporation , founded in 1837 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It operates in 70 countries worldwide.
6. Sofidel Group
Sofidel Group is an Italian multinational producer of tissue paper for sanitary and domestic use. It was founded in 1966 and headquartered in Italy, ITA. It operates in 13 countries. Its first integrated paper plant constructed from the ground up in the United States, a 280-acre facility for the Italian tissue paper company Sofidel, was opened in October 2018. One of the most cutting-edge tissue paper manufacturing facilities in the world, Sofidel's new Circleville, Ohio, facility is equipped with cutting-edge machinery that improves both the quality of its output and the energy efficiency of its operations.
7. CMPC Tissue S.A.
CMPC Tissue S.A. is a Chilean pulp and paper company, was founded in 1920 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru & Uruguay.
8. WEPA Hygieneprodukte GmbH
WEPA Hygieneprodukte GmbH is a German family business for sanitary paper. It was founded in 1948 and headquartered in Amsberg, Germany. It operates within the country. The WEPA Group's Welsh facility in Bridgend opened a new paper machine in December 2022, increasing its production capacity for the British market. For the UK consumer market, where WEPA plays a key role, the produced paper is made into kitchen and toilet paper. At the location, the investment generated over 50 new jobs.
9. Metsä Group
Metsä Group is a Finnish forest industry group. It was founded in 1947 and headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It operates in about 30 countries. Metsä Tissue chose the supplier for its new tissue paper machine in the Mariestad facility in February 2023. As part of the recently announced tissue mill expansion and modernisation project, Metsä Tissue, a division of Metsä Group, makes an investment in a new tissue paper machine at its Mariestad mill in Sweden. The investment carries out the business' Future Mill program, which aims to produce tissue with world-class operational and environmental performance.
10. Cascades Inc.
Cascades Inc. is a Canadian company that produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. It was founded in 1957 and headquartered in. It operates in US, Canada, and Europe. Cascades (TSX: CAS) announced a significant repositioning of its Tissue Papers platform in April 2023 to increase the company's profitability. The company streamlined operations by concentrating the majority of its tissue product operational activities at key, strategically positioned sites that offer opportunities for future development. The Tissue Group's financial, operational, and environmental performance will significantly improve as a result of the cost-cutting and synergy-building implications of these changes. Cascades' level of customer care will not be affected by your decision.
*Definition: Tissue paper or simply tissue is a lightweight paper or, light crêpe paper. Tissue can be made from recycled paper pulp on a paper machine.
