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Text no.: 005 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Smurfit-MBI opens new
corrugated container plant
On 8 September, Canada’s Smurfit-MBI officially opened a new corrugated container plant at Milton, Ontario.
Construction of the new plant, which specialises in corrugated packaging solutions and has an annual production capacity
of 2 billion sq.... more
Text no.: 020 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
PIX benchmark prices per metr. ton a.d. NBSK BHKP
US$ €
13 Sept. 2005 583.10 474.87
6 Sept. 2005 583.51 470.35
16 August 2005 585.71 475.07
(Source: FOEX Indices Ltd.)
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Text no.: 013 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Södra withdraws from
Pulp United joint venture
Swedish Södra wants to pull out of the Pulp United joint venture which it had founded with NCT Forestry Co-Operative for
the possible construction of a BCTMP plant in South Africa. Södra, which holds a stake in Pulp United via its subsidiary... more
Text no.: 016 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
JSG and Kappa Packaging
announce proposal to merge
Merger would create world leader in corrugated board
Jefferson Smurfit Group (JSG) and Kappa Packaging (Kappa) announced a proposal to merge their respective
operations. The merger, which is subject to a number of conditions including EU... more
Text no.: 019 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Germany: paper suppliers announce
price increases over a wide front
Recovered paper prices have remained unchanged in September
Price increases are being announced over a wide front on the German market. In view of higher costs and in many cases
falling prices during the course of the year, paper manufacturers... more
Text no.: 006 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Appleton to restructure ist
business into three divisions
Appleton has announced plans to restructure its organisational setup. The company wants to split its business into the
three divisions technical papers, flexible packaging and international. The aim of the restructuring measures was to
improve the... more
Text no.: 003 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
VCP to upgrade dryer
in its Jacareí pulp mill
Brazilian pulp and paper company Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP), has commissioned Finnish Metso Paper to
modernise the dryer unit at the pulp mill in Jacareí. The upgrading of the headbox and cutting section, which will be
completed in the... more
Text no.: 021 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
France: pulp and paper
Production in July 2005
preliminary data (,000 tons) July % Jan.-July %
2005 2004 05/04 2005 05/04
Pulp
Mechanical 61.9 61.8 + 0.2 394.8 - 3.0
Chemical unbleached... more
Text no.: 004 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Scott Paper to raise capacity
at US subsidiary KTG
Canada’s Scott Paper Limited announced plans to raise the production capacity of its US subsidiary KTG (USA) LP.
Based in Memphis, Tennessee, KTG produces tissue products for the private household sector. Scott Paper said it
planned to invest... more
Text no.: 017 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Some aspects of increasing pulp
exports from Brazil to China
Consulting company Prospectiva on risks for the Brazilian paper industry
Total exports from Brazil touched historic high levels in 2004. According to surveys conducted by the Brazilian ministry for
development, industry and foreign trade, total... more