A forecast to cut 50,000 cubic metres of wood leaves paper prices unresolved

The forecast of cutting 100,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year: will it reach lower prices or purchasing eligibility first?

MM Kwidzyn forecasts that it can reduce wood use by about 50,000 cubic metres a year and CO₂ by about 100,000 tonnes a year while maintaining production volume. More important than the size of those cuts is where their effect appears first: in paper prices, papermaker profits, or the conditions printers must meet to win orders.

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A forecast to cut 50,000 cubic metres of wood leaves paper prices unresolved

MM scaled back a major investment at its Kwidzyn mill in 2023. The €660 million plan approved in April was substantially reduced in November of that year, citing uncompetitive wood prices and weak demand for paper and board. After the reduction, the plan was to maintain up to 360,000 tonnes a year of uncoated fine paper and produce 40,000 to 80,000 tonnes a year of packaging kraft paper, while considering collective redundancies affecting about 110 employees.…

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