Paper machine supplier Metso Paper South Africa will offer a broader product range in response to the financial downturn MD Pierre de Villiers says. 

The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) is tackling the skills shortage in the paper industry through the implementation of its newly developed national research framework. 

Local handmade paper and products marketer and sales agent Phumani Paper is actively involved in assisting community-based enterprises to diversify their income base by introducing new and... 

The South African paper, pulp and board industry has consistently increased exports of paper and board and maintained imports at similar levels for the past three years, despite facing a number of... 

The technological boom poses a potential threat for the paper and pulp industry in that globally, more people are turning to digital media rather than newsprint. Paper and pulp producer Sappi is... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi expected its 2010 second-quarter operating profit, excluding special items, to remain positive, but said this would be below the level achieved in the first quarter of... 

Wood-based panel (WBP) manufacturer William Tell has seen a marginal increase in revenues in the six months ended December 31, 2009, which it said could indicate that it had reached the bottom of... 

Paper and pulp manufacturer Mondi expects to report a basic loss a share of between €0,04 a share and €0,08 a share for the 2009 full-year, saying that its results had been impacted on by a... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi, which is in the final stages of closing its Usutu operations, in Swaziland, has received approaches from several interested buyers, but it could not disclose the... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi’s Finnish subsidiary, Finland I Oy, announced on Thursday that it would permanently close its 137-year-old 210 000-t/y Kangas paper mill by early 2010. In October,... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi has appointed Dr Rudolf Thummer as a nonexecutive director, following the retirement of David Brink and Dr Franklin Sonn at the end of this year. Thummer, who has... 

Despite economic conditions remaining somewhat unpredictable, paper and pulp producer Sappi expects to see continued improvements in demand for its major products in most of its markets in the new... 

JSE-listed paper producer Mondi has reported that its 66%-owned subsidiary Mondi Swiecie SA has completed is business refinancing. The refinancing included the negotiation of the terms of a... 

About 600 people in the Kingdom of Swaziland stand to lose their jobs as paper and pulp producer Sappi plans to close down its 190 000-t/y Usutu pulp mill and to restructure the forestry business... 

Paper and packaging group Mondi was seeing an “unexciting, but stable” improvement in underlying volumes and some price increases, albeit from a very low base, CEO David Hathorn said during a... 

While having already made great strides in terms of climate mitigation and adaptation measures, paper and pulp producer Sappi has committed itself to “pushing forward” with further initiatives and... 

With an apparent overcapacity of coated magazine paper in Europe, paper and pulp producer Sappi’s Finnish subsidiary, Finland I Oy, was looking at ways to improve the company’s profitability, which... 

South African paper and packaging group Mondi has appointed a member of the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel, John Nicholas, as nonexecutive director, as well as chairperson of the group’s... 

Pulp and paper group Sappi will delist from the LSE as from November 2, but will retain its primary listing on the JSE and its secondary NYSE listing, it announced on Friday. “The low trading... 

Paper and packaging group Mondi’s new 470 000-t PM7 lightweight recycled containerboard paper machine, in Swiecie, in Poland, has been started up and is producing paper, the group announced on... 

A strong agricultural year in South Africa led to JSE-listed agricultural services group Afgri increasing its net profit for the year ended June 30, 2009, to R354-million, up 18% on the... 

The Southern African division of paper and pulp producer Sappi has started a consultation process with employees and labour unions over the possible retrenchment of up to 400 employees at three of... 

Solid wood products group York Timbers expects its earnings a share (EPS) for the year ended June 30, 2009, to be between 123% and 143% lower than the previous financial year, it reported on... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi on Friday said it had successfully completed a series of refinancing transactions that would allow it to improve its debt maturity profile and strengthen its balance... 

JSE-listed paper and pulp producer Sappi would permanently cease operations at its 170 000-t/y Muskegon coated fine paper mill in Michigan, it announced on Wednesday. The closing will affect... 

A strong performance by paper and packaging group Mondi’s European uncoated fine paper business and an improved performance from its bags and specialities business led to improved trading for the... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi expects to return to operating profitability in the fourth quarter of the 2009 financial year, as demand for coated graphic paper rises and the pulp market continues... 

A strong performance by paper and packaging group Mondi’s European uncoated fine paper business and an improved performance from its bags and specialities business led to improved trading for the... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi expects to return to operating profitability in the fourth quarter of the 2009 financial year, as demand for coated graphic paper rises and the pulp market continues... 

JSE-listed paper producer Mondi on Tuesday warned shareholders that earnings a share for the six months ended June would drop sharply, sending shares 2,6% lower. The company expects earnings to be... 

Paper and pulp producer Sappi announced on Monday that it had successfully priced its bond offering to raise about $800-million of new senior secured notes, due in 2014. This followed a July 20... 

Agroprocessing firm Tongaat Hulett on Wednesday said it expected its headline earnings for the first six months of the 2009 financial year to increase by 74% to R440-million, compared with... 

The development of El Niño weather conditions later this year, as is currently being forecast by a number of weather services, is likely to raise the price of a range of agricultural commodities,... 

The Competition Tribunal on Wednesday unconditionally approved the merger of paper manufacturer Sappi and the M-Real Corporation. Sappi had concluded the €750-million acquisition of M-Real’s... 

It is estimated that approximately 1,9-million tons of recovered fibre is available for collection and recycling in South Africa every year. Every box that is recycled reduces wastepaper going to...