The press is sounding the alarm.
After price increases of around 20% in the second quarter of 2021, press papers could run out in September.
In recent months, the shortage of raw materials for making white paper has worsened in Europe.
And the surge in e-commerce since the pandemic is not helping the press.
The few Scandinavian producers like Stora Enso or Norske Skog, who share the market, are increasingly orienting their production towards the manufacture of boxes for Amazon parcels and other online champions.
"The market is in tension, everyone is panicking,"
explains Marc Tonkovic, industrial director of the Figaro Group.
Production machines are idling and paper makers have had to reduce or even cancel orders. ”
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For several years now, a fundamental trend has been emerging in the paper market.
Factory closures have increased.
They responded to the concerns of a sector in overproduction
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