Thermal POS prices are starting to rise behind a 4-5% increase in USA

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Pricing for 48- and 55-g thermal POS paper rolls was increasing slightly this month and converters were expecting the full impact of a 4-5% price increase to be in the market in December and early January. "There is a range of increases varying by mill and converter," a converter said early this week. "The increase by at least one of the mills for at least some customers is being phased in over a couple of steps." The US's largest producer, Appleton Paper, seeks a 5% price increase while the two other main US producers, Kanzaki Specialty Paper, and Koehler Paper in Germany plan increases of 4% for November and 4% for January, respectively, contacts said.