MARCH 2001, VOLUME 43, NUMBER 3

The big tissue tie-up
Over the past 12 months, tissue companies have been involved with a fair chunk of the news in the global paper sector. Hugh O'Brian focuses on the large merger and acquisition deals of the year as well as the latest developments in tissue technology

Tailoring pulp to tissue needs
The industry-wide trend of focusing on customer needs, rather than just churning out any old product, has hit the pulp suppliers that serve the tissue market. Caroline Jewitt catches up with the men in charge of making pulp for the tissue sector at Sweden's Södra

Automation for all
Caroline Jewitt rounds up the news from the mill-wide automation suppliers and finds out that the focus is turning to company-wide issues, rather than solutions for just one plant

Spotlight on Suzhou
Robert Ryan continues his journey through China to report on the Suzhou Paper mill, part of the Stora Enso empire. As he discovers, the mill is benefiting from its international ownership and branching out into value-added areas