The European economy is forecast to grow by circa 1.2% this year, given fresh impetus by the €60 billion a month of quantitative easing recently initiated by the ECB. This has caused a significant depreciation of the euro; we’ll ...
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 ...
There is new recycled containerboard capacity scheduled to come on stream at the end of 2013. Blue Paper, a joint venture between VPK and Klingele Papierwerke (Germany), is in the final stages of converting a fine paper machine (from UPM ...
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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 ...
The UK market was at its seasonal low in February, although one should avoid any undue gloom…demand was entirely in line with expectations. Indeed, it may surprise you to note that January was actually up some 8% up on the same month ...
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Whilst UK GDP growth stalled in the last quarter of 2012, we have a record high in the number of jobs and ultra-low interest rates…hence we're not witnessing the huge job losses and brutal levels of home repossessions that the ...