Paper, Nonwoven and Film News for June 7, 2026

ANDRITZ said General Emballage will build a greenfield mill in Naama with Africa's widest and highest-capacity paper machine, designed for 350,000 tons per year of testliner and fluting at 7.5 meters web width and 1,200 meters per minute.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Large corrugated base-paper investment often leads to follow-on demand for winders, roll handling and downstream converting systems sized for larger and faster parent reels.

Source: ANDRITZ on General Emballage's Algeria paper line

ANDRITZ will supply two tissue lines to Koro Viet Nam in Thanh Hoa Province, each designed for premium consumer tissue with 3,650 mm width, speeds up to 1,650 m/min, and design capacity of 104.2 tons per day.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: New tissue entrants usually build converting and packaging capacity around those jumbo rolls, creating fresh demand for rewinding, embossing, perforation and finished-roll handling equipment.

Source: ANDRITZ on Koro Viet Nam's two tissue lines

Xuan Mai Paper started up a second 75 t/d ANDRITZ deinking pulp line in Ho Chi Minh City, processing 100% mixed office waste to expand high-quality recycled pulp supply for tissue production.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: More recycled-fiber tissue capacity can change sheet feel, dust level and roll behavior, making adaptable converting settings and stable web handling more important.

Source: ANDRITZ on Xuan Mai's second DIP line

ATCO Hygienics ordered a new ANDRITZ baby diaper line for its Tashkent plant, with commissioning scheduled for the end of 2026 and a product mix aimed at premium diaper supply in Central Asia.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: More diaper output means more upstream demand for nonwoven, film and absorbent-material rolls that must run consistently through slitting, rewinding and roll handling.

Source: ANDRITZ on ATCO Hygienics' diaper line

ANDRITZ received an order from Kruger Nonwovens for a complete Wetlace hybrid line at Wayagamack in Quebec, where Kruger plans to produce plastic-free, chemical-free wipes materials from 2028.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Pulp-rich wipe substrates can be less forgiving in downstream processing, which makes web cleanliness, tension control and finished-roll stability more important when selecting equipment.

Source: ANDRITZ on Kruger's Wetlace hybrid line

Sanitex in Kinshasa ordered two baby diaper lines and one sanitary napkin line from ANDRITZ, including advanced absorbent-core forming, precise SAP dosing, web tension control and quality inspection systems.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Multi-line hygiene expansion with tighter quality systems raises the bar for cut quality, roll build and upstream material consistency.

Source: ANDRITZ on Sanitex's hygiene line order

ANDRITZ will supply another Wetlace line to Dalian Ruiguang for premium flushable wipes roll goods, lifting total annual capacity to 40,000 tons and targeting materials that meet newer flushability standards.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Flushable and biodegradable wipes are less forgiving materials, so converters need stronger control over tension, edge quality and roll hardness.

Source: ANDRITZ on Dalian Ruiguang's new Wetlace line

Aksan Kozmetik in Turkiye ordered a complete high-capacity spunlace line from ANDRITZ so it can make nonwoven rolls in-house and secure more reliable supply for its own converting operations.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: This is a clear sign that wipe producers are moving upstream to control cost, delivery risk and substrate quality before downstream processing.

Source: ANDRITZ on Aksan Kozmetik's spunlace line

Mondi introduced re/loop FlowWrap, a mono-PP wet-wipe packaging film with 35% post-consumer recycled content. The company said external trials confirmed high-speed running on existing packaging equipment.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Buyers want recyclable structures without giving up line speed, so machinability and web stability are becoming as important as sustainability claims.

Source: FlexoTech on Mondi re/loop FlowWrap

Coveris said its COtooCLEAN demonstration plant in Louth uses supercritical CO2 extraction to remove embedded contaminants from post-consumer PE and PP film waste so it can be converted into higher-quality recycled resin suitable for demanding applications.

Why it matters for converters and machine buyers: Better recycled resin supply will speed adoption of PCR-rich films, but those structures still need disciplined slitting, winding and inspection to run cleanly.

Source: FlexoTech on Coveris' film purification plant