UPM and Leipa close to reaching deal on Schwedt site

Although producers of newsprint are still unable to fully book their paper machines, they are seeing early signals suggesting a stabilisation of the market. Demand in August is not weaker than in July and the spot market has calmed down somewhat, respondents say. Incoming orders have picked up slightly. Nevertheless,...

No price changes are seen for brown recycled containerboard in the middle of June on the German market. Converters believe that there is room to negotiate prices in view of high availability and new capacities. Paper mills for their part cite high costs and see no room to cut prices further. Due to declining...

The first month of 2023 has been a period of very slow call-offs in the German newsprint business. Several delivery agreements covering January or the entire first quarter contain lower prices than in December. Buyers think that this general downward trend will stick around in the months ahead, as well....