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Paraguay’s timber exports increased by 50% in 2021
Paraguay’s timber export volume increased by 50% in 2021. Recently, Juan Carlos altier, vice president of the Paraguayan timber Federation (federaci ó n de madereros del Paraguay), said that with the gradual recovery of Paraguay’s economy, the forestry sector ended with excellent resu...Read more -
In 2021, the wood fiber cost of global coniferous wood pulp producers increased
According to foreign media reports, in 2021, the wood fiber costs of pulp manufacturers in various countries tracked by wood resource quarterly (wrq) increased. In the third quarter of 2021, the softwood fiber price index (sfpi) reached its highest level since 2014 – 8.1% higher than that i...Read more -
South Africa’s paper industry is facing a serious shortage of waste paper
The South African Paper Industry Association said COVID-19′s disrupted supply chain had directly affected the consumption, demand and recycling of paper products in the country. Jane Molony, executive director of pamsa, said: “as offices and schools remain closed or shift in 2020 and ...Read more -
The price of uncoated paper in Europe will increase by 8-15%
According to foreign media reports, following the price increase of 6-9% in the United States in January and early February, and the price increase of 7-10% overseas, i.e. the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America, navigator recently announced that it would increase the price of uncoated do...Read more -
Most of the world’s coniferous wood prices rose
Most of the quotations of coniferous materials in the world have risen. At present, the outer quotation of coniferous materials in other regions is also rising rapidly. Many varieties, such as radial pine, slash pine, loblolly pine and Mongolian Scotch pine, have increased by 5 ~ 10 US dollars co...Read more -
Four Swedish paper companies jointly developed new garbage paper bags and conducted recycling tests
With the phasing out of disposable plastic bags in the Swedish market, paper handbags are becoming more and more common in garbage cans in Sweden. Therefore, the recycling of paper bags has become a problem. Recently, four companies in central Sweden are working together to develop new garbage pa...Read more -
The delivery time of some orders is as long as August to September, and the UK color box industry is facing great pressure
Stephen Shortland, managing director of new vision packaging (NVP), said the UK color box market was facing “huge pressure” due to challenges related to brexit and tight global supply chains. The implementation of brexit has forced enterprises to deal with changes in import and export...Read more -
Japan’s paper-making enterprises plant superior tree species to accelerate the process of decarbonization
In order to promote the realization of a decarbonized society, Japan’s domestic paper enterprises have comprehensively launched measures to effectively utilize forest resources, and are committed to cultivating fir and Platycladus orientalis, which grow faster than standard varieties and ca...Read more -
Japanese household paper prices rose sharply
According to Japanese media reports, due to the rising prices of raw materials / fuels such as pulp and energy, the rising logistics costs, labor costs and the cost of environmental measures, the domestic paper prices of Japanese paper enterprises have risen one after another. Japan Paper announc...Read more -
Standing at the tuyere of e-commerce, the output of corrugated boxes continued to grow
Corrugated box production will reach a new high in 2020, and it is still possible to continue to grow appropriately. Rachel Kenyon, senior vice president of the fibre box Association, said that the corrugated box industry’s product shipments in 2020 were 407 billion square feet, equivalent ...Read more -
Why is paper packaging a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging
When consumers expect food brands to reflect their environmental value, paper meets the three P’s of successful food packaging, namely protection, preservation and presentation. The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution has begun to change everything in the $7...Read more -
UPM Finnish workers’ strike escalated, and the port transportation of paper and pulp was blocked
The Finnish transport workers’ Union Akt announced on January 22 that it would block UPM in Finland to support the strikes of the paper workers’ Union and the Finnish electrical workers’ Union. According to UPM, Akt’s support measures will be implemented in Finnish ports. ...Read more
