Sappi Europe announces a price increase for all its woodfree coated, uncoated and mechanical coated paper grades by no less than 10% across all European markets.

The increase will be applied with immediate effect on all new business and latest by 1 October depending on current agreements.

Continuing heavy cost rises in input materials and freight charges make this action unavoidable to recover profitability.

Sappi is a leading global provider of sustainable woodfibre products and solutions, in the fields of Dissolving pulp, Printing papers, Packaging and speciality papers, Casting and release papers, Biomaterials and Bio-energy.