News in brief: DS Smith to increase prices for recycled containerboard

Koehler Paper will raise prices of its Color Tech paper range by up to 11 per cent. The announcement applies to deliveries made from 1 December 2022. The company explains that the hike is necessary to offset rising costs of lignite, raw materials, auxiliary materials and logistics....

In France, demand in most paper and board markets in May once again fell short of the prior-year level. The drop remains most pronounced in the printing and writing paper segment, where respondents reported unprecedented declines in deliveries during the first quarter of this year....

The underlying mood on world pulp markets remains negative and Europe is no exception in this regard. “Our customers are not calling their ordered volumes off as contracted,” a producer told EUWID. This statement meanwhile also applies to the tissue industry which, in the first quarter, still took in significantly...