Shipping bag paper

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Cartonboard and folding box manufacturers doing business in Germany were reporting sluggish ordering shortly before Easter. The German market had yet to recover from the persistent slump in consumer spending and demand, with both sides of the market feeling the pinch on prices....

The decline in consumer spending coupled with high energy costs are leading to declining orders in many areas of the paper market. Both converters and producers of cartonboard say demand has “fallen off considerably.” On the market for envelope paper, order intake cooled markedly in the third quarter after an...

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Newsprint supply on the German market is worsening. Orders cannot always be met fully, which jeopardises especially business operations of job printers. The outlook for the coming weeks does not offer any hope for relief either. Supply shortages are also reported in the case of recycled corrugated case material. Most...

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The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is still felt in the envelope industry, reports the German chapter of European envelope producers’ federation FEPE Germany (formerly VDBF). The association described the 9 per cent increase in deliveries that accompanied the recovery in the second quarter as disappointing on...

Producers’ attempts to charge more for virtually all types of paper and board are running their course in Germany. However, the fervour with which paper mills are raising their prices is attracting a lot of criticism and turmoil from their customers from time to time. That being said, fine paper manufacturers never...

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The ongoing pandemic situation has had mixed business impacts for Germany‘s envelope manufacturers in the first quarter of 2021, reported Fepe Germany, the envelope manufacturers association, in an update on the current climate. Several production sites had experienced Covid-19 outbreaks in the first three months of...

As of early January, it appears that the current price round for newsprint on the market in Germany is well advanced – at least for heatset grades, according to players. For coldset paper, agreements have been reached in many cases or the two sides have come much closer. The outcome will be "catastrophic" prices,...

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The question of whether or not an envelope is a type of packaging that is subject to mandatory system participation prescribed by the current German packaging law can only be correctly answered by referring to its content. Invoices and contracts are meant to inform and communicate and hence letters containing them are...

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