Text no.: 021 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

ECTA to represent interests

of core and tube producers

The European Core and Tube Association (ECTA) will represent the joint interests of hard paper core and tube producers in Europe. Jörg Elfes, managing director of Corenso Elfes GmbH & Co., Germany, was elected ECTA chairman, and the deputy... more

Text no.: 018 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

Finland: first-quarter

production slightly decreased

In the first quarter of 2006 the production of the Finnish paper and board industry totalled 3.57 million t and hence remained slightly below the level of the corresponding quarter of the previous year (3.68 million t). Fine paper production rose... more

Text no.: 027 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

EUWID Price

Watch Germany June 2006

Prices in € per ton free delivered unless otherwise stated June 2006 May 2006 June 2005 Recovered paper 1) Mixed paper (1.02) 50 - 55 50 - 55 40 - 50... more

Text no.: 024 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

EUWID Price

Watch Pulp June 2006

Prices in € per ton cif June 2006 May 2006 June 2005 Pulp Bleached softwood sulphate from Scandinavia and Canada... more

Text no.: 006 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

Rosegg specialty board

mill files insolvency petition

On 14 June, bankruptcy proceedings were instituted over the assets of Spezialpappenfabrik Rosegg, an Austrian stationery producer. The insolvency affects 98 employees and around 140 creditors, reports a spokesperson of the insolvency... more

Text no.: 009 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

News in brief

In the process of concentrating on its core business, UPM has signed an agreement to sell its Finnish building materials merchant Puukeskus Oy to the private equity investor Triton and Puukeskus’s management. The sale is expected to take place... more

Text no.: 029 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

EUWID Price

Watch Italy June 2006

Prices in € per ton free delivered unless otherwise stated June 2006 May 2006 June 2005 Recovered paper (prices ex works) Mixed paper (1.02)... more

Text no.: 007 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

Horgen withdraws from

Slovenian joint venture

Swiss Papierfabrik Horgen AG has withdrawn from the Slovenian joint venture Paloma Horgen in Cersk. The hygiene paper producer founded Paloma Horgen together with its Slovenian counterpart Paloma-Sladkogorska tovarna papirja d.d. at the beginning... more

Text no.: 008 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

Technocell and Mayak

agree on joint venture

On 16 June 2006 German Technocell Dekor, which belongs to Felix Schoeller Holding, and Mayak JSC, a Russian paper producer, signed an agreement on the foundation of a decor paper joint venture. This joint venture, which will do business under the... more

Text no.: 014 Issue PP27/2006 Publication date: 05.07.2006

Spain: Paperalia on the

verge of liquidation

Spanish Paperalia S.A. which had applied for insolvency proceedings at the commercial court of San Sebastian last June is on the verge of liquidation. The liquidation phase of the company was initiated in mid-June this year in accordance with... more