SCA to increase kraftliner prices

German Leipa Group has announced plans to increase prices for its entire range of containerboard products by €60/t from 1 September. The company said it was unable to absorb the continued increases in costs for energy and white recovered paper grades, adding that further increases in the fourth quarter cannot be...

US pulp and paper manufacturer Domtar, a company of Canada’s Paper Excellence group, has completed the conversion of its Kingsport, Tennessee, mill from fine to recycled containerboard production. The first reel of paper was produced on 15 January, according to the company. Domtar had awarded the machine conversion to...

Weak consumption continues to have a stranglehold on Germany’s packaging paper and cartonboard market at the start of the New Year. Recycled corrugated case material companies are already signalling that they will likely have to keep operating at reduced output because of subdued demand. January is expected to be...