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Sappi Europe announces a price increase for its Speciality products
Sappi Europe will increase prices for its Speciality products by €50-70/t, depending on the grade, effective on deliveries as from 1 April 2026. Despite significant internal efficiency programs and cost-saving initiatives, and major restructuring efforts, the combination of persistent cost inflation and continued price erosion has pushed current price levels to an unsustainable point for Sappi.
Holmen launches “a whiter book paper for a brighter future”
Holmen is introducing Holmen BOOK Bright, a new, whiter wood-containing book paper that reproduces colours with clarity and intensity. The paper offers a high level of opacity and can help reduce environmental impact across the book market. Holmen has been a renowned supplier of book paper since the early 2000s, delivering a wide-ranging portfolio to make reading as easy and pleasurable as possible. With Holmen BOOK Bright, the company is taking another major step forward in developing sustainable, high-performance materials for modern book production.
4evergreen publishes updated Circularity by Design Guideline and enhanced Collection & Sorting Guidance
The 4evergreen alliance has published major updates to two cornerstone documents in its Technical Toolbox, supporting Europe’s transition to high-performance recycling systems under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Terminology and definitions have been revised to reflect the latest PPWR and CEN developments, ensuring full technical consistency with emerging standardisation parameters. The scope of 4evergreen remains unchanged; these updates are strictly linguistic and standardisation-driven. For example, certain descriptors are being aligned from “fibre-based” to the more technically precise and CEN-conformant “paper-based” terminology.
Södra divests its shares in Sunpine
Södra has reached an agreement to divest its shares in Sunpine AB to VAROPreem. The transaction is pursued together with shareholders Sveaskog AB and Lawter B.V., a subsidiary of Harima Chemicals Inc., and is now undergoing the necessary approvals before it can be completed.
India rising – Heidelberg strengthens presence in growth market
Dr. David Schmedding, Chief Technology & Sales Officer at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), visited the key market of India on a trip lasting several days. His meetings with numerous customers and partners during this visit provided impressive proof of India’s strategic importance for Heidelberg – especially in the areas of packaging and printing.
Tailored additives for coatings, printing inks, and more
Hubergroup Chemicals is expanding its portfolio with a new brand of high-performance additives: ELARA. The launch marks a significant step in the company’s evolution from a supplier of printing ink raw materials to a comprehensive partner for the coatings, inks, and adhesives industries. ELARA will make its official debut at Paint India 2026 in Mumbai, as a clearly structured additive portfolio supporting formulators in facing today’s complex technical and regulatory challenges.
Valmet’s automation boosts energy production flexibility at Fortum in Finland
Valmet is to deliver energy balance and district heating accumulator optimization solutions to Fortum’s energy production plants and assets in Espoo, Finland. The new solutions will be integrated with Fortum’s existing Valmet Distributed Control System (DCS), leveraging advanced automation and predictive energy management. The mission-critical solutions enhance the company’s flexible and reliable participation in electricity reserve markets while improving the cost efficiency of district heat production.
Sappi Europe announces price increase for label papers
Following an extended period of downward pressure, label paper prices have reached unsustainable levels. In the face of continued cost increases, Sappi Europe, producer of Label papers, announces 8% to 10% price increases for the Parade range of label papers including, non-wet strength and wet strength Wet Glue Label papers and Self-Adhesive Face papers, effective 1 April 2026.
The Navigator Company increases gKraft prices by 5-10% in April
The Navigator Company has decided to increase prices across its gKraft paper range by 5% to 10% depending on market and segments. The increase will apply to the entire portfolio of bleached and unbleached kraft papers and will be effective for all shipments starting April 1, 2026.
German UV curing technology meets Swiss coating solutions
Hoenle’s Business Unit Curing will present its curing and drying systems at Gulf Print & Pack 2026 in Dubai. As a development and solution partner for the printing and packaging industry, the German UV Technology specialist Hoenle will showcase its latest innovative and smart curing systems alongside coating solutions expert Mondula from Switzerland.
Agfa provides update on payment of the receivable related to the sale of Offset Solutions division
On 16 January 2026, Agfa announced that it had received the final report of the independent expert regarding the outstanding receivable under the share purchase agreement for the sale of Agfa’s Offset Solutions division. Further to this report, the payment of the price adjustment amount of 14.7 million euro (in respect of the disputed part) and the payment of 5.2 million euro (in respect of the undisputed part), in total 19.9 million euro, became due to Agfa on 6 February 2026.
Toyo Ink India inaugurates new research centre in Bengaluru
Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of Japan’s artience Group, announced the inauguration of artience Technology and Innovation Centre – India (aTIC-India) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. This marks the Group’s first Research Centre outside Japan and a significant milestone in strengthening India’s role in advanced research, manufacturing, and sustainable innovation. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on 4 February 2026 on-site of the new centre at the IISc campus.
