Buyers and sellers compromise on mark-ups for recycled containerboard in Germany

In Germany, negotiations on newsprint prices from January 2023 have gathered pace in December. Paper producers often aim at carrying forward current prices into the new year, while paper buyers demand substantial discounts....

Producers and converters of sanitary paper on the German market look back on a healthy business year in 2022. Following extreme fluctuation triggered by the covid-19 pandemic in 2021, order inflow largely normalised last year, sources report. The finding is also confirmed by annual statistics published by the...

Packaging paper producers are working on strategies for the coming months. There is no magic formula: Producers of recycled corrugated case material are wondering whether they should curtail production even more and for longer to bring inventory levels back down to regular levels. Or, whether in light of the uncertain...