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Mirroring the overall US economy's relapse to a plodding pace in the final quarter of 2014, the US' pulp and paper industry proved incapable of maintaining the torrid rate of [...]

The first push for a North American newsprint price hike in more than two years gathered more steam this week when, according to contacts, Kruger began telling customers it will [...]

A strong message last week on preliminary antidumping duties for cutsize uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper imports frotn five countries will likely lead to 'self correction' by sotne--and already has--before a [...]

In an early victory for US producers who are fighting to protect their most profitable uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper segment, the US government, in a preliminary ruling, imposed a second [...]

US imports of supercalendered (SC) paper from Canada are unfairly subsidized, the US Dept of Commerce (DOC) ruled in its preliminary determination of the trade investigation into Canadian papermakers Port [...]

After a year of major consolidation in 2014, the North American kraft paper and shipping sack producers started this year on a fairly positive note, according to market contacts. Mills [...]

COLOGNE, GERMANY, Dec. 11, 2015 (PPI Asia) - Fine paper prices have dropped $10/tonne in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia since September in the wake of sluggish demand and ample [...]

HOSTINNÉ, Czech Republic, Dec. 9, 2015 (Press Release) - The Czech specialty papers producer KRPA PAPER, a. s. has selected GapCon S.r.l. to provide an extensive rebuild of its PM [...]

MUMBAI, Dec. 8, 2015 (Business Standard) - The Rs 50,000-crore domestic paper industry is struggling to maintain profit margins due to sharp increase in cheap imports from ASEAN countries in [...]

SAO PAULO, Dec. 1, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Domestic prices for packaging papers have been adjusted by Brazilian producers for the second time this year due to increasing overall [...]

BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, Dec. 1, 2015 (PPI Magazine) - Water: We have a very one sided viewpoint of this resource in the pulp and paper industry. Without water we have no [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 19, 2015 (Press Release) - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King released the following statement today in response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's determination that [...]

BRUSSELS, Nov. 19, 2015 (PPI Europe) - Good order books, profitability problems and some unexpected capacity issues have helped Europe's mechanical paper producers start a discussion about price increases for [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 18, 2015 (Press Release) - Verso Corporation Recently Acquired NewPage Holdings in Miamisburg. Brown Testified in Support of Verso's Claim that Its Foreign Competitors Received Illegal Trade [...]

PORT HAWKESBURY, NS, Nov. 18, 2015 (Press Release) - Earlier today, Port Hawkesbury Paper filed for an appeal under the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with respect to the [...]

COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 30, 2015 (PPI Asia) - Leading South Korean paper and paperboard manufacturer Hansol Paper has announced a substantial price increase for exports of its thermal paper range. [...]

SEOUL, South Korea , Oct. 26, 2015 (Press Release) - Hansol Paper, South Korea's largest paper and paperboard manufacture as well as one of the world's leading maker of thermal [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 22, 2015 (Press Release) - U.S. Senator Susan Collins testified at a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing in Washington this morning on how unfair subsides are [...]

BRUSSELS, Oct. 15, 2015 (PPI Europe) - Papermakers have big plans for the European newsprint market next year. Not only are they preparing to push prices north, but most of [...]

RICHMOND, BC, Oct. 14, 2015 (CNW) - Catalyst Paper today announced that it will seek an expedited review of the Final Determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), dated [...]

NEW DELHI, Oct. 9, 2015 (Press Release) - India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) says that the pricing environment in the paper sector is unlikely to show a significant improvement in [...]

MADISON, ME, Oct. 2, 2015 (Press Release) - In advance of the International Trade Administration's final determination later this month regarding potentially illegal trade subsidies provided to Canadian exporters of [...]

SAO PAULO, Sept. 15, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Domestic Brazilian printing/writing (P/W) paper prices started to increase in September, after major producers joined non-integrated suppliers in seeking higher profitability. [...]

excerpt from Vertical Research Partners Initiating Coverage With a Buy Rating - We also have a $17 one-year target price on the shares of Graphic Packaging. At its recent $14 [...]

RICHMOND, BC, July 28, 2015 (PRNewswire) - The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) today issued its preliminary decision to impose countervailing duties on Canadian imports of supercalendered paper. The Coalition [...]

SEOUL, July 24, 2015 (Press Release) - Leading South Korean newsprint producer Jeonju Paper has decided to take downtime for two weeks from July 27 to August 7 at both [...]

SAO PAULO, July 21, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Selling in the domestic market remains a challenge for Brazilian packaging paper and corrugated board producers in the second half of [...]

SAO PAULO, June 30, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Brazilian bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp suppliers are facing opposite demand scenarios in domestic and exports markets. While in Brazil the [...]

SAO PAULO, June 30, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper producers in Mexico have successfully achieved the 10-12% price hike they announced in the first quarter of [...]

COLOGNE, Germany, June 5, 2015 (PPI Asia) - South Korean paper and board producer Hansol Paper has announced a 7% price hike for its thermal paper exports, effective on deliveries [...]

SAO PAULO, June 2, 2015 (PPI Latin America) - Brazilian non-integrated uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper producers are trying to increase prices in the domestic market, after their margins have been [...]

BRUSSELS, May 28, 2015 (PPI Europe) - Following months of slow price erosion mixed with some stability, European coated woodfree (CWF) paper manufacturers are aiming for higher prices this summer. [...]

WINDSOR, QC, May 19, 2015 (CNW) - Domtar Corporation (UFS) (UFS) is proud to announce that in recent weeks its Windsor mill has become the first facility in the Canadian [...]

SAO PAULO, May 15, 2015 (RISI) - Brazilian packaging paper producer Klabin has completed the sale of forest areas near to Guarapuava city, Paraná state, sin the outhern region of [...]

SETUBAL, Portugal, May 12, 2015 (Press Release) - The strong pressure on the industry's cost structure and the continuous profitability deterioration, has made the current European prices unsustainable. Hence, Portucel [...]

excerpt from KeyBanc Capital Markets International Paper Company reported 1Q15 adjusted EPS of $0.84, above the consensus estimate of $0.80 (we were at $0.78). We recently increased our estimates on [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, April 28, 2015 (Press Release) - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congressman Bruce Poliquin, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, expressing concern that [...]

excerpt from Deutsche Bank FX, input costs, weather & M&A to be key drivers of earnings variability in Q1 A recovery in domestic consumption trends should be a positive for [...]

HELSINKI, April 9, 2015 (Press Release) - Weak economic growth will slow down exports of the Finnish forest industry. Nevertheless, investments on production capacity will increase export volumes of pulp, [...]

WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2015 (Press Release) - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Congressman Bruce Poliquin announced today that the U.S. Department of Commerce has opened an [...]

ALIZAY, France, March 13, 2015 (Press Release) - On Tuesday 3rd March 2015, the Department of Eure, Double A (1991) Public Company Limited and Haropa - the Port of Rouen [...]

BRUSSELS, March 6, 2015 (RISI) - Aylesford Newsprint's sudden market exit definitely stirred up the UK newsprint market last week, but buyers say they have not had problems replacing the [...]

SAO PAULO, March 5, 2015 (RISI) - Packaging paper producer Klabin was able to maintain construction works of its Puma project on schedule and budget during the extremely rainy summer [...]

By Li Meng, Economist, Asian Graphic Paper, RISI An antidumping (ADD) case involving cut size (sheets with dimensions equal to or less than 17x22 inches) and folio (larger sheets used [...]

TOKYO, Feb. 27, 2015 (Press Release) - Oji Holdings Corporation would like to announce that we have decided to establish a manufacturing company of HiPLE-ACE® heavy-duty corrugated container in Greater [...]

OAKLAND, CA, Feb. 24, 2015 (RISI) - North America's coated mechanical (CM) paper grades outperformed the other major printing and writing paper sectors in January with mill operating rates of [...]

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19, 2015 (RISI) - Sappi has permanently stopped production of coated woodfree (CWF) paper on the 80,000 tonne/yr PM 1 at its Stanger mill in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [...]