Early in May, Luxlite, Epistar's sole distributor in China, has sent out an announcement of price adjustment, listing a number of reasons for price increase, including continuingly increased raw materials and manpower costs. Chinese LED ...
Tags: LED Package, LED Chips
The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...
Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies
In March, continental buyers of recycled containerboard made some unexpected headway in offsetting €10/tonne of the €20/tonne increase that took effect last Autumn. That increase was so small that there was virtually no attempt to ...
Confidence is clearly returning within the UK printing sector, according to the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. When questioned regarding the general state of trade during the final quarter of 2013, more than half (55%) believed that ...
Tags: Office Supplies
The Western and Eastern European market is finding recycled containerboard in increasingly tight supply: The sun has been shining in much of Europe and demand is up…helping to bring the Eurozone out of a long recession. Testliner ...
Containerboard price rises are like buses…nothing for ages and then three come along in quick succession. If you're sat there scoffing at the seemingly incredulous prospect of three rounds of price rises this year, I'm afraid that ...
Tags: Recycled Containerboard, Packaging, Printing
The main story in the UK corrugated industry remains that of material prices, although another seismic bit of industry restructuring may well be afoot (I may be able to say more next month). In the meantime, a gradual dilution in happiness ...
All prices are in sterling Current 1 week ago 1 month ago 1 year ago Aluminium 8.27 8.00 8.97 7.58 Glass Other 50.00 47.00 37.00 11.53 ...
Tags: Pricewatch, paper price
In first quarter results published this morning (3 May), the group reported that revenues for the period rose by 4% year-on-year to €1.89bn, while EBITDA profit slipped 2% to €241m. Pre-tax profits, meanwhile, fell to €57m ...
Tags: Smurfit Kappa, Packaging
Manufacturers and buyers report that negotiations currently in progress on decor-paper prices for deliveries in the first quarter of 2013 are dragging on longer than they have done in previous years. There have been only a few contracts ...
Tags: decor-paper