Paper Price Inflation

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Year on year the demand for  paper in the UK is diminishing, there are many reasons for this, one being new technology for communicating the written word, PDF downloads and the Internet are impacting on the conventional print market, digital on demand output devises reduce the need for long print runs.

There are however area’s in the world – the Far East, India and South America where double digit economic growth is occurring, and demand for paper here is increasing, this has not impacted on the massive over capacity from the European and Scandinavian pulp and paper manufacturers who are the largest suppliers to the UK of Paper and Pulp; many mills are decommissioning while others improve technology increasing out put and only serving to compound the over capacity issue.

Pulp prices, overheads and distribution costs and a weak pound mean that price of paper to the UK will have to rise if the paper mills are to see any profit from trading with the UK, the price of paper and the many pressures within an already shrinking market is creating a “double edged sword”, the need to increase prices forces the market to look outside the conventional to new technologies. However, RMD with its wealth of experience are here to help, we have the ability to squeeze ever area of the paper and print world to minimise costs and get the best return from your print budget., knowing where to buy and who is the best fit for your print project guarantees your investment gets maximum return.  You can email with any enquiry, our telephone to talk through your project we will be pleased to hear from you.

Posted By: Kevin Humphrey