Text no.: 010 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Ecco’s new paper mill

gets planning permission

Ecco Newsprint has received planning permission to build a newsprint mill in Wilton in north-east England. However, a spokeswoman for the company said that no final decision has yet been made about whether or where the mill will actually be built.... more

Text no.: 005 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Omya appeals to the

European Court of Justice

Omya, the Swiss paper minerals manufacturer that intends to acquire 12 PCC plants from US J.M. Huber, has appealed to the EU’s Court of First Instance in order to have the dispute surrounding the acquisition cleared. The transaction has been... more

Text no.: 017 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

PIX benchmark prices

per metr. ton a.d. NBSK BHKP US$ US$ 13 June 2006 666.49 639.70 6 June 2006 659.96 638.20 16 May 2006 654.49 633.24 (Source: FOEX Indices Ltd.) ©... more

Text no.: 003 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury:

new offer to employees

After the new round of negotiations between employer and worker representatives concerning a new collective agreement for the employees of its Port Hawkesbury mill, Stora Enso presented union representatives with a new contract offer last weekend.... more

Text no.: 014 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

NBSK suppliers want to avoid

getting involved in price splitting

Stocks of woodpulp in European ports decreased again in May In the latest round of price increases manufacturers of NBSK pulp find themselves facing “very tough negotiating partners”. “In view of reduced supply, converters are not going to... more

Text no.: 004 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Heidelberger Druck

improves business results

According to its preliminary figures, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG was able to markedly improve sales and earnings in its 2005/2006 financial year (1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006). “The worldwide economic boom stabilised over the past year”,... more

Text no.: 011 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

News in brief

Danish Dalum Papir is to upgrade the 15-year old disperger system at its deinking plant in Naestved with a high-efficiency disperger from Voith Paper. This project, which is scheduled to be completed in July 2006, aims at increasing the optical... more

Text no.: 013 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Argentina/Uruguay: hearing

before ICJ in The Hague

In the conflict between Argentina and Uruguay over the two pulp mills that the European groups Grupo Empresarial Ence, S.A. and Oy Metsä-Botnia AB are setting up in Fray Bentos in western Uruguay, public hearings were held in the Peace Palace of... more

Text no.: 001 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Shandong Chenming Paper to acquire

Shanghai Chenming Paper Machinery

CVC Asia Pacific plans to take over a 30% stake in Shandong Chenming The Chinese company Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd is to purchase 39% of the shares in Shanghai Chenming Paper Machinery Co. Ltd from Shanghai Heavy Machinery Factory.... more

Text no.: 016 Issue PP24/2006 Publication date: 14.06.2006

Recovered paper prices in

Germany remain steady in June

Price negotiations for recycled corrugated case material in full swing Against the background of a balanced supply and demand situation prices remained unchanged in the German recovered paper market in June. Contracts were extended on the same... more