SunSirs reported on October 23 that China’s whiteboard paper market faced increasing supply-demand pressure and weakly declining prices. The report attributed higher available supply to production resumptions and new capacity entering operation. It said mills were scheduling maintenance shutdowns and producing to orders, but inventories were still accumulating and shipment pressure remained high.…
Mandura is producing Australian-made copy paper at Tasmania’s Boyer mill, according to a report published by Wood Central on October 22. The paper is made from FSC-certified Tasmanian pine. The product is sold exclusively through Winc. The report says the new line is helping protect 300 jobs at the mill.…
Progroup is maintaining its plan to build a new containerboard machine at the former Sappi site in Stockstadt, Germany. The company says commissioning could be delayed because of the challenging economic environment.…
Firefighters in Tallahassee, Florida, extinguished a fire involving a large pile of cardboard near Marpan Recycling. The Tallahassee Fire Department received the call shortly before 5 a.m., according to the supplied report. Responding crews found the burning material outside the facility, near a building.…