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Text no.: 004 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
HIT went back into
the black in 2000
After four deficit years in a row, German paper trading group HIT finally writes black figures again. Sales in 2000 grew by
68% to DM207m while annual net profits touched DM1.8m, mostly thanks to the company’s return to the newsprint trade.... more 
Text no.: 022 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Pulpex futures for NBSK
(metr. ton, a.d., TCF/ECF)
Settlement prices in US$ 4 May 2001 27 April 2001 6 April 2001
June 2001 449.00 460.00 465.00
September 2001 462.00 470.00 467.50
December... more
Text no.: 007 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Sappi closes ist
Mobile paper mill
Sappi Fine Paper North America, the North American subsidiary of Sappi Limited, is to exit the uncoated paper business
in the US and is to close its paper mill in Mobile, Alabama. The mill, which was acquired when the Sappi group bought SD
Warren... more
Text no.: 001 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Domtar to take
over G-P paper mills
US-group Georgia-Pacific (G-P) and Canadian Domtar Inc. are in negotiations regarding Domtar’s take-over of a portion
of G-P’s pulp and paper operations. The purchase price was not disclosed but Georgia-Pacific said it wanted to use
proceeds... more
Text no.: 018 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
More insolvency in
the paper industry
Business consultants say early action could rescue companies
In a company internal investigation, the business consulting firm Industrie-Consulting Merz has produced a summary of
the causes of liquidation on the basis of a number of insolvency... more
Text no.: 017 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Titanium dioxide – the
lull before the storm?
All is relatively quiet on the titanium dioxide market at the moment. After the tense situation at the end of 2000, felt keenly
by decor paper producers to varying extents, prices and available quantities now seem to have stabilised at a... more
Text no.: 010 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Bosnian paper
plant to be privatised
State-controlled Celpak paper plant at Banja Luka in the Bosnian province of Srpska is to be privatised. It was announced
at the beginning of the month that a stake of 65% was up for sale by tender. 15% of the company were to remain in state... more
Text no.: 013 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Norske Skog boosts
sales and earnings
Norwegian Norske Skog saw sales and earnings notably increase in this year’s first quarter thanks to external growth and
higher sales prices. For the first quarter 2001, the company posts net profits of NKr798m (2000: NKr293m) and operating... more
Text no.: 006 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
Duropack improves
sales and profits in 2000
Duropack AG of Vienna, which is part of Austrian Constantia Group, increased total sales in 2000 by 21% from previously
Sch2.37bn (EUR171.1m) to Sch2.86bn (EUR207.85m). The company achieved operating results of Sch145.9m (1999:
Sch74m). This was... more
Text no.: 016 Issue PP19/2001 Publication date: 09.05.2001
The Austrian paper industry
developped well in the year 2000
New sales record reached at ATS49bn
The Austrian paper industry developed well in the year 2000. The upswing that had begun to make itself noticed in
mid-1999 persisted throughout the entire first six months of 2000. The fortuitous developments... more
