Arauco’s MAPA project is close to completion. The new pulp line will have a capacity of 1.56 million tpy of bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp. The new bleached eucalyptus (BEK) pulp line of Chilean Arauco is expected to start up by the end of October. Empresas Copec, Arauco’s parent company, announced on 19 August that the […]
Tag Archives: European Pulp Industry
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May
May
Sappi Europe informs customers about ongoing challenges to cope with further increases of pulp, energy, chemicals and transportation costs. Sappi Europe will therefore implement further price increases of between 6 and 12% across its entire Speciality Paper Portfolio. The increase will applied latest as of 1 June 2022, taking existing agreements into account. This will […]
01
Apr
Apr
The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO) is pleased to announce the revised version of the FEFCO Code renamed to “FEFCO Code – Design styles library for corrugated board products”. FEFCO code is the internationally applied system for corrugated board packaging design. It was developed by FEFCO in the late 1960s to substitute complicated verbal descriptions of packaging construction with distinct codes and designs and create a common base for communication internally with customers all over the […]
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Mar
Mar
It will come as no surprise to readers that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has negatively affected the supply of raw materials used in packaging throughout Europe. Given the status of Ukraine and Russia as key suppliers of timber, with exports alone worth in excess of €12 billion, it’s clear that the paper packaging industry could be […]
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Feb
Feb
The Navigator Company announced today that it will increase again its Uncoated Woodfree Paper prices in Europe by 8-15%, following already implemented price increases during January and early February in USA, between 6 and 9%, and in overseas namely in Middle East, North Africa and Latin America, between 7 and 10%. New European prices will […]
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Jan
Jan
High class folding box board provider in Europe has placed an order for Procemex OnePlatform Web Monitoring & Inspection System for their board machine and Automatic Target Control (ATC) for a slitter winder. System will be commissioned in summer of 2022. This OnePlatform system order is a 60th repeat system order from this company during […]
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Dec
Dec
Sawmills in Europe and North America enjoyed record profits during the first half of 2021, but fell in the 3Q when lumber prices plunged Sawmill profits in North America and Europe continued to rise in the spring and early summer of 2021, surging to all-time highs on both continents. With lumber prices reaching unprecedented levels […]
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Dec
Dec
The objective of pulp bleaching is to produce white pulp. Unbleached pulp is not suitable for manufacturing of high grade of white paper. Since all the processing pulp brightness is very low, especially Kraft pulp. The sulfate pulping process produces comparatively bright chemical pulp, while the others pulping process such as kraft, soda and semi-chemical […]
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Oct
Oct
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. announces today that due to the rapidly escalating cost of European energy it will raise prices by €50 (£50) / tonne on all recycled paperboard grades sold in the Company’s EMEA regions, effective for all shipments made on or after the 4th October 2021. “The unpredicted increases in energy costs seen across all […]
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Feldmuehle to implement a temporarily energy surcharge of 100 euros per tonne for all its products
09
Oct
Oct
Due to the intermediately increased input costs of energy and gas, Feldmuehle is forced to implement a temporarily energy surcharge of 100 euros per tonne for all its products as of 18th October 2021 deliveries. The surcharge is coming on top of already announced 10% increase from October and will remain until energy and gas […]