Envelope and shipping bag paper prices continue on the upward trend in the second quarter 2022

The dramatic increase in raw material prices in recent months coupled with low availability of envelope paper is increasingly putting pressure on the European envelope industry. Starting in 2021, the closure of Stora Enso’s Veitsiluoto site in Finland significantly pushed up prices and created a shortage of envelope...

The market conditions on the French market for cartonboard were barely changed in March compared with February. There was no improvement in demand and the situation remained generally tense albeit relatively stable. There was downward price pressure, but sellers did not always give into it. Several prices still...

Producers’ hopes that demand for recycled corrugated case material would pick up at the end of the first quarter have not been fulfilled. Paper companies therefore continue to curtail their production. There is still significant price pressure as a result and further downward price corrections were reported for March....