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Text no.: 001 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
No mark-ups yet for corrugated case material
prices on the German market in February
Far from all newsprint contracts had been signed and sealed in Germany at the end of January. The short round of price talks that had been expected has failed to materialise after all. Even though contracts with a beacon effect had... more 
Text no.: 002 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
Strike in Finland’s pulp
and paper industry is over
After two weeks of strike, employees at the Finnish mills of UPM, Stora Enso and other pulp and paper companies are going back to work. A collective bargaining agreement has been reached.The liberating decision came on Monday, 10 February, at 2... more
Text no.: 003 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
Coronavirus challenges
Chinese paper industry
The Coronavirus epidemic in China is affecting the country’s paper industry. On the one hand, the protective measures designed to limit the spread of the virus are driving up demand for some paper and board products. On the other,... more
Text no.: 004 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
TiO2 carcinogen classification
can now enter into force
A last-ditch effort in the European Parliament to prevent the classification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a suspected carcinogen has failed. At a plenary session late January, an objection which would have blocked the new rule was rejected by... more
Text no.: 005 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
Study finds no mineral oil migration from
refrigerated or frozen solid board packaging
If stored in a cold humid environment, solid board packaging does not present any risk of mineral oil migration to food. This is one of the results of a two-year research project initiated by the German association of solid board packaging... more
Text no.: 006 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
GTAI: Brazil’s pulp giants investing
more cautiously than envisioned
The worldwide rise in market prices of hardwood pulp (BHKP) in 2018 set the stage for renewed investments and capacity expansions. While Brazilian pulp and paper producer Suzano was busy with the takeover of Fibria, the capital lenders of... more
Text no.: 007 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
China’s import restrictions made 2019
difficult for Russia’s forest industry
Russian producers of pulp, paper and timber products feel under severe pressure coupled with price erosion due last not least to declining demand from China. In his function as one of the most important market participants, Zakhar Smushkin,... more
Text no.: 008 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
Delfort mulls new paper machine for Traun mill/
PM 6 at Olšany slated for start-up in early summer
Austria’s speciality paper group Delfort is planning to boost capacity at the mill run by the group’s subsidiary Franz Feurstein in Traun, Austria. Delfort intends to install a new paper machine at the Traun mill and had applied for... more
Text no.: 009 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
RDM suspends production at Villa Santa Lucia mill
Production at Reno de Medici’s (RDM) Villa Santa Lucia recycled board mill in Italy’s Frosinone province has been standing idle since 7 February due to issues related to the sewage treatment plant operated by Cosilam, the Consortium... more
Text no.: 010 Issue PP07/2020 Publication date: 12.02.2020
Smurfit Kappa revamps
PM 5 at Cellulose du Pin
Irish Smurfit Kappa group began rebuilding PM 5 as announced at its French Cellulose du Pin mill and plans to complete the task by the end of February. A company spokesman confirmed that PM 5 is scheduled to resume operation at the beginning of... more
