Sappi Europe announces price rises for its packaging and speciality paper products

Sappi Europe will increase prices for its packaging and speciality paper products effective on deliveries as from June 2024.

This increase is necessary to maintain the viability of Sappi’s business, the actual amount will depend on the product group: Flexible packaging – 15%, Release liner (CCK & Glassine) – 15%, Label papers – 10%.

Sappi’s European sales team will be in further contact directly with customers to discuss the details of the implementation.

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For further information:

Kirsty Hector
Corporate Relations Manager
Sappi Europe
Tel +32 (0)2 676 9786
Mobile +32 (0)496 39 0889
Kirsty.Hector@sappi.com
 


About Sappi

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, Sappi is building a more circular economy by making what it should, not just what it can. Its raw materials offerings (including dissolving pulp, wood pulp and biomaterials) and end-use products (packaging papers, speciality papers, graphic papers, casting and release papers, forestry products) are manufactured from woodfibre sourced from sustainably-managed forests and plantations. Many of Sappi’s production facilities use internally generated bioenergy, enabling many of its operations to be energy self-sufficient.

Sappi produces 5.5 million tons of paper, 2.6 million tons of paper pulp, and 1.5 million tons of dissolving pulp per year. Globally, it has over 12,000 employees and 400,000 ha of owned and leased sustainably managed forests in South Africa. Sappi Limited (JSE) is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with manufacturing operations across three continents and sells its products in more than 150 countries.

Sappi Europe is a division of Sappi Limited where its European mills hold the chain of custody certifications under the Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC™ C015022) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC/07-32-76) systems. Our papers are produced in mills accredited with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and ISO 45001 certification. We have EMAS registration at five of our eight mills in Europe.