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After prices for brown recycled corrugated case material in France had reversed in July, further price reductions were seen in August. Price declines are reported for both brown recycled grades and white-top testliner.

The background to these further reductions is slow market demand for corrugated board and corrugated case materials, overcapacity and rising paper inventories. The significant drop in recovered paper prices in July was also a trigger.

Prices for brown kraftliner also began to fall in August and, in some cases, already in July. A large part of the last price increase has reportedly been eroded. Prices for white-top kraftliner remained stable, while price reductions were seen for semi-bleached fluting.

Overall, the kraftliner market seems to be better balanced than the market for recycled grades. There is not the same overcapacity here, and market insiders also point out that maintenance shutdowns planned by producers for the period up to autumn are expected to reduce supply pressure.

Hamburger Containerboard, part of the Prinzhorn Group, has reached an early agreement with employee representatives on a social plan in connection with the shutdown of a paper machine at its Pitten mill in Austria.

The company confirmed to EUWID that a mutually satisfactory agreement had been achieved. Management stressed that the decision to cut jobs, affecting a total of 52 employees, had been a very difficult one.

Prinzhorn Group said it had initiated comprehensive measures to ease the impact on those affected and their families.

Initial voluntary programmes are already under way to support employees in their transition to new employment. In addition, a labour foundation – similar to a transfer company – will be set up on a voluntary basis to provide intensive support for rapid reintegration into the labour market as well as training and retraining opportunities.

The final social plan was adopted on Thursday 14 August.

Only at the end of July had the company informed staff at a works meeting about the need to reduce capacity in the field of corrugating medium and case-making papers, a step which also had implications for the workforce.

Stora Enso has inaugurated Europe’s largest and most modern consumer packaging board production line at its Oulu mill in Finland, marking a €۱.۱ billion investment in renewable packaging.
The event, held on 18 August, was attended by Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Stora Enso leadership, and local representatives.