Brazil relishes bright prospects for pulp and packaging paper

The significance of Germany’s paper industry extends far beyond its own contribution to value creation and employment. Taken together with its downstream and upstream stages, this sector counts 522,000 employees, adds €35bn to value creation and records sales of €93bn. Without paper, the economy and society as a whole...

Russia’s businesses feel hard-hit by the sanctions imposed. The manufacturing sector has difficulties in replacing imports from pro-western countries that are urgently needed for production. For example, pulp and paper mills are confronted with major delivery problems in obtaining, for instance, chemicals, auxiliaries,...

Over half of German paper producers cannot service their payment obligations currently, according to a report from Dutch trade credit insurer Atradius, a subsidiary of Spanish credit insurance group Grupo Catalana Occidente. According to the report, Altradius registered a 60 per cent year-on-year increase in the number...