Paper Prices Continue to Increase

Paper producers have once again announced a price increase for Spring shipments.
Examples of price increases include Appleton NCR +7%,;Pressure Sensitive (MacTAc, Avery) +7%;
Kromekote + 5%; Crane +5%; Fox River +5%; Mohawk +5%; Neenah +5%; Strathmore and Beckett +5%;
Offset +5%; copy papers +5%. We hope this is the final price increase prior to the summer.
Although Paper.com has attempted to hold off on increasing our prices we are now forced to
add thesenew price levels. We will be updating our site during the month of April.

Uncoated Paper Prices Increase

Almost all of the major paper producers have announced a price increase of $60/ton for shipments after March 15. The grades effected include both copy paper (cutsize) and text paper (Offset rolls). Many paper manufactures agree that demand is not strong; however, because pulp (the largest raw material component in paper ) has increased in price - suppliers have no choice but to increase paper prices.

International Paper Reduces Capacity

International Paper Co. has announced it will shutdown two uncoated free-sheet machines early next month at one of its mills in Florida and one in Maine. The company’s planned shutdown of PM3 at its Pensacola mill in Florida and PM1 at its Androscoggin mill in Maine will affect a total of 200 jobs. Combined, the two machines produce approximately 250,000 tons of uncoated free-sheet paper annually. IP’s current annual uncoated free-sheet capacity is about 5.6 million tons between the U.S., Brazil and Europe. This curtailment is in addition to IP’s announcement last week to reduce output by 120,000 tons by the end of April at unspecified mills.