Yearly Archives: 2016
10 top trends of 2016: The Internet World of Packaging
(Brussels, January 2016) The world is one big shopping centre. POS is everywhere. We are in the middle of a revolution. The Internet is simply changing everything: design, marketing and trade structures. This also has far-reaching consequences for packaging, which is playing an even greater role as it moves towards becoming the central element of the buying experience. Pro Carton has looked at the 10 most important international trends.
Three current developments are driving these trends:
First: it still Read More...
U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Down in December 2015
(Washington DC, USA, January 27, 2016) The American Forest & Paper Association has released its December 2015 U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Report. According to the report released on Jan. 27, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6 percent in December compared to December 2014.
Total printing-writing paper inventory levels increased 1 percent from November levels.
Uncoated free sheet (UFS) paper shipments increased 1 percent relative to shipments in December 2014, the fourth year-over-year increase during 2015. For the year, UFS shipments were down Read More...
Andritz to supply two tissue machines to Guizhou Chitianhua in China
(Graz, Austria, January 26, 2016) Andritz said that it has received an order from Guizhou Chitianhua to supply two tissue machines (TM5, TM6) with steel Yankees for a mill in Chishui city, Guizhou Province, China for the production of high-quality facial wipes, toilet paper, and handkerchief paper.
The new PrimeLineST tissue machines have a design speed of 2,000 meters per minute and a paper width of 5.6 meters.
According to Andritz, the machines of this type are currently unique on the Read More...
Pulp Review: strong US$ resulting in significant pressure on pulp & paper pricing, says BMO report; pulp prices forecast to be stable in 2016
(Montreal, Canada, December 23) The December 2015 issue of BMO Capital Markets’ monthly commodity watch The Goods while showing a rebound in the Forest Products Index (overall) paints a less than rosy picture for Pulp & paper.
“The story isn’t quite as rosy in the pulp and paper space, where the stronger U.S dollar has put significant pressure on pulp and paper grade pricing. Demand attrition has also been faster than expected, outpacing production consolidation in both the newsprint and Read More...
Global wood production in 2014 shows biggest jump since economic crisis, says UN agency
(Geneva, Switzerland, December 2015) Worldwide major wood production has undergone a revival over the past year as it has seen the greatest leap since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, according to the latest data released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
“We are seeing now the highest growth of the global wood industries in the last five years, which is important to national economies and the wellbeing and livelihoods of millions of forest-dependant people worldwide,” said Read More...
Vinda to acquire SCA’s hygiene business in Asia
(Hong Kong, January 04, 20016) Vinda International Holdings Limited (3331.HK) dispatched a circular today in relation to the proposed acquisition of SCA’s hygiene business in South East Asia, Taiwan and South Korea.
SCA has a leading position in a number of Asian personal care markets. In incontinence care, it is the market leader in Taiwan2. In baby diapers, it is No.1 in Malaysia3 and No.2 in Singapore2. In feminine hygiene, it is No.2 in Malaysia3.
Net sales and adjusted EBITDA of Read More...