Global epidemic impacts on leading capacity of overseas papermaking industry

Global epidemic impacts on leading capacity of overseas papermaking industry

Canada: the demand of newsprint market declines
With novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic spreading, the demand for newsprint in the global market has dropped sharply. The Canadian Krueger paper, based in Montreal, Canada, has closed the Brown pun factory, which mainly produces newsprint in Quebec, from April 3rd.
It is understood that Kruger paper is a leading newsprint producer in the world. In recent years, due to changes in the paper market, the company has been trying to transform the original production line into the production of corrugated paper, tissue and other household paper.
Norway: some production lines have been shut down
Norwegian forest paper is the largest newsprint producer in Europe. The factory has three sets of large-scale equipment to produce SC and other printing paper, with an annual capacity of 550000 tons. At present, the company’s flagship plant in Halden, southern Norway, has also been hit by the outbreak, and the plant has to stop a set of equipment.
Before that, the company’s newsprint factory in France also stopped a set of equipment. The company’s operating environment has been seriously deteriorated due to the combination of the epidemic and market downturn, and its employees working in the headquarters are also facing the possibility of being laid off.
New Zealand: implement the policy of production halt and production limit
During the outbreak, the New Zealand government divided enterprises into “necessary” and “unnecessary” categories according to their business, requiring “unnecessary” enterprises to suspend operation.
The paper industry is classified as “unnecessary”. Except that some paper products belonging to “necessary” can be produced, others are all in production suspension. As a result, part of New Zealand’s paper mills have been shut down.
France: paper mill shutdown
According to the French Paper Association, four French factories have been shut down, including the Gorby newsprint factory of Norwegian forest paper, which is located in the northeast of France.
According to the state’s ban on foot, employees can’t go to work in the factory. In fact, some employees don’t go to work because they are afraid of being infected.
In addition, the market demand for paper products is also declining.
Italy: closure of paper mills in the disaster area
Italy is one of the hardest hit areas of the global epidemic. A paper mill in northern Italy, owned by Italy’s largest paper company, electa, shut down on March 19. The factory produces label paper, printing paper and packaging paper.
The factory is located between Milan and Venice. The epidemic situation in the area where the factory is located is particularly serious, which has caused a large number of virus infections and deaths.
South Africa: multiple measures to guide anti epidemic
Mondi Paper Group, headquartered in South Africa, has factories and offices around the world. According to the development of the epidemic, Mondi has set up an anti epidemic column on its official website, emphasizing that the health and safety of employees are the top priority, and that its products are the basic necessities of consumers.
To this end, the group has set up a special organization to take a variety of measures to guide employees to fight the epidemic and ensure their health.

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Post time: May-12-2020

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