The subsidiaries of the German FBB producer FOLBB Baiersbronn Frischfaser Karton and Folding Boxboard Eerbeek have filed for the initiation of insolvency proceedings and a suspension of payments.

As the market entered May, spring demand has not lived up to expectations with weakness reported to have been compounded by a stock overhang.

Fastmarkets has corrected its FP-PP-0002 polypropylene polymer, fiber grade, free delivered Europe, €/kg assessment, which was published incorrectly on July 1 due to a typo.

South China, which includes the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, accounts for 25 million tonnes of containerboard capacity annually, about a quarter of China’s total, according to Fastmarkets’ database. The region also holds around one-third of the nation’s corrugated converting capacity and remains a key manufacturing and trading hub with significant demand for corrugated […]

Fastmarkets also clarified the names of the four containerboard assessments: As part of the process of standardizing price nomenclature for forest products, their names will be as follows: The prices are part of the Fastmarkets Paper Packaging price package. To provide feedback on these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming […]

Amid solid demand and tight supply, Poland's unbleached kraftliner prices increased in June, while recycled containerboard prices remained unchanged.

The Mexican containerboard market saw a rapid shift in June as reduced US paper exports forced buyers to refocus on domestic supply, triggering price increases.

Fastmarkets has launched four price assessments for Polish virgin kraftliner and white-top testliner on Thursday June 25.

Fastmarkets has amended its publication calendar to show that the daily southern yellow pine (SYP) price will be published on Tuesday June 30, which had previously been marked as a non-publishing day.

Amid cost pressures and a volatile environment, the personal care industry in Latin America is turning to premiumization to strengthen resilience and meet evolving consumer demands.