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Publication paper manufacturer Norske Skog has officially entered the market for recycled corrugated case material (RCCM). According to Norske Skog, the company has received its first commercial orders for Testliner III and Fluting grades sold under the Strato brand. The paper machine PM 3 at the Norske Skog Bruck mill...

As of early May, demand for cartonboard and folding cartons in Germany has not improved. Especially in the folding boxboard market segment, board producers are still being confronted with demands for price reductions despite signed quarterly contracts. In the recycled board segment, producers see no grounds for...

Owing to falling demand, Leipa Group says it is still implementing short-time work in 2023 and temporarily idling its two paper machines at the Schwedt mill in Germany. So far this year, 430 employees have been on short-time work, according to the company. There is no short-time work at the group’s Schrobenhausen site....