Kemira 'enforce' global price increases for pulp and paper chemicals

Not to be outdone, Kemira Pulp&Paper announced that they too will 'enforce' global price increases, effective June 16th, 2008.

The Kemira Group will raise prices across its entire product portfolio and in some cases increases will exceed 25%. The increases reflect the increasing costs for raw materials, energy and transportation. No relief is expected in the near future, states Kemira´s President and CEO Harri Kerminen. "Under these conditions our only choice is to implement product price increases, while we will continue to take all measures to keep costs under control to minimize the impact on our customers."

We will attempt to try to track how effectively these announcements by the major paper chemical suppliers are implemented in the face of competition from the emerging companies in India and China. Watch this blog for updates.

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