Normally Thermal Paper is Black or White, no pun intended. However, Covid and the global shutdowns are playing a dangerous game with the thermal markets. In short, the markets are coming back faster than expected, which is great. However, the speed of the recovery has placed a huge strain…
At 6pm EST on Wednesday, May 13, 2021 Domtar joined their competitive thermal paper suppliers with an announcement of 12%-15% increases. For comparison, other mills have already announced 10%-12% increases. Along with the increases, we are being told that US Mill Capacity is at 100%. This is concerning because…
March 1, 2021 Appvion announced a price increase ranging from 4%-10%, effective on shipments on May 3, 2021. Non-Top Coated Products are increasing 10%, Top-Coated Products are increasing 7%, and Film Products are Increasing 4%. If you would like a copy of the actual announcement, please contact Brandon Kent,…
Domtar is announcing a 12% increase effective March 1, 2021 on Thermal Paper. Price Increase letter is attached.
The attached Letter is from Hansol America, announcing an 8% increase on March 1st for Thermal Paper
RISI Fastmarkets posted that Koehler Paper is to increase paper pricing by 12%, effective immediately. This is on the heals of other increase announcements as well as the announced increase roll backs by other mills. To Say that this is creating confusion in the market is an understatement!
No you are not looking at a Wal-Mart add where they roll the pricing back. Actually, you are reading about the CRAZY world of thermal paper. Yesterday, on the heals of making a large price increase announcement, Hansol decided that the increase would not be passed on in the…
Hansol, a key importer of thermal paper into the US from S. Korea, has announced a 10%-15% increase on thermal paper effective January 1, 2021, according the RISI. Torraspapel (Lecta) announced an increase of 5% effective January 4, 2021. Time will tell if/when other mills follow this announcement. Hansol…
Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia said that low-income parking violators should have to pay less than everyone else. Boston, MA – A Boston city councilor with a history of racking up parking tickets has proposed imposing parking fines based on violators’ incomes. During a weekly meeting at City Hall…