DS Smith to sell Higher Kings mill

Paper producers selling in Germany are experiencing the knock-on effects of continued weak ordering, increasingly fierce competition for orders and customers’ demands for price cuts. For one thing, paper machines are being temporarily idled. For another, an increasing number of direct sales in the printing and writing...

It is unhappy faces all around on Germany’s printing and writing paper market. Business is currently “driving with the hand brake on,” insiders report, and the outlook for next year is not exactly rosy, either. Demand for fine paper continues to subside as a result. High inventory levels are slowing paper mills’ order...

It appears that prices are slipping in October on the market for unbleached kraftliner in Germany. The current drop in consumer sentiment and spending is leading to a decline in demand and inventory levels are high throughout the entire supply chain, say market participants. By contrast, prices for white-top kraftliner...