The Russian packaging sector is facing with the deepest crisis in its modern history, as the ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia and unprecedented sanctions, imposed on the country have resulted in the massive exodus of global packaging producers from the local market and posed a threat of the shortage of packaging in the […]
Tag Archives: export paper
07
Apr
Apr
Summit Paper Tube, Inc., a paper tube manufacturer, announced plans to establish its first South Carolina operations in Williamsburg County. The company’s $1.68 million investment will create 19 new jobs. Summit Paper Tube’s Williamsburg County operations will be the company’s first South Carolina location. Summit Paper Tube will lease a facility which will be used […]
25
Mar
Mar
MM Board & Paper, Austria, has successfully re-started its KM3 board machine at the Frohnleiten mill after ANDRITZ completed a major rebuild. The rebuild included several upgrade measures to improve the machine’s performance in line with the customer’s targets. Mag. Gernot Schleiss, Managing Director of MM Frohnleiten, explains: “The main objective of our investment was […]
12
Feb
Feb
In December 2022, the exports of lumber from Sweden to the U.S. surged 105% year-on-year to 132.8 thousand m3. the average price for lumber exported from Sweden to the U.S. in December 2022 slid 4% compared to the previous month and amounted to $355 per m3. This is 7% less than a year ago when it […]
10
Jan
Jan
Austrian Mayr-Melnhof Holz sold its sawmill MM-Efimovsky in Russia to Aspek-Les, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities of Russia. Since December 30, 2022, the owner of 100% of the shares of Mayer-Melnhof Holz Efimovsky LLC has become Aspek-Les LLC, which belongs to Mikhail Pitkevich. MM-Efimovskiy is no longer listed on the Mayr-Melnhof Holz website. The production […]
06
Jan
Jan
Ilim Group has successfully completed the first water run of the Voith XcelLine kraft linerboard machine (KLB machine) at the company’s new KLB Mill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. A start-up of the KLB machine is scheduled for Q2 2023. According to Ilim, individual tests of its main equipment are underway. In December (2022), the KLB Mill […]
10
Dec
Dec
Sanctions on the import of birch and other wood raw materials from Russia led to an increase in the price of paper in the majority of EU countries, however, at present, the such negative effect is being reduced to a minimum, according to recent statements, made by some leading EU analysts in the field of […]
10
Dec
Dec
Latvia has become another country of the EU, which has faced with a significant increase of paper prices this year. According to some local media reports, prices for toilet paper rose from 30 euro cents to 60 per roll this year, while the growth of prices is ongoing. One of the major reasons for this […]
02
Dec
Dec
Germany has faced with a significant increase of prices for toilet paper and the reduction of its quality, according to recent statements, made by representatives of German public and local media reports. According to them, the average size of a package of toilet paper in Germany has become smaller, which prices for it have risen […]
21
Nov
Nov
Schumacher Packaging Group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of corrugated and solid board packaging solutions, announced that it was planning the biggest ever investment campaign in the company’s history, amounting to 700 million euros will be invested – 300 million euros of which will be invested in Germany alone. Since then, the Group has changed […]