The major European paper manufacturers have today announced that paper prices are set to increase at some point in late March / early April. They say that this latest increase is due to pulp prices increasing by a third over the past 12 months and haulage and fuel prices going up. Some would think that with demand dropping the prices should be going the other way?
What is a certainty is that there is still over capacity in the UK print market and this price increase will not be passed on by all printers which will result in an increased rate at which UK printing companies go under over the next 6 months.