King's Choice (Jiangsu) New Material Launches 4.6m Wide Hot-air Nonwoven Production Line, Serving as Exclusive Mass-production Platform for New "0.4 Denier + 4.6m" Product On July 11th, King's Choice (Jiangsu) New Material Co., Ltd. officially put its 4.6-meter extra-wide hot-air nonwoven fabric production line（No.8）into operation in Nanjing. With a wide-width of 4.6-meter process, this line is dedicated to manufacturing the brand-new "0.4 denier + 4.6m" product launched by King's Choice. It is reported that following the launch of this production line, King's Choice plans to add more wide-width production lines at its Nanjing plant and Heshan base in Guangdong, forming a large-scale cluster of 4.6m wide-width production lines within the year.

Public Notice on Guangxi Sun Paper’s 800,000 tpy Bleached Chemical Pulp and Fluff Pulp Project Recently, the draft environmental impact statement for public consultation on Phase IV Project of Tieshan Port Pulp & Paper Industrial Park of Guangxi Sun Paper Co., Ltd., has been publicly released. The project is situated on newly added land to the east of Guangxi Sun Paper Co., Ltd., east of Gangdong Road (formerly Xin'er Road) and south of Shengye Road (formerly No.8 Road) in Tieshan Port (Coastal) Industrial Zone, with a newly expropriated land area of approximately 1,010.35 mu. Using hardwood chips and softwood chips as raw materials and adopting the kraft pulping process, the project will construct one high-grade chemical wood pulp production line with an output of 800,000 tpy. The system design enables the co-production of bleached chemical hardwood pulp (54%), bleached chemical softwood pulp (20%) and fluff pulp (26%).

Solo Soft White Tissues Reorders Two Tissue Production Lines from Shandong Hicredit Heavy Machinery On July 15, Egypt’s Solo Soft White Tissues signed a procurement contract for two tissue production lines with Shandong Hicredit Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. Adopting the EPS model covering design, procurement, supervision, technical services and other procedures, the project will be fully undertaken by Shandong Hicredit Heavy Machinery to deliver two complete sets of high-speed, energy-saving and intelligent tissue-making equipment with a combined production capacity of 56,000 tpy. Upon completion and commissioning of the project, Solo Soft White Tissues’ annual tissue production capacity in Egypt is expected to account for approximately 31% of the country’s total tissue output, with projected annual sales reaching 168 million US dollars.

No.4 Tissue Machine at Guangxi Zhongsheng Paper Put Into Operation Successfully On July 15, the No.4 tissue machine of Guangxi Zhongsheng Paper Co., Ltd. was successfully commissioned. The newly put-into-production crescent tissue machine is supplied by Xi'an Weiya, featuring a web width of 2.85 m and a designed speed of 1,500 m/min.

Anhui Huasaier to Build 400,000 tpy Lyocell Fiber Project Recently, Anhui Huasaier New Material Technology Co., Ltd. publicized the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents for its Phase I and Phase II Lyocell fiber project with an output of 400,000 tpy. With a total planned investment of approximately RMB 4.8 billion, the project involves the construction of production workshops and supporting facilities covering a total construction area of around 240,000 square meters to realize a production capacity of 400,000 tpy of Lyocell fiber. The total investment breakdown is as follows: Phase I: 120,000 tpy of Lyocell fiber, planned investment of about RMB 1.5 billion; Phase II: 180,000 tpy of Lyocell fiber, planned investment of about RMB 2.1 billion; Phase III: 100,000 tpy of Lyocell fiber, planned investment of about RMB 1.2 billion.

Quanzhou Huanuo Nonwovens Project Signed and Settled in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China On July 3, Quanzhou Huanuo Nonwoven Co., Ltd. officially signed a cooperation agreement for its new production project with Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. As a national high-tech enterprise and a Fujian Provincial SRDI (Specialized, Refined, Differential and Innovative) SME, Quanzhou Huanuo Nonwoven Co., Ltd. has long focused on the R&D and manufacturing of nonwoven materials for hygiene products. The Xiaogan production project under this agreement entails a total investment of RMB 100 million and covers a construction area of 10,000 square meters. It will be located in the existing workshop of Hubei Tianjiao Hygiene Products Co., Ltd., supplying core supporting raw materials for the company.

Quality & Efficiency Improvement Technical Renovation Project of Nanning Sun Paper’s Integrated Forest-Pulp-Paper Industry Approved On June 26, the Environmental Impact Report for the quality and efficiency improvement technical renovation project of the integrated forest-pulp-paper industrial base of Nanning Sun Paper obtained official approval. The approved total pulp and paper production capacity of Nanning Sun Paper Co., Ltd. stands at 4.95 million tpy, including a capacity of 1.45 million tpy and paper capacity of 3.5 million tpy. At present, its completed pulp and paper output scale reaches 4.05 million tpy, consisting of 1.15 million tpy of pulp and 2.9 million tpy of paper.

EIA Public Notice for the 100,000 tpy Lotion Tissue Project of Bitefu Paper On June 29, the Yongchuan District Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Chongqing Municipality released the public notice on the approval decision of EIA documents for the annual 100,000 tpy lotion tissue production line construction project of Chongqing Bitefu Paper Co., Ltd. Located in Gangqiao Industrial Park, Yongchuan District, Chongqing, the project leases existing factory buildings of Chongqing Lee & Man Hygiene Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and expands 8 production lines for lotion tissue, with an annual processing capacity of 100,000 tpy.

EIA Public Notice for Toilet Tissue Technical Renovation Project of Hengxin Paper Industry On June 30, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) public notice was issued for the toilet tissue technical renovation project of Baoding Hengxin Paper Co., Ltd. The renovation project retains the existing facial tissue production line and phases out kitchen towel production to shift to recycled pulp toilet tissue manufacturing. The total number of tissue machines remains unchanged. Among them, two sets of Model 3500 high-speed tissue machines (with an output of 22,000 tpy) will produce facial tissues using commercial wood pulp as raw material; the other five sets of Model 3500 tissue machines (with an output of 28,000 tpy) will fully produce recycled pulp toilet tissue, adopting a raw material ratio of 30% commercial wood pulp and 70% recycled pulp. Three new recycled pulp systems will be added, which take food-grade packaging paper or paper cup parent roll tissue as raw materials to produce recycled pulp. Supporting auxiliary equipment will be equipped, and the wastewater treatment system will undergo upgrading and reconstruction. After the technical renovation, the plant will produce 22,000 tpy of facial tissues and 28,000 tpy of recycled pulp toilet tissue. The total paper-making capacity of the whole plant remains 50,000 tpy unchanged, realizing a green circular development model of "paper-making from waste paper".

EIA Public Notice for Guangxi Yusen Biomass Energy Comprehensive Utilization Project On June 25, the pre-approval public participation environmental impact assessment (EIA) announcement for the Guangxi Yusen Biomass Energy Comprehensive Utilization Project was released. To fully utilize resources and meet the electricity and heat demands generated throughout the paper production of Guangxi Yusen Paper Co., Ltd., the company plans to invest RMB 1.13 billion in constructing three sets of 240 t/h biomass circulating fluidized bed boilers (two for operation, one for standby), matched with two 35 MW generator units. After deducting self-consumption and losses, the project can supply an average of 315.57 tons of steam per hour (peak output: 362.91 t/h) to cover the plant’s steam shortage. The annual power generation capacity will reach 426.8 million kWh. After reserving electricity for self-use, 340.8 million kWh of electricity will be supplied to the full industrial chain project of Guangxi Yusen Paper Co., Ltd.

UPM Joins Hands with Andritz to Drive Customized Tissue Innovation and Empower Chinese Customers to Boost Product Competitiveness On June 29, UPM and Andritz entered into a multi-year strategic cooperation to support tissue manufacturers in developing and optimizing new-generation products and production processes. This partnership unlocks new growth opportunities for domestic manufacturers, empowering them to strengthen product innovation capacity and market competitiveness.