Essity in pioneering geothermal tissue machine bid

Essity and Tostotec have announced the completion of what they claim to be the world's first tissue machine running solely on geothermal steam.The machine, located at Essity's Kawerau site in New Zealand, is said to achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions because it replaces natural gas burners with a geothermal drying system."We are very proud to be efficiently operating the first tissue machine in the world running solely on geothermal steam," said Essity project manager Matthew Bai