Total European shipments of graphic papers in November 2020 were down 16.5% vs. November 2019 and were down 19.7% year-to-date.

Total Containerboard production in December increased three percent compared to December 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same 12 months of 2019.

Total European shipments of graphic papers in October 2020 were down 18.7% vs. October 2019 and are down 19.9% year-to-date.

Total Containerboard production in November increased two percent compared to November 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same 11 months of 2019. 

Total European shipments of graphic papers in September 2020 were down 15.0% vs. September 2019 and year-to-date shipments are down 20.0%.

In recent months, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for home deliveries has increased significantly. In order to continue to meet its ambitious sustainability targets, Delhaize worked in collaboration with DS Smith’s team of circular design experts to reimagine its e-commerce packaging and cut delivery volumes.

Total Containerboard production in October increased three percent compared to October 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same 10 months of 2019.

Judging from doorsteps, the holiday shopping season has started earlier than usual. No, we don’t mean decorations on doors, we mean cardboard boxes are popping up on doorsteps across the country in unprecedented numbers.

Paper and paperboard manufacturing is being impacted by online shopping and other global forces. This dominating change in consumer purchasing habits is creating opportunity for the packaging industry that is being supported by a variety of disruptive technologies.

Total European shipments of graphic papers in August 2020 were down 24.5% vs. August 2019 and are down 20.6% year-to-date.

Total Containerboard production in September increased four percent compared to September 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same nine months of 2019. 

(Bloomberg) -- Nordic forestry companies are shuttering paper machines at an unprecedented pace as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates a long-running decline in demand.

The coronavirus pandemic has stress tested the global food supply chain like never before, putting a spotlight on the importance of food safety and availability.

Renewed interest in fibers derived from natural cellulose (non-petrochemical) sources has seen demand for such fibers grow to 6 million tons per year currently, an approximate doubling of demand since 2000, according to Tecnon OrbiChem’s supply and demand data.

Total European shipments of graphic papers in July 2020 were down 26.4% vs. July 2019 and are down 20.0% year-to-date.

Total containerboard production in August remained essentially flat (+0.4 percent) compared to August 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same eight months of 2019.

Total European shipments of graphic papers in June 2020 were down 26.6% vs. June 2019 and are down 18.8% year-to-date.

Total containerboard production in July remained essentially flat (-0.2 percent) compared to July 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same seven months of 2019. 

After three consecutive record-breaking weeks, southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber prices once again pressed on to set a new record—by a big margin. In mid-August, Forest2Market’s SYP lumber price composite showed prices jumped $106 in just one week.

Our sector is very interconnected.

It has a clear joint future and uses a common raw material.

A new dedicated study of specialty papers in North and South America, finds these two regions consumed a total of 5.88 million tonnes in 2019.