China-led world’s first international standard for elderly care robots releasedRecently, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) officially released IEC 63310, Functional performance criteria for AAL robots used in connected home environment, the first international standard for elderly care robots led by China. Based on the physiological and behavioral characteristics of the elderly, this standard provides benchmarks for the design, manufacturing, testing, and certification of various elderly care robots, guiding the global development of the industry.

Andritz supplies a web forming machine for Zhejiang Yide’s spunlaced nonwoven production line On March 13th, the second spunlaced nonwoven production line of Zhejiang Yide in China was officially put into operation. Andritz provided a wide-width, high-speed and high-performance Profile web forming machine for the spunlaced nonwoven production line of Zhejiang Yide. This equipment adopts advanced European technologies and, combined with local demands, is specifically designed for the aXcess nonwoven production line.

Kimberly-Clark Nanjing factory’s phase III of capacity expansion project breaks ground On February 19, the Phase III capacity expansion project of Kimberly-Clark’s Nanjing factory in China broke ground in Jiangning Development Zone. This project will add a building area of 27,000 square meters and mainly produce baby diapers and feminine hygiene products. It is expected that the main body construction of the project will be completed in September this year, and it will be built and put into use in February next year.

China Jingxing Paper invests 297 million yuan in recycled eco-friendly tissue paper project On March 17, China Jingxing Paper announced that the company had approved the proposal for a technological transformation project aimed at producing 50,000 tons of recycled eco-friendly tissue paper annually. The project is expected to have a construction period of 24 months, with a total planned investment of 297 million yuan.

China Xiaonan District signs Weisheng intelligent packaging production base project On March 3rd, the People’s Government of Xiaonan District, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, China, officially signed an investment contract with Weisheng Packaging (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. The Weisheng Intelligent Packaging Production Base Project has a total investment of 300 million yuan and covers an area of 30 mu. It mainly focuses on building a digital factory for intelligent packaging. The successful signing of this project fills the gap in the production of color printing packaging cartons in Xiaonan District and further promotes the development of the tissue (hygiene) and plastic packaging products industry in Xiaonan District.

Chongzuo Lee & Man plans to build a new tissue paper project with 80,000 tpy Recently, the Ecological Environment Bureau of Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, accepted the application materials for the permit of the environmental impact assessment document of the annual 80,000-ton tissue paper project of Chongzuo Lee & Man. The project is located in the China-Thailand Industrial Park in Chongzuo City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It will use purchased bamboo pulp and wood pulp to produce tissue paper according to a certain ratio. A tissue mill with an annual output of 80,000 tons will be built, including 4 tissue paper production lines and supporting stock preparation, papermaking and other systems. The storage and transportation project, public works, auxiliary works, thermoelectric energy, etc. will rely on the existing facilities within the factory area of the existing Lee & Man Chongzuo Base.

The production project of high-end moisturizing tissue parent roll of Meijiaxin in China settles in XiaoganOn February 27, the People’s Government of Xiaonan District, Xiaogan City, China, signed an investment cooperation agreement with Meijiaxin Paper (Hubei) Co., Ltd. in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The production project of Meijiaxin’s moisturizing tissue parent roll and intelligent warehousing project has been settled in Xiaonan District, with a planned investment of 2 billion yuan. It is planned to build 6 tissue parent roll production lines with the production capacity of 120,000 tons per year.

Yunnan Yunjing’s No. 3 tissue machine completes upgrading and reconstruction and started up successfully On February 27, No. 3 tissue paper machine of Yunnan Yunjing completed the upgrading and reconstruction and started production smoothly. It is expected that the annual output of tissue parent roll in 2025 will increase by 430 tons. After the reconstruction, the maximum running speed of the tissue machine can reach 1,100 meters per minute. The original vacuum cylinder type tissue machine has been transformed into a crescent-shaped tissue machine.

Guangxi Zhongsheng Paper’s No. 2 tissue machine started up successfully On March 6, the No. 2 tissue machine of Guangxi Zhongsheng Paper Industry Co., Ltd. was successfully launched and began to produce paper. This tissue machine is a crescent-shaped tissue machine provided by Xi’an Via. It has a width of 3.6 meters and a designed operating speed of 1,500 meters per minute.

Yunnan Xinping Nanen develops a full industrial chain base for sugarcane and bamboo tissueChina’s Yunnan Xinping Nanen Sugar & Paper Co., Ltd. is undertaking a transformation and upgrading project in the Xinping Industrial Park, Yunnan. With a total investment of 1.02 billion yuan, the project includes the construction of a 102,000 t/a pulp and tissue production line and a sugar production line capable of processing 6,000 tons of sugarcane per day. Upon completion, the project will achieve a fully integrated industrial chain for sugarcane and bamboo paper production.

Shanxi Qiangwei signs a contract of full pulping equipment for the phase II of 300,000 tpy tissue and paper products project with Zhengzhou Leizhan Recently, Zhengzhou Leizhan Technology Paper Machinery Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Qiangwei Paper Co., Ltd. officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement, reaching a full pulping equipment supply contract for the Phase II project of 300,000 tons per year of tissue paper and paper products. Zhengzhou Leizhan will provide a full-process energy-saving stock preparation system solution for Shanxi Qiangwei Paper’s newly commissioned four 2850/1500 tissue machines, along with a complete set of energy-efficient equipment for raw material conveying, pulping, fine pulp processing, and approach flow systems.