Newsprint Mill Cost Pressures Drive Reassessment of Filler Alternatives

摘要

Changing reading habits and increasing competition from electronic media are expected to have a negative long-term impact on the consumption of standard newsprint in Western Europe and North America (Figure 1).This means that the cost pressures in this sector will continue to increase,and the difficulties for smaller high-cost newsprint machines to stay profitable will remain.To remain in business, mills equipped with such machines will have to find new product niches better suited for the cost structure of their operation.