In March, European and American paper companies issued a wave of price increases, mainly including kraft paper, packaging paper, special paper, cultural paper, etc.
SCA: announced a 50 euro / ton increase in the price of white and brown kraft paper in the European region, with the new price effective from April 1, 2021. Mikaelfr ö lander, vice president of SCA sales and marketing, said the price increase was affected by strong demand. At present, the European kraft paper market is still strong and stable, and its inventory is insufficient, so the price of kraft paper is raised.
Sappi Europe: announced to increase the price of packaging paper and special paper sold in Europe by 7% to 11%, effective from April 1, 2021. In response, Sappi said that the sharp increase in input costs, especially the costs related to pulp and energy, coupled with high freight costs due to global logistics constraints, made price rise inevitable.
Heinzel: starkraft, a European leading maker of the bleached kraft paper, announced that the price of kraft paper would rise 10 per cent and will be implemented in April.
North American paper company Navigator: announced that it will increase the price of all paper sold in the United States by 6% to 8%, covering all office paper brands, including navigator, pioneer and discovery, as well as navigator premium inkjet and soporset premium opaque offset paper (text, cover and digital), navigator copier and Express offset web paper, etc. The price increase, which took effect on March 22, was effective for all products shipped, mainly due to the insufficient profit level of the industry and the recent rise in global pulp and logistics costs. Navigator products are mainly sold to 130 countries / regions on five continents. Its paper brands mainly include navigator, pioneer, inacopia, discovery, soporset, target and inaset.
Post time: Mar-10-2021