Norske Skog plans to reduce its
magazine paper production by 5%, or approximately 60,000 tonnes, in 2013 by
taking temporary downtime throughout the year.
The company currently has a
capacity utilization rate of 90% in its magazine paper division. This will be
reduced to 85% next year, according to vice president of communications Carsten
Dybevig.
"We constantly want to
adapt ourselves to the market situation, and we want to use the downtime to
achieve a better balance in the market, thus supporting the Euro 25-50/tonne
[$32-65/tonne] price increase we seek," Dybevig told RISI.
Norske Skog has a capacity of
some 1.26 million tonnes/yr of coated and uncoated magazine paper at three
mills in Europe.
