PRICE INCREASES NEEDED IN ALL BOARD AND PAPER BUSINESS

Profitability in the board and paper industry has been sliding for a number of years. Costs have been rising heavily. The increase has been especially strong in wood and energy prices. At the same time, sales prices have not compensated for the cost escalation despite price increases for some grades. It is clear that price increases are needed to improve profitability.

Sunday 08. June 2008

Torraspapel S.A. Acquires Secmar SAS, Owner of Renowned French Paper Merchant Malmenayde

Torraspapel S.A., part of the Lecta Group, has acquired 100% of Secmar SAS, a French company holding 100% of Malmenayde SAS and 66% of Nord Papier SA Malmenayde is a renowned paper merchant with a longstanding tradition in the French market.

Sunday 08. June 2008

The hubergroup ‘refineshes’ every print result with ACRYLAC

The trend for finishing and refining print products by coating them continues unabated and will undoubtedly play an even greater role in future. Apart from the quality refining aspect involved, protection of the print products is equally as important. The hubergroup, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of printing inks, has a range of coatings that leaves nothing to be desired in respect of both aspects: ACRYLAC.

Sunday 08. June 2008

Sotheby’s auction of Important 20th Century Design features pavilion constructed from environmentally innovative UPM ProFi

Potential bidders from around the globe are expressing interest in a unique structure that will be a featured piece at Sotheby’s Important 20th Century Design auction Saturday, June 14, in New York. Originally designed as an exhibition pavilion, it is constructed almost entirely from UPM ProFi, a wood-plastic composite made primarily with recycled materials from UPM’s label business.

Sunday 08. June 2008

EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONDITIONALLY APPROVES THE SALE OF REFLEX MILL

European Commission has approved the sale of M-real’s Reflex mill to Arjowiggins with the condition that Arjowiggins divests the Reflex carbonless and digital imaging businesses to a third party within 180 days time.

Sunday 08. June 2008

System Solutions on demand – Flexibility as first priority

“One system – Individual solutions” is Polywest´s tenor on the occasion of drupa in Düsseldorf this year.

Sunday 08. June 2008

Drupa Look & feel with WEILBURGER Graphics

WEILBURGER Graphics will be represented again at drupa 2008 in Düsseldorf. Under the motto Look & feel, the coatings specialist from Gerhardshofen will be presenting the most recent developments in dispersion coatings, UV coatings, effect coatings and laminating adhesives.

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