Tissue product and method and apparatus for producing same

A method for manufacturing a multi-ply tissue paper web for tissue paper products comprising:

• providing a first inner web having a basis weight of 10 to 30 gsm, and being a creped ribbed web, a creped ribbed web being defined as a web comprising creping lines extending along a first direction, and parallel ribs and valleys extending continuously along a second direction being substantially perpendicular to said first direction, said ribs and valleys providing an average core roughness Rk in the range 10 to 300 μm, and a number of peaks being 4 to 12 per cm as measured along said first direction;
• providing a first and a second outermost web being non-ribbed webs, wherein a non-ribbed web is defined as a web displaying no parallel ribs and valleys extending continuously along any direction or displaying parallel ribs and valleys extending continuously along any direction, said ribs and valleys providing a number of peaks being less than 4 per cm;
• positioning said first inner web between said first and second outermost webs;
• and
• ply-bonding said webs to a form a multi-ply web wherein said first and second outermost webs form the outermost plies of the multi-ply web,
• wherein said first inner ply and at least one of said first outermost ply and said second outermost ply comprise construction embossments configured to join at least two of the plies of said multi-ply tissue product, said construction embossments being applied over a total construction embossment area being less than 10% of a total area of said multi-ply tissue product.