Following an investment of 240 million Dollars, the Metso-supplied tissue machine has produced its first tissue paper reels "in accordance to the learning curve as well as commissioning phases," paper industry news agency RISI reports.SCA's official told RISI that some of the plant's four converting lines initiated operation already in October, using tissue paper from other SCA's Mexican facilities. The remaining converting lines are expected to begin manufacturing in March next year.The new SCA mill will be 100 percent fed by recovered paper and will concentrate production in lightweight papers. In the first years of operation, the paper unit will manufacture 55,000 tons per year, a company official explained.According to RISI's estimates, Latin American tissue paper effective capacity accounts for 3.8 million tons. SCA's market share tops 8.5 percent, behind CMPC (11.8 percent) and Kimberly Clark (29.9). In 2009, Mexico represented 30.4 percent of the 3.15 million tons of tissue paper consumed in Latin America, followed by Brazil with 27.7 percent.