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German containerboard producer Julius Schulte Trebsen will discontinue production for eight days starting this week, curbing output by around 5,600 t. The company said this measure has become necessary in response to current excessive production costs, low sales prices and an insufficient level of incoming orders. The...

British DS Smith Group plans to take additional downtime from July to September in order to counter high production costs. These measures will reduce output by 20,000 to 30,000 t, the company said. All containerboard grades would be affected....

The decrease in demand and significantly higher production costs have prompted German containerboard manufacturer Leipa Group to idle its two paper machines for “several weeks in July and August.” Furthermore, due to the lasting changes in market the company will have “sufficient stocks of its white test-liner...