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Türkiye’s toilet paper retail industry will face major challenges
The retail tissue market in Türkiye, including toilet paper, paper tableware and tissue paper, has grown rapidly in the past decade despite a relatively low base. In 2021, the per capita expenditure of each household on retail tissue will be slightly more than $28, which makes Türkiye similar to ...Read more -
Fosbury Asia will build an intelligent chemical plant for corrugated cardboard production line
Guangdong Forsberg Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Forsberg Asia”) plans to invest 500 million yuan to build an intelligent chemical plant for corrugated cardboard production line, which is mainly used for the production and research and development of cor...Read more -
Russian packaging market favors environmental protection products
According to Russian media reports, the size of the Russian food packaging market is currently 1.3 trillion rubles, which may reach 1.7 trillion rubles by the end of 2025, of which more than 50% are environmentally friendly products. According to the data released by the Agricultural Bank of Russ...Read more -
First quarter results of fiscal year 2022-2023: sales growth of five major paper enterprises in Japan
Prince Holdings, Japan Paper, United Paper, Dawang Paper, North Vietnam Paper and other five major Japanese paper enterprises have recently released the performance statistics of the first fiscal quarter (April June) of fiscal year 2022-2023. The data shows that, thanks to the rebound in market d...Read more -
Deutsche Bank: Weak supply and demand fundamentals of paperboard cut target prices of international paper industry and US packaging
On October 18, Deutsche Bank released a new report which showed a cautious attitude towards the cardboard industry. Due to the weak supply and demand fundamentals of paperboard, the company downgraded the ratings of International Paper and American Packaging Company (PKG. US) from “holdR...Read more -
A paper mill in WestRock North America permanently shut down its corrugated core paper business
At the beginning of October, the North American paper company WestRock announced that it would permanently close its corrugated core paper production business in the recycled paper factory in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the production of coated recycled paper in the factory would continue to opera...Read more -
If the price rises by more than 45% within a year, will the French be unable to afford toilet paper?
Toilet paper has become one of many commodities seriously affected by inflation and supply chain disruption. The consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic and the Ukrainian war are also factors affecting the price of toilet paper. The French newspaper Les Echos reported that toilet paper was an incid...Read more -
The pulp and paper industry in British Columbia, Canada is facing a survival crisis
According to David Elstone of Spar Tree Group, by the end of this year, after Paper Excellence closed its paper mill in Crofton indefinitely, British Columbia, Canada will lose 58% of its paper production capacity and 13% of its pulp mill capacity. “British Columbia has only 16 pulp or pape...Read more -
Russian Shegeza Group transports kraft paper to China via nuclear powered ships
Russian satellite news agency Moscow, October 14, according to Russian media reports, the Russian forest industry enterprise Segezha Group sent the first batch of goods from St. Petersburg to Chinese ports along the northern sea route. Chinese partners will receive kraft paper, which is a high-qu...Read more -
Japan’s pulp mill is expected to increase the import of wood chips to the highest level in nearly three years in 2022
Japan is the second largest wood chip importer in the world after China, accounting for about one third of the world’s total imports. In all industrial fields in Japan, the paper industry relies heavily on wood. Therefore, Japan’s pulp mills have long relied on imported wood fibers. T...Read more -
Foreign media: industrial paper making, printing and packaging institutions call for action against the energy crisis
Recently, CEPI, Intergraf, FEFCO, Pro Carton, European Paper Packaging Alliance, European Organization Seminar, Paper and Board Suppliers Association, European Carton Manufacturers Association, Beverage Carton and Environment Alliance signed a joint statement. The lasting impact of the energy cri...Read more -
The EU officially approved the eighth round of sanctions against Russia. The import of pulp and paper was restricted
On October 5 local time, EU member states approved the latest round (eighth round) of sanctions against Russia, including the highly concerned price ceiling on Russian oil. The specific sanctions took effect in the morning of the 6th local time. It is reported that the latest round of sanctions a...Read more
