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Ultra Decor Rus, a Russian producer of base paper for decorative printing, will build a new plant to manufacture base paper in the Kaluga region’s special economic zone in Lyudinovo, a representative of the Kaluga Regional Development Agency told Fastmarkets RISI. The plant is expected to become operational in Q1 2022. The facility will have […]

TORONTO, ON, 23 March 2020 (Fastmarkets RISI) – Paper Excellence (PE) confirmed today that CEO Brian Baarda has stepped down. “Brian Baarda has made a personal decision to leave the organization,” PE’s EHS and corporate communications VP Graham Kissack told Fastmarkets RISI. Kissack said that PE has created a management committee to replace Baarda and […]

Fastmarkets FOEX invited feedback from the industry in an open consultation process between Feb. 1st and 28th, 2020 on the pricing methodologies for its PIX European Pulp and PIX European Recovered Paper indices. The consultation was done as part of our previously announced annual methodology review process. Fastmarkets FOEX would like to thank those who […]

Random Lengths has made final its decision on reporting Appearance Grade 2×4 8-foot in certain species. Effective with the April 3, 2020 issue, prices of Appearance Grade 2×4 8-foot in Western S-P-F, Coast dry Douglas Fir, and Inland Hem-Fir will be added to the stud section on page 5 of the 14-page weekly report. This […]

Due to a technical error, PIX February price averages for Recovered Paper appeared incorrectly in the PIX Pulp & Paper History section on foex.fi website, as well as on the Fastmarkets RISI portal and mobile app, for a short period after publishing on Tuesday February 25th. The correct February monthly averages (EUR/t) are:   Correct […]

Due to a production error, European fluff pulp prices briefly appeared incorrectly on Dec 30, 2019. The correct price should have been $1105/tonne, in line with US fluff pulp prices. Databases have now been corrected.