Sappi Europe announces a price increase for all its Packaging and Speciality paper grades by 7 – 11 % valid for deliveries from 1 April 2021.
Sharply rising input costs, particularly relevant to pulp and energy in combination with very high freight rates due to global logistic constraints make price increases unavoidable.
https://www.sappi.com/sappi-europe-announces-price-increase-for-packaging-and-speciality-papers
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