JANITORIAL SUPPLIES MICHIGAN

THE BASICS OF TOILET TISSUE 

THE THREE BASIC TYPES OF TOILET TISSUE FOR AWAY FROM HOME MARKET ARE:

1. Conventional tissue
2. Jumbo tissue
3. Folded tissue

CONVENTIONAL TISSUE

Conventional tissue is individually wrapped rolls of toilet tissue that is perforated into individual sheets.  Conventional tissue ranges in roll diameter from 4.0” to 5.5”. Sheets per roll range from 300 to 1,000 for 2-ply products and from 500 to 2,000 for 1-ply products. The most popular counts are 500 for 2-ply and 1,000 for 1-ply. The most popular AFH products are approx. 4.5” roll diameter. Case counts range from 24 to 96 rolls per case. The most popular case count is 96 in the USA and 48 in Canada.  More manufacturers are switching to 60 or 80 roll cases to maximize space utilization on trucks.

JUMBO TISSUE

Jumbo tissue rolls are much larger than the smaller conventional rolls and require special, larger dispensers. There are three primary sizes of jumbo bath tissue: mini jumbo is approx. 7” roll diameter, “Junior” jumbo is approx. 9” roll diameter, and “senior” jumbo are approx. 12” roll diameter.  Jumbo tissue is usually characterized by the length in feet per each roll.  The most popular length for the “Junior” size is 1,000’ for the 2-ply, and 2,000’ for the 1-ply.  The most popular case pack for 9” jumbo tissue is 12 rolls.  The most popular length of 12” diameter jumbo tissue is 2,000’ for the 2-ply, and 4,000’ for the 1-ply.  The most popular case pack for 12” diameter jumbo tissue is 6 rolls. 

TOILET TISSUE IS OFTEN DIFFERENTIATED BY 5 COMPONENTS:

1. NUMBER OF PLIES
2. SHEET SIZE
3. NUMBER OF SHEETS ON A ROLL
4. EMBOSSED OR NON-EMBOSSED
5. PERFORATED OR NON-PERFORATED TISSUE

NUMBER OF PLIES

Toilet tissue is either 1 or 2-ply.  Wet your fore-finger and thumb, then pinch the sheet of tissue.  If the tissue is a 2-ply tissue, the individual plies will separate easily.  One major competitor uses the term “multilayer” for a heavy weight 1-ply bath tissue in order to differentiate the product from more traditional lower bulk 1-ply products. 2-ply products represent more than 60% of total AFH sales.

SHEET SIZE

Originally the standard sheet size for toilet tissue was 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” (width x perforation interval) in the USA and 4.2” x 4.5”in Canada.  Due to increased flexibility of the newer, more automated converting lines, manufacturers have added new incremental products with a slightly smaller sheet size. Now, end users have options including: 4.5 x 4.5, 4.5 x 4.4, 4.5 x 4.0, 4.5 x 3.75, 4.5 x 3.5.  The standard has essential now changed to 4.0×4.0.

NUMBER OF SHEETS ON A ROLL

The number of sheets on a roll vary, but the most popular sheet count for a 2-ply tissue is 500 sheets and the most popular sheet count for a 1-ply.  More manufacturers have switched to 605 sheets per roll with the new more compact case packs of 80 rolls

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