Monthly Archives: March 2017
Nippon Paper Industries announced price hike for printing and communication papers in Japan
(Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 21, 2017) Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. today announced price increases for its printing and communication papers in the domestic market (Japan) to all its agencies, effective April 1, 2017.
The price hikes will be applied to printing paper grades such as woodfree, coated woodfree, medium weight coated, and lightweight coated papers, etc., and communication paper grades such as business forms, carbonless copy, thermal, PPC paper, etc.
Prices for printing paper will increase by a minimum 15 Yen/Kg, Read More...
Chinese company to build biggest paper mill in Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa, Jan. 17, 2017) China Engineering Corporation (CEC) has signed an agreement with Yekatit Pulp and Paper on Tuesday to construct the biggest Pulp and Paper Mill in Ethiopia.
Yekatit Pulp and Paper, a sister company of Yekatit Paper Converting Plc, a pioneer in the Ethiopian paper industry since 1997, has planned to set up the biggest mill in the east African country with an investment budget of over 1.9 billion birr (over 80 million U.S. dollars).
The Chinese construction Read More...
Link: Paper industry investments in Gulf valued at $3.9bn
(Qatar, Feb. 20, 2017) The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) announced in a report that the cumulative investments in the paper products manufacture reached approximately $3.9bn in 2015, compared to about $2.6bn in 2010, an increase of approximately 49 percent and a CAGR (compound annual growth rate)of 8.3 percent during this period.
Saudi Arabia was ranked first, with cumulative investments reaching more than $3bn or 77.5 percent of the total investments in the GCC paper products industry in 2015. Read More...
Paper Exports of Indonesia Fall on US & Aussie Anti-Dumping Duty
(Djakarta, Indonesia, January 09, 2017) Indonesian paper manufacturers may see their exports fall further in 2017 as Australia and the United States have implemented high anti-dumping import duties on paper from Indonesia. Liana Bratasida, Executive Director Indonesia Pulp & Paper Association (APKI), said several local paper manufacturers stopped shipments to Australia after the country implemented anti-dumping import duties in the range of 2.4 - 72.8 percent in December 2016. Reportedly, it has become not feasible for these companies to Read More...
Sack and kraft packaging demand shifting to consumer applications
(UK, 21 February 2017) World demand for sack and kraft paper used in packaging is set for healthy annual growth of 3% across the next five years according to the latest exclusive research from Smithers Pira.
In 2016 demand from this segment stood at over 23 million tonnes of material and held a value worldwide of $66 billion (US)/$86 billion (CAN) according to the new market study The Future of Sack and Kraft Paper to 2021[http://www.smitherspira.com/industry-market-reports/paper/paper-packaging/the-future-of-sack-and-kraft-paper]. Its analysis charts how Read More...
Romanian tissue paper production up 16% in 2016
(Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 21, 2017) Romanian tissue paper makers managed to expand their total output to some 170,000 tonnes in 2016, an increase of 16% compared with a year earlier, according to data released by local industry association ROMPAP.
In the years 2008 to 2016, the country’s tissue paper production doubled. The Romanian market is currently estimated to be worth be-tween €400 million and €450 million per year.
The three leading players with a largest market share include Romanian producer Pehart Read More...
Suzano earmarks R$720 million in 2017 to diversify product mix and improve production efficiency
(Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 21, 2017) Suzano Pulp and Paper said that it will invest around R$720 million by year-end in a set of projects intended to diversify its operations in Brazil through higher-value products, boost structural competitiveness, cut costs and enhance environmental initiatives.
The investments will be used to build two tissue lines -- one at the Mucuri Unit in Bahia state and the other at the Imperatriz Unit in Maranhão state. Suzano will also build a lignin production Read More...
U.S. Containerboard Production Increased 1.5 Percent in January 2017
(Washington DC, Feb. 21, 2017) The American Forest & Paper Association released its January 2017 U.S. Containerboard Report, which said containerboard production was 1.5 percent higher compared to January 2016. The month-over-month average daily production compared to December 2016 was 0.2 percent lower.
The containerboard operating rate for January decreased from 97 percent (in Dec. 2016) to 96.5 percent, which was 1.7 percent higher compared to January of last year. (Source: AF&PA)
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Link / India: Sirpur Paper Mill put up for sale by banks
(Adilabad, Telengana, India, Feb. 2017) The closed Sirpur Paper Mills Limited (SPM) has been put up for sale by banks to recover their dues amounting to ₹422.21 crore. The sale is being seen as the first concrete step towards reopening of the unit which has 2,000 staff and workers on its rolls besides 1,000 contract workers.
SPM was an integrated pulp and paper mill, one of the largest manufacturer of variety and colour paper. It was started in 1938 in Read More...
New Product Category Rule Developed for Roundwood and Pulp/Paper
(Emeryville, California, Jan 25, 2017) An innovative Product Category Rule (PCR) specifying rules for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) focused on wood and paper has been developed by the North American Environmental Paper Network (EPN), an independent not-for-profit coalition with diverse expertise in forest and paper sustainability issues, and SCS Global Services (SCS), a leader in third-party environmental certification, auditing and standards development.
Initially announced in September 2015 and now finalized, this framework allows for the development of LCAs and Environmental Read More...