Recovery is in full swing on Poland’s paper and cartonboard markets

Demand for corrugated case material paper on the Polish market was nowhere near as robust as many producers had expected in the third quarter. Inventory reductions by converters and packaging buyers, plus a real downturn in consumption on Polish and neighbouring markets had culminated in weaker ordering. Unlike in...

Companies active in the German woodfree coated and uncoated paper business found that this year’s summer break evolved into a downright summer slump. Not all paper mills have managed to break free from the general downward spiral and go back to pre-summer paper prices. Paper machine workloads are back in the spotlight....

As expected, there was little price movement for ordinary grades on the German recovered paper market in August. Collection volumes remained weak, while demand from paper mills was low. Prices for supermarket paper and board and mixed paper seem poised to remain largely unchanged in September, too. In the northern and...