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Text no.: 006 Issue PP38/2005 Publication date: 21.09.2005
UPM Raflatac to build
labelstock facility in China
UPM Kymmene’s label operations UPM Raflatac will build a pressure-sensitive labelstock production facility in Changshu,
China, adjacent to UPM’s existing paper mill. The total investment costs for the facility, which is scheduled to start up... more
Text no.: 011 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
News in brief
Swiss Cham Paper Group announced a price increase averaging 8% (depending on the grade and invoiced currency)
effective for deliveries from 1 October 2005. The company justified this increase by referring to its poor earnings situation
due to cost... more
Text no.: 015 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Botnia: production at Rauma
plant back on track after fire
Pulp production at Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab’s Rauma plant is back to normal. A fire broke out on the plant’s wood chip
conveyor line in the early hours of 5 September, resulting in the suspension of pulp production. The company reported at
the end... more
Text no.: 012 Issue PP37/2005 Publication date: 14.09.2005
Norske Skog buys stake in
PanAsia Paper from Abitibi
Potential investments in Norway – New PM in Brazil on hold
Norske Skog is poised to become the sole owner of the joint venture PanAsia Paper Company Pte Ltd., Singapore. The
Norwegian company has arrived at an agreement with the Canadian... more
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