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Paperworkers’ Union announces extension to the strike at several UPM mills in Finland

The Paperworkers’ Union announced today that the strike at most UPM’s Finnish mills will continue until 30 April 2022, unless new collective labour agreements are reached before that. Yet another extension of two weeks to the strike comes at a moment when negotiations between the union and UPM businesses continue intensively, and the conciliator has submitted a settlement proposal in the negotiations between UPM Pulp and the union. The parties must state their position on the proposal by 14 April.

Stora Enso plans to divest four paper sites to focus on strategic growth areas

Stora Enso has initiated a sales process for a possible divestment of four paper production sites. In line with Stora Enso’s strategy, paper is not a strategic growth area for the Group. The divestment intent is aligned with the Group’s strategy to focus on long-term growth potential for its renewable products in packaging, building solutions and biomaterials innovations.

Shortage of paper causes chaos among printers and their customers

Intergraf warns that the current paper crisis will be further aggravated with severe repercussions in the supply of print products for all economic markets. This constitutes a threat not only to the graphic industry but endangers its support function for all sectors and the much needed rebound of the European economy.

High energy prices necessitate temporary downtime at the Bruck paper mill

Due to unaffordability of operations in the current energy environment, temporary downtime has been initiated at the Bruck paper mill in Austria. The new boiler scheduled for start-up in April is expected to contribute to alleviate the situation by reducing the mill’s gas consumption and improve its energy supply. The boiler project and the packaging conversion project at the Bruck mill continue as planned.

Mondi first to offer extensive portfolio of Cradle to Cradle Certified® uncoated fine papers from its European mills

Lessebo Kaskad now available in South Korea via Doosung Paper

Lessebo Paper announces today the launch of Lessebo Kaskad at Doosung Paper, which makes one of the most environmentally friendly, high quality coloured paper ranges available to customers in South Korea. Lessebo Paper has been producing paper since 1693, making it one of the oldest paper manufacturers in Sweden. The company focuses on sustainable and innovative graphic paper in the premium segment.

Frankfurt consumer goods fairs in January and February 2022 to be cancelled

In view of the exponential worsening of the pandemic situation worldwide and the accompanying tightened travel and contact regulations, the consumer goods fairs Christmasworld, Paperworld, and Creativeworld are cancelled for January 2022 and Ambiente for mid-February 2022. The regionally-oriented trade fair Nordstil from 15 to 17 January 2022 in Hamburg will take place at the present time.

New survey signals recovery in printing paper, with quality and carbon neutrality becoming more important

During 2020 and early 2021, the pandemic-driven shift to stay-at-home work, where people print less, brought a dip in demand for office paper. Now with workers heading back to the office, a new survey commissioned by Stora Enso indicates an expected recovery for office printing paper.

“This is good news for the industry,” says Stora Enso’s Jonathan Bakewell, VP, Head of Segment Office and Book Papers, “but we also set out to ask some broader questions about printing behaviour and preferences and what going back to the office would really look like for people.”

Paperworld 2022 is and will remain the meeting place and impulse generator for the paper, office supplies, and stationery market

In the coming year, Paperworld will once again be the international trade fair with the world's largest assortment for commercial office supplies (visionary office) and private stationery supplies (stationery trends). This makes Paperworld a source of innovative business ideas for wholesalers and retailers, booksellers, the internet and mail-order trade and commercial consumers in the stationery market.

Jetscript GS 1062 - new inkjet paper for sophisticated, personalized labels

With jetscript® GS 1062, the German specialty paper manufacturer Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is now offering a new coated premium inkjet paper as face-stock material for sophisticated, personalized label applications.

The 95g paper impresses with a particularly homogeneous semi-glossy surface and a high visual gloss. The special coated ink receiving layer not only enables excellent colour reproduction and very good colour brilliance, but also high colour density even with dark shades. Printouts in photorealistic print quality are easily possible with GS 1062.