The severe wildfires currently raging in southwestern France are also affecting the paper industry. Smurfit Westrock and the Schades Group were forced to halt production at two mills due to evacuation ...

Woodberry Packaging Group has acquired UK folding carton manufacturers Medica Packaging and F.G. Curtis, significantly expanding its presence in pharmaceutical, healthcare and personal care packaging.

There was little change on Italy’s recovered paper market in June. Production activity in the paper industry was stable at average levels while collection volumes were low but sufficient..

The German Working Group for Graphic Papers (AGRAPA) has once again significantly exceeded the recovery target for graphic papers agreed under its voluntary commitment to the German government. As ...

German specialty paper supplier Spezialpapierfabrik Ober-Schmitten (SPO) is insolvent. The Friedberg Local Court initiated provisional insolvency proceedings on 4 September. The court appointed Dr Jan ...

Billerud will not carry out the originally planned conversion of the US plant in Escanaba to cartonboard production. The main reason for this is that the originally planned investment sum of $1bn will ...

UPM has announced that it will initiate a strategic review of its UPM Plywood business area. The sale of the division is one of the possibilities. However, the company notes that a range of ...

Swedish SCA has announced plans to increase prices for brown and white-top kraftliner in Europe by €90/t. The new price will be effective from 1 March 2025. "There is good and solid demand for ...

The European Union and India reached a comprehensive free trade agreement. The deal, that was signed on 27 January 2026, includes the gradual elimination of tariff barriers on more than 90 per cent of ...

The financially burdened recycled cartonboard producer Reno De Medici is to be stabilised  through a substantial reduction in ...

Swiss paper manufacturer Perlen Papier, a subsidiary of Perlen Industrieholding, recently launched a new recycled copy paper with the brand name Perlen Copy. According to the company, this is the ...

French cartonboard producer La Rochette Cartonboard has reported progress in its efforts to strengthen the business. The company said that its three-year strategic plan "Towards new heights" launched ...