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Turbulent publication paper market in France sees capacity closures, cost pressure, and rising prices.

European fine paper manufacturers are feeling the pinch of a steep rise in costs, especially energy.

Portugal's The Navigator Company announced a new price hike of up to 8 per cent for deliveries of uncoated woodfree paper from 1 November. On top, the company will also apply an extraordinary surcharge of €50/t for all products and brands for deliveries from 1 November onwards

Following a price hike for thrid-quarter deliveries, caustic soda manufacturers announced another price hike for deliveries as of October.

The latest developments on the caustic soda (NaOH) market in Europe are driving price increases. With demand in Europe settling in at a high level, supplies of NaOH appear to be tight. And current energy problems are creating additional risks...

Government expects 1 billion packagings less per year.

In implementation of the law against waste (loi Anti-Gaspillage pour une Economie Circulaire) passed last year, the French government has published a list of fruit and vegetable varieties in the food trade that may no longer be packaged with plastic from 1 January 2022....

Stora Enso, UPM and Metsä Fibre are included in the inspections.

Today the European Commission announced that it was conducting "unannounced inspections in locations in several Member States at the premises of companies active in the wood pulp sector."

No more fine and publication paper is produced at the Veitsiluoto and Kvarnsveden mills. All five paper machines went out of production by the end of Q3....

Coreboard prices in Germany are soaring to record heights. Additional price increases emerged during the third quarter.

German coreboard prices edged higher again during the third quarter. The first coreboard producers have already unveiled plans to tack on another significant sum for October and said that they are not that interested in making concessions...

The mill's new owner Eren Paper plans to convert and expand the Shotton mill to produce recycled corrugated case material, corrugated board.

UPM has completed the sale of the Shotton newsprint mill. The 260,000 tpy mill was permanently closed and the site and all related assets will be transferred to Eren Paper....

Production at Slovenia's newsprint manufacturer has been down since mid-July.

After the failure of the recent restructuring plan - debt conversion into equity and a capital increase through the issue of new shares - paper machines at Slovenia's publication and packaging paper producer Vipap Videm...