Markets

• Mood on Poland’s paper and board markets clouding over a little in late November
• EUWID Price Watch Poland November 2018
• Supply bottlenecks and high costs in the chemicals sector drive thermal paper prices
• German cores industry is cautious about 2019
• Germany: Producers of recycled CCM now willing to compromise on prices
• EUWID Price Watch Germany November 2018

Companies

• Sappi achieves profit almost at previous year’s level despite high investments and shutdowns
• Pulp producers report another round of record results in first half of 2018
• International Paper to swap plants with Rossmann
• 160 jobs at Burgo mills in Italy are at risk
• Smurfit Kappa starts rebuild of PM 1 at Roermond mill
• Stora Enso Oulu considers commercial downtime
• Zanders has a new owner, operation is continued
• EU Commission conditionally approves acquisition of Fibria by Suzano
• Vajda Papir starts up new tissue machine in Hungary
• Insolvent Johnston Press sold to creditors
• Felix Schoeller forms JV with New Imaging Industries in India
• Ence presents new strategy plan for 2019 to 2023
• Shandong Chenming starts up new pulp line
• Kemira forms joint venture with AKD producer in China

• News in brief