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Text no.: 003 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
Port Townsend Paper
buys Crown divisions
US Port Townsend Paper Corp. plans to take over the conventional packaging divisions of Crown Packaging Ltd. The
companies placed the purchase price at $61.5m. The transaction concerns two production sites for corrugated board and
paper articles... more 
Text no.: 002 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
Norske Skog enjoyed
favourable market
Norwegian Norske Skog closed the year 2000 with „satisfactory“ earnings. The company, which specialises in printing
papers, upped its pre-tax profits to NKr3.02bn (1.83bn), operating profits were doubled to NKr4.21bn (2.13bn) and sales
rose to... more
Text no.: 014 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
Italy: output, imports and
exports January – September
Output Import Export
% % %
tons 1999 2000 00/99 1999 2000 00/99 1999... more
Text no.: 012 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
The paper industry is waiting
for a revival in the Far East
Producers hope overseas activities will kick in and stabilise the market
The pulp and paper markets are currently unstable. Market players are at a loss regarding the further development of the
situation.
Optimists among them hope prices will... more
Text no.: 004 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
UPM-Kymmene hits record figures
for sales and profits in 2000
Healthy development of volume and prices on company’s main markets
UPM-Kymmene of Finland joins the circle of companies hitting record figures for sales and earnings in 2000. Favourable
price development coupled with strong demand on the... more
Text no.: 001 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
Transactions proved
profitable for Holmen
The notable increase in annual profits for Holmen of Sweden was largely helped by several transactions closed in 2000,
among them the acquisition of Spanish Papelera Peninsular in July and the sale of a 50 per cent stake in Modo Paper.
Proceeds... more
Text no.: 011 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
News in brief
The Dutch Buhrmann group has sold its stake of over 5% in the South African paper producer Sappi (13.1 million
shares at a price of SAR 58.75), generating a net profit of about EUR 20m. After Buhrmann had acquired a holding of
around 20% in the... more
Text no.: 010 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
COFEPAC reports
lower growth rate
The French paper and cardboard packaging industry reports a low growth rate despite the positive development of the
European, North American and Asian economy during last year’s nine-month period. In its report for the
January-September 2000,... more
Text no.: 016 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
EUWID Price
Review - France 2000
Prices in FF per metr. ton free delivered
1st quarter 2000 2nd quarter 2000 3rd quarter 2000 4th quarter 2000
unless otherwise stated... more
Text no.: 017 Issue PP07/2001 Publication date: 14.02.2001
Waste paper futures
(Contracts of 100 t)
Closing prices in EUR per ton Supermarket waste Deinking (A9)
at the futures exchange (kaufhaus, A4)
Hanover, Germany 12 February 2001 5 February 2001... more
